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** Supply for active DAB antennas with current limit (5 or 12 V)
 
** Supply for active DAB antennas with current limit (5 or 12 V)
 
* LIN interface (TJA1027 driver)
 
* LIN interface (TJA1027 driver)
** On-board +12V generator
+
** On-board +12V generator or external +12V
 
* GPS/GLONASS receiver
 
* GPS/GLONASS receiver
* 9-axis sensor: 3D digital linear acceleration sensor, and a 3D digital angular rate sensor, a 3D digital magnetic sensor
+
** Serial and i2c interface to R-Car
 +
* 9-axis sensor:
 +
** 3D digital linear acceleration sensor
 +
** 3D digital angular rate sensor
 +
** 3D digital magnetic sensor
 
* WiFi/BT module Texas Instruments WL1837
 
* WiFi/BT module Texas Instruments WL1837
 +
* Altera MAX II CPLD:
 +
** gpio-extender
 +
** voltage translator for WiFi/BT signals
 +
** sound stream mux/demuxing
  
 
===Jumper Positions===
 
===Jumper Positions===
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[[File:Porter Expansion Board Jumper 4.png|left|thumb|Jumper 4 position (marked with red)]]
 
[[File:Porter Expansion Board Jumper 4.png|left|thumb|Jumper 4 position (marked with red)]]
 
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 +
 +
===LEDs Explanation===
 +
 +
LED1 - EthAVB activity
 +
LED2 - EthAVB link
 +
LED3 - LVDS camera deserializer status
 +
LED4 - LVDS camera deserializer LOCK indicator
  
 
===Multi-Channel Audio===
 
===Multi-Channel Audio===
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Connected to R-Car M2 processor through SSI3 and 4 in I2S TDM mode (Time Division Multiplexed Audio Interface).<br>
 
Connected to R-Car M2 processor through SSI3 and 4 in I2S TDM mode (Time Division Multiplexed Audio Interface).<br>
 +
 +
====Sound Stream Splitting/Mixing====
 
CPLD is used to divide audio streams between Audio Codec and Bluetooth module. BT module occupied two last channels of 8-channel input and output stream. Stream muxing/demuxing is done fully transparent.<br>
 
CPLD is used to divide audio streams between Audio Codec and Bluetooth module. BT module occupied two last channels of 8-channel input and output stream. Stream muxing/demuxing is done fully transparent.<br>
 +
 +
[[File:PEXT(RZGEXT)TDM.png|left|800px|thumb|Output to CPLD]]
 +
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 +
[[File:PEXT01 Output to Codec.png|left|800px|thumb|Output to Codec]]
 +
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[[File:PEXT01 Output to Bluetooth.png|left|800px|thumb|Output to Bluetooth]]
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 +
 +
Input stream mixing is done similar way.
 +
 +
[[File:PEXT01 DIAGRAMM.png|left|800px|thumb|Sound stream split/merge]]
 +
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====Software====
 
====Software====
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Channels 6 and 7 of capture device is BT input stream. If WL1837 PCM interface is inactive silence will be captured on these channels. Same with playback - channels 6 and 7 are routed to PCM interface of WL1837 module. <br>
 
Channels 6 and 7 of capture device is BT input stream. If WL1837 PCM interface is inactive silence will be captured on these channels. Same with playback - channels 6 and 7 are routed to PCM interface of WL1837 module. <br>
 
Using a PulseAudio soundcard can be splitted to several sink/sources.
 
Using a PulseAudio soundcard can be splitted to several sink/sources.
 +
 +
 +
====PulseAudio====
 +
 +
If you using PulseAudio you can simply split this 8-channel sound card into two sinks: surround 5.1 and stereo BT output<br>
 +
  $ pactl load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=Surround51 remix=no master=alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71 channels=6 master_channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe
 +
  $ pactl load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=BluetoothPCM remix=no master=alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71 channels=2 master_channel_map=side-left,side-right channel_map=front-left,front-right
 +
Check sinks<br>
 +
  $ pactl list sinks
 +
  Sink #0
 +
      State: RUNNING
 +
      Name: alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71
 +
      Description: pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1
 +
      Driver: module-alsa-card.c
 +
      Sample Specification: s24-32le 8ch 48000Hz
 +
      Channel Map: front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe,side-left,side-right
 +
      Owner Module: 1
 +
      Mute: no
 +
      Volume: front-left: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,  front-right: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,  rear-left: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB, rear-right: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,  front-center: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,  lfe: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,  side-left: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,  side-right: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB
 +
              balance 0.00
 +
      Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
 +
      Monitor Source: alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71.monitor
 +
      Latency: 21030 usec, configured 21333 usec
 +
      Flags: HARDWARE HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
 +
      Properties:
 +
          alsa.resolution_bits = "32"
 +
          device.api = "alsa"
 +
          device.class = "sound"
 +
          alsa.class = "generic"
 +
          alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
 +
          alsa.name = ""
 +
          alsa.id = "rsnd-dai.0-pcm3168a pcm3168a-0"
 +
          alsa.subdevice = "0"
 +
          alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
 +
          alsa.device = "0"
 +
          alsa.card = "0"
 +
          alsa.card_name = "pcm3168a"
 +
          alsa.long_card_name = "pcm3168a"
 +
          device.bus_path = "platform-sound.13"
 +
          sysfs.path = "/devices/sound.13/sound/card0"
 +
          device.string = "surround71:0"
 +
          device.buffering.buffer_size = "32768"
 +
          device.buffering.fragment_size = "8192"
 +
          device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
 +
          device.profile.name = "analog-surround-71"
 +
          device.profile.description = "Analog Surround 7.1"
 +
          device.description = "pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1"
 +
          module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
 +
          device.icon_name = "audio-card"
 +
      Ports:
 +
          analog-output: Analog Output (priority: 9900)
 +
      Active Port: analog-output
 +
      Formats:
 +
          pcm
 +
 
