HummingBoard Pro Quick Start Guide

Revision and Notes

Introduction

The following quick start guide provides background information about the HummingBoard Pro product which use the i.MX6 System 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

SOM Model

NXP i.MX6 based Solo to Quad Core SOM

Memory & Storage

Up to 2GB DDR3*

 

uSD, mSATA**

Connectivity

1xRJ-45***

 

2xHost USB 2.0

 

2xHeader USB 2.0

 

Mini-PCIe- half size

Media

HDMI-Out

 

LVDS

 

SPDIF

 

Analog Audio

 

MIPI- CSI-2 Camera

I/O

Reset Button

 

26 pins GPIO Header

 

RTC

 

IR

OS Support

Linux

Dimensions

85mmx56mm

Power

5V, uUSB

Environment

No enclosure

 

Supported with i.MX6 SOM. For more detailed information about our SOM-i.MX6 series please visit this user manual : i.MX6 SOM Hardware User Manual.

Please Note

(*) RAM type and speed dependent on SOM
(**) Supported with SOM i.MX6 Dual and above
(***) 1000 Mbps link is limited to 470Mbps actual bandwidth due to internal chip buses

 

Block Diagram

The following figure describes the Hummingboard Pro Block Diagram.

 

Visual features overview

Please see below the features overview of the connector side of the HummingBoard Pro.

Print side connector overview of the HummingBoard Pro


Software Setup

Cable setup and prerequisites

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

  • Linux or Windows PC

  • HummingBoard Base/Pro with SOM

  • 5V mirco USB power adapter

  • USB to UART cable

  • IP router or IP switch


Booting form an SD card

1. Downloading the Debian image

Download the Debian image by running the following command on your Linux/Windows PC:

wget https://solid-run-images.sos-de-fra-1.exo.io/IMX6/Debian/sr-imx6-debian-bullseye-20220712-cli-sdhc.img.xz

2. Writing the image to the SD card

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

xz -dc sr-imx6-debian-bullseye-20220712-cli-sdhc.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M conv=fsync

Note: Plug a micro SD into your Linux PC, the following assumes that the micro SD is added as /dev/sdX and all it’s partitions are unmounted.

3. SD card insertion

Please Insert the SD card into your device.

4. Power connection

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

5. Serial connection

Please connect the UART cable to your device pins, then you can refer to Serial Connection for installing necessary serial connection software in Linux/Windows.

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

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

Install to eMMC

  • You can follow this document Install to eMMC to install debian to an eMMC device.

More Features

Internet

  • Please check you Ethernet connection.

  • Use the following commands in order to keep your system up-to-date:

apt-get update apt-get upgrade reboot
  • For more detailed information, please refer to i.MX6 Debian .

Wi-fi

An example for connecting to WiFi using wpa_supplicant:

1. To bring a WiFi interface up, run the following :

2. Install the wpa_supplicant package:

3. Edit network interfaces file :

At the bottom of the file, add the following lines to allow wlan as a network connection:

4. Create a configuration file with the relevant ssid:

5. Make sure it works:

Restart your device and it should connect to the wireless network. If it doesn't, repeat above steps or get help from an adult.

Bluetooth

1. For showing all Bluetooth devices, run the following:

2. Choose a device, and turn it on:

3. Set up the Bluetooth name:

4. Make your Bluetooth detectable by other devices:

5. If you want to connect to other devices:

  • Start by scanning for other Bluetooth devices:

  • Choose a MAC address and connect :

  • You can check the communication between the devices by writing :

 

GPIO pins Control

In order to be able to control the GPIO pins, please refer to HummingBoard Pro/Base GPIOs .

Serial UART port access

The UART port for debug can be accessed on the 26 pin header as follows –

Pin 6/9/14/20/25 GND
Pin 1 3.3V
Pin 8 buffered i.MX6 UART TX – pulled up to 3.3v
Pin 10 buffered i.MX6 UART RX – pulled up to 3.3v

Install GUI Support

Wayland

1. Install weston :

  • Connect your HDMI cable and you should be able to see the following :

2. Start weston FROM A PHYSICAL TERMINAL (from the above terminal, not remote or serial session):

This will bring up the following:

  • For more applications, you can refer to GUI Support to install X11, OpenGL-ES, GStreamer, or you can follow this page Gnome for installing Gnome desktop.

List Of Supported OS

Build U-Boot & Kernel from sources

 

Documentation

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ZIP Archive HummingBoard-BasePro-Assembly-Files.zip

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ZIP Archive hummingboard-pro-rev-3.5-layout.zip

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ZIP Archive HummingBoard-BasePro-Gerbers.zip

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Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet HummingBoard Pro BOM Rev 3.5.1.xlsx

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ZIP Archive HummingBoard-BasePro-Schematics.zip

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