Getting started with IGEP PARIS

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Overview

This is the 1/3 chapter of IGEP PARIS 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 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.
  • An USB keyboard and a mouse (optional).
  • Li-on battery with 3V3 (optional).
  • A PC.

Getting started

TFT and Touchscreen

IGEP PARIS Expansion supports SEIKO 7” LCD screen. Use J200, J203 and J204 connectors to attach screen. See image for more details.

Know more

IGEP PARIS 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

Basic
Paris db9.jpg

IGEP PARIS 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

Basic
Paris ethernet.jpg

Plug an Ethernet cable between IGEP PARIS and your client machine (or any other network device with Ethernet connectivity).


Know more

IGEP PARIS comes with one 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet port.

In the following chapters we will use Ethernet to access IGEP PARIS.

USB devices

Basic
Paris usb.jpg

Connect an USB hub to the USB type-A connector (USB Host) in IGEP PARIS.

Then plug an USB keyboard and USB mouse to the USB hub.


Know more

Only USB 2.0 devices will work in IGEP PARIS, so if you connect any USB mouse 1.0 into the USB host connector without using an USB hub 2.0, it will not work.

Battery

Paris battery.jpg

J102 is a 2.5mm pitch, can be used to connect a 3,7V Battery to power the base board.





Connect IGEP PARIS Expansion with IGEP COM MODULE/NEUTRON Board

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The IGEP PARIS Expansion connects to the IGEP COM MODULE/NEUTRON Board through J1 and J4 connectors. Just take a look on the figure to mount it:






Power up IGEP PARIS Expansion

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Once you have connected the peripherals you can apply power to your IGEP PARIS with 5V DC power supply (J101) with a minimum of 3A current capacity.







Test Demo software distribution with touch screen

Basic

When IGEP PARIS 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.

Screenshot of the Desktop of the pre-installed software


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 PARIS Expansion via Ethernet interface

Information.jpg 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.


Continue this tutorial guide: [[What can I do with IGEP PARIS|2/3 - What can I do with IGEP PARIS]]
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