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User Manual
[EVK-PH8800]

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Revision History
Rev. Note Author
20160307 Initial Baijy
20160314 Translate Sandy
20160315 Add RS485-1 Test.
Modify the name of dtb files.
Baijy
20160323 Add WIFI and Bluetooth test
Add PWRON RESETn Keypad test
Modify some wrong instructions
Rongdong
20160331 Add CAN test Baijy
20160511 Update the result of instructions to the newest version
Modify the ETH interface of U-boot from ETH0 to ETH1
Sandy
20160622 Rev01 Release Sandy

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Catalog
Revision History ........................................................................................................................................................... 2
Catalog ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Release Note ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
1. Images Version ............................................................................................................................................. 5
2. Feature List................................................................................................................................................... 5
3. Known Issues ............................................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 1 Quick Start ............................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Burn the System Images to the SD Card .................................................................................................. 7
1.2 System Boot from SD Card ....................................................................................................................... 8
1.3 System Boot from SPI Flash ..................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 2 Function test .......................................................................................................................................... 11
2.1 LED ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.2 Button .................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.2.1 KEY_MENU, KEY_BACK............................................................................................................... 11
2.2.2 PWRON_RESETn ......................................................................................................................... 12
2.3 RTC ......................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.4 EEPROM ................................................................................................................................................. 13
2.5 EMMC .................................................................................................................................................... 14
2.6 ADC ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
2.7 Buzzer..................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.8 Audio ...................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.9 HDMI/VGA ............................................................................................................................................. 16
2.10 LCD ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.11 Backlight................................................................................................................................................. 16
2.12 Touchscreen ........................................................................................................................................... 16
2.13 Serial ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.13.1 UART1 ........................................................................................................................................ 16
2.13.2 UART4 ........................................................................................................................................ 17
2.14 RS485 ..................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.14.1 RS485-2 and RS485-3 ................................................................................................................. 18
2.14.2 RS485-1 and RS485-2 ................................................................................................................. 18
2.15 CAN ........................................................................................................................................................ 19

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2.16 Network ................................................................................................................................................. 19
2.17 USB ......................................................................................................................................................... 19
2.17.1 USB Host .................................................................................................................................... 19
2.17.2 USB OTG ..................................................................................................................................... 20
2.18 WIFI ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
2.18.1 Configure WIFI Antennas ........................................................................................................... 21
2.18.2 Connect WIFI .............................................................................................................................. 22
2.19 Bluetooth Test ........................................................................................................................................ 24
2.19.1 Reset Bluetooth Module ............................................................................................................ 24
2.19.2 Initialize the Bluetooth Module ................................................................................................. 24
2.19.3 Bluetooth Scan Test.................................................................................................................... 24
Chapter 3 System Compilation ............................................................................................................................... 25
3.1 Building Development Environment ...................................................................................................... 25
3.2 Compiling U-Boot ................................................................................................................................... 25
3.2.1 Get the U-Boot Source Code ...................................................................................................... 25
3.2.2 Compile and Burn the Images to SD Card .................................................................................. 25
3.2.3 Compile and Burn the Images to SPI Flash ................................................................................ 25
3.3 Compiling Kernel .................................................................................................................................... 26
3.3.1 Get Kernel Source Code ............................................................................................................. 26
3.3.2 Compile and Burn the Images to SD Card .................................................................................. 26

