Orange Pi mini 2 User manual
Orange Pi mini 2 User
Manual
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Orange
Pi mini
2
User
M
a
n
u
a
l
<Version:
V0.9
>
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What’s Orange Pi mini 2？
It’s an open-source single-board computer. It can run Android 4.4, Ubuntu, Debian,
Rasberry
Pi Image, as well as the Banana Pi Image. It uses the AllWinner H3 SoC, and has 1GB
DDR3
SDRAM.
What can I do with Orange Pi Mini 2?
Build…
A
computer
A wireless
server
Games
Music and
sounds
HD
video
A
speaker
Android
Scratch
Pretty much anything else, because Orange Pi Mini 2 is open
source.
Who’s it for?
Orange Pi Mini 2 is for anyone who wants to start creating with technology – not
just
consuming it. It's a simple, fun, useful tool that you can use to start taking control of the
world
around
you.
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Hardware specification
CPU
H3 Quad-core Cortex-A7 H.265/HEVC
4K
GPU
Mali400MP2 GPU @600MHz, Supports OpenGL ES
2.0
Memory
(SDRAM)
1GB DDR3 (shared with
GPU)
Onboard
Storage
TF card (Max. 64GB) / MMC card
slot
Onboard
Network
10/100M Ethernet
RJ45
Video
Input
A CSI input connector
Camera
：
Supports 8-bit YUV422 CMOS sensor
interface
Supports CCIR656 protocol for NTSC and
PAL
Supports SM pixel camera
sensor
Supports video capture solution up to
1080p@30fps
Audio
Input
MIC
Video
Outputs
Supports HDMI output with
HDCP
Supports HDMI
CEC
Supports HDMI 30
function
Integrated
CVBS
Supports simultaneous output of HDMI and
CVBS
Audio
Output
3.5 mm Jack and
HDMI
Power
Source
DC input can supply power, but USB OTG input don’t supply
power
USB 2.0
Ports
Four USB 2.0 HOST, one USB 2.0
OTG
Buttons
Power Button(SW4), Recovery Button(SW2), Uboot
Button(SW3)
Low-level
peripherals
40 Pins Header,compatible with Raspberry Pi
B+
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GPIO(1x3)
pin
UART,
ground.
LED
Power led & Status
led
Key
IR input, UBOOT,
POWER
Supported
OS
Android, Ubuntu, Debian, Rasberry Pi
Image
Interface definition
Product
size
93mm ×
60mm
Weight
45g
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Hardware
Top
vi
ew:
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view:
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Interface:
Top
view
Allwinner H3
(
AR
M
®
Cortex
-A7
Quad
-c
ore
)
1.6GHZ
40 P
in
h
eaders
IR Rece
i
ver
Two USB
2
.
0
USB
O
T
G
100M
Ethernet
Camera
Int
e
rface
Power
Switc
h
Two
USB
2
.
0
P
ower
(
5
V
2A
DC
)
HDMI
The
upgrade
key
MIG
Bottom
view
Out
p
u
t
v
i
deo
and
audio output
TF
card
s
lot
Use
method
By
following
this
short quick start guide,
you can use yo
ur Orange
Pi Mini 2 in just
a
few
minutes. There are three steps
to
boot your Orange
Pi Mini
2.
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Step
1:
Get what
you
ne
e
d
To
enjoy the use
of
your Orange
Pi Mini 2, you will
need at least the accessories
in
t
h
e
table
b
e
low
.
No.
Item
Minimum recommended specification &
notes
1
TF
card
•
Minimum size 4Gb; class 4 (the class indicates how fast the card
is).
•
We recommend using branded TF cards as they are more
reliable.
2a
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).
2b
AV video
lead
•
A standard AV video lead to connect to your analogue display
if
you are not using the HDMI
output.
3
Keyboard
and
mouse
•
Any standard USB keyboard and mouse should
work.
•
Keyboards or mice 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/USB
WiFi(Optional)
•
Networking is optional, although it makes updating and getting
new
software for your Orange Pi Mini 2 much
easier.