 +
  Sink #1
 +
      State: SUSPENDED
 +
      Name: alsa_output.platform-sound.14.analog-stereo
 +
      Description: ak464x Analog Stereo
 +
      Driver: module-alsa-card.c
 +
      Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
 +
      Channel Map: front-left,front-right
 +
      Owner Module: 2
 +
      Mute: no
 +
      Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,  front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
 +
              balance 0.00
 +
      Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
 +
      Monitor Source: alsa_output.platform-sound.14.analog-stereo.monitor
 +
      Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
 +
      Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
 +
      Properties:
 +
          alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
 +
          device.api = "alsa"
 +
          device.class = "sound"
 +
          alsa.class = "generic"
 +
          alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
 +
          alsa.name = ""
 +
          alsa.id = "rsnd-dai.1-ak4642-hifi ak4642-hifi-0"
 +
          alsa.subdevice = "0"
 +
          alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
 +
          alsa.device = "0"
 +
          alsa.card = "1"
 +
          alsa.card_name = "ak464x"
 +
          alsa.long_card_name = "ak464x"
 +
          device.bus_path = "platform-sound.14"
 +
          sysfs.path = "/devices/sound.14/sound/card1"
 +
          device.string = "hw:1"
 +
          device.buffering.buffer_size = "32768"
 +
          device.buffering.fragment_size = "8192"
 +
          device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
 +
          device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
 +
          device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
 +
          device.description = "ak464x Analog Stereo"
 +
          module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
 +
          device.icon_name = "audio-card"
 +
      Ports:
 +
          analog-output: Analog Output (priority: 9900)
 +
      Active Port: analog-output
 +
      Formats:
 +
          pcm
 +
 
 +
  Sink #2
 +
      State: SUSPENDED
 +
      Name: Surround51
 +
      Description: Remapped pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1
 +
      Driver: module-remap-sink.c
 +
      Sample Specification: s24-32le 6ch 48000Hz
 +
      Channel Map: front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe
 +
      Owner Module: 12
 +
      Mute: no
 +
      Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,  front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,  rear-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, rear-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,  front-center: 65536 / 00% / 0.00 dB,  lfe: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
 +
              balance 0.00
 +
      Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
 +
      Monitor Source: Surround51.monitor
 +
      Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
 +
      Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
 +
      Properties:
 +
          device.master_device = "alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71"
 +
          device.class = "filter"
 +
          device.description = "Remapped pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1"
 +
          device.icon_name = "audio-card"
 +
      Formats:
 +
          pcm
 +
 
 +
  Sink #3
 +
      State: IDLE
 +
      Name: BluetoothPCM
 +
      Description: Remapped pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1
 +
      Driver: module-remap-sink.c
 +
      Sample Specification: s24-32le 2ch 48000Hz
 +
      Channel Map: front-left,front-right
 +
      Owner Module: 13
 +
      Mute: no
 +
      Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,  front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
 +
              balance 0.00
 +
      Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
 +
      Monitor Source: BluetoothPCM.monitor
 +
      Latency: 20734 usec, configured 21333 usec
 +
      Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
 +
      Properties:
 +
          device.master_device = "alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71"
 +
          device.class = "filter"
 +
          device.description = "Remapped pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1"
 +
          device.icon_name = "audio-card"
 +
      Formats:
 +
          pcm
 +
 +
Same can be done for input source using module-remap-source PulseAudio module.<br>
 +
Set surround output as default sink:
 +
  $ pactl set-default-sink Surround51
 +
Check:
 +
  $ pactl stat
 +
  Currently in use: 5 blocks containing 160.0 KiB bytes total.
 +
  ....
 +
  Default Sink: Surround51
 +
  ....
 +
Test:
 +
  $ gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=path/to/file.mp3 ! mad ! pulsesink
 +
Note: you don't need to add audioconvert and audioresample to pipeline when using pulsesink. PulseAudio will do all necessary conversion.<br>
 +
<br>
 +
Please refer to PulseAudio documentation for additional information.
  
