Revision as of 18:47, 11 April 2012

Overview

Important - Please read these documents before continuing with this article:

• Official IGEP0022 Hardware Reference Manual from ISEE
• Official IGEP0020 Hardware Reference Manual from ISEE

	It is highly recommended to update your pre-installed software image to a recent release to ensure you have the latest features and bug fixes.

Mounting IGEP0022

The IGEP0022 expansion board connects to IGEP0020 via 5 connectors of 10, 22, 28 and 30 pins located on both boards. First align the biggest 28 pin-connector gently press it until the other connectors insert into their corresponding connectors from the other board.

Adding peripherals

You can begin to add peripherals like Serial port, VGA monitor, CAN bus, a SIM card reader, TFT and Touchscreen and the S-Video connectors.

Jumpers configuration

Some IGEP0022 boards may include three jumpers that correspond to:

Jumper name	Position on board
Telit GE865 GSM/GPRS Modem: J402, Modem On-Off J403, Modem Reset
MCP2515 CAN BUS: J702, CAN reset

These jumpers are designed for test and lab purposes to force a specific device by hardware.
For a normal use of IGEP0022 THESE JUMPERS SHOULD BE REMOVED from the expansion board.

Serial port

Connect a null modem DB9 male-male serial cable between the board and your host machine, use the serial debug port to communicate with the host machine: Using serial debug port to communicate

VGA monitor

Connect a VGA monitor to the IGEP0022 VGA connector.

CAN bus

Connect any CAN bus device or network to the CAN bus connector of the IGEP0022.

SIM card reader

A SIM card reader is provided with IGEP0022. You may connect a SIM card to use the GSM/GPRS modem to make phone calls or to send SMS or to write and read data from it, etc.

GSM/GPRS antenna

Connect an external GSM/GPRS antenna to the J404 GSC connector.

TFT and Touchscreen

IGEP0022 integrates a LCD backlight driver (Texas instruments TPS61081) and touch screen controller (Texas instruments TSC2046), 4-wire touch screen controller which supports a low-voltage I/O interface which can be directly connected to a SEIKO 7” LCD or to a POWERTIP 4.3” LCD. Use J301 connector for POWERTRIP 4.3" or use J302, J303 and J304 connector for SEIKO 7".

Composite video

There are two composite video inputs via RCA connectors in the IGEP0022.

How to enable IGEP0022 support

How to enable IGEP0022 support throught igep.ini configuration file

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