Lamobo R1 User manual

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Lamobo R1(BPI-R1)
User Manual
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Table of Contents
Product Introduction................................................................................................................. 2
Product appearance..................................................................................................................3
Specification..............................................................................................................................4
Hardware...................................................................................................................................5
Hardware connect sketch map.................................................................................................. 7
Use Method (Android or Android-OpenWrt)............................................................................ 8
Step 1: Get What You Need.......................................................................................................8
Step 2: Download The Relevant Image File:..............................................................................9
Step 3: Prepare Your SD Card For The Lamobo R1..................................................................10
Step 4: How to write the image to SD card? ...........................................................................11
Step 5: Set Up Your Lamobo R1...............................................................................................15
Step 6: Shut Down Your Lamobo R1........................................................................................16
Use Method (OpenWrt) .......................................................................................................... 17
Step 1: Get What You Need.....................................................................................................17
Step 2: Download Source Code...............................................................................................18
Step 3: Prepare Your SD Card For The Lamobo R1..................................................................18
Step 4: How to build OpenWrt? ..............................................................................................18
Step 5: How to write bootable OS image/firmware to Micro SD card? ..................................19
Step 6: Set Up Your Lamobo R1...............................................................................................20
Step 7: Shut Down Your Lamobo R1........................................................................................20
GPIO Define ............................................................................................................................. 20
R1 PIN Define........................................................................................................................... 23
R1 UART Define ....................................................................................................................... 26

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Product Introduction
Lamobo R1 is an open source development platform based on OpenWRT
system, in addition to high specification of 1GHz Cortex A7 dual-core
processor and 1GB large amounts of memory, and Raspberry Pi and
Lamobo R1-compatible GPIO interface, allowing you to easily cut across
different platforms-hwan, and run other systems such as Debian Linux,
Ubuntu Linux, Raspberry Pi and Cubie Unofficial open source systems such
as Board, in order to increase development flexibility. Network online,
Lamobo R1 through BCM53125 efficient routing chip provides five groups
with Gigabit Ethernet ports, and built-in RTL8192cu wireless networking
chipset provides compatible with 802.11b/g/n wireless networking
standards; If use SATA2 hard disk or an external USB storage device and
comply with the cloud platform service provided by Elastos, Allows you to
easily upgrade Lamobo R1 into personal cloud storage device or Internet
Control Center of audio, entertainment and security protection function,
its powerful processing efficiency and high integration degree function
interface, which is able to meet the needs of users in different levels.

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Product appearance

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Specification
Hardware specification
CPU
A20 ARM Cortex™-A7 Dual-Core
GPU
ARM Mali400MP2Complies with OpenGL ES 2.0/1.1
Memory (SDRAM)
1GB DDR3 (shared with GPU)
Storage
Micro SD (Max. 64GB) card slot, UP to 2TB on 2.5 SATA disk
Network
Five Gigabit Ethernet ports and WLAN b/g/n (RTL8192cu)
2T2R function
Video Input
One CSI input port allows for the connection of a designed
camera module
Video Outputs
HDMI v1.4, LVDS
Audio Output
Audio Input
3.5 mm audio socket and HDMI
Built-In Microphone
Power Source
5V via Micro USB(DC In Only) or OTG adapter
Buttons
Reset button x1; Power button x1
LED
Power LED(Red) x1; User-defined LED(Green) x1
USB 2.0 Ports
USB 2.0 A type× 1 and USB 2.0 OTG× 1
GPIO(2X13 pin)
GPIO,UART,I2C bus ,SPI bus with two chip selects,
CAN bus, ADC, PWM, +3.3v, +5v, Ground.
Remote
IR
Other
Backup battery socket
Compatible
system
Android 4.2, Raspbian, Lubuntu, OpenSuse, Debian
Product size
148 mm × 100mm
Weight
83g

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Hardware
·Front:
·Back:

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·Interface:
(Front Side)
(Back Side)

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Hardware connect sketch map
(Front Side)
(Back Side)

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Use Method (Android or Android-OpenWrt)
Step 1: Get What You Need
First time to enjoy your Lamobo R1, you need at least the accessories in the table
below.
No.
Item
Minimu recommended specification & notes
1
Micro SD card
Minimum size 8 GB; class 10 (the class indicates how
fast the card is).
We recommend using branded SD cards as they are
more reliable.
2
HDMI(Full sized)
to HDMI / DVI
lead
HDMI to HDMI lead (for HD TVs and monitors with
HDMI input).
OR
HDMI to DVI lead (for monitors with DVI input).
3
Mouse
Any standard USB keyboard and mouse should
work.
Mice or Keyboards that take a lot of power from the
USB ports, however, may need a powered USB hub.
This may include some wireless devices.
4
Ethernet cable
Networking is must of router.
5
Micro USB power
adapter
A good quality, micro USB power supply that can
provide at least 2A at 5Vis essential.
6
Audio lead
(Optional)
You can choose a 3.5mm jack audio lead to connect
to audio port to get stereo audio.
7
Mobile Hard disk
(Optional)
You can choose to connect a mobile hard disk to
SATA port to store more files.
8
Antenna
You can choose two 2.4GHz WIFI antennas to
connect to antenna ports to get advanced wireless
performance.