5
DC
power
adapter
•
A good quality, DC power supply that can provide at
least
2.0A at 5V is essential. While the USB OTG input cann’t be
used.
6
Audio
lead
(Optional)
•
You can choose a 3.5mm jack audio led to connect
to
audio port to get stereo
audio.
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HDMI to HDMI lead HDMI to DVI lead AV video
lead
TF card DC power
adapter
Step2: Prepare your
TF
card for the Orange
Pi Mini
2
In
order to enjoy your Orange
Pi Mini 2, you will
need
to
install
an
O
perat
i
ng
System
(OS)
onto
a TF
card. Instructions below
will
teach
you how
to
w
r
ite
an OS
image
to
your
TF
card under Windows
and
Linux.
How to
write
an OS
image (except Android
OS
image)
to
your
TF
ca
r
d
?
Wi
ndo
w
s
:
1.
I
n
s
e
r
t
your
TF
card into your computer. The size
of TF
card should
be
larger than the
OS
image size, generally
4GB
or
g
r
e
a
te
r
.
2.
Format the
TF
car
d.
i.
Download
a TF
card format tool such as
TF
Formatter from
https
:
//w
ww.
sdcard.org/d
o
wnloa
ds/for
m
atte
r_4/eula_window
s
/
.
ii. Unzip
the download
file and run
the setup.exe
to
install the
tool
on
your
m
ach
in
e.
iii. In
the "Options" menu, set "FORMAT TYPE" option
to
"QUICK"
,
"FORMAT
SIZE
ADJUSTMENT" option
to
"
ON".
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iv.
Check the
TF
card
you
inserted matches the one selected
b
y
the
t
oo
l
.
v. Click
the “Format”
button
.
3.
Download the
OS
image from the Downloads webpage.
i.
W
e
b
s
i
te
:
h
tt
p
:
/
/w
ww
.o
ra
ng
ep
i.
or
g
/
down
lo
a
ded/do
w
nl
oa
d.
h
t
m
l
4. Unzip
the download
file to
get the
OS
image (exclude android o
s
image, android os image need other burn
m
o
d
e
.
)
.
i.
Right click
on
the file
and
choose “Extract
a
ll
”
.
5.
Write the image
file to
the
TF
card.
i.
Download
a
tool that
can
wirte image to
TF
card, such as
Wi
n
32
Diskimager from:
http:
/
/sourcefor
ge.net/projects/win32diski
m
a
g
e
r/fil
e
s
/
Archi
v
e/
ii.
Open the unzipped image
f
i
l
e
.
iii. Click
“Write” button.
Wait
patiently
to
successfully
compl
ete
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writing.
Li
nu
x:
1.
I
nsert
your
TF
card
into
your computer. The size
of TF
should be
larger than the
OS
image size, generally
4GB or
gr
eater.
2.
Format the
TF
car
d.
i. Run fdisk –l
/dev/sdx
command
to
check the
TF
card
nod
e
.
ii. Run
umount /dev/sdxx
to
unmount
all
the partitions
of
the
TF
car
d.
iii. Run
sudo
fdisk
/dev/sdx
command
to
configure
TF
card. Use
o
command to delete
all
partition
of TF
card
and
use
n
command
t
o
add
one new partition. Use
w
command to save
c
hange.
iv. Run sudo
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdx1
command to format the new
created
partition
of TF
card as
F
A
T
32
.
(x
should
be
replaced according
to
your
TF
card
n
o
de)
You can
also
jump
this step under Linux, because write image
c
om
ma
nd
dd
under Linux
will
format the
TF
card
aut
omaticall
y
.
3.
Download the
OS
image from the Downloads
w
ebpage
.
i.
W
e
b
s
i
te
:ht
t
p
:
/
/w
ww
.o
ra
ngep
i.
o
r
g
/
do
wnlo
aded/dow
nload.html
4. Unzip
the download
file to
get the
OS
image (exclude android
os
i
m
age,
android
os
image need other burn
mode).
i. Run
unzip
[downloaded filename]
comman
d.
