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Neousys Technology Inc.

NRU Series

User Manual

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Page 1: ...Neousys Technology Inc NRU Series User Manual Revision 1 0 www coastIPC com 866 412 6278 info coastipc com ...

Page 2: ...E 802 3at Power over Ethernet Port NRU 120S Only 20 2 3 4 System Status LED 21 2 3 5 DisplayPort 22 2 3 6 2 5 HDD SSD Hot swappable Tray NRU 120S Only 23 2 3 7 USB 3 1 Gen1 Port 23 2 3 8 Force Recovery Button 23 2 3 9 DIO Port 24 2 3 10 Ignition Control Switch 27 2 3 11 3 pin Terminal Block for DC and Ignition Control 27 2 4 NRU Series Rear Panel 28 2 4 1 CAN bus Port 30 2 4 2 RS 232 Port 31 2 4 3...

Page 3: ... of Ignition Power Control 60 5 Reflashing the NRU System 5 2 NRU FTP 62 5 3 Prerequisites 63 5 4 Prepare Host Machine for Reflash Process 63 5 5 Prepare Target Machine for Reflash Process 64 5 6 Reflashing the NRU System 66 5 7 Reflash Neousys Pre built System Image 69 5 8 Reflash NRU System Using NVIDIA s SDK Manager 70 5 9 Backup Your File System Image 71 6 Software Reminder 6 1 GMSL Camera Dri...

Page 4: ... in advance with Neousys Technology Inc Customer is solely responsible for ensuring the compatibility and interoperability of the third party s products Customer is further solely responsible for ensuring its systems software and data are adequately backed up as a precaution against possible failures alternation or loss For questions in regards to hardware software compatibility customers should c...

Page 5: ...t to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment...

Page 6: ...ut prior notice It does not represent commitment from Neousys Technology Inc Neousys Technology Inc shall not be liable for any direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of the product or documentation nor for any infringement on third party rights Patents and Trademarks Neousys the Neousys logo Expansion Cassette MezIOTM are registered patents and trademarks...

Page 7: ...correct power range is being used before powering the device Should a module fail arrange for a replacement as soon as possible to minimize down time By means of a power cord connected to a socket outlet with earthing connection This product is intended to be supplied by a Listed Power Adapter or DC power source rated 24Vdc 16A Tma 60 degree C and 5000m altitude during operation If further assista...

Page 8: ...s Use a grounded wrist strap and an anti static work pad to discharge static electricity when installing or maintaining the system Avoid dust debris carpets plastic vinyl and styrofoam in your work area Do not remove any module or component from its anti static bag before installation Restricted Access Location The controller is intended for installation only in certain environments where both of ...

Page 9: ...d demonstrates installation procedures of Neousys NRU series systems featuring NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier platform The manual also demonstrates the system s general installation procedures Revision History Version Date Description 1 0 Jan 2021 Initial release ...

Page 10: ...g mitigation for high quality images regardless of lighting conditions from rainy bright sunny days to pitch black nights ideal for roadside unit deployment The NRU series also has built in camera driver for selected automotive camera sensor On Semi AR0147 With the unique onboard trigger system it can simultaneously capture images from eight GMSL cameras within millisecond channel to channel skew ...

Page 11: ...l Expansion Bus Mini PCI Express 1x full size mini PCI Express socket with internal SIM socket for WiFi or 4G Module Power Supply DC Input 1x 3 pin pluggable terminal block for 8V to 35V DC input IGN GND V Mechanical Dimension 230 mm W x 173 mm D x 66 mm H Weight 2 7 kg excluding damping bracket Mounting Neousys patented damping bracket standard Environmental Operating Temperature 25 C 50 C with p...

Page 12: ... PCIe Gen3 x2 for NVMe SSD Internal Expansion Bus Mini PCI Express 1x full size mini PCI Express socket with internal SIM socket for WiFi or 4G Module Power Supply DC Input 1x 3 pin pluggable terminal block for 8 35V DC input IGN GND V Mechanical Dimension 230 mm W x 173 mm D x 66 mm H Weight 2 7 kg excluding damping bracket Mounting Neousys patented damping bracket standard Environmental Operatin...

Page 13: ...NRU Series 13 1 3 Dimension of NRU Series NOTE All measurements are in millimeters mm The NRU 110V and NRU 120S share the same dimensions 1 3 1 Front Panel View 1 3 2 Side Panel Views Left Right ...

Page 14: ...NRU Series 14 1 3 3 Rear Panel View 1 3 4 Bottom View ...

Page 15: ...NRU Series 15 1 3 5 Anti vibration Mount Dimensions ...