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HDMI to HDMI lead
HDMI to DVI lead
Micro SD card
Micro USB power adapter
WiFi antenna
Step 2: Download The Relevant Image File:
Please visit our webmaster: LAMOBO.org or LAMOBO.com to download
image, Lamobo R1 all image can be download from this web.

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Step 3: Prepare Your SD Card For The Lamobo R1
In order to enjoy your Lamobo R1, you will need to install an Operating System
(OS) onto amicro SD card. Instructions below will teach you how to write an OS
image to your SD card under Windows or Linux.
1. Insert your micro SD card into your computer. The size of SD should be
larger than the OS image size, generally 8GB or greater.
2. Format the SD card.
Windows:
i. Download the a SD card format tool such as SD Formatter from
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/
ii. Unzip the download file and run the setup.exe to install the tool on
your machine.
iii. In the "Options" menu, set "FORMAT TYPE" option to QUICK,
"FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT" option to "ON".

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iv. Check that the SD card you inserted matches the one selected by
the Tool.
v. Click the “Format” button.
Linux:
i. Run fdisk –l command to check the SD card node.
ii. Run sudo fdisk /dev/sdx command to delete all partition of SD
card.
iii. Run mkfs –t vfat /dev/sdx command to format the entire SD
card as FAT.
(x should be replaced according to your SD card node)
Step 4: How to write the image to SD card?
1. Insert the SD card to PC.
2. Unpack PhoenixCard_V309.rar you received.
3. Decompress it:
i. Run PhoenixCard.exe

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ii. Press “DiskCheck”and select disk of SD Card.
iii. Press “Img File”and Select system.img
iv. Select “Startup”and press “OK”.

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v. Press “Burn”.Start upgrading.
vi. Upgraded complete.

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vii. Press “Exit”

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Step 5: Set Up Your Lamobo R1
According to the set up diagram below, you can easily set up your Lamobo R1.
1. Insert the written-image SD card that to the SD card spot on the left side
edge of the underside of the board.
2. The HDMI Type A (Full sized) port is between a USB port and a RJ45 port
of the board. Just connect any HDMI cable from the board to your TV or
HDMI Monitor.
3. Plug a mouse into the USB slot.
4. Plug a Ethernet cable into the RJ45 slot.
5. Finally, at the very left of the bottom edge is the micro-usb power
connector. Plug in a regulated power supply that is rated at 5V ± 2% and
at least 2A.
If all goes well, the R1 will boot in a few minutes. The screen will display
the OS GUI.

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Step 6: Shut Down Your Lamobo R1
This will shut down the PI safely, (just use the power key to turn off might
damage the SD-cards file system). After that you can press the power key for 5
seconds to turn it off.

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Use Method (OpenWrt)
Step 1: Get What You Need
First time to enjoy your Lamobo R1, you need at least the accessories in the table
below.
No.
Item
Minimu recommended specification & notes
1
Micro SD card
Minimum size 8 GB; class 10 (the class indicates how
fast the card is).
We recommend using branded SD cards as they are
more reliable.
2
Ethernet cable
Networking is must of router.
3
Micro USB power
adapter
A good quality, micro USB power supply that can
provide at least 2A at 5Vis essential.
4
Audio lead
(Optional)
You can choose a 3.5mm jack audio lead to connect
to audio port to get stereo audio.
5
Mobile Hard disk
(Optional)
You can choose to connect a mobile hard disk to
SATA port to store more files.
6
Antenna
You can choose two 2.4GHz WIFI antennas to
connect to antenna ports to get advanced wireless
performance.
Micro SD card
Micro USB power adapter

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WiFi antenna
Step 2: Download Source Code
Please visit github.com to download source code, Lamobo R1 source code
can be downloading from this web.
https://github.com/Lamobo/Lamobo-R1-OpenWrt
How to download?
A simple way is using git tools, for instance:
git clone [email protected]:Lamobo/Lamobo-R1-OpenWrt.git
About how to use git tools at github.com, please refer to:
https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git/
Step 3: Prepare Your SD Card For The Lamobo R1
In order to enjoy your Lamobo R1, you will need to install an Operating System
(OS) onto a micro SD card. Instructions below will teach you how to write an OS
image to your SD card under Windows.
Insert your micro SD card into your computer. The size of SD should be larger
than the OS image size, generally 512MB or greater.
Step 4: How to build OpenWrt?
Step to Build
$ cd Lamobo-R1

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$ ./scripts/feeds update -a
$ ./scripts/feeds install –a
$ make menuconfig
$ make kernel_menuconfig # optionial
$ make V=s
One-off Build
$ ./misc/build.sh
Step 5: How to write bootable OS image/firmware to Micro SD
card?
Windows
Windows users might want to use Win32 Disk Imager
Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
OS X
1. Download the latest OpenWrt image.
2. Insert your micro-SD card into the Mac or card reader.
3. Identify your micro-SD card device using 'diskutil list' and do a 'diskutil unmountDisk' for the
whole disk device (disk9 for example and not disk9s1):
4. diskutil unmountDisk disk9
5. Write the OpenWrt image to the micro-SD card using ‘sudo dd’ (using the raw device:
In case your micro0SD card is disk9 then use /dev/rdisk9):
$ sudo dd if= openwrt-sunxi-Lamobo-R1-sdcard-vfat-ext4-configured
of=/dev/rdisk9 bs=10m && diskutil eject disk9
Linux