5.
Write the image file
to
the
TF
ca
rd.
i. Run fdisk –l
/dev/sdx
command
to
check the
TF
card
no
d
e.
ii. Verify if the hash key of the zip file is the same as shown on the
downloads
page
(optional).
sha1sum
[path]/[imagename]
This will print out a long hex number which should match the "SHA-1"
line
for the TF image you have
downloaded
iii. Run umount /dev/sdxx to unmount all the partition of the the TF
card
iv. Run sudo dd bs=4M if=[path]/[imagename] of=/dev/sdx command to write
image
file to TF card. Wait patiently to successfully complete writing. Please note that
block
size set to 4M will work most of the time, if not, please try 1M, although 1M will
take
considerably longer.You can use sudo pkill –USR1 –n –x dd command to
check
progress
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How to Write an Android OS image to your TF
card?
Android
OS
image
can not
use the
dd
command under the Linux
nor
t
h
e
Win32 Diskimager under Windows,
you
need
to
use PhoenixCard to make
the
TF
car
d.
(Note : If the laptop card slot can not burn the TF card, you can use the TF
card
reader.
)
1.
Download the Android image
and
Pho
e
n
i
x
C
a
r
d
.
Download
PhoenixCard
fr
om
:
https://driv
e
.goog
le.co
m
/fil
e/d/
0B_
V
y
n
IqhAcB7NTg2Uk
R
DdHRWX2s/e
dit?
u
s
p=sharing
Download Android
OS
image
from
:
http://w
ww.or
angep
i
.or
g
/
d
own
l
o
ade
d/download.h
tml
2.
Format the
TF
card to
Nor
m
al.
3.
Check the
TF
card
you
inserted matches the one selected
b
y
the tool.
Click
“Format
to
Norm
a
l
”.
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Successfully
to
format the
TF
card to normal, click the
“OK”
b
u
tton
.
4.
Then burn the Android
OS
image to your
TF
card. Pay attention to
thos
e
red tag
opt
i
ons
.
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Click
the “Burn”
b
utton.
Burn
Android
OS
image
to TF
card successfully.
Click
“Exit”.
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Step3: Set
up
your Orange
Pi Mini
2
According
to
the set
up
diagram below,
you can
easily set
up
your Orange Pi
Mini
2.
Hardware connect sketch
ma
p
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Hardware connect physical
ma
p
-
t
o
p
v
i
e
w
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Hardware connect physical map-bottom
vi
e
w
1.
I
nsert
the written-image
TF
card into the
TF
card slot
on
the left
edge
of
the downside
of
the
b
oard.
2. On
the bottom edge
in
the middle
of
the board is the
HDMI
Type A
(Full
sized) port. Just connect
any HDMI
Type
A
cable from the
board to your
TV
or
HDMI
M
onito
r
.
If you
don't have
a
TV/Monitor
with a HDMI
or DVI-D port you
can
use the
AV
jack located
on
the very right
of
the bottom
edg
e.
3. Plug a USB
keyboard
and
mouse
into
the
USB
slots located
on
the
right
edge
.
4.
Just between the four
USB
ports
on
the right edge
is
the
e
th
er
n
et
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connector
for
anyone
who
wants
to plug
the Orange
Pi Mini 2
into
a
wired
ne
twor
k.
5.
Finally,
on
the very left
of
the bottom edge is the
DC
power
connector.
Plug in a
regulated power supply that is rated at
5V
±
5% and
at least 1500mA
(or
2.0A).
Any
number bigger than
1500
mA will
also work.
Note
: Avoid
using
OTG USB
as power input, because it does not
work.
Only
the
DC
power
can
make the board
w
o
r
k
.
If all
goes well, the Orange
Pi Mini 2 will
boot
in a
few minutes.
T
he
screen
will
display the
OS
GUI(Graphical User
I
n
te
r
f
ac
e
)
.
The first
boot
of a
new
OS can
sometimes take
a long
time. Be p
a
t
i
ent!
Subsequent boots are usually much
q
u
i
c
k
e
r
.