Page 16: ...10V If you ordered SSD HDD or add on module please verify these items 1 2 Accessory box which contains NRU damping bracket for mobile deployment Shock absorbing grommet 3 pin power terminal block Screw pack 1 8 1 1 2 2 NRU 120S Packing List Item Description Qt y 1 NRU 120S If you ordered SSD HDD or add on module please verify these items 1 2 Accessory box which contains NRU damping bracket for mob...

Page 17: ...n to manually reset the system 3 Gigabit PoE ports Gigabit Power over Ethernet PoE port can provide both data and electric power to devices Available on NRU 120S only 4 System status LED Four system LEDs power PWR hard disk drive HDD Watchdog Timer WDT and ignition control IGN 5 2 5 HDD SSD tray Two front accessible hot swappable 2 5 HDD SSD trays Available on NRU 120S only 6 DisplayPort output Th...

Page 18: ... control switch The switch allows for the configuration of ignition power on off delay by adjusting switch position 11 3 pin terminal block DC ignition control Compatible with DC power input from 8 35V the terminal block is also used for ignition signal input ...

Page 19: ...he power button for 5 seconds to force shutdown the system Please note that there is a 5 seconds interval between two on off operations i e once turning off the system you will need to wait for 5 seconds to initiate another power on operation 2 3 2 Reset Button The reset button is used to manually reset the system in case of system halt or malfunction To avoid unexpected reset the button is purpos...

Page 20: ...or each port to ensure cables are tightly secured Active Link LED Right LED Color Status Description Green Off Ethernet port is disconnected On Ethernet port is connected and no data transmission Flashing Ethernet port is connected and data is transmitting receiving Speed LED Left LED Color Status Description Green or Orange Off 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Orange 1000 Mbps NOTE At 70 C ambient with the...

Page 21: ...PWR HDD and IGN The descriptions of these four LEDs are listed in the following table Indicat or Color Description PWR Green Power indicator lid when system is on HDD Red Hard drive indicator flashing when SATA HDD is active IGN Yellow Ignition power control lid when IGN signal is applied ...

Page 22: ...udio to a display device When connecting a DP it can deliver up to 4K UHD 3840 x 2160 30Hz in resolution The system is designed to support active DP adapter cable from NVIDIA s recommended display adapters You may refer to NVIDIA s page to find more information https nvidia custhelp com app answers detail a_id 4449 nvidia recommen ded display adapters ...

Page 23: ...d and together There is a disk connector insertion orientation indicated in green to avoid damaging the connectors during installation 2 3 7 USB 3 1 Gen1 Port The system offers two USB 3 1 Gen1 SuperSpeed USB ports on its front panel They are backward compatible with USB 2 0 USB 1 1 and USB 1 0 devices 2 3 8 Force Recovery Button The force recovery button is reserved for engineering or system refl...

Page 24: ...he isolated DIO channels Pin No Definition I O GPIO in Linux Description 1 ISO_DI3H I gpio326 Digital input channel 3 2 ISO_DI2H I gpio331 Digital input channel 2 3 ISO_DI1H I gpio325 Digital input channel 1 4 ISO_DI0H I pps0 GPS PPS input 5 ISO_DO3 O gpio323 Digital output channel 3 6 ISO_DO2 O gpio322 Digital output channel 2 7 ISO_DO1 O gpio321 Digital output channel 1 8 ISO_DO0 O gpio320 Digit...

Page 25: ...DI1 325 DI2 331 DI3 326 function exposeDI Expose DI to User Space echo 1 sys class gpio export 2 dev null echo in sys class gpio gpio 1 direction function exposeDO echo 1 sys class gpio export 2 dev null echo out sys class gpio gpio 1 direction function setDO echo 2 sys class gpio gpio 1 value function getDO cat sys class gpio gpio 1 value Initial DI exposeDI DI1 exposeDI DI2 ...

Page 26: ...NRU Series 26 exposeDI DI3 Initial DO exposeDO DO0 exposeDO DO1 exposeDO DO2 exposeDO DO3 Set DO1 1 setDO DO1 1 Set DO1 0 setDO DO1 0 Save DI1 Value to DI_VALUE DI_VALUE getDI DI1 ...

Page 27: ...inal Block for DC and Ignition Control The system allows an 8 to 35V DC power input from via a 3 pin pluggable terminal block The screw clamping mechanism is a reliable way to wire DC power In addition to DC power this terminal block also accepts ignition signal input IGN WARNING Please make sure the voltage of DC power is correct before you connect it to the system Supplying a voltage over 35V wi...

Page 28: ...1 CAN bus port Allows controller to communicate with other in vehicle CAN device s 2 RS 232 port There is a RS 232 COM port for communicating with external devices 3 Camera port The camera ports support automotive camera sensor On Semi AR0147 Available on NRU 110V only 4 DisplayPort The DisplayPort is a high resolution graphics output supporting up to 3840 x 2160 30Hz 5 USB 3 1 Gen1 port USB 3 1 G...

Page 29: ...NRU Series 29 port only 7 10GbE Ethernet port 10GBASE T 10G Ethernet port by Intel X550 AT controller Available on NRU 110V only ...

Page 30: ...trial and in vehicle applications The CAN bus port supports CAN2 0A and CAN2 0B up to 1Mbps Pin No Definition I O Description 1 GND GND 2 Reserved Reserved pin Keep unconnected 3 CAN_H I O CAN Bus High level voltage 4 Reserved Reserved pin Keep unconnected 5 CAN_L I O CAN Bus Low level voltage 6 Reserved Reserved pin Keep unconnected 7 Reserved Reserved pin Keep unconnected 8 Reserved Reserved pin...

Page 31: ...The system has a RS 232 COM port for communicating with external devices The port can be located on the rear panel via 9 pin D Sub male connectors Pin RS 232 Port 1 Reserved 2 RX 3 TX 4 Reserved 5 GND 6 Reserved 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 Reserved ...

Page 32: ... unique onboard trigger system it can simultaneously capture images from eight GMSL cameras within millisecond channel to channel skew If you are using 7m FAKRA cable from Neousys please remember to connect blue water color end on the NRU 110V and connect the black end on the camera side The black end of FAKRA cable has an extra O ring to give better water proof protection ...

Page 33: ... up to 4K UHD 3840 x 2160 30Hz in resolution The system is designed to support active DP adapter cable from NVIDIA s recommended display adapters You may refer to NVIDIA s page to find more information https nvidia custhelp com app answers detail a_id 4449 nvidia recommended display adapters 2 4 5 USB 3 1 Gen1 Port The system offers two USB 3 1 Gen1 SuperSpeed USB ports on its front panel They are...

Page 34: ...o other computers Item Description 10Gbit PoE Ethernet port The two 10Gbit Ethernet ports are implemented via Intel X550 AT2 controller that supports 15 5K jumbo frame teaming and IEEE 1588 Active Link LED Right LED Color Status Description Green Off Ethernet port is disconnected On Ethernet port is connected and no data transmission Flashing Ethernet port is connected and data is transmitting rec...

Page 35: ... NVMe SSD mini PCIe slot and corresponding SIM slot 2 5 1 M 2 2280 M Key Slot for NVMe SSD The system has an M 2 2280 slot M key PCIe Gen3 x2 to install an NVMe SSD for the ultimate disk read write performance An NVMe SSD offers significantly more disk read write speed performances over 2 5 SSDs ...

Page 36: ... 14 3V3 15 GND 16 3V3 17 18 3V3 19 20 21 GND 22 23 24 25 26 27 GND 28 29 PERN1 30 31 PERP1 32 33 GND 34 35 PETN1 36 37 PETP1 38 39 GND 40 41 PERn0 42 43 PERp0 44 45 GND 46 47 PETn0 48 49 PETp0 50 PERST_N 51 GND 52 53 REFCLKN 54 55 REFCLKP 56 57 GND 58 Mechanical Key 67 68 SUSCLK 69 PEDET 70 3V3 71 GND 72 3V3 73 GND 74 3V3 75 GND ...

Page 37: ... By installing a mini PCIe module you can add additional features to your system such as WIFI GPS CAN bus analog frame grabber etc You can also install a 3G 4G module and SIM card for internet via your service provider s 3G 4G network For wireless WIFI 3G 4G communication multiple SMA antenna apertures can be located on the rear panel ...

Page 38: ...MB_CLK 31 PETn0 32 SMB_DATA 33 PETp0 34 GND 35 GND 36 USB_D 37 GND 38 USB_D 39 3 3Vaux 40 GND 41 3 3Vaux 42 LED_WWAN 43 GND 44 LED_WLAN 45 Reserved 46 LED_WPAN 47 Reserved 48 1 5V 49 Reserved 50 GND 51 Reserved 52 3 3Vaux WARNING Some off the shelf mini PCIe 4G modules are not compliant to standard mini PCIe interface They use 1 8V I O signals instead of standard 3 3V I O and may have signal confl...

Page 39: ... observe all ESD procedures at all times to avoid damaging the equipment Before disassembling your system please make sure you have the module component you wish to install at hand and have all the necessary tools Before disassembling your system please make sure the system has powered off all cables and antenna power video data etc are disconnected Place the system on a flat and sturdy surface re...

Page 40: ... To install internal components such as M 2 SSD or mini PCIe module you need to disassemble the system enclosure Please refer to the following procedure 1 Turn the system upside down and remove the six screws indicated 2 Gently lift the bottom panel open ...

Page 41: ...NRU Series 41 3 With the system remaining upside down remove the two screws indicated on the front panel 4 Remove the eight screws 4 per side indicated on both sides of the system ...

Page 42: ...NRU Series 42 5 Remove the two screws indicated on the rear panel 6 Remove the two screws indicated ...

Page 43: ...NRU Series 43 7 Gently pull apart the enclosure ...

Page 44: ...ard Installation There is one mini PCIe and a SIM card slot on the main board Please follow the procedures for installation 1 Disassembling the system enclosure 2 Locate the mini PCIe slot indicated in blue and the SIM card slot indicated in red on the motherboard shown below ...

Page 45: ...d and secure it with two screws 45 degree angle insert Secure the card with a screw 4 To install the SIM card you need to push the SIM card slot in the direction of the battery and flip open the SIM card holder 5 Insert the SIM card and secure the holder by sliding the holder away from the battery Insert SIM card Secure by sliding holder 6 Reinstall the enclosure when done ...

Page 46: ...on There is one M 2 2280 M Key slot PCIe Gen3 x2 for you to install an NVMe SSD Please follow the procedures below to install the M 2 module 1 Disassemble the system enclosure 2 Remove the internal panel heat spreader by unscrewing the screws on the sides ...

Page 47: ...NRU Series 47 3 Insert the NVMe SSD into the slot on a 45 angle 4 Gently push it towards the motherboard and secure the NVMe SSD with the supplied screw ...

Page 48: ...NRU Series 48 5 Once the NVMe SSD has been secured reinstall the internal panel by securing the screws on both sides 6 Reinstall the enclosure when done ...

Page 49: ...e System Enclosure 1 To reinstall the system enclosure with system upside down the heatsink fins at the bottom Merge the front and rear panel enclosures together while making sure the connection ports meet the front and rear openings ...

Page 50: ...NRU Series 50 2 Secure the two screws that hold the front and rear enclosure panels together 3 Secure the two screws indicated on the front panel 4 Secure the two screws indicated on the rear panel ...

Page 51: ...NRU Series 51 5 Secure the eight screws 4 per side indicated on both sides of the system 6 Gently slide the bottom panel into place ...

Page 52: ...NRU Series 52 7 Secure the bottom panel with six screws four screws secure the four rubber stands ...

Page 53: ...RU Series 53 3 4 Anti vibration Mount Installation The system comes with an anti vibration mount 1 To install the anti vibration mount please remove the four rubber stands at the bottom of the enclosure ...

Page 54: ...bration mount to the bottom of the system enclosure using the provided M4 screws indicated in red and sleeves indicated in blue 3 Make sure you secure the system on a flat surface The illustration shows only the anti vibration mount being secured ...

Page 55: ...ehaves as the ATX mode on off control With DC power connected pushing the power button will turn on the system and the PWR LED indicator will light up Pushing the button when system is on will turn off the system If your operating system supports ATX power mode pushing the power button while the system is in operation will result in a pre defined system behavior such as shutdown or hibernation ...

Page 56: ...ignition signal and system power status A typical timing correlation is described in following diagram 1 When DC power is supplied to the system MCU starts to periodically detect ignition signal Note that only MCU is working at this moment and the overall power consumption is less than 2 mW 2 Ignition signal is active both 12VDC and 24VDC ignition signals are accepted 3 MCU starts to count a pre d...

Page 57: ...s issued to perform a soft off for the system ex a normal shutdown process for Windows system 10 The system is completely shut down 11 As MCU detects system is off it turns off the standby power for the system and operates in low power mode again 2mW power consumption ...

Page 58: ...module will cancel the power off delay process and keep the system running System hard off In some cases system may fail to shutdown via a soft off operation due to system application halts The ignition power control module offers a mechanism called hard off to handle this unexpected condition By detecting the system status it can determine whether the system is shutting down normally If not the i...

Page 59: ...al block shared with DC power input For in vehicle ignition control wiring please do the following 1 Connect car Battery line 12V for sedan 24V for bus truck to V 2 Connect car Battery GND line to GND 3 Connect ACC line to IGN WARNING Please make sure your DC power source and IGN signal share the same ground IGN input accepts 8 35VDC Supplying a voltage higher than 35VDC may damage the system ...

Page 60: ... system Mode Power on Delay Power off Delay Hard off Timeout 0 N A N A N A Mode 1 Mode 1 is AT mode without power on and power off delay The system automatically turns on when DC power is applied A retry mechanism is designed to repeat the power on cycle if the system fails to boot up Mode Power on Delay Power off Delay Hard off Timeout 1 