2. Who am I?
● Robert Wolff
● Engineer - Technical Writer for 96Boards at Linaro
▣ University of California, San Diego - 2015
▣ Electrical Engineering - Digital Signal Processing
▣ Qualcomm Institute - Coursera IoT Specialization
Twitter: @sdrobertw
Email: Robert.wolff@linaro.org
Github: https://github.com/sdrobertw
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3. Qualcomm Institute - Calit2 @ UCSD
● Coursera IoT specialization - Six Courses
● Focused on DragonBoard 410c
● History of IoT
● Board bring up
● Sensing and Actuation
● Communications Technologies
● Multimedia Technologies
● Capstone - Self sustainable DB410c
workstation/surveillance
● https://www.coursera.org/specializations/internet-of-things
Author: Robert Wolff
4. Today’s Outline
● Introductions - Linaro and 96Boards
● DragonBoard 410c
○ What is it, how can I use it?
○ Board layout and components
● Resources
○ Software and Documentation
● “Hands-on” Preparations
○ Debian and Android preparations
○ Low speed expansion header
○ Other components
● Demos
○ GPIO and I2C
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5. What is Linaro?
➢ Founded June 2010
● Unites the Industry and Open Source community
● Work together on key projects
● Deliver great tools
● Reduce industry wide fragmentation and redundant effort
● Provide common software foundations
● http://www.linaro.org/about/
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linaro
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6. What is 96Boards?
➢ Founded February 2015
● Series of open hardware specifications
● ARM 32-bit and 64-bit developer boards
● Community enabled open source software development
● http://www.96boards.org
Twitter: @96Boards
Author: Robert Wolff
8. ➢ Single Board Computer (SBC)
▣ A full computer built on a single printed circuit board (PCB)
▣ Includes: Microprocessor, Memory, I/O, and more
essentials…
▣ Demonstration, development, education, embedded
controllers
▣ Generally does not rely on expansion slots
What is the DragonBoard 410c?
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9. Important Board Components
1. Qualcomm ® Snapdragon™ 410 processor
2. 1GB RAM, 8GB SanDisk eMMC storage
3. WLAN 802.11n, GPS, Bluetooth 4.1
4. MicroSD™ card slot and dip switches
5. Two USB 2.0 ports
6. Micro USB port
7. 40 pin expansion header
8. 16 pin analog expansion connector
9. 60 pin high speed connectors
10. Power button
11. DC barrel jack
12. HDMI port
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12. Important Board Components
1) (J8) Low-speed Expansion Connector: Used for many projects in Course 3. Contains many GPIO
interfaces such as: GPIO, UART, I2C, I2S, SPI and PCM.
2) APQ8016 Snapdragon Processor: Quad-core ARM® Cortex® A53 at up to 1.2 GHz per core with
both 32-bit and 64-bit support
3) (U9) Power Management PMIC: PMIC stands for Power Management Integrated Circuit. The PMIC
controls the flow and direction of power and allows boards like the DragonBoard™ 410c to have a
variety of internal and external voltages sources.
4) (J7) Analog Expansion Connector: The DragonBoard™ 410c analog header give access to audio
and microphone capabilities.
5) WLAN/Bluetooth/GPS: Wireless Local Area Network: used to link one or more computers together,
Bluetooth: short-range, low power way to connect devices, GPS: Global Positioning System uses radio
navigations to determine an exact location.
6) (J1) Power Jack: Capable of DC inputs ranging from 6.5V to 18V with 2000mA current. These
courses will use an adapter with 12V and 2000mA.
7) (J5) uSD Card Socket: Socket used for accessing microSD
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13. Important Board Components
8) (J6) HDMI Type A Port: Male plug with 19 pins. Outside dimensions are 13.9 mm × 4.45 mm and
inside dimensions are 14 mm × 4.55 mm.
9) (J9) High Speed Connector: The 60-pin expansion header on the DragonBoard™ 410c contains:
4L MIPI-DSI, USB, I2C x2, 2L+4L MIPI-CSI
10) (J4) Micro USB Type B Connector: USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. The Micro USB type B
on the DragonBoard™ 410c is compatible with the standard type A USB which connects to a PC host.