 
===FM/AM/DAB Radio===
 
===FM/AM/DAB Radio===
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====Software====
 
====Software====
From SW point of view Radio represented as stereo sound capture device and spidev. To control Si4689 several user-space tools provided.
+
From SW point of view Radio represented as stereo sound capture device and spidev. To control Si4689 several user-space tools provided.<br>
 +
* si_init - properly initialize radio chip
 +
* si_flash - tool to flash attached SPI flash (firmware storage)
 +
* si_ctl - tool to boot radio chip, tune, scan and get status
 +
 
 +
Minimal command set to boot radio in FM mode and tune to defined frequency:
 +
  $ si_init
 +
  $ si_ctl -b fm # boot in FM from SPI flash
 +
  $ si_ctl -c 106000 # tune to 106.0 MHz
 +
To scan for station use command
 +
  $ si_ctl -l up # scan up
 +
To get status
 +
  $ si_ctl -s -d -m # get system status, RSQ status and RDS info
 +
After radio chip is up in FM, AM or DAB mode ALSA device can be used to capture radio. (directly or through PulseAudio)<br>
  
  
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== How to test some capabilities of Porter EXT01 ==
 
== How to test some capabilities of Porter EXT01 ==
  
1. Gigabit Ethernet port:
+
===Gigabit Ethernet port===
  
 
Connect port to workstation/network via Ethernet switch or directly.
 
Connect port to workstation/network via Ethernet switch or directly.
 
Set up eth0 interface:
 
Set up eth0 interface:
    $ ifconfig eth0 up
+
  $ ifconfig eth0 up
 
Set up network address (via dhcp, for example):
 
Set up network address (via dhcp, for example):
    $ udhcpc -i eth0
+
  $ udhcpc -i eth0
 
After that you can optionaly check speed of Ethernet port by iperf util
 
After that you can optionaly check speed of Ethernet port by iperf util
 
(add it to IMAGE_INSTALL_append in local.conf or build directly by bitbake
 
(add it to IMAGE_INSTALL_append in local.conf or build directly by bitbake
 
and install via ipk):
 
and install via ipk):
    $ iperf -s
+
  $ iperf -s
  
    Now run on your host machine iperf client:
+
  Now run on your host machine iperf client:
    $ iperf -c <porter_ext01_ip>
+
  $ iperf -c <porter_ext01_ip>
  
2. LIN interface (see http://rtime.felk.cvut.cz/gitweb/linux-lin.git/blob/HEAD:/sllin/README.txt):
+
===LIN interface===
 +
LIN bus can be accessed through [https://github.com/ppisa/linux-lin slLIN] UART TTY line-discipline driver which makes it available through SocketCAN interface.
  
    $ ldattach 25 /dev/ttySC9
+
'''NOTE''':See https://github.com/ppisa/linux-lin/blob/master/sllin/README.txt:
    $ ip link set sllin0 up
+
 
 +
  $ ldattach 25 /dev/ttySC9
 +
  $ ip link set sllin0 up
  
 
Use cangen util to send frames via lin.
 
Use cangen util to send frames via lin.
  
3. Sound and radio:
+
===Sound===
 +
'''NOTE''': these examples directly use ALSA devices. Stop PulseAudio before (/etc/init.d/pulse stop).<br>
 +
Check existence of sound devices via aplay/arecord:
 +
 
 +
  $ aplay -l
 +
  **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 +
  card 0: pcm3168a [pcm3168a], device 0: rsnd-dai.0-pcm3168a pcm3168a-0 []
 +
  Subdevices: 1/1
 +
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 +
  card 1: ak464x [ak464x], device 0: rsnd-dai.1-ak4642-hifi ak4642-hifi-0 []
 +
  Subdevices: 1/1
 +
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 +
 
 +
  $ arecord -l
 +
  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 +
  card 0: pcm3168a [pcm3168a], device 0: rsnd-dai.0-pcm3168a pcm3168a-0 []
 +
  Subdevices: 1/1
 +
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 +
  card 1: ak464x [ak464x], device 0: rsnd-dai.1-ak4642-hifi ak4642-hifi-0 []
 +
  Subdevices: 1/1
 +
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 +
  card 2: radio [radio], device 0: rsnd-dai.2-si468x-pcm si468x-pcm-0 []
 +
  Subdevices: 1/1
 +
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 +
 
 +
Simple playback test can be done this way:
 +
speaker-test -c 8 -t wav
  
Check existence of sound devices via aplay/arecord:
+
Playing mp3 through 5.1 sound card with gstreamer:
 +
gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=./test.mp3 ! mad ! audioresample ! audioconvert ! audio/x-raw, format=S32LE, rate=48000, channels=8 ! autoaudiosink
  
  $ aplay -l
+
Recording sound from microphone of 5.1 sound card and playing it back:
  **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
+
arecord -D hw:0 -c 8 -f S24_LE -r 48000 1.raw
  card 0: pcm3168a [pcm3168a], device 0: rsnd-dai.0-pcm3168a pcm3168a-0 []
+
aplay -D hw:0 -c 8 -f S24_LE -r 48000 1.raw
      Subdevices: 1/1
 
      Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 
  card 1: ak464x [ak464x], device 0: rsnd-dai.1-ak4642-hifi ak4642-hifi-0 []
 
        Subdevices: 1/1
 
        Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 
  
  $ arecord -l
+
'''NOTE''': sound card jack inputs are made universal and you could is it as line inputs and/or microphone inputs.
  **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 
  card 0: pcm3168a [pcm3168a], device 0: rsnd-dai.0-pcm3168a pcm3168a-0 []
 
