INNOSTICK6-DEBIAN
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Connect via USB
Linux distributions shipped with Innostick 6 single board computer are all pre-configured with USB RNDIS Gadget support. This allows us to connect to Innostick 6 whenever an USB link been built with a host machine.
Pre-requirements
- An Innostick 6 single board computer.
- A Windows host machine.
- RNDIS driver, install it in case Windows can not recognize RNDIS Gadget automatically:https://github.com/zhangzhian/LearningNotes/blob/master/res/RNDIS.7z
Procedures
1. Mount Jumper J1 on Innostick 6(Power supply from Micro-USB cable)
In case of some models like BeadaPanel with LCD Display, Innostick 6 has a shorter soldered in this position with shipment. Customer can skip this step and go directly to step 2
2. Leave Jumper J2 open on Innostick 6(Normal Boot Mode)
3. Connect Micro-USB cable between Windows host and Innostick 6 P1.
4. Wait until a RNDIS Gadget device recognized by Windows.
5. Right click to set property of this USB Ethernet Card.
6. Set property of TCP/IPv4.
9. Then connection built successfully.
VNC Remote Login
Debian distribution pre-loaded with Innostick 6 has support of VNC Server. User can login to it via an VNC Viewer.
Pre-requirements
- An Innostick 6 single board computer, pre-loaded with Debian Stretch
- A Windows Host machine
- UltraVnc Viewer v1.2.1.6(or above) from www.uvnc.com : http://www.uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc.html
Procedures
1. Install UltraVnc Viewer on Windows host
2. Connect Innostick 6 via USB
3. Start UltraVnc Viewer
4. Enter IP Address and Port number, then click "Connect"
5. Enter user name and password(root/root)
6. Setting of WiFi and Bluetooth
Manually install Debian Stretch with minimal Rootfs
This is a step by step illustration for how to install Debian Stretch minimal Rootfs to a bare metal Innostick 6.
Pre-requirements
- An Innostick 6 single board computer
- A Linux Host machine
- An USB to Serial Cable USB to Serial TTL Converter
- Pre-built U-Boot image, Linux kernel image, Linux kernel modules and DTBs
- Linaro stretch-armhf-rootfs: https://releases.linaro.org/debian/images/developer-armhf/17.08/linaro-stretch-developer-20170706-43.tar.gz
Procedures
1. Connect Dupont headers of USB to Serial cable to Innostick 6 UART1
Connection details:
Dupont Header | Innostick 6 UART1 |
Green(RX) | P5-4(Tx) |
Blue(TX) | P5-6(Rx) |
Black(GND) | P5-8(GND) |
2. Mount shunt on Innostick 6 Jumper J1(Supply from Micro-USB cable)
3. Mount shunt on Innostick 6 Jumper J2-1 and J2-2(USB Memory Stick Mode)
4. Connect Micro-USB cable between Windows host and Innostick 6 P1.
5. Wait until an USB mass storage gadget device recognized by Linux Kernel
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sdb 8:16 1 14.6G 0 disk
├─sdb2 8:18 1 14G 0 part
└─sdb1 8:17 1 500M 0 part
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk
sda 8:0 0 50G 0 disk
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 1021M 0 part [SWAP]
└─sda1 8:1 0 49G 0 part /
6. Format Linux EXT4 partition, in this case it is "/dev/sdb2"
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkfs.ext4 -F -E nodiscard /dev/sdb2
mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
/dev/sdb2 contains a ext4 file system
last mounted on /mnt/udisk on Fri Aug 24 21:46:26 2018
Creating filesystem with 3663360 4k blocks and 917504 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 2e70e95e-f14b-41e0-b756-a85ee8ef051d
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
7. Mount Linux EXT4 partition
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb2 /mnt/udisk
8. Extract Rootfs tarball to this partition
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ sudo tar -zxvf /mnt/hgfs/sharefd/linaro-stretch-developer-20170706-43.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /mnt/udisk/ binary/
9. Mount FAT partition, in this case it is "/dev/sdb1"
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/vfat
10. Copy pre-built U-Boot image, Linux kernel image and DTBs to FAT partition
11. Copy Linux kernel modules to /lib/modules folder on Linux EXT4 partition
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir /mnt/udisk/lib/modules
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ sudo cp -R /mnt/vfat/4.9.88-ge8dbe4d/ /mnt/udisk/lib/modules/
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ sync
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ sudo umount /mnt/udisk/
esky-sh@ubuntu:~$ sudo umount /mnt/vfat/
12. Plug USB to Serial cable to Linux Host
Linux will automatically recognize this serial device and arrange COM port number.
esky-sh@ubuntu:/$ dmesg | grep tty
[ 0.004000] console [tty0] enabled
[ 4.036753] 00:06: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A
[ 4.060119] 00:07: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3, base_baud = 115200) is a 16550A
[27117.394172] usb 2-2.1: ch341-uart converter now attached to ttyUSB0
esky-sh@ubuntu:/$ ls /dev/ttyUSB*
/dev/ttyUSB0
esky-sh@ubuntu:/$
13. Start minicom
esky-sh@ubuntu:/$ sudo minicom -s
14. Select "Serial port setup"
+-----[configuration]------+
| Filenames and paths |
| File transfer protocols |
| Serial port setup |
| Modem and dialing |
| Screen and keyboard |
| Save setup as dfl |
| Save setup as.. |
| Exit |
| Exit from Minicom |
+--------------------------+
15. Set serial communication parameters
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A - Serial Device : /dev/ttyUSB0 |
| B - Lockfile Location : /var/lock |
| C - Callin Program : |
| D - Callout Program : |
| E - Bps/Par/Bits : 115200 8N1 |
| F - Hardware Flow Control : No |
| G - Software Flow Control : No |
| |
| Change which setting? |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
16. Exit
Welcome to minicom 2.7
OPTIONS: I18n
Compiled on Feb 7 2016, 13:37:32.
Port /dev/ttyUSB0, 04:43:25
Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
17. Remove shunt on Innostick 6 Jumper J2(Normal Boot Mode)
18. Push the RESET button on Innostick 6 board
[ OK ] Started Daily apt download activities.
[ OK ] Started Daily apt upgrade and clean activities.
[ OK ] Reached target Timers.
Starting Network Name Resolution...
Starting Permit User Sessions...
Starting /etc/rc.local Compatibility...
Starting LSB: set CPUFreq kernel parameters...
[ OK ] Started LSB: Advanced IEEE 802.11 management daemon.
[ OK ] Started Permit User Sessions.
[ OK ] Started /etc/rc.local Compatibility.
[ OK ] Started Authorization Manager.
[ OK ] Started Modem Manager.
[ OK ] Started LSB: network benchmark.
[ OK ] Started LSB: set CPUFreq kernel parameters.
[ OK ] Started Serial Getty on ttymxc0.
[ OK ] Started Getty on tty1.
[ OK ] Reached target Login Prompts.
[ OK ] Started Network Name Resolution.
[ OK ] Started LSB: exim Mail Transport Agent.
[ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System.
[ OK ] Reached target Graphical Interface.
Starting Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes...
[ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Runlevel Changes.
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