Thundercomm TurboX C610 Open Kit User manual

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Thundercomm TurboX C610 Open Kit
User Manual
Rev. 1.0
July 30, 2020

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Revision history
Revision
Date
Description
0.1
March 2020
Initial release
0.2
April 2020
1st version with feature validation on C610 Dev kit
1.0
July 2020
2nd version with feature validation on C610 Open Kit

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Contents
1OVERVIEW: .....................................................................................................................................................5
2PROGRAM THE FIRMWARE .......................................................................................................................8
2.1 PROGRAM SYSTEM IMAGES USING FASTBOOT................................................................................................8
3C610 FEATURES AND USE CASES...........................................................................................................10
3.1 DEBUG PORT...............................................................................................................................................10
3.2 SD CARD ....................................................................................................................................................10
3.3 DISPLAY......................................................................................................................................................11
3.3.1 DSI LCD .............................................................................................................................................11
3.3.2 Display Port .....................................................................................................................................19
3.4 TOUCHPANEL..............................................................................................................................................21
3.5 USB TYPE A...............................................................................................................................................21
3.6 LED CONTROL............................................................................................................................................22
3.7 BUTTON EVENTS .........................................................................................................................................23
3.8 WI-FI &BLUETOOTH .................................................................................................................................24
3.8.1 Set up Wi-Fi STA mode .................................................................................................................24
3.8.2 Set up Wi-Fi AP mode ...................................................................................................................25
3.8.3 Bluetooth Generic Access Profile (GAP) .....................................................................................26
3.8.4 Enable Bluetooth ............................................................................................................................27
3.8.5 Start inquiry .....................................................................................................................................27
3.8.6 Check the inquiry list .....................................................................................................................27
3.8.7 Pair outgoing SSP ...........................................................................................................................28
3.8.8 Check the bonded list ....................................................................................................................28
3.9 ETHERNET...................................................................................................................................................29
3.9.1 WAN mode connectivity ...............................................................................................................29
3.9.2 LAN mode connectivity .................................................................................................................30

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3.10 CAMERA:..................................................................................................................................................31
3.10.1 Environment configuration .........................................................................................................32
3.10.2 Push video stream to PC via adb tool. ......................................................................................33
3.10.3 Push video stream to PC via network. ......................................................................................33
3.10.4 Video record......................................................................................................................................34
3.10.5 Live snapshot.....................................................................................................................................35
3.10.6 Dual camera concurrency recorder 1080p.........................................................................................35
3.11 AUDIO ......................................................................................................................................................36
3.11.1 Playback WAV ...............................................................................................................................36
3.11.2 Capture with Dmics ......................................................................................................................39
3.12 TFLITE ......................................................................................................................................................42
3.13 SNPE.......................................................................................................................................................43
3.13.1 Test the SNPE example ................................................................................................................44

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1 Overview:
The TurboX C610 Open Kit is a cost-effective solution to evaluate the
performance and build the prototype of the smart cameras and intelligent IoT
devices quickly. The Open Kit features rich interfaces, including USB Type A,
HDMI in, Ethernet, and camera mezzanine-board expansions enabling the Kit
“open” for building camera-based devices, including panorama, smart camera
and video conference camera. The Open Kit supports Linux(Q2,2020) and
Android(Q4,2020) operating system, combining powerful artificial intelligence
and machine learning to address increasing demand for smart cities, commercial
and enterprise, homes and vehicles applications.
Turbox C610 Open Kit Specification:
Category
Description
SOM on board
TurboX C610 SOM
Vertical Mezzanine Board (Camera board)
Vertical A: Panorama - 2 x IMX577
Vertical B: Smart Security - 1 x IMX347 / 1 x IMX334
(3x Optical Zooming)
Vertical C: Conference: - 1 x IMX415 + 1 x HDMI IN
Display Interfaces
1 x DP; 1 x 5.0“ TFT-LCD;
Audio Interfaces
1 x 3.5mm headset
6 x Digital Mics(From External Codec)
2 x Speaker out (From Codec)
General Interfaces on Mother Board
1 x USB 3.1 Type C
1 x USB 2.0 Type A
1 x Micro USB(For Debug)
1 x SD card;

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1 x GbE Ethernet
1 x ACCELEROMETER+GYRO Sensor
1 x Wifi/Bt Antenna Connector
6 x LEDs
4 x Keys (Vol Up/Down, Force USB Boot, Power)
Power Supply
DC IN 12V, POE 15W, Battery Connector
Operating Environment
Operation Temperature: -20℃~ 70℃
Operation Humidity: 5%~95%, non-condensing
Dimension
120 x 250 mm
OS Support
Linux, Android
Turbox C610 Open Kit Block Diagram
Turbox C610 Open Kit
Camera Mezzanine Board, Camera Module and TFT-LCD are accessories to the
Open Kit.

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Open Kit TOP View
Open Kit Bottom View

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2 Program the Firmware
The following method is the recommended procedure for downloading your
experimental version of self-compiled OS on C610. A host PC is needed to
program the board.
The procedure for both Windows and Linux host systems is described.
2.1 Program system images using Fastboot
NOTE: Ensure you have installed the required ADB and Fastboot drivers. Your board
must be detected on your host machine.
To install Linux from a host PC complete the following steps:
1. Download the C610 fastboot images package from the Thundercomm website
and unzip it.
2. Entering to Fastboot
a. Press and hold ‘VOL-’ then press Power once quickly to force the device
to enter Fastboot mode
b. Alternatively “adb reboot bootloader” from the command prompt.
3. Plug the USB cable into the Device “QCS610 USB 0”
4. Confirm that Fastboot is active as follows:
a. From the Windows command shell, run:
fastboot devices
dae93bbb fastboot
b. From Linux, run:
$sudo fastboot devices
dae93bbb fastboot

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5. Flash images:
a. From the Windows command shell, run:
fastboot_all.bat
b. From Linux, go to the folder and run:
$chmod 777 turbox_flash.sh
$sudo ./turbox_flash.sh --all -r
After the script is executed, the board will reboot automatically.

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3 C610 Features and Use Cases
This chapter presents C610 Platform features and use cases.
3.1 Debug port
1. Connect UART Port debug port:
2. Log in using the following account credentials:
… …
[ OK ] Started start dsp variants.
[ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System.
Starting Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes...
[ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes.
qsap 202001010057 qcs405-som1 ttyMSM0
qcs405-som1 login: root
Password: oelinux123
3.2 SD card
SD card support hot plugin, and when sdcard is inserted, it automatically mount
to ‘/sdcard/’ to access contents.
You can also test the SD card read and write speed using the following command:
$ adb shell
# cd sdcard
# dd if=/dev/urandom of=test.txt bs=30M count=2 conv=fsync
dd if=/dev/urandom of=test.txt bs=30M count=2 conv=fsync
2+0 records in
2+0 records out