      Subdevices: 1/1
 
      Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 
  card 1: ak464x [ak464x], device 0: rsnd-dai.1-ak4642-hifi ak4642-hifi-0 []
 
      Subdevices: 1/1
 
      Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 
  card 2: radio [radio], device 0: rsnd-dai.2-si468x-pcm si468x-pcm-0 []
 
      Subdevices: 1/1
 
      Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 
  
 
+
===Radio===
 +
 
 
To scan and play radio FM stations you could use this shell script:
 
To scan and play radio FM stations you could use this shell script:
#!/bin/sh
+
  #!/bin/sh
set -o pipefail
+
  si_init
if si_ctl -l "$1" | grep Frequency > /run/radio.frequency; then
+
  si_ctl -b fm
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
+
  si_ctl -l up
    exec gst-launch-1.0 alsasrc device='hw:2,0' ! \
+
  gst-launch-1.0 alsasrc device='hw:2,0' ! \
            queue ! \
+
      queue ! \
            audioconvert ! audioresample ! \
+
      audioconvert ! audioresample ! \
        audio/x-raw,rate=48000 ! \
+
      audio/x-raw,rate=48000 ! \
            alsasink sync=false device='hw:1,0'
+
      alsasink sync=false device='hw:1,0'
  
 
To set radio station and change FM/AM see si_ctl util.
 
To set radio station and change FM/AM see si_ctl util.
   
 
4. GPS/GLONASS:
 
  
  Available as NMEA through /dev/ttySC7
+
===GPS/GLONASS===
  
5. WiFi:
+
Available as NMEA through /dev/ttySC7
 +
  $cat /dev/ttySC7
 +
 
 +
===WiFi===
  
 
To check wifi and scan available WAPs run:
 
To check wifi and scan available WAPs run:
  $ ifconfig wlan0 up
+
  $ ifconfig wlan0 up
  $ iwlist wlan0 scan
+
  $ iwlist wlan0 scan
  
6. Bluetooth:
+
===Bluetooth===
  
 
To check bluetooth and scan available BT devices run:
 
To check bluetooth and scan available BT devices run:
  $ hciconfig hci0 up
+
  $ hciconfig hci0 up
  $ hcitool -i hci0 scan
+
  $ hcitool -i hci0 scan
 +
<br>
 +
To stream to a2dp sink:<br>
 +
Check that bluetooth daemon running:
 +
  $ ps | grep blue
 +
  739 root      3880 S    /usr/lib/bluez5/bluetooth/bluetoothd
 +
Check that pulseaudio running:
 +
  $ ps | grep pulse
 +
  711 pulse    124m S <  pulseaudio -D --system --disallow-exit --resample-me
 +
Check that module-bluetooth-discover is loaded:
 +
  $ pactl list modules
 +
  ....
 +
  Module #18
 +
        Name: module-bluetooth-discover
 +
  ....
 +
Start bluetoothctl and power on BT adapter:
 +
  $ bluetoothctl
 +
  [bluetooth]# power on
 +
  [bluetooth]# agent on
 +
  [bluetooth]# default-agent
 +
Start scannig:
 +
  [bluetooth]# scan on
 +
Wait for your device:
 +
  [NEW] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bose Color SoundLink
 +
Pair
 +
  [bluetooth]# pair xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
 +
  Attempting to pair with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
 +
  [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Connected: yes
 +
  [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Modalias: bluetooth:v009Ep4006d0101
 +
  [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx UUIDs has unsupported type
 +
  Pairing successful
 +
And connect:
 +
  [bluetooth]# connect xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
 +
  Attempting to connect to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
 +
  [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Connected: yes
 +
  Connection successful
 +
  [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Modalias: bluetooth:v009Ep4006d0101
 +
Now you should get new PulseAudio sink:
 +
  $ pactl list sinks
 +
  ...
 +
  Sink #5
 +
  State: SUSPENDED
 +
  Name: bluez_sink.xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx
 +
  Description: Bose Color SoundLink
 +
  ...
 +
Some BT devices support several profiles. Check it
 +
  $ pactl list cards
 +
  ...
 +
  Profiles:
 +
    headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 20, available: yes)
 +
    a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 10, available: yes)
 +
    off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
 +
  Active Profile: headset_head_unit
 +
  ...
 +
Set a2dp profile:
 +
  $ pactl set-card-profile bluez_card.xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx a2dp_sink
 +
Now you can set it as default sink:
 +
  $ pactl set-default-sink bluez_sink.xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx
 +
And test playback:
 +
  $ gst-launch-1.0 audiotestsrc ! pulsesink
  
7. Sensors (LSM9DS0) :
+
===Sensors (LSM9DS0)===
  Accelerometer -- /dev/input/event0
+
  Accelerometer -- /dev/input/event0
  Magnetometer -- /dev/input/event1
+
  Magnetometer -- /dev/input/event1
  Gyroscope     -- /dev/input/event2
+
  Gyroscope -- /dev/input/event2
  
 
== Installing Porter Expansion Board  ==
 
== Installing Porter Expansion Board  ==

Revision as of 14:45, 11 January 2020

Introduction

This is the official Wiki for Porter Infotainment Expansion Board.