Step4: Shut down your Orange
Pi Mini
2
You can
use the
GUI
to shut down the Orange
Pi Mini 2
saf
e
l
y.
Also you can run
the command
in
the
term
in
al
:
sudo
h
al
t
or
sudo shutdown
–h.
This
will
shut down the
PI
safely, (just use the power key
to
turn
off
might
damage the TF-cards
file
system). After that
you can
press the power key
for 5
seconds
to
turn
it
off.
If all
is well
,so you can
use orange
pi Mini 2
now
.
GPIO
s
peci
fi
ca
t
i
o
n
Orange
Pi Mini 2
40-pin
G
PIO
Orange
Pi Mini 2
has
a
40-pin
GPIO
header that matches that
of
the Model
A and
M
odel
B
Raspberry
Pi.
Following
is
the Orange
Pi Mini 2 GPIO
Pin
o
ut:
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2(H3)
CON3-P01
VCC-3V3
CON3-P02
VCC-5V
CON3-P03
TWI0-SDA
PA12
CON3-P04
VCC-5V
CON3-P05
TWI0-SCK
PA11
CON3-P06
GND
CON3-P07
PWM1
PA6
CON3-P08
UART3_TX
PA13
CON3-P09
GND
CON3-P10
UART3_RX
PA14
CON3-P11
UART2_RX
PA1
CON3-P12
PD14
PD14
CON3-P13
UART2_TX
PA2
CON3-P14
GND
CON3-P15
UART2_CTS
PA3
CON3-P16
PC4
PC4
CON3-P17
VCC-3V3
CON3-P18
CAN_RX
PC7
CON3-P19
SPI0_MOSI
PC0
CON3-P20
GND
CON3-P21
SPI0_MISO
PC1
CON3-P22
UART2_RTS
PA2
CON3-P23
SPI0_CLK
PC2
CON3-P24
SPI0_CS0
PC3
CON3-P25
GND
CON3-P26
PA21
PA21
CON3-P27
TWI1-SDA
PA19
CON3-P28
TWI1-SCK
PA18
CON3-P29
PA7
PA7
CON3-P30
GND
CON3-P31
PA8
PA8
CON3-P32
UART1_RTS
PG8
CON3-P33
PA9
PA9
CON3-P34
GND
CON3-P35
PA10
PA10
CON3-P36
UART1_CTS
PG9
CON3-P37
PA20
PA20
CON3-P38
UART1_TX
PG6
CON3-P39
GND
CON3-P40
UART1_RX
PG7
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CSI
Camera Connector
s
p
ecif
ic
a
t
io
n
:
CSI
Camera Connector
The
CSI
Camera Connector
is a
24-pin
FPC
connector which
can
connect
ext
ernal
camera module
with
p
ro
per
signal
pin
mappings. The
pin
definitions
of
the
CSI
interface are shown as below.
Th
is
is marked
on
the Orange
Pi Mini 2
board as
“
C
O
N1″.
OrangePi
Mini
2-CSI
CON1-P01
NC
CON1-P02
GND
CON1-P03
TWI2-SDA
PE13
CON1-P04
VCC-CSI
CON1-P05
TWI2-SCK
PE12
CON1-P06
CSI-RESET#
PE15
CON1-P07
CSI-VSYNC
PE3
CON1-P08
CSI-STBY-EN
PE15
CON1-P09
CSI-HSYNC
PE2
CON1-P10
VDD1V8-CSI
CON1-P11
VCC-CSI
CON1-P12
CSI-D7
PE11
CON1-P13
CSI-MCLK
PE1
CON1-P14
CSI-D6
PE10
CON1-P15
GND
CON1-P16
CSI-D5
PE9
CON1-P17
CSI-PCLK
PE0
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CON1-P18
CSI-D4
PE8
CON1-P19
CSI-D0
PE4
CON1-P20
CSI-D3
PE7
CON1-P21
CSI-D1
PE5
CON1-P22
CSI-D2
PE6
CON1-P23
GND
CON1-P24
AFVCC-CSI
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