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BEAGLEBOARD-X15 QUICK START GUIDE

 

 

Figure 23 - 

Media Inserted window

 

Click ‘Open in file Manager’ to see the contents of the flash drive. Proceed to open the sound file. In case there is 
no music player installed yet, open the wav file with Chromium Brower. Then click play. 

 

Figure 24 - 

Open and Play sound file 

Summary of Contents for X15

Page 1: ...BEAGLEBOARD X15 REV C Quick Start Guide Rev 0 1 July 2017 ...

Page 2: ... WHAT YOU WILL NEED 7 SETUP INSTRUCTIONS 10 PLUG IN YOUR CABLES 11 ETHERNET 11 HDMI 11 eSATA 11 KEYBOARD AND MOUSE 12 AUDIO 12 micro sd card 12 SERIAL DEBUG 13 TERMINAL SETUP 13 PLUG in POWER 13 POWER LEDS 14 Turn on Hd monitor 14 TURN ON X15 POWER 15 BOOTING 15 USER LEDS 15 TESTING 17 DEBUG 17 ETHERNET 18 SPEAKERS 19 eSATA 21 POWER ON and RESET 22 FAN 23 ...

Page 3: ...igure 16 TERMINAL WINDOW 13 Figure 20 MONITOR POWER BUTTON 14 Figure 21 POWER LEDs 15 Figure 22 POWER LEDs 15 Figure 23 POWER LEDs 15 Figure 24 Complete X15 system ready for test 16 Figure 25 Terminal activity on the Tera Term 17 Figure 26 Debian Desktop 18 Figure 27 Open Web Browser 18 Figure 28 Browser opens to the home page 19 Figure 30 Media Inserted window 20 Figure 31 Open and Play sound fil...

Page 4: ...3 BEAGLEBOARD X15 QUICK START GUIDE WHAT S THE IN THE BOX In the box you will find a BEAGLEBOARD X15 board inside an ESD bag Figure 1 BEAGLEBOARD X15 Box Contents ...

Page 5: ...CK START GUIDE TOP EDGE AND BOTTOM SIDE Figure 1 BEAGLEBOARD X15 Side View of Top Edge Figure 2 Bottom side of BEAGLEBOARD X15 ENET X2 ESATA HDMI DC JACK PWR ON RTC XTAL 5A FUSE µSD CAGE 20pin JTAG USB CLIENT ENET 0 ENET 1 ...

Page 6: ...vices Figure 3 TOP Side of BEAGLEBOARD X15 Major Interfaces Figure 4 BEAGLEBOARD X15 Side View Bottom Edge AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN RESET USER LEDs USB3 USB3 x2 DEBUG HDR Li ION BATTERY OPTIONAL OUT IN RESET USB Port 0 USB Port 2 USB Port 1 µSD USB CLIENT CAUTION THIS AREA CAN GET VERY HOT POWER BUTTON DC IN JACK HDMI eSATA ENET x2 FAN SOCKET ...

Page 7: ...ows the major IC and components on the BEAGLEBOARD X15 Figure 5 Locations of major ICs on the BEAGLEBOARD X15 U5 U11 U18 U23 U24 U26 U25 U14 U15 U22 U17 AM5728 PMIC nFBGA 10 100 1000 ENET PHY x2 eMMC 4Gx8 USB HUB AUDIO CODEC DDR Regulator DDR3 4Gb x4 SERDES CLK GEN ...

Page 8: ...SUPPLY 12V Supply 60W 5A min 2 5mm x 5 5mm Barrel Plug Size Option 1 TRG70A120 Option 2 VEF65US12 Option 3 CENB1060A1203F01 Option 4 TRG70A120 02E01 Option 5 PSAC60M 120 needs adapter below 2 5mm ADAPTER Needed only for 12V supplies that have 2 1mm plug Can be purchased online One such source http www newark com multicomp c4074 2 5mm dc socket to 2 1mm dc plug dp 71T9782 TTL TO USB SERIAL CABLE 3 ...

Page 9: ...DIO CABLE 3 5mm jacks on both ends Need two if Speakers do not come with one SPEAKERS Any desktop speaker system With 3 5mm cable HDMI MONITOR HD monitor capable of 1080P With integrated audio Or Output jack for Audio MICRO SD CARD 4GB to 16GB Class 10 Standard Adapter eSATA ADAPTER CABLE eSATA to SATA cable Combo cable SATA DRIVE SATA HDD Hard Disk Drive SATA SSD Solid State Drive ...

Page 10: ...IVE USB3 0 thumb drive Needed for file storage Or to boot from USB3 WIRELESS KEYBOARD MOUSE Wireless combo will save USB ports used Less wire clutter Besides the accessories mentioned it is assumed the user has a PC or Laptop running Linux or Windows ...

Page 11: ...ree from any connection to a PC as shown in Figure 8 It allows you to create your code to make the board do whatever you need it to do It will however require certain common PC accessories These accessories and instructions are described in the following section Figure 6 Desktop Configuration Additionally an Ethernet cable can be connected for network access ...