Please refer to R-Car/Boards/Porter for Renesas R-Car M2 Porter board Rev C.

Hardware

This section contains information about Porter Expansion Board hardware.

Board Layout

Porter expansion (bot).png

Porter expansion (top).png

Hardware Features

  • Ethernet AVB phy
    • KSZ9031 phy
  • MOST interface
    • Support both 3-pin and 6-pin MLB interface
    • Pinout compatible with Microchip evaluation boards
  • LVDS camera interface
    • MAX9272 deserializer
    • 8-bit wide video bus connected to VI2 interface of R-Car M2 CPU
    • 5V or 12V selectable supply voltage for camera with current limiting
  • High quality 24-bit audio codec PCM3168A
    • 6 input channels (3 stereo jacks for microphone connection)
    • 6 line out channels (RCA connectors)
    • 6 HP outputs (3 stereo jack connectors for direct headphones connection)
    • 44100/48000 Hz sampling frequency
  • Si4689 base AM/FM/DAB radio
    • Digital audio interface to R-Car M2 CPU
    • Additional flash storage for fast radio boot
    • Supply for active DAB antennas with current limit (5 or 12 V)
  • LIN interface (TJA1027 driver)
    • On-board +12V generator or external +12V
  • GPS/GLONASS receiver
    • Serial and i2c interface to R-Car
  • 9-axis sensor:
    • 3D digital linear acceleration sensor
    • 3D digital angular rate sensor
    • 3D digital magnetic sensor
  • WiFi/BT module Texas Instruments WL1837
  • Altera MAX II CPLD:
    • gpio-extender
    • voltage translator for WiFi/BT signals
    • sound stream mux/demuxing

Jumper Positions

J1 - voltage select for LVDS camera

"5V" - supply 5V to LVDS camera
"12V" - supply 12V from CN4 to LVDS camera
open - do not supply power to LVDS camera
Jumper 1 position (marked with red)


J2 - power supply for LIN interface

"Int" - use on-board +12V generator (default)
"Ext" - use power from CN4
Jumper 2 position (marked with red)


J3 - Si4689 firmware flash write enable:

open - write disabled (default)
closed - write enabled (for radio firmware update only)


Jumper 3 position (marked with red)


J4 - DAB/FM antenna power supply (CN6)

"5V" - supply +5V for DAB/FM antenna. 300 mA limit
"12V" - supply +12V for DAB/FM antenna. 300 mA limit
open - do not supply power for DAB/FM antenna. For passive antennas or antennas with own power supply. (default)
Jumper 4 position (marked with red)


LEDs Explanation

LED1 - EthAVB activity
LED2 - EthAVB link
LED3 - LVDS camera deserializer status
LED4 - LVDS camera deserializer LOCK indicator

Multi-Channel Audio

Hardware

PCM3168A: 24-Bit, 96-kHz/192-kHz, 6-In/8-Out Audio Codec with Differential Input/Output (only 6 output channels used)
TPA6133A2: Stereo Headphone Amplifiers for Headphones outputs
OPA2134: High Performance Audio Operational Amplifiers for Line-outs and Microphone/Line-ins

I2S TDM interface data format


Connected to R-Car M2 processor through SSI3 and 4 in I2S TDM mode (Time Division Multiplexed Audio Interface).

Sound Stream Splitting/Mixing

CPLD is used to divide audio streams between Audio Codec and Bluetooth module. BT module occupied two last channels of 8-channel input and output stream. Stream muxing/demuxing is done fully transparent.

Output to CPLD


Output to Codec


Output to Bluetooth


Input stream mixing is done similar way.

Sound stream split/merge


Software

From SW point of view PCM3168A codec is represented as 8-ch playback and 8-ch capture device.
Due to share of WS and BCLK pins between SSI3 and SSI4 both playback and capture can be done with same sample rate only (48000 or 44100).
Channels 6 and 7 of capture device is BT input stream. If WL1837 PCM interface is inactive silence will be captured on these channels. Same with playback - channels 6 and 7 are routed to PCM interface of WL1837 module.
Using a PulseAudio soundcard can be splitted to several sink/sources.


PulseAudio

If you using PulseAudio you can simply split this 8-channel sound card into two sinks: surround 5.1 and stereo BT output

  $ pactl load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=Surround51 remix=no master=alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71 channels=6 master_channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe channel_map=front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe
  $ pactl load-module module-remap-sink sink_name=BluetoothPCM remix=no master=alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71 channels=2 master_channel_map=side-left,side-right channel_map=front-left,front-right 

