Embedded module TQMa8x - YOCTO Linux BSP documentation

Starterkit Interfaces and Functions

Buttons

GPIO Button Overview

Reference Button

GPIO Button Location

The buttons are available in the sysfs via the device and can be tested with the evtest tool.


“|device=”/dev/input/event1“|test=“evtest /dev/input/event1”}}

CAN

CAN configuration

DIP switches SW1 and SW2 are used to configure the CAN interfaces CAN0 and CAN1.

Function SWx-1 SWx-2
CAN-Bus not terminated OFF OFF
not defined (illegal state) OFF ON
not defined (illegal state) ON OFF
CAN-Bus terminated with 120 Ohm ON ON

CAN Loopback

Loopback Test CAN Interface

CAN0 -> CAN1

candump can0&
cansend can1 5A1#11.2233.44556677.88

CAN1 -> CAN0

candump can1&
cansend can0 5A1#11.2233.44556677.88

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Ethernet

U-Boot

In U-Boot eth0 is configured as default interface. The IP configuration can be done statically or by a DHCP server in the network.

IP configuration via DHCP

For a configuration via a DHCP server, use the dhcp command in U-Boot.

Static IP configuration For a static IP configuration the following, U-Boot environment variables must be set:

setenv ipaddr <ipaddr> 
(e.g.: setenv ipaddr 192.168.100.111)
setenv netmask <netmask> 
(e.g.: setenv netmask 255.255.255.0)

Linux

Both Ethernet interfaces are activated and configured by systemd-network. The configuration files for the interfaces are located in /lib/systemd/network/ these configuration files can be altered to customize the default interface configuration. A documentation of the configuration files can be found here.

For a temporary static configuration the ip command can be used, below some useful ip commands are listed:

Activate a specific interface
e.g. eth0

ip link set eth0 up


Disable a specific interace
e.g. eth0

ip link set eth0 down


Show ip address for a specific interface
e.g. eth0

ip addr show eth0


Show statistic for a specific interface
e.g. eth0

 
ip -s link show eth0 


Set ip address for a specific interface
e.g. eth0

ip addr add 192.168.1.100/24 dev eth0


Show statistic of all interfaces

ip -s link


Set default gateway for a specific interfaces
e.g. set gateway ip 192.168.1.1 for eth0

ip route add default via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0

If a DHCP server is available in the network environment the ip configuration can be received from it. To do so execute the udhcpc command, by default eth0 is used.
To configure another interface via dhcp the parameter -i followed by the interface name e.g. eth1 must be given.
e.g. eth1

udhcpc -i eth1 

GPU

Run GPU benchmark with connected display and loaded device tree in fullscreen mode:

glmark2-es2-wayland --fullscreen

I2C

An overview of the onboard i2c devices is available here

U-Boot

Select i2c bus device

i2c dev 1

Show all devices connected to the i2c bus currently selected:

i2c probe

Linux

Detect all devices connected to a i2c bus:

i2cdetect 2

LVDS

TQ offers an optional LVDS Display kit for the . Each Display can be used on its own by using the corresponding device tree. To allow reusage, the support for each display is separated in a dtsi fragment.

To bring up the display the U-Boot environment has to be adapted accordingly.

  1. Interrupt boot process in U-boot
  2. Set U-Boot environment variable fdt_file with the command setenv fdt_file - Save the envrionment by executing the saveenv'' command

RTC

To set the hardware clock to the actual time and date use the following commands:

date -s [YYYY.]MM.DD-hh:mm[:ss]
hwclock -w

SPI

The has two SPI interfaces. They can be found on the extension headers and can be tested with a loopback test.

SPI Overview

Interface linux filesystem

Loopback Test SPI Interface

For the loopback test you need a bridge between SPI_MOSI and SPI_MISO:

echo -n -e "\x01\x0F" | spi-pipe -d <spi interface> -s 10000000 | hexdump
(e.g. echo -n -e "\x01\x0F" | spi-pipe -d /dev/spidev1.0 -s 10000000 | hexdump)

Temperature Sensors

USB

With lsusb you can see all connected usb devices. To mount a partition of an usb stick you can excute mount /dev/<partition> <mount dir> (e.g. mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt). This will mount the first partition of sdb to /mnt. To unmount the device execute umount <mount dir> (e.g. umount /mnt).

User LED

User LED Overview

Reference LED name color linux filesystem

User LED Location

The user LED's are located in .
To change the behaviour a specific LED, the value in the file trigger must be overwritten.

The following values are valid:

For example set the trigger of to heartbeat

echo heartbeat > 

“|location=”/sys/devices/platform/gpio-leds/leds/“|example=”/sys/class/leds/USER_LED0/trigger“}}