IC nexus EC2107, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual EC 21XX iMX 6 Processor Series All in One Embedded Computer EC21XX User Manual Copyright 2000 2014 IC Nexus Corporation All rights reserved ...

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Page 3: ...rease the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution To assure continued compliance any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to ope...

Page 4: ...necting the Debug Port to PC 7 3 2 Start Running 10 3 3 Connecting to the PC for Android 4 2 12 3 4 Update firmware via USB dongle for Android 4 2 22 4 RUNNING SOFTWARE 24 4 1 Android 24 4 2 Ubuntu Linux 29 5 TOUCH PANEL CALIBRATION 34 5 1 Android RTP re calibrate procedure 34 5 2 Ubuntu RTP re calibrate procedure 36 ...

Page 5: ...er Manual EC 21XX Page 5 1 Package Contents All in One embedded computer products include EC2107 and EC2110 Item Notes EC21xx Power Adapter RS232 IDC Cable Pin Header for DB9 CD Software and User s Manual ...

Page 6: ...User Manual EC 21XX Page 6 2 Overview Ubuntu enabled device showing ports on each side Android enabled device with wireless antennas attached ...

Page 7: ...1XX Page 7 3 Setup 3 1 Connecting the Debug Port to PC During development it is a good idea to connect using the debug port Find the debug port on EC2107 EC2110 EC2107 EC2110 Connect a RS232 IDC cable to the debug port ...

Page 8: ...n our wiki page online Console Debug Port Connection Diagram UART1 is dedicated as the debug port UART1 default settings are Baud Rate 115200 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit and no flow control A DB9 null modem cable or adapter is required when you want to connect UART1 to a PC with terminal emulation software such as TeraTerm PCB of EC21XX DB9 null modem cable ...

Page 9: ...C Cable and Null Modem Adapter We prefer to use this kind of adapter if your DB9 cable is straight through cable Not cross connected Console box header CN3 on PCB pin assignment RS232 IDC cable pin header for DB9 Null modem adapter male to male for DB9 ...

Page 10: ...intenv 4 Use the command below to modify an environment variable setenv variable string value If you need to change your output display do the following command to set the variable panel otherwise we do not recommend you doing this step Android HDMI 1920 x 1080 setenv panel video mxcfb0 dev hdmi 1920x1080M 60 if RGB24 bpp 32 video mxcfb1 off cea 7 LCD PT 800 x 480 with RTP setenv panel video mxcfb...

Page 11: ...er LCD LVDS panels we support please contact to our sales in order to get right string value 5 Use the command saveenv to save the environment variables that you have modified If not saved then any changes to the variables will not persist after a restart saveenv Saving Environment to SPI Flash Erasing SPI flash Writing to SPI flash SUCCESS done 6 Use the command boot to start the operating system...

Page 12: ...example Windows XP or 7 and at least a few gigabytes free disk space The first time you launch a demo app from the host PC you will have to install a driver into the host PC Follow the steps below to install the driver and make the hardware connection 1 Insert the software DVD into the host PC and find the Android SDK folder Copy to the host PC in a folder named SDK 2 Add the SDK folders to the pa...

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Page 14: ...Connect the power adapter to an EC21XX power jack and plug the power adapter to an AC outlet Wait for the EC21XXto boot up and show a standard desktop on the LCD screen A standard Android desktop is similar to the following figure Connect a USB cable to EC21XXmini USB connector ...

Page 15: ...Manual EC 21XX Page 15 Connect the USB cable to a USB port on the host PC The following diagram shows a USB connected EC series and a Windows PC Windows PC USB OTG cable USB host Connector Mini USB Connector ...

Page 16: ... a driver Choose to install software from a specific location Find the USB driver in the software DVD and copy it to the host PC Add the path of Android USB driver as the search path for the wizard D android sdk windows extras google usb_driver After the driver is successfully installed you will find an Android Phone with the Android ADB interface in Device Manager Screenshots for Windows 7 ...