Check sinks

  $ pactl list sinks
  Sink #0
      State: RUNNING
      Name: alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71
      Description: pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1
      Driver: module-alsa-card.c
      Sample Specification: s24-32le 8ch 48000Hz
      Channel Map: front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe,side-left,side-right
      Owner Module: 1
      Mute: no
      Volume: front-left: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,   front-right: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,   rear-left: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB, rear-right: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,   front-center: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,   lfe: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,   side-left: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB,   side-right: 30419 /  46% / -20.00 dB
              balance 0.00
      Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
      Monitor Source: alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71.monitor
      Latency: 21030 usec, configured 21333 usec
      Flags: HARDWARE HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
      Properties:
          alsa.resolution_bits = "32"
          device.api = "alsa"
          device.class = "sound"
          alsa.class = "generic"
          alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
          alsa.name = ""
          alsa.id = "rsnd-dai.0-pcm3168a pcm3168a-0"
          alsa.subdevice = "0"
          alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
          alsa.device = "0"
          alsa.card = "0"
          alsa.card_name = "pcm3168a"
          alsa.long_card_name = "pcm3168a"
          device.bus_path = "platform-sound.13"
          sysfs.path = "/devices/sound.13/sound/card0"
          device.string = "surround71:0"
          device.buffering.buffer_size = "32768"
          device.buffering.fragment_size = "8192"
          device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
          device.profile.name = "analog-surround-71"
          device.profile.description = "Analog Surround 7.1"
          device.description = "pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1"
          module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
          device.icon_name = "audio-card"
      Ports:
          analog-output: Analog Output (priority: 9900)
      Active Port: analog-output
      Formats:
          pcm
  
  Sink #1
      State: SUSPENDED
      Name: alsa_output.platform-sound.14.analog-stereo
      Description: ak464x Analog Stereo
      Driver: module-alsa-card.c
      Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
      Channel Map: front-left,front-right
      Owner Module: 2
      Mute: no
      Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
              balance 0.00
      Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
      Monitor Source: alsa_output.platform-sound.14.analog-stereo.monitor
      Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
      Flags: HARDWARE DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
      Properties:
          alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
          device.api = "alsa"
          device.class = "sound"
          alsa.class = "generic"
          alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
          alsa.name = ""
          alsa.id = "rsnd-dai.1-ak4642-hifi ak4642-hifi-0"
          alsa.subdevice = "0"
          alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
          alsa.device = "0"
          alsa.card = "1"
          alsa.card_name = "ak464x"
          alsa.long_card_name = "ak464x"
          device.bus_path = "platform-sound.14"
          sysfs.path = "/devices/sound.14/sound/card1"
          device.string = "hw:1"
          device.buffering.buffer_size = "32768"
          device.buffering.fragment_size = "8192"
          device.access_mode = "mmap+timer"
          device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
          device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
          device.description = "ak464x Analog Stereo"
          module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
          device.icon_name = "audio-card"
      Ports:
          analog-output: Analog Output (priority: 9900)
      Active Port: analog-output
      Formats:
          pcm
  
  Sink #2
      State: SUSPENDED
      Name: Surround51
      Description: Remapped pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1
      Driver: module-remap-sink.c
      Sample Specification: s24-32le 6ch 48000Hz
      Channel Map: front-left,front-right,rear-left,rear-right,front-center,lfe
      Owner Module: 12
      Mute: no
      Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   rear-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, rear-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-center: 65536 / 00% / 0.00 dB,   lfe: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
              balance 0.00
      Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
      Monitor Source: Surround51.monitor
      Latency: 0 usec, configured 0 usec
      Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
      Properties:
          device.master_device = "alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71"
          device.class = "filter"
          device.description = "Remapped pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1"
          device.icon_name = "audio-card"
      Formats:
          pcm
  
  Sink #3
      State: IDLE
      Name: BluetoothPCM
      Description: Remapped pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1
      Driver: module-remap-sink.c
      Sample Specification: s24-32le 2ch 48000Hz
      Channel Map: front-left,front-right
      Owner Module: 13
      Mute: no
      Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB,   front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
              balance 0.00
      Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
      Monitor Source: BluetoothPCM.monitor
      Latency: 20734 usec, configured 21333 usec
      Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
      Properties:
          device.master_device = "alsa_output.platform-sound.13.analog-surround-71"
          device.class = "filter"
          device.description = "Remapped pcm3168a Analog Surround 7.1"
          device.icon_name = "audio-card"
      Formats:
          pcm

Same can be done for input source using module-remap-source PulseAudio module.
Set surround output as default sink:

  $ pactl set-default-sink Surround51

Check:

  $ pactl stat
  Currently in use: 5 blocks containing 160.0 KiB bytes total.
  ....
  Default Sink: Surround51
  ....

Test:

  $ gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=path/to/file.mp3 ! mad ! pulsesink

Note: you don't need to add audioconvert and audioresample to pipeline when using pulsesink. PulseAudio will do all necessary conversion.

Please refer to PulseAudio documentation for additional information.

FM/AM/DAB Radio

Hardware

Si4689 single-chip digital receiver. SPI host control interface. I2S audio interface routed to SSI5 of R-Car M2
SST25VF016 16Mbit serial flash for firmware and setting

Software

From SW point of view Radio represented as stereo sound capture device and spidev. To control Si4689 several user-space tools provided.