11) Bluetooth/WLAN LED’s: LED’s used for monitoring the status of the Bluetooth and WLAN
capabilities
12) (J3) USB Host2 Connector: Standard USB type A used for interfacing with the DragonBoard™
410c. Typically used for Mouse, Keyboard or USB Flash drive
13) : User LED’s 1-4: These LED’s are driven directly by the SoC (System on Chip)
14) (J2) USB Host1 Connector: Standard USB type A used for interfacing with the DragonBoard™
410c. Typically used for Mouse, Keyboard or USB Flash drive
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14. Important Board Components
15) (S3-4) Vol+/Vol- Buttons: These buttons are used to toggle volume while in the Android
OS. The Vol- button can also be used to bring the DragonBoard™ 410c into Fastboot mode.
16) (S2) Power Button: Similar to a smartphone’s “lock button” it is primarily used while in
Android OS. Button will toggle sleep/wake up and is also used to power down.
17) Bluetooth/WLAN Antenna: Helps increase maximum reach for both Bluetooth and
WLAN.
18) GPS Antenna: Helps to increase maximum reach for GPS
19) (S6) Boot Switches: Found on the back side of the board, used to control the boot
sequence of the board.
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15. ● Next generation robotics
● Cameras
● Medical devices
● Vending machines
● Smart buildings
● Digital signage
● Casino gaming consoles
● Much more...
Uses for the DragonBoard 410c
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16. Uses for the DragonBoard 410c
● Snapdragon Cargo
● Snapdragon Rover
● Snapdragon Drone
○ Flight™
➢ Control motors
➢ Feedback loops
➢ Interrupts
➢ Read security inputs
➢ Link
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Wolff
20. 96Boards blogs
● Weekly reading
● Out of the box experience - Series
● Broad subject matter
● Beginner to advanced subjects
● http://www.96boards.org/blog/
Author: Robert Wolff
21. ● Real time chat / video
● Linaro and 96Boards developers
● Coffee hour - fun and informative
● Interactive
● Weekly countdown!
● YouTube Channel
Open Hours
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22. Open Hours
● Wrap up software in a complete filesystem
● Contains all necessities to run code, runtime,
system tools, system libraries - anything can
install on a server.
● Always runs the same regardless of
environment it is running in.
Guest: Bill Fletcher, Linaro - Field Engineering
➢ https://www.docker.com/what-docker
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23. ● Real time chat
● Linaro and 96Boards developers
● https://webchat.freenode.net
● https://www.irccloud.com
● My handle: sdrobertw
Freenode IRC
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24. ● Community and Developers
● Forum topic search
● FAQ available
● DragonBoard 410c Forum
Forums
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25. ● Documentation:
○ DB410c Landing page
○ Github
○ Website Rendering
● 96Boards Blogs
○ http://www.96boards.org/blog/
● Open Hours
○ Weekly countdown!
○ YouTube Channel
● Forums
○ DragonBoard 410c Forum
Resources on one page
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27. SD Card Method
● Download image
● Follow SD card install instructions
Download and Install Debian
SD Card Method
● Download image
● Follow SD card install instructions
ADB and Fastboot set up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_zlydVBftA
Download and Install Android
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28. Fastboot mode
● Board is power “off”
● Press and hold (-) button down
● Power “on” the board
● Continue holding the button for ~5
seconds
● Release and issue the command
./fastboot devices and your board
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29. USB Debugging
1 - Access applications and click “Settings”
2 - Click “About Phone”
3 - Locate “Build number”
4 - Click “Build number” seven times
5 - “You are now a developer!”
6 - Access “Developer options”
7 - Check “USB debugging”
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38. 96Boards Sensors Mezzanine - LINK
● Arduino IDE enabled
● Seperate Arduino pins
● Serial Console available
● GPIO breakout
● I2C breakout
● SPI breakout
● Power and reset button
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39. Arrow LinkSprite Mezzanine - LINK
● ADC chip for analog modules
● Variable 3.3V/5.0V
● GPIO breakout
● I2C breakout
● SPI breakout
● UART breakout
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40. Demo 1: Access GPIO through Terminal
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42. 1. Update & Upgrade system
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
2. Super user to GPIO folder
$ sudo su
# cd /sys/class/gpio
3. Export, direction, value…
# echo GPIO_# > export
# cd gpio(GPIO_#)
# echo “out/in” > direction
# echo 0/1 > value
4. Profit!!! (Next we look at libraries)
Demo #1 on one page - LINK
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