UP Squared 6000 series board based on the latest Intel Atom x6425RE processors.
Required items
You should have at least:
- 1 UP Squared 6000 board. Available on up-shop.
- 1 Power Supply 12V/6A DC. This is designated for UP Squared 6000, check up-shop.
- 1 USB mass-storage device. At least 4GB for fixedfunction image and 15GB for HMI image.
In order to connect to the debug console UART, you also need:
- 10-pin wafer box connector cable. Available from the up-shop.
- 3.3V Serial cable (for example, an FTDI cable).
- Depending on the type of serial cable: jumper wires.
Optional items
You may also need a:
- Intel AX210 wifi module, for wireless/bluetooth connectivity.
- Lilliput touchscreen, required if using the HMI image.
Board setup
- Download the Intel 64-bit (amd64) HMI or
fixedfunction image and
.bmap
file. - Flash the image to a USB mass-storage device (e.g.
/dev/sda
) using command:
sudo bmaptool copy path/to/image.img.gz /dev/sda
- Plug the USB mass-storage device in the board.
- Plug in the UART 10-pin header cable on the USB 2.0 / UART wafer. Connect to the serial console running any terminal emulator like:
picocom /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 115200
- Plug in the power supply and wait for it to boot.
Serial console
The 10-pin header adapter from the up-shop brings three UART connectors out of the USB 2.0 / UART wafer.
Check the official board documentation for serial console access.
CN7 pin | Description | Group | Adapter connector |
---|---|---|---|
1 | USB_VCC | USB 1 | USB 2.0 plug |
2 | USB_HSIC_P3_D- | ||
3 | USB_HSIC_P3_D+ | ||
4 | GND | ||
5 | USB_VCC | USB 1 | USB 2.0 plug |
6 | USB_HSIC_P3_D- | ||
7 | USB_HSIC_P3_D+ | ||
8 | GND | ||
9 | UART0_RXD | UART0 | 3-pin: pin 2 (red) |
10 | UART0_TXD | 3-pin: pin 1 (white, with ▲ mark) | |
4, 8 | GND | 3-pin: pin 3 (black) |
Serial console BIOS configuration
In order to get the login prompt on the serial console, the following steps needs to be configured:
- Enter BIOS setup pressing
<DEL>
or<ESC>
during boot. - Go to tab
Advanced
->HSUART Configurations
. - Disable option
Windows UART Sub Device Report
.
Wi-Fi module
Optionally, the Intel AX210 wifi module can be used for wireless/bluetooth connectivity. This can be attached to the M.2 2230 E-KEY slot on the board as detailed on the following picture:
Touchscreen
If you have a Lilliput touchscreen, note that because it combines HDMI video and USB for the touchscreen into one connector, it needs to be used with the special cable provided:
- Connect the two-tailed HDMI connector to the UP Board (through the type A to type D adaptor).
- Connect the USB lead to the UP Board.
- Connect the one-tailed HDMI connector to the Lilliput.
- Power up the Lilliput.
As in the diagram:
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References
- UP board serial console wiki documentation: https://github.com/up-board/up-community/wiki/Serial-Console
- UP Squared 6000 board pinout wiki documentation: https://github.com/up-board/up-community/wiki/Pinout_UP6000