  • si_init - properly initialize radio chip
  • si_flash - tool to flash attached SPI flash (firmware storage)
  • si_ctl - tool to boot radio chip, tune, scan and get status

Minimal command set to boot radio in FM mode and tune to defined frequency:

  $ si_init
  $ si_ctl -b fm # boot in FM from SPI flash
  $ si_ctl -c 106000 # tune to 106.0 MHz

To scan for station use command

  $ si_ctl -l up # scan up

To get status

  $ si_ctl -s -d -m # get system status, RSQ status and RDS info

After radio chip is up in FM, AM or DAB mode ALSA device can be used to capture radio. (directly or through PulseAudio)


EthernetAVB

This section provides information about Ethernet for Audio Video Bridging (AVB) for R-Car M2 Porter board.

R-Car M2 SoC provides Ethernet AVB functionality with 1000Mbps speed. This IP block shares pins with Ethernet MAC so only one of these interfaces can be used. R-Car M2 Porter board provides Ethernet MAC with KSZ8041RNLI PHY and Ethernet AVB connector (CN3). You can find this connector on the Porter hardware page. Thus it is necessary to disconnect KSZ8041RNLI PHY before using Ethernet AVB. To achieve this you should remove resistor R321. Resistors R1005 and R1006 allows to connect PHY reset pin to different SoC pins. Please, check that resistor R1005 is installed and R1006 is not.

KSZ8041RNLI reset resistor


This resistor connects KSZ8041RNLI PHY reset pin with R-Car M2 SoC. Without this resistor MAC PHY remains in the reset mode and does not use shared pins.

Ethernet AVB clock jumper


Next step you should set JP7 in open state. Pext01 board generates own 125MHz refclock.

Schematics

Porter Expansion Board schematics can be found in File:P EXT01-V3-Schematic.pdf

Building the Yocto image

Install 'repo' tool from Google

   $ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
   $ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

Init repo in working directory

   $ repo init -u https://github.com/CogentEmbedded/manifest.git -b v1.10.0_pext01

Sync sources

   $ repo sync

Download evaluation version of proprietary graphics and multimedia drivers from Renesas.

To download Multimedia and Graphics library, please use the following link: https://www.renesas.com/en-eu/software/D3017410.html
To download related Linux drivers, please use the following link: https://www.renesas.com/en-eu/media/secret/solutions/automotive/rcar-demoboard/R-Car_Series_Evaluation_Software_Package_of_Linux_Drivers-20151228.zip

Graphic drivers are required for X11 and Wayland. Multimedia drivers are optional.

Unzip proprietary driver modules to ./proprietary folder. You should see the following files:

   $ ls -lh ./proprietary
   total 8.1M
   -rw-r--r-- 1 builduser builduser 5.8M Dec 28 17:21 R-Car_Series_Evaluation_Software_Package_for_Linux-20151228.tar.gz
   -rw-r--r-- 1 builduser builduser 2.3M Dec 28 17:21 R-Car_Series_Evaluation_Software_Package_of_Linux_Drivers-20151228.tar.gz

Setup Environment

   $ source meta-renesas/scripts/envsetup.sh porter-ext01 [builddir]

edit local.conf to setup workstation specific settings, for example DL_DIR could be pointed to a single download location for all builds

Build base image

   $ bitbake core-image-weston

Building image can take up to a few hours depending on your host system performance. After the build has been completed successfully, you should see the output similar to:

  NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 4704 tasks of which 31 didn't need to be rerun and all succeeded.

and the command prompt should return. Bitbake has generated all the necessary files in ./tmp/deploy/images directory

Running Yocto image

Refer to Yocto for steps necessary for running a Yocto image.

How to test some capabilities of Porter EXT01

Gigabit Ethernet port

Connect port to workstation/network via Ethernet switch or directly. Set up eth0 interface:

 $ ifconfig eth0 up

Set up network address (via dhcp, for example):

 $ udhcpc -i eth0

After that you can optionaly check speed of Ethernet port by iperf util (add it to IMAGE_INSTALL_append in local.conf or build directly by bitbake and install via ipk):

 $ iperf -s
 Now run on your host machine iperf client:
 $ iperf -c <porter_ext01_ip>

LIN interface

LIN bus can be accessed through slLIN UART TTY line-discipline driver which makes it available through SocketCAN interface.

NOTE:See https://github.com/ppisa/linux-lin/blob/master/sllin/README.txt:

 $ ldattach 25 /dev/ttySC9
 $ ip link set sllin0 up

Use cangen util to send frames via lin.

Sound

NOTE: these examples directly use ALSA devices. Stop PulseAudio before (/etc/init.d/pulse stop).
Check existence of sound devices via aplay/arecord:

 $ aplay -l
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: pcm3168a [pcm3168a], device 0: rsnd-dai.0-pcm3168a pcm3168a-0 []
 Subdevices: 1/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 card 1: ak464x [ak464x], device 0: rsnd-dai.1-ak4642-hifi ak4642-hifi-0 []
 Subdevices: 1/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 $ arecord -l
 **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: pcm3168a [pcm3168a], device 0: rsnd-dai.0-pcm3168a pcm3168a-0 []
 Subdevices: 1/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 card 1: ak464x [ak464x], device 0: rsnd-dai.1-ak4642-hifi ak4642-hifi-0 []
 Subdevices: 1/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
 card 2: radio [radio], device 0: rsnd-dai.2-si468x-pcm si468x-pcm-0 []
 Subdevices: 1/1
 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

Simple playback test can be done this way:

speaker-test -c 8 -t wav

Playing mp3 through 5.1 sound card with gstreamer:

gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=./test.mp3 ! mad ! audioresample ! audioconvert ! audio/x-raw, format=S32LE, rate=48000, channels=8 ! autoaudiosink

Recording sound from microphone of 5.1 sound card and playing it back:

arecord -D hw:0 -c 8 -f S24_LE -r 48000 1.raw
aplay -D hw:0 -c 8 -f S24_LE -r 48000 1.raw

NOTE: sound card jack inputs are made universal and you could is it as line inputs and/or microphone inputs.

