Getting started with IGEP BERLIN
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Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Requirements
- 3 Getting started
- 3.1 TFT and Touchscreen
- 3.2 Serial port
- 3.3 Ethernet Network cable
- 3.4 USB devices
- 3.5 Composite Video Decoder
- 3.6 GSM/GPRS modem
- 3.7 CAN bus
- 3.8 DVI monitor
- 3.9 VGA monitor
- 3.10 Battery
- 3.11 Connect IGEP BERLIN Expansion with IGEP COM MODULE/NEUTRON Board
- 3.12 Connect IGEP BERLIN Expansion with IGEP COM PROTON Board
- 3.13 Power up IGEP BERLIN Expansion
- 3.14 Test the Demo software distribution with touch screen
- 3.15 Log into IGEP BERLIN Expansion via Ethernet interface
Overview
This is the 1/3 chapter of IGEP BERLIN Expansion Tutorial Guide.
In this first chapter, we will learn how to connect some expansion peripherals.
Requirements
In these tutorials we are going to need the following components:
- IGEP COM PROTON or IGEP COM MODULE.
- 5V DC power supply with a minimum of 3A current capacity.
- Seiko 7" screen if you need a touch screen.
- Ethernet cable for network communications.
- A monitor compatible with DVI-D.
- An USB keyboard and a mouse (optional).
- 4 pin connector for CAN Bus with another IGEP Board with CAN peripheral to follow CAN Bus communication tutorial.
- SIM card with an antenna to follow Telit modem tutorial.
- Composite video cable, composite video output peripheral (PAL or NTSC) and a screen to follow TVP5151 tutorial.
- Li-on battery with 3V3 (optional).
- A PC.
Getting started
TFT and Touchscreen
Basic
IGEP BERLIN Expansion supports SEIKO 7” LCD screen. Use J200, J203 and J204 connectors to attach screen. See image for more details.Know more
IGEP BERLIN Expansion integrates LCD backlight driver (TPS61081) and touch screen controller (TSC2046), a 4-wire touch screen controller which supports a low voltage I/O interface from 1.5V to 5.25V.
Serial port
BasicIGEP BERLIN Expansion integrates a DB9 RS232 connector.
Know more
This peripheral (UART 3) can be used to debug system using kernel traces, getting a remote prompt, etc.
Ethernet Network cable
BasicPlug an Ethernet cable between IGEP BERLIN and your client machine (or any other network device with Ethernet connectivity). Use J3 connector with IGEP PROTON and J1001 connector with IGEP MODULE.
Know more
IGEP BERLIN comes with three 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet ports.
In the following chapters we will use Ethernet to access IGEP PARIS.
USB devices
BasicPlug an USB keyboard and USB mouse to the USB HOST ports.
Know more
Only USB 2.0 devices will work in IGEP BERLIN, so if you connect any USB mouse 1.0 into the USB host connector without using a USB hub 2.0, it will not work.
Composite Video Decoder
IGEP COM MODULE AND IGEP BERLIN doesn't support video decoder |
Basic
IGEP BERLIN Expansion integrates two composite video connectors to decode analog input signal. Plug some peripheral with video composite output.Know more
Analog input is decoded by TVP5151.
GSM/GPRS modem
Basic
GSM-GPRS antenna (highly recommended) | SIM card reader |
IGEP BERLIN Expansion integrates a GSM/GPRS modem to make phone calls or to send SMS or to write and read data from it, etc.
Know more
Modem chip Telit GE865 is a small GSM/GPRS Ball-Grid-Array BGA module with next main features:
- Quad-band EGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Power consumption (typical values)
- Power off: ‹ 62 uA
- Idle (registered, power saving): 1.6 mA @ DRX=9
CAN bus
Basic
IGEP BERLIN Expansion integrates a CAN peripheral. Connect any CAN bus device or network to the CAN bus connector (J901).Know more
This output is controled by MICROCHIP MCP2515. J901 is a 3.5 mm pitch terminal blocks 5 Positions:
Signal Name | Pin # |
Description |
CANH | J901:1 | CAN High-Level Voltage I/O |
CANL | J901:2 | CAN Low-Level Voltage I/O |
GND | J901:3 | Ground |
DVI monitor
Basic
IGEP BERLIN has a HDMI connector with a DVI-D interface
Connect IGEP BERLIN to a DVI-D compatible monitor.
Know more
The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video standard interface designed to provide very high visual quality on digital display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors. It is partially compatible with the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard in digital mode (DVI-D), and VGA in analog mode (DVI-A).
Note that your monitor should be able to support 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz, which is the default resolution in the preinstalled software.
VGA monitor
Basic
IGEP BERLIN Expansion integrates a VGA connector, the output VGA signal is equal to HDMI connector.
Know more
This output is controled by ADV7125KSTZ140 Integrated Circuit.
Battery
J102 is a 2.5mm pitch, can be used to connect a 3,7V battery to power the base board.
Connect IGEP BERLIN Expansion with IGEP COM MODULE/NEUTRON Board
The IGEP BERLIN Expansion connects to the IGEP COM MODULE/NEUTRON Board through J1 and J4 connectors. Just take a look on the figure below to mount it:
Connect IGEP BERLIN Expansion with IGEP COM PROTON Board
The IGEP BERLIN Expansion connects to the IGEP COM PROTON Board through J1, J4, J9 and J8 connectors. Just take a look on the figure below to mount it:
Power up IGEP BERLIN Expansion
Once you have connected the peripherals you can apply power to your IGEP BERLIN with 5V DC power supply (J101) with a minimum of 3A current capacity. Press SW101 button (between LEDs) to power up system.
Test the Demo software distribution with touch screen
Basic
When IGEP BERLIN powers up, the desktop of the preinstalled software will appear on the touch screen.
You can use your fingers or a mouse and a keyboard to test the demo applications.
Know more
All IGEP Processor Boards have a pre-installed software in its flash memory which consists of a minimal Linux-based distribution with a lite X Window System and GNOME Mobile based applications created with Poky Platform Builder.
Log into IGEP BERLIN Expansion via Ethernet interface
In non-Linux operating system, use IGEP SDK Virtual Machine to connect to IGEP COM MODULE via USB or read article "Using USB ethernet gadget to communicate" |
In your Host Machine:
Open a Terminal session and set the IP of the Ethernet interface in which IGEP is connected (for example eth0):
- In the file /etc/network/interfaces, you should add:
iface eth0 inet dhcp iface eth0:0 inet static address 192.168.5.10 netmask 255.255.255.0
- Type in a terminal:
sudo ifup eth0:0
- Revise that:
jdoe@ubuntu ~ $ ifconfig ... eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:00:27:ad:0c:ad inet addr:192.168.5.10 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 ...
- Connect to IGEP device
jdoe@ubuntu ~ $ ssh root@192.168.5.1
You have successfully completed this chapter of the guide.
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