Starterkit Quicksteps
This Page gives an overview how to take the first steps after unpacking the TQ Starterkit.
Setup Host Computer
The starter kit is delivered with a bootable SD card which contains the latest BSP revision at the time of delivery. Therefore only a terminal emulation program installed on your development host is required for the first steps.
The following emulation programms are recommended:
Linux
Windows
TeraTerm
TeraTerm is an open source terminal emulator for windows. it can be downloaded here.
Configure TeraTerm
- Download and install TeraTerm
- Start TeraTerm and open the Serial Port Settings
- select your serial port and configure it with the values defined in the chapter Serial Configuration
- after passing the values click on the button new Setting
Now TeraTerm should be ready for use with our starter kits.
Serial Configuration
The serial port must be configured for connection to the starter kit as follows:
| Bautrate: | 115200 |
|---|---|
| Data bits: | 8 |
| Parity: | none |
| Stop bits: | 1 |
| Handshake : | XON/XOFF |
Connecting the Starterkit to the development host
Please follow the quick start guide delivered with the kit, or open it from the following link: Quick start guide
BSP Login credentials
As soon as you log in for the first time, the question about the login credential comes up.
By default no password is set up for user root.
| user | password |
|---|---|
| root | no password is set for default user root |
SSH Login
SSH is set up with password authentification, therefore a password has to be set for default user root.
Testing and using Interfaces
Build the BSP for <label>STK_NAME</label> Build the SDK for <label>STK_NAME</label> Setup Eclipse IDE on Development Host
Change Devicetree in U-Boot
The U-Boot enviroment variable fdt_file determines which device tree is loaded when the kernel is started. The device tree blobs are stored in the firmware partition of the BSP image. The PArtition is formated with the FAT file system and can be read in U-Boot.
The fdt_file variable can be set by the following command.
Please keep in mind that changes to the U-Boot environment are volatile unless the environment has been saved by the saveenv command.
Link zur Data page
Setup Starterkit for different boot sources
The Starterkit can be setup to boot from different sources please see the following how to set the dip switches
Perpare Boot sources
Deployment
TQ-Systems GmbH provides the Board Support Packages (BSP) free of charge. The software included in the shipment has been configured individually for the starter kits. The software is only intended to evaluate the module. The use of the Board Support Packages (BSP) is only allowed within the scope of functionality described by TQ-Systems GmbH. TQ-Systems GmbH does not accept any liability for all further changes of the Board Support Package and for any damage resulting from its use.