Radio

To scan and play radio FM stations you could use this shell script:

 #!/bin/sh
 si_init
 si_ctl -b fm
 si_ctl -l up
 gst-launch-1.0 alsasrc device='hw:2,0' ! \
     queue ! \
     audioconvert ! audioresample ! \
     audio/x-raw,rate=48000 ! \
     alsasink sync=false device='hw:1,0'

To set radio station and change FM/AM see si_ctl util.

GPS/GLONASS

Available as NMEA through /dev/ttySC7

  $cat /dev/ttySC7

WiFi

To check wifi and scan available WAPs run:

 $ ifconfig wlan0 up
 $ iwlist wlan0 scan

Bluetooth

To check bluetooth and scan available BT devices run:

 $ hciconfig hci0 up
 $ hcitool -i hci0 scan


To stream to a2dp sink:
Check that bluetooth daemon running:

 $ ps | grep blue
 739 root      3880 S    /usr/lib/bluez5/bluetooth/bluetoothd

Check that pulseaudio running:

 $ ps | grep pulse
 711 pulse     124m S <  pulseaudio -D --system --disallow-exit --resample-me

Check that module-bluetooth-discover is loaded:

 $ pactl list modules
 ....
 Module #18
       Name: module-bluetooth-discover
 ....

Start bluetoothctl and power on BT adapter:

 $ bluetoothctl
 [bluetooth]# power on
 [bluetooth]# agent on
 [bluetooth]# default-agent

Start scannig:

 [bluetooth]# scan on

Wait for your device:

 [NEW] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bose Color SoundLink

Pair

 [bluetooth]# pair xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 
 Attempting to pair with xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
 [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Connected: yes
 [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Modalias: bluetooth:v009Ep4006d0101
 [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx UUIDs has unsupported type
 Pairing successful

And connect:

 [bluetooth]# connect xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx 
 Attempting to connect to xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
 [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Connected: yes
 Connection successful
 [CHG] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Modalias: bluetooth:v009Ep4006d0101

Now you should get new PulseAudio sink:

 $ pactl list sinks
 ...
 Sink #5
 	State: SUSPENDED
 	Name: bluez_sink.xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx
 	Description: Bose Color SoundLink
 ...

Some BT devices support several profiles. Check it

 $ pactl list cards
 ...
 Profiles:
   headset_head_unit: Headset Head Unit (HSP/HFP) (sinks: 1, sources: 1, priority: 20, available: yes)
   a2dp_sink: High Fidelity Playback (A2DP Sink) (sinks: 1, sources: 0, priority: 10, available: yes)
   off: Off (sinks: 0, sources: 0, priority: 0, available: yes)
 Active Profile: headset_head_unit
 ...

Set a2dp profile:

 $ pactl set-card-profile bluez_card.xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx a2dp_sink

Now you can set it as default sink:

 $ pactl set-default-sink bluez_sink.xx_xx_xx_xx_xx_xx

And test playback:

 $ gst-launch-1.0 audiotestsrc ! pulsesink

Sensors (LSM9DS0)

 Accelerometer -- /dev/input/event0
 Magnetometer -- /dev/input/event1
 Gyroscope -- /dev/input/event2

Installing Porter Expansion Board

Use the following procedure to install Porter Expansion Board to the Porter Board.
1. Find EXIO and Ethernet AVB connectors on both Porter and Porter Expansion boards.

2. Align and carefully push them to each other until Ethernet AVB and EXIO connectors are fully inserted.

3. SD Cable connection.
3.1 Take SD Adapter. Carefully pull up brown cable latch.

Step 1.
Step 2.


3.2 Take SD cable. Plug one side of this flat cable to the cable port. Connectors on the cable should fit port connectors. (Position the side of SD cable with the connectors on the opposite side from the latch, as displayed on the Step 3.)

Step 3.


3.3 Lock the latch by carefully pushing it down.

Step 4.
Step 5.


3.4 Repeat the aforementioned steps with another cable's side and SDIO port (CN9).

Connection between Porter and Porter Expansion Board with SD connector


4. Plug SD Adapter to the Porter Board's SD Card slot (CN9).

Porter Expansion Board connected to the Porter Board


5. Now, when boards are reliably mounted and connected with SD adapter, use 12V power supply splitter cables to connect both Porter and Porter Expansion board's power plugs to one power adapter.

Porter Expansion Board connected to the Porter Board With Power supply (Porter Expansion Board on top)


Power supply splitter
Fakra cable
Camera Maxim OV106635