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Page 20: ...how any attached devices repeat the previous steps to install the driver again Now you can use the adb command at the command line to manage your connected device This allows you to copy files directories to or from the device run a remote shell install files apps to the device and can even run applications you develop directly through an emulator We list some basic ADB command options here This l...

Page 21: ...tra apps from the PC to the connected device After installing the Android ADB interface connect the EC21XXdevice to the PC and verify that the device is attached The install file should be an apk file Type the command adb install APK_file When it shows Success your app has installed successful ...

Page 22: ... CD which is attached to the shipment and the files are under the folder Tool Android System Update 2 Latest firmware image file This can be found in your resource CD which is attached to the shipment and the files are under the folder Binary Images In your system application programs collection there is an APP named update which is for you updating the system firmware more easily Step 1 copy the ...

Page 23: ... the remember choice forever and click the button Allow Step 4 Insert the USB mass storage or MicroSD card and press OK Step 5 The system will be restart and update the firmware after finished the process Step 6 Unplug the power adaptor to reboot the device then the device is accomplished the system update procedure ...

Page 24: ...User Manual EC 21XX Page 24 4 Running Software 4 1 Android 4 1 1 Settings Click the app drawer icon ...

Page 25: ...User Manual EC 21XX Page 25 Sound Adjust the volume ...

Page 26: ...htness if supported by the panel Note In our Android system like most of normal Android there is the sleep mode for power manages You can set the time out of sleep mode in Settings Display Sleep The minimum is 15 s When time is up the screen will be dim ...

Page 27: ...User Manual EC 21XX Page 27 Apps Manage all apps You can force stop or uninstall an app that you have installed ...

Page 28: ...User Manual EC 21XX Page 28 Language Input You can change the UI display language and the default input methods ...

Page 29: ...User Manual EC 21XX Page 29 4 2 Ubuntu Linux Root Password linaro 4 2 1 System Settings You can reach settings and information for personal hardware and system here ...

Page 30: ...t to disable screen lock or disable turn off dim screen go to the Screen option to change the settings Note In our Ubuntu system which release after 2014 5 20 we remove dim screen function So after you set like above the screen would not turn off ...

Page 31: ...User Manual EC 21XX Page 31 4 2 2 Software Center You can use the Ubuntu Software Center to install extra software ...

Page 32: ... Manual EC 21XX Page 32 4 2 3 Update Manager If the Update Manager for Ubuntu appears please close it Do not use it to update the system We do not offer any support should you use the system update manager ...

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Page 34: ... console show adb_open while the message occurred quick input or paste character stop and press Enter key to stop the system booting process Further then input below commands adb_bind_config adb_open stop now the system would stop and display stays at penguin icon ts_calibrator now there would be a white at left it is calibration point Here is an example of the console message When the calibration...

Page 35: ...r a green and red small square Touch the left green one a while It is accurate confirmation function all blue crosses should be within the green square If not the calibrator will let you calibrate again automatically Finally reset power or keyin start to continue system start ...

Page 36: ...rocedure 5 2 1 Ubuntu 11 10 For the Ubuntu 11 10 version if you want to re calibrate the touch function please kindly key in following commands on the console terminal after system booted rm f etc pointercal delete calibration file shutdown r now then reboot ...

Page 37: ...rminal window please input below command line xinput_calibrator device ak4183ts Note If you can t do xinput_calibrator please try to get the app first as following below step On the terminal screen please input the command line which in red sudo apt get install xinput calibrator And input password linaro 4 Now you can start calibrating When calibration is successful program will be closed automati...

Page 38: ...38 6 Copy the content between Section InputClass and EndSection refer below picture in white block 7 On terminal screen please input sudo gedit And input password linaro 8 Paste the content what you copied just now in the gedit ...

Page 39: ...User Manual EC 21XX Page 39 9 Save the file under the path usr share X11 xorg conf d And named the file as 99 ak4183ts conf Then close gedit 10 Finally reboot to check whether touch is correct or not ...