Contents
1 Introduction 5
1.1 Features...............................................................................................................................5
1.2 Functional Overview ............................................................................................................6
2 Safety Instructions 7
2.1 Installation and Maintenance...............................................................................................7
2.2 Ambient and Environmental Conditions...............................................................................8
3 Installation 9
3.1 Mounting ..............................................................................................................................9
3.2 Connectors and Operators.................................................................................................10
3.2.1 POWER IN....................................................................................................................10
3.2.2 Graphics connector (HDMI)..........................................................................................10
3.2.3 Ethernet Interface .........................................................................................................11
3.2.4 USB host interfaces (USB1-USB4)...............................................................................11
3.2.5 Console (RS232) ..........................................................................................................12
3.2.6 Serial Port (RS232/RS485)...........................................................................................12
3.2.7 CAN ..............................................................................................................................12
3.2.8 Digital IO .......................................................................................................................13
3.2.9 Audio Video...................................................................................................................14
4 Maintenance 15
4.1 Micro SDcard Replacement...............................................................................................16
4.2 Battery Replacement .........................................................................................................16
5 Operating System and Drivers 18
5.1 Standard Raspbian Operating System ..............................................................................18
5.1.1 Installation.....................................................................................................................18
5.2 emPC-A/RPI3 Driver Installation Script .............................................................................18
5.2.1 Installation Instructions .................................................................................................19
5.2.2 CPU Frequency ............................................................................................................19
5.2.3 Bluetooth.......................................................................................................................19
5.2.4 Driver Details ................................................................................................................19
5.2.4.1 spi-bcm2835 : SPI driver (optimized for emPC-A/RPI3) .........................................20
5.2.4.2 mcp2515 : CAN driver (optimized for emPC-A/RPI3) .............................................20
5.2.4.3 sc16is7xx : RS232/RS485 driver (optimized for emPC-A/RPI3).............................20
5.2.4.4 rtc-ds1307 : RTC .....................................................................................................21
5.3 Janz Tec AG Linux Image for emPC-A/RPI3.....................................................................22
5.4 General Information ...........................................................................................................22
5.5 Optional Software...............................................................................................................22
5.5.1 CODESYS Control for Raspberry Pi SL Information....................................................22
5.5.1.1 Information...............................................................................................................23
5.5.1.2 License Information .................................................................................................23
6 Programming Information 24
6.1 User LEDs..........................................................................................................................24
6.2 I²C Bus...............................................................................................................................24
6.3 SPI Bus..............................................................................................................................24
6.4 CAN....................................................................................................................................25
6.5 Serial Port (RS232/RS485)................................................................................................25
6.6 Digital IO ............................................................................................................................25
6.7 Console RS232..................................................................................................................25
6.8 Overclocking ......................................................................................................................26