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Release Note
1. Images Version
EVK-PH8800-Release-SDcard-EMMC-REV01.img
2. Feature List
Feature List
EVK-PH8800
Schematic
Page#
On-Chip
Peripherals
On-Board
Peripherals Detail Functions(existing)
u-boot version 2015.09 Supports kernel boot
kernel version 4.1.6 Supports all below functionality
Filesystem Default root file system used by
debian
CPU PH8800-U11 AM437X_ZDN Null
DDRAM PH8800-p7-u12/u7 DDR MT41K256M16HA-125 Can access read write and run
code
PMIC PH8800-p3-u13 I2C0 TPS65218 Null
SDCard PH1800-P5-J3 MMC0 Null Can access read write and boot
MicroSD_(TF) PH1800-P5-J2 MMC0 Null Can access read write and boot
External-RTC PH8800-p8-u13 I2C1 DS3231SN can read write and keep time off
power
Integrated-RT
C
PH8800-u11 RTC Null can read write and keep time off
power
LEDs PH8800-p10-D3/D
4
gpio Null System can control LED to light or
not
Buzzer PH1800-P14-PZ1 gpio Null System can control buzzer to beep
or not
ADC PH8800-P11-J1 ADC Null Can read the ad value from pin
Power-Button PH1800-P14-S2 I2C0 TPS65218 Can get key value
ADC-Keys PH1800-P14-S4/S5 ADC Null Can get key value
LCD PH1800-P8-J9 RGB Null Can show picture on the screen
Backlight PH1800-P8-J9 PWM Null System can control the LCD
backlight
TouchScreen PH1800-P8-J9 ADC-TSC Null System use touchscreen
VGA PH1800-P9-U14 I2C1 CH7033 Can show picture on the screen
HDMI PH1800-P9-U14 I2C1 CH7033 Can show picture on the screen
eMMC PH8800-p8-u14 MMC1 MTFC4GACAAAM-4M
IT
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EEPROM PH8800-p8-u6 I2C0 CAT24C256W Can access read write
SPI-FLASH EC8800-p8-u3 QSPI N25Q256A13EF840 1. Boot from SPI-Flash
SPI PH1800-P14-J22 SPI1 Null System can send and receive data
in loopback mode
CAN-1 PH1800-P14-J22 CAN1 Null System can send and receive data
between two board
CAN-2 PH1800-P7-u9/u10 CAN0 TJA1040T System can send and receive data
between two board
UART-0 PH1800-P6-U4 UART0 MAX3232CUE+ System can send and receive data
in loopback mode
UART-1 PH1800-P14-J21 UART5 Null System can send and receive data
in loopback mode
UART-2 PH1800-P14-J21 UART3 Null System can send and receive data
in loopback mode
UART-4 PH1800-P6-U4 UART1 MAX3232CUE+ System can send and receive data
in loopback mode
RS485-1 PH1800-P7-U12 UART3 ADM2483 System can send and receive data
between two board
RS485-2 PH1800-P6-U5 spi2 SC16IS762IPW System can send and receive data
between two board
RS485-3 PH1800-P6-U5 spi2 SC16IS762IPW System can send and receive data
between two board
USB-Host PH1800-P10-U17 USB1 USB2514 Can recognize U disk by USB host
USB-OTG PH1800-P10-J13 USB0 Null Can recognize U disk in host
mode, and can work as usb
ethernet in device mode
Audio PH1800-P12-U19 I2C1&Mcasp0 WM8904 can play and record wav
Ethernet-1 PH8800-P9-U9 RGMII1 KSZ9031RNXIA Can ping the server
Ethernet-2 PH1800-P11-U18 RGMII2 AR8035 Can ping the server
WIFI &
Bluetooth
PH1800-P13-J24/J
25
UART1&MMC2
&MCAPS0&I2C1
EXP-WFB00(Jorjin
WG7801-D0)
Can ping the server using 2.4Ghz
Can search bluetooth device
3. Known Issues
Known issue List Detail
SPI-FLASH Not Support: SPI-Flash access in kernel
CAMERA Not Support: Could preview, take picture and record video
Ethernet-1 & Ethernet -2 Bug: Board to board connect could not working normally
LCD Bug:4.3 inch Screen turn white for a while in boot

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Chapter 1 Quick Start
1.1 Burn the System Images to the SD Card
 Firstly, you should prepare a SD card, which is no less than 2GB.
 Then, download and install “Win32 Disk Imager” from https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/.
 Select system image: EVK-PH8800-Release-REV01\image\EVK-PH8800-Release-SDcard-EMMC-REV01.img
 Click “Write” button to burn the images:

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1.2 System Boot from SD Card
 Install the Serial Communication software (e.g. SecureCRT), select the corresponding port number, baudrate
as 115200, data bits as 8, stop bits as 1, parity as none.
 Connect the DEBUG interface (J4) to the serial interface of PC with a DB9 crossed serial cable.
 Insert the SD card into the card slot (J3 or J2).
 Press S3 button, then powered the board with a 12V, 2A power. Release S3 after the power reset.
 Wait for the system boot up, then the serial output will show the following information:
Enter username and password as “root” to login;

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1.3 System Boot from SPI Flash
Refer to 1.2, boot the system from SD Card, press “Enter” when the serial terminal prints the following info:
U-Boot SPL 2015.07 (Jun 20 2016 - 16:13:34)
SPL: Please implement spl_start_uboot() for your board
SPL: Direct Linux boot not active!
reading u-boot.img
reading u-boot.img
U-Boot 2015.07 (Jun 20 2016 - 16:13:34 +0800)
I2C: ready
DRAM: 1 GiB
PMIC: TPS65218
MMC: OMAP SD/MMC: 0, OMAP SD/MMC: 1
reading uboot.env
** Unable to read "uboot.env" from mmc0:1 **
Using default environment
Net: <ethaddr> not set. Validating first E-fuse MAC
cpsw, usb_ether
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 1
U-Boot#
(Press Enter now.)
Execute the following instructions on the serial terminal:
U-Boot# run update_qspi_flash
switch to partitions #0, OK
mmc0 is current device
SD/MMC found on device
reading u-boot-spl.bin
56904 bytes read in 8 ms (6.8 MiB/s)
SF: Detected N25Q256 with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 32 MiB, mapped at 30000000
SF: 589824 bytes @ 0x0 Erased: OK
device 0 offset 0x0, size 0xde48

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SF: 56904 bytes @ 0x0 Written: OK
reading u-boot.bin
288540 bytes read in 19 ms (14.5 MiB/s)
device 0 offset 0x20000, size 0x4671c
SF: 288540 bytes @ 0x20000 Written: OK
Enter following instruction to boot from SD Card first:
U-Boot# boot
Copy the EVK-PH8800-Release-SDcard-EMMC-REV01.img to a U-disk, then plug the U-disk to J15;
Execute the following instructions on the serial terminal:
root@embest:~# ls /dev/sd*
/dev/sda /dev/sda1
root@embest:~# mount /dev/sda /mnt/
root@embest:~# dd if=/mnt/EVK-PH8800-Release-SDcard-EMMC-REV01.img of=/dev/mmcblk1
Note: Burn the EMMC takes a long time, please wait patiently.
Then power reset the board to boot from EMMC (Don’t press S3 anymore).