Page 12: ...LEBOARD X15 Plug cable into either port Notice the orientation of cable insertion between the two ports in Figure 9 Figure 7 ETHERNET PORTS HDMI Plug in HMDI cable into P11 HDMI connector on the top edge of the BEAGLEBOARD X15 board Figure 8 HDMI PORT ESATA Plug in eSATA cable as shown in Figure 10 Figure 10 eSATA PORT ...

Page 13: ...gure 9 Keyboard Transmitter AUDIO To playback and record audio insert speaker cable into Audio OUT jack of the BEAGLEBOARD X15 and an audio source into the Audio IN jack Figure 10 AUDIO JACKS MICRO SD CARD On the bottom edge of the BEAGLEBOARD X15 board on the bottom side is the micro SD card cage I booting from SD card the micro SD card is inserted as shown in Figure 14 with the top side facing u...

Page 14: ...ERMINAL SETUP Plug the USB end into your PC or Laptop and invoke MINICOM or TERATERM or your favorite Terminal emulator program The settings for serial communications are Figure 136 TERMINAL WINDOW PLUG IN POWER Once all the needed cables are inserted plug in the DC power adapter into the P1 jack This is a 2 5mm center contact and requires a supply that comes with a 2 5mm jack or an adapter to 2 5...

Page 15: ...r plug is inserted in P1 the Power LED D41 will light up Figure 19 DC 12V LED TURN ON HD MONITOR Once power is connected turn on HDMI monitor Change input to the HDMI port the BEAGLEBOARD X15 is connected to Figure 14 MONITOR POWER BUTTON D41 D41 12V Present LED ...

Page 16: ...in power press the blue momentary switch S1 This will cause LED D3 to glow showing that the board power is ON Figure 15 POWER LEDs BOOTING At this point the software present in eMMC will start to boot and activity can be seen on the terminal Figure 16 POWER LEDs USER LEDS During the botting process the user may notice that the user LEDs will blink Figure 17 POWER LEDs D41 12V Present LED D3 POWER ...

Page 17: ...ARD X15 QUICK START GUIDE Once the BEAGLEBOARD X15 interfaces are connected your system is ready to test The next section will go through what you can test Figure 18 Complete BEAGLEBOARD X15 system ready for test ...

Page 18: ... compatible with the one provided by FTDI and can be purchased from various sources Signals supported are TX and RX None of the handshake signals are supported On the PC you will see activity that will take you to login prompt Figure 19 Terminal activity on the Tera Term A few seconds after the board power is turned on the image in eMMC will boot and the Debian desktop will soon show up on the HDM...

Page 19: ... ports on the BEAGLEBOARD X15 a quick test can be performed by pointing the mouse to the bottom left corner of the Desktop and clicking the Debian menu logo From here point to Internet Chromium Browser Figure 21 Open Web Browser The browser window will open and if there is an internet connection the browser will go to the homepage ...

Page 20: ...EBOARD X15 you can open a sound file or via file and play it back In the example below a simple file is played via the Chromium Web browser Inserting a USB drive into the USB3 0 ports is one option On the Debian Desktop a window will pop open and ask you if you want to see the contents of the newly installed flash drive Also on the Tera Term console you can also read the logs associated with the i...

Page 21: ...ia Inserted window Click Open in file Manager to see the contents of the flash drive Proceed to open the sound file In case there is no music player installed yet open the wav file with Chromium Brower Then click play Figure 24 Open and Play sound file ...

Page 22: ...nd adjusting the volume lever up and down Figure 25 Debian Volume adjustment Audio In can be similarly tested by using a 3 5mm to 3 5mm audio cable between a PC playing a sound file and the BEAGLEBOARD X15 recording it via connector jack P9 ESATA To test the eSATA interface you will need a cable and drive as described in Table 1 Simply plug in the cable into connector P6 and the drive will be dete...

Page 23: ...SATA cable and SSD When plugged in the eSATA or USB will be listed on the Debian Desktop as shown below Figure 27 Attached drives show up in Debian pop up window POWER ON AND RESET To power OFF the board you can Press and Hold the power button for 12 seconds ...

Page 24: ...rd is to use the shutdown command at the terminal prompt The board will then start powering off Figure 28 Powering OFF using the shutdown command To RESET the board you can press the RESET button S2 Pressing once should reboot the board Figure 29 The RESET Button P2 FAN ...

Page 25: ...cated on the top side of the board on the left edge as shown in Figure 36 NOTE under some conditions the area close to the processor can get very hot to touch Observe cautions SEE Figure 3 To install a fan you will need the following additional hardware CTS HEATSINK Copal 5VDC FAN 4 40 Screw 5 8 long Screws will self tap into the space between the heat sink fins Adhesive tape underside for mountin...

Page 26: ...ousing MOLEX 0510210200 CONN HOUSING 2POS 1 25MM NATURAL 4 2 Contact MOLEX 0500588000 CONN TERM FEMALE 28 32AWG TIN 5 1 Heatsink CTS Thermal Management BDN10 3CB A01 HEATSINK w ADHESIVE CPU1 01 SQUARE Figure 6 shows the connection for the fan cable Connector Assembly Instructions Attention must be paid to the orientation of the crimped contact inside the plastic jacket Follow insertion direction s...

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