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1 Introduction

The new TWR-LS1021A-PB development board is the most
feature rich and high performance Tower system module
offered by Freescale. This board enables compatibility and
interoperability with other tower expansion modules. It
provides an easily accessible and interchangeable suite of
capabilities and features to support rapid prototyping and
software development. The TWR-LS1021A-PB board is
engineered to enable a wide range of applications, from IoT
Gateways to industrial controllers, Secure Access Points, and
asset management systems. The module offers a high level of
integration, excellent balance of performance-to-power, and
robust capability delivered by the QorIQ LS1021A
communications processor (which offers dual ARM Cortex-
A7 cores running at up to 1 GHz delivering over 5,000
Coremarks of performance at a typical power level of under 3
watts). This platform also provides a comprehensive level of
security, which includes secure boot, Trust Architecture, and
tamper detection, in both standby and active-power modes.

This document describes how you can run the out-of-box-
experience (OOBE) demo program, which shows the wireless
networking, graphics, and audio playing functionalities of the
TWR-LS1021A-PB board.

The access point features demo on LS1021A TWR platform is
illustrated in the figure below.

Freescale Semiconductor

Document Number: TWR-LS1021A_Demo_QS

Quick Start

Rev. 0, 12/2015

QorIQ TWR-LS1021A OOBE Demo
Quick Start

© 2015 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

Contents

1

Introduction................................................................1

2

TWR-LS1021A OOBE demo features. .................... 2

3

Hardware requirements................. ............................3

3.1

Kit contents.......................... .......................... 3

4

Preparing the system for the demo......... ...................4

4.1

Preparing SD card for demo......... ..................4

4.2

Configuring the board.....................................4

5

Setting up TWR-LS1021A-PB board..... .................. 4

6

Running the demos.................................................... 8

6.1

Wireless hotspot................... .......................... 8

6.2

Slideshow mode.................... ......................... 9

A

Preparing SD card for demo................. .................. 10

B

Configuring the TWR-LS1021A board. ................. 11

Summary of Contents for TWR-LS1021A

Page 1: ...a typical power level of under 3 watts This platform also provides a comprehensive level of security which includes secure boot Trust Architecture and tamper detection in both standby and active power modes This document describes how you can run the out of box experience OOBE demo program which shows the wireless networking graphics and audio playing functionalities of the TWR LS1021A PB board Th...

Page 2: ...ning the demos 2 TWR LS1021A OOBE demo features This section describes the features of wireless access point and the slideshow presentations using the TWR LS1021A PB board Wireless access point Three Ethernet ports and a Wi Fi card one Ethernet port as WAN and other Ethernet ports Wi Fi as LAN DHCP client server Route and NAT IP tables IP route2 Wireless bridging TWR LS1021A OOBE demo features Qor...

Page 3: ...t phones laptops and tablets Wired Ethernet RJ45 devices NOTE For the Wi Fi function only Atheros AR9287 mini PCIe card is supported And for the wired connectivity Ethernet RJ45 up to 1000BaseT is supported Further a maximum resolution of 1024x768 is supported on Dell displays 3 1 Kit contents The table below lists the standard kit contents of the TWR LS1021A PB board shipment Item number Descript...

Page 4: ...is has not been done earlier see Configuring the TWR LS1021A board for detailed instructions on flashing the board However if you have already flashed the board proceed to the next section 5 Setting up TWR LS1021A PB board This section describes setting up the TWR LS1021A PB board adding other hardware for the demos and configuring the board for the first time This is a one time activity that need...

Page 5: ... a PC as shown in the figure 3 Configure the console port using a terminal emulation program like TeraTerm with the following parameters Baud rate 115200 Data 8 bits Parity No Stop bit 1 bit Flow Control None 4 Plug in the Wi Fi Card and insert the SD card as shown in the figure below Setting up TWR LS1021A PB board QorIQ TWR LS1021A OOBE Demo Quick Start Rev 0 12 2015 Freescale Semiconductor Inc ...

Page 6: ...LCD display as required Note that you can use either the HDMI display or the LCD display at any given point of time USB keyboard and mouse Ethernet cable to connect the TWR card to the Internet and the computer on LAN If you want to use a HDMI monitor TV connect it using a HDMI cable For an illustration of the same see Figure 4 below Setting up TWR LS1021A PB board QorIQ TWR LS1021A OOBE Demo Quic...

Page 7: ... keyboard and mouse Internet GE LAN GE LAN HDMI TV or Monitor Wired speaker with 3 5mm plug GE WAN Figure 4 Hardware configuration using HDMI The figure below shows setting up the hardware using the LCD display USB keyboard and mouse Internet GE LAN GE LAN Wired speaker with 3 5mm plug GE WAN TWR LCD RGB Figure 5 Hardware configuration using TWR LCD RGB Setting up TWR LS1021A PB board QorIQ TWR LS...

Page 8: ...lect this option to view the steps to boot with alternative uImage rootfs dtb images Uboot Prompt You can view instructions to flash new RCW and or U Boot images to the board Slideshow mode You can play the corresponding slides with audio 6 1 Wireless hotspot This section describes the networking functionality of the demo To do so 1 Check and ensure that the WAN network and the wireless card are p...

Page 9: ...d under Wifi Client window on the left 5 To go back to the main menu click the Exit button at the bottom right corner of the screen 6 To stop the networking activity and disconnect all the devices click the Stop button at the bottom left corner of the screen 6 2 Slideshow mode The Slideshow Mode contains the following slide shows that provide more information on the TWR LS1021A board LS1021A featu...

Page 10: ...he dd command and copy u boot with spl pbl bin to the boot sector of the SD card NOTE You can find the u boot with spl pbl bin on the USB stick shipped with the board See an illustration of preparing the SD card on a Linux PC below sudo fdisk dev sdb Command m for help n Partition type p primary 0 primary 0 extended 4 free e extended Select default p Using default response p Partition number 1 4 d...

Page 11: ...u can skip this step if you have already run the demo earlier a To set the MAC address for each eTSEC port for Linux kernel use the following commands setenv ethaddr xx xx xx xx xx xx setenv eth1addr xx xx xx xx xx xx setenv eth2addr xx xx xx xx xx xx NOTE xx xx above indicates the MAC address values See the labels on the TWR board s eTSEC ports for the exact values b To load the configuration scr...

Page 12: ...e configuration script source 82000000 Wait till this operation completes and the prompt returns to You may now reboot the system using the reboot command and run the demo QorIQ TWR LS1021A OOBE Demo Quick Start Rev 0 12 2015 12 Freescale Semiconductor Inc ...

Page 13: ...g without limitation consequential or incidental damages Typical parameters that may be provided in Freescale data sheets and or specifications can and do vary in different applications and actual performance may vary over time All operating parameters including typicals must be validated for each customer application by customer s technical experts Freescale does not convey any license under its ...

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