Getting started with IGEP AQUILA EXPANSION

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Overview

This is the 1/3 chapter of the Getting Started with IGEP AQUILA EXPANSION Tutorial Guide. In this first chapter, we will learn :

  • Connect some peripherals, including monitor and USBs.
  • Boot the board and touring the default firmware.
  • Connect remotely to the board via Serial interface.

Upon completion, you will be ready to continue with chapter 2/3 that explains more advanced tasks.

Requirements

In this tutorial we are going to use the following peripherals:

  • IGEP COM AQUILA
  • IGEP AQUILA EXPANSION with its power supply
  • Monitor compatible with HDMI
  • HDMI cable
  • Powered USB HUB 2.0
  • USB keyboard and a mouse
  • Network cable
  • PC

Getting started

Monitor

The board will connect to your HDMI monitor. You can use a HDMI cable to connect the board to the monitor. Your monitor should be able to support 720p, which is the default resolution used by the firmware.

Network

You may now plug the Ethernet cable into the 10/100 Ethernet jack of the board to get network access. The default firmware configures the Ethernet device with DHCP protocol.

Keyboard/Mouse

Under construction

Booting

Under construction

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Remote connection via Serial interface

Overview

Serial header (J803) lets you debug system using Kernel debug using USB to 3V3 TTL level serial like TTL-232R-3V3 converter from FTDI or compatible reference. The TTL-232R-3V3 converter has 6 pins and IGEP AQUILA EXPANSION add a 7th way (3v3 power). The next image shows how to connect it:


Block diagram from IGEP0033

PuTTY is an SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform. PuTTY is open source software that is available with source code and is developed and supported by a group of volunteers. You can download it from: www.putty.org

Setting up connection

  • Open PuTTy.
  • Choose Serial line. If you are running PuTTy on Windows, the USB Serial converter line will be like (COM1 or COM2 or COM3, etc.). If you are running PuTTy on Ubuntu, the USB Serial converter line will be like (/dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1 or /dev/ttyUSB3, etc.).
  • Configure Speed to 115200
  • Select Serial Connection type
  • Press on Open button

You will successfully started the console.



You have successfully completed this chapter of the guide.


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