RoboPeak Mini USB Display User manual

RoboPeak Mini USB Display
User Manual
Copyright 2009-2013 RoboPeak Team
http://www.RoboPeak.com
2014-5-6
Rev. 1.5

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RoboPeak Mini USB Display
User Manual
rev. 1.5
Contents:
1. Introduction .............................................................................................2
Features ..........................................................................................................2
2. Typical Use Case......................................................................................3
As Human Interactive Interface for Mini PC ................................................3
As an additional screen for PC.....................................................................4
3. Basic Usage..............................................................................................5
Connect with Mini PC....................................................................................5
Download Prebuilt Mini PC firmware provided by RoboPeak...................5
Flash RoboPeak firmware to MiniPC ............................................................6
Touch screen calibration ............................................................................21
4. Advance Usage ....................................................................................24
Connect with Linux PC ................................................................................24
Uninstall Linux Driver.....................................................................................27
Using ARM Suite to install and configure RoboPeak Mini USB Display’s
device driver for Mini PC .............................................................................28
Using dd to flash firmware to SD card in Windows....................................30
5. Q&A ........................................................................................................33
6. Version History ........................................................................................35

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1. Introduction
RoboPeak Mini USB Display is a low cost display module with USB connectivity for
data transmission and designed by RoboPeak Team. It can be convenient used as a
Human Interactive Interface device for various embedded devices and platforms.
Features
RoboPeak Mini USB Display comes with following features：
Ease to use, easy configuration
320x240 resolution with 65536 color
2.8-inch resistive touch screen
Up to 100hz refresh rate
Powered by USB directly, do not need extra power supply
USB connectivity, no HDMI or VGA port needed
Open source Linux device driver
Can be easily connected with Mini-PCs such as Raspberry-pi, Cubieboard(I/II/III),
pcDuino and routers with USB such as WR703

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2. Typical Use Case
RoboPeak Mini USB Display can be used in multiple ways. Here we list several typical
use cases for your reference.
As Human Interactive Interface for Mini PC
Along with the popularize of ARM chips with the lower cost and higher performance,
Mini PC products such as Raspberry Pi becomes very popular. Usually, they use
HDMI as an interface to connect with TV and display. By adding USB keyboard and
mouse, it looks like a PC so called Mini PC. However, this also limited Mini PC’s
portability. You needs to bring keyboard and mouse, and can only be used in the
place where have TV or display with HDMI interface.
By using RoboPeak Mini USB Display, Mini PC becomes real. You can use it in
anywhere as soon as there’s power supply.
Figure 1 MK802 Connect RoboPeak Mini USB Display

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As an additional screen for PC
A touch screen comes with PC will improve the user experience a lot. Also, you can
think about more innovative ideas with the additional screen. For example, LingRen
series laptop by Razor integrated touch screen used as game skill release panel. It
also can be used as quick entry for common functions of professional software.
Figure 2 Touch Screen integrated in Razor Blade Laptop
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Moreover, for devices without display such as Server, NAS device, touch screen can
be a good Human Interface to show devies’status, provide management function.
This will improve device’s user experience a lot.
Figure 3 PC connected with RoboPeak Mini USB Display
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The picture comes from Razor’s website, copyrighted by Razor.

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3. Basic Usage
Connect with Mini PC
RoboPeak Mini USB Display is designed for Mini PC at first, so it has considered
many use case for connecting with Mini PC. This is also the most convenient way to
using RoboPeak Mini USB Display.
You can choose bellow two ways to use RoboPeak Mini USB Display:
Use prebuilt Mini PC firmware image provided by RoboPeak
Install prebuilt RoboPeak Mini USB Display device driver by ARM Suite provided
by RoboPeak.
Download Prebuilt Mini PC firmware provided by RoboPeak
To facilitate the use of USB display, RoboPeak provides prebuilt Mini PC firmware.
All you need to do is simply write prebuilt firmware image to the SD card or NAND
flash comes with Mini PC. Then you can use USB display without any additional
configuration.
Currently supported Mini PCs (We will provide support for more devices):
Raspberry PI
Cubieboard
Cubieboard II
pcDuino
Arduino Yun
WR703
Galileo

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You can download prebuilt firmware from:
http://www.robopeak.com/docs/doku.php?id=product-rpusbdisp-downloads
Flash RoboPeak firmware to MiniPC
You can follow below steps to flash your MiniPC after downloading the RoboPeak
prebuilt firmware image.
Decompress the firmware
The provided Mini PC firmware is compressed using xz
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. Before use, you should use
corresponding tool to unzip it.
Decompress the firmware in Windows
The easiest way to decompress xz file in Windows is using 7Zip software. You can
get latest 7Zip from 7Zip’s official homepage.
http://www.7-zip.org/
The usage of 7Zip is out of scope of this document.
Decompress the firmware in Linux or Mac OS X
If you are using Linux system, it has contains xzutils package usually. If you’re using
mac OS X, you can install xz tools using Home Brew or Mac Ports.
Using Home Brew
brew install xz
Using Mac Ports
ports install xz
After installation, you can use xz command to decompress the firmware:
xz –kd the-path-to-the-rom.img.xz
（Replace the-path-to-the-rom.img.xz to the rom file you have downloaded）
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http://tukaani.org/xz/

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Flash firmware accordingly
The flash approach may different according to SoC solution used by your Mini PC.
Please find appropriated approach in the bellow table to flash your firmware.
Mini PC
SoC Solution
Flash firmware using
NAND
Flash firmware using
SD card
pcDuino
AllWinner3A10
Flash firmware to Mini
PC’s NAND flash using
Phoenix Suit
Flash the firmware to
SD card
Cubieboard
AllWinner A10
Cubieboard II
AllWinner A20
Iteaduino Plus
AllWinner A10
Raspberry PI
Broadcom BCM2835
N/A4
Galileo
Intel Quark X1000
Arduino Yun
AR9331
Flash firmware to Mini
PC’s NAND flash using
web interface
N/A5
WR703
AR9331
Flash firmware to Mini PC’s NAND flash using Phoenix Suit
Phoenix Suit is provided by All Winner and used to update firmware for All Winner
Ax series SoC solution. So it can only be used to flash pcDuino and Cubieboard
series which are using All Winner solution.
You can find the firmware link from RoboPeak’s wiki.
http://www.robopeak.com/docs/doku.php?id=product-rpusbdisp-downloads
Step 1 Disconnect all power supply and USB connection from Mini PC
Firstly, you need to disconnect all power supply including power cable, USB OTG
cable to make sure Mini PC has turned off.
Step 2 Using Phoenix Suit
Now, you need to open Phoenix Suit software in your PC.
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AllWinner is ARM Soc provider in China
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Raspberry PI and Galileo’s firmware is in SD card only
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Arduino Yun and WR703’s firmware is in NAND flash only

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Figure 4 UI of Phoenix Suit
Choose Firmware tab:
Figure 5 Firmware tab of Phoenix Suit
Click “Image”Button to choose decompressed firmware image. (Note, should be
*.img file, not *.xz file)

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Figure 6 Choose image file
Now, Phoenix Suit is ready to flash the firmware to your device.
Step 3 Connect Mini PC
pcDuino
Press SW2 key (right corner) in the PCB.
Figure 7 pcDuino layout (Front)
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Keep holding SW2 key and connect Mini PC’s USB OTG port to PC’s USB port.
Then pcDuino will enter DFU mode.
Cubieboard Series
Connect Mini PC’s USB OTG port to PC’s USB port using USB cable. Press FEL key
next to USB OTG port and power on Cubieboard, then Cubieboard will enter FEL
mode.
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The picture is from pcDuino’s website, copyrighted by pcDuino