CN9132 COM EVK Quick Start Guide

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Introduction

The following quick start guide provides background information about the CN9132 EVK product which use the CN9132 Computer on module.

The guide will give a technical overview about the product and by the end of it you should be able to boot an operating system and begin testing your application.

Hardware Setup

Product Specifications

 

CN9132 EVALUATION BOARD

 

CN9132 EVALUATION BOARD

I/Os

3 x USB 3.0
3 x USB 2.0

Networking

1 x SFP+ 10GbE
1 x 5GbE RJ45 (with PoE PD)
1 x 5GbE RJ45 (with PoE PSE)
1 x 1GbE RJ45 MDI
ETH SW with 4x 1GbE RJ45 ports – Optional

Processor

Marvell OCTEON based CN9132 Quad core Arm Cortex A72 up to 2.2 GHz

Memory & Storage

Dual Channel SO-DIMM DDR4; up to 32GB at 2400MT/s

(16GB for each channel)

MicroSD
8GB eMMC

Display

None

Misc.

GPIO header
Indication LEDs
User Push Buttons

Development and Debug interfaces

MicroUSB
MicroUSB to STM32 for management

Power

12V DC Jack
PoE PD

Expansion card I/Os

2 x SATA (Gen 3.0)
Up to 3 x M.2 Key-M 2240/2280 PCIe x1 (Gen 3.0)
1 x M.2 Key-M 2240/2280 PCIe x2 (Gen 3.0)
1 x PCIe x4 (Gen 3.0) Add-in
2 x M.2 Key-E 2230/5760 for WiFi Modules
1 x mPCIe
1 x M.2 Key-B 3042/3052 for LTE/5G

Temperature

Commercial: 0°C to 70°C

Dimensions

PCBA: 172 x 214mm

Enclosure

None

 

(*) Configurable SERDESs based on Marvell CN913x processor specifications.

Supported with CN9132 COM. For more detailed information about our CN9132 COM series please visit this user manual : CN9132 COM Hardware User Manual .

Block Diagram

The following figure describes the CN913x Block Diagram.

Visual features overview

Please see below the features overview of the connector side of the CN9132 EVK.

Print side connector overview of the CN9132 EVK.

 

What’s in the box?

  • CN9132 EVK (ClearFog CX CN931x)

  • 16GB Micro SD card (Optional)

  • Heatsink

  • Wall mount Power supply 12V@2.5A or 12V@5A (Optional)

Software Setup

Cable setup and prerequisites

Here is what you will need to power up the board:

  • Linux or Windows PC

  • CN9132 EVK (ClearFog CX CN931x )

  • DDR4 SO-DIMM Memory

  • 12V Power adapter

  • Micro USB to USB for console, the CN9132 EVK has an onboard FTDI chip.

  • IP router or IP switch

Please Note

For Application using CN9132 COM express with multiple M.2 modules, SATAs and PCIe add-in card , a power supply 12V@5A is required.
For Applications using CN9130 with few additional interfaces, a power supply of 12V@2.5A is sufficient.

The following is a list of industry-standard cables, sorted by type, with the necessary compliance requirements that have been proven to work well with the CN913x product family.

These examples are the cables which SolidRun uses for testing, and should provide enough information to source products from your preferred cable vendor.

  • Ethernet cable: Monoprice 24AWG Cat6A 500MHz STP

  • USB Cable: SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Type A Male to Female Extension Cable in Black

  • SFP connector: GigaLite GE-GB-P1RT-E SFP module with Monoprice 24AWG Cat6A 500MHz STP cable

Boot Select

Before powering up the board for the first time it is recommended to select the boot media. In order to configure the boot media, please refer to CN913x COM Boot Select .

Booting from an SPI card

The switches on the boot source selector must be set as follows:

Switch 1

Switch 2

Switch 3

Switch 4

Switch 5

OFF

ON

ON

OFF

ON


The following shows how to set the switches on the boot source selector:

Once you set the switches, you can apply the following for booting from an SPI card and loading the Ubuntu from an SD card.

1. Downloading the Ubuntu 20.04 image

wget https://solid-run-images.sos-de-fra-1.exo.io/CN913x/cn9130-cex7_config_0_ubuntu-4cbe176.img.xz

2. Writing the image to the SD card

Use the following commands for writing the image to an SD card:

xz -dc cn9130-cex7_config_0_ubuntu-4cbe176.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4k conv=fdatasync

3. SD card insertion

Please Insert the SD card into your device.

4. Power connection

Connect your power adapter to the DC jack, and then connect the adapter to mains supply.

5. Serial Connection

Please insert the micro USB into your device, then you can refer to Serial Connection for installing necessary serial connection software in Linux/Windows.

In u-boot prompt, to continue booting from SD card, run the following:

setenv get_images "load mmc 1:1 $kernel_addr_r boot/Image; \ load mmc 1:1 $fdt_addr_r boot/cn9132-cex7.dtb; \ setenv root 'root=/dev/mmcblk1p1 rootwait rw'; setenv ramdisk_addr_r -" saveenv boot

Once you installed the necessary serial connection software and ran the above commands , you should be able to see the following:

  • In order to be able to log in , please insert “root” as a username and password as follows:

7. Final stages

The following stages need to be done in order to finalise the imaging:

  1. Run fdisk /dev/mmcblk1 if using SD, or run if using fdisk /dev/mmcblk0 eMMC.

  2. Recreate the first partition by deleting it and then creating a new partition that starts at block 131072 and extends to the end of the drive (or less depending on your needs).

  3. Write the new partition, when prompt about ‘Do you want to remove the signature?’ then answer with yes.

  4. Run resize2fs /dev/mmcblk1p1 if using SD Card, or Run resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p1 if using eMMC.

  5. In this stage the root partition should be big enough to start populating it; but first update the RTC clock.

  6. Connect the RJ45 to your network with internet access (and DHCP server); and then run dhclient .

  7. Update the RTC clock by running ntpdate pool.ntp.org and then hwclock -w.

  8. Run apt-update and then populate the root filesystem as you wish.

Please see below an example of resizing the filesystem :

SFP Modules

For some SFP modules that work on SolidRun networking hardware platforms, please refer to SFP Modules .

SIM Card Slot

It is possible to utilize a Cellular connection by inserting a SIM card into the SIM card slot. Please observe that a GSM Cellular modem needs to be installed utilizing the mini PCIe connection in order to exploit the cellular connection.

Build from source

Documentation

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