GlobalScale Sheeva64 User manual

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Quick Start Guide for Sheeva64
Contents
A. Package contents....................................................................................................................................2
B. Internal modules equipped and options...............................................................................................3
C. Internal interfaces and connectors.......................................................................................................3
D. Appearance and external connecting ports ........................................................................................4
E. LED indication..........................................................................................................................................6
G. Connection for testing.............................................................................................................................7
H. Boot device mode ...................................................................................................................................7
I. System bring up- connect to console port...........................................................................................8
J. Tools and files you need to start debugging .....................................................................................11
K. Basic procedures for debugging.........................................................................................................12
L. 2.4G Wi-Fi..............................................................................................................................................12
M. Other useful commands to check with I/O devices..........................................................................14
N. System reset button..............................................................................................................................16
O. Download sites ......................................................................................................................................16
GTI-2019.08.14
Rev1

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A. Package contents
Please check the package you’ve received with the following contents:
Contents
Remark
1
Sheeva64
1 unit
2
AC Power cord
1 pcs
Figure 8 shape AC power cord
3
Ethernet RJ45 cable
1 pcs
CAT5e
4
SATA cable
1 pcs
Inside enclosure
5
Mini-USB to USB cable
1 pcs
UART signals for console output
6
Warranty sheet
Yes
Note 1: All files will be put on the following website for downloading
http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/t-downloads.aspx

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B. Internal modules equipped and options
Module
Installed
or not
Slot
type
Signal
interface
Remark
1
WiFi
option
Solder on board
USB 2.0
Marvell 8997 802.11ac 2x2
C. Internal interfaces and connectors
Interface type
Installed
or not
Slot
type
Signal
interface
Remark
1
Debug
yes
Cortex debug 10 pin
JTAG
Inside enclosure
2
BAT1
yes
Li battery for RTC
RTC
CF1220 3V Li battery

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D. Appearance and external connecting ports
1
2
3
4
5
7
6
8
9

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Connection port
Description
Remark
1
RJ45
Gb ethernet #1
2
RJ45
Gb ethernet #2
3
USB 2.0 type A
USB 2.0 port#1
4
Reset pin hole
System hard reset
5
Mini-USB UART
Connect to host for console
6
Micro-USB
USB2.0 port #2
7
Micro-SD card slot
For Micro-SD card
8
USB 2.0 type A
USB 2.0 port#3
9
AC plug
AC power

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E. LED indication
LED indication table
LED #
Connection port
Color/ Pattern
Description
1
LED1, LED2
MPP2_2, MPP2_3
Red, Green
Dual color LED controlled by GPIO
2
LED3, LED4
MPP2_4, MPP2_5
Green, Blue
Dual color LED controlled by GPIO
1
2

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F. Connection for testing
G. Boot device mode
Boot up device
R79/ R224 (MPP1_7)
J10 pin 2-3 (MPP1_6)
J10 pin 1-2 (MPP1_5)
Serial NOR Flash
NP/ o ohm
in
out
eMMC
NP/ o ohm
out
in
eMMC alternate
NP/ o ohm
out
out
SATA
0 ohm/ NP
in
in
Serial NAND Flash
0 ohm/ NP
in
out
UART
0 ohm/ NP
out
in
SD card
0 ohm/ NP
out
out

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H. System bring up- connect to console port
1. Use a Mini-USB cable connecting to USB port on PC for console message input and output.
Below is the console setup step.
a. Install FTDI driver:
Please visit http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=225&pcid=41 web site to download the
PL3203 widnows driver. For Linux user, the PL3203 driver has built-in on linux kernel, so unnecessary to install
driver.
b. Install serial tty software
For UART console software, you can download below software to connect the USB serial console for the
Sheeva64 board.
Linux : minicom
Windows : putty, teraterm
c. Setup UART baudrate
Open the above software and configure the UART baudrate to 115200 8N1 and no flow control.
Example: TeraTerm
2. The system boot-up has two stages, the first one is bootloader stage, below is the output message, you can press
any key on console to interrupt the autoboot mode.

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3. If you don’t press any key, the u-boot will auto load the kernel image and dtb file to memory and start the kernel.
4. After boot-up completed, the system will boot into the Ubuntu Linux system.

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5. By Sheeva64 default, the system will start a router service to setup the ethernet and wifi-ap automatically.
a. Sheeva64 has two ethernet ports, we configured eth0 for WAN and eth1 for LAN, and WAN port will request IP
address through the dhcp service.
6. b. Configured the wifi module (wlan0) to wifi access point mode, and the ssid is “sheeva64-uap-xxyy_2.4g” without
password.
(xxyy is the wifi mac addres latest 4 digits number. Ex 12:34:56:78:xx:yy)
The user can type ’ifconfig’ or ‘ls /sys/class/net’ to make sure all the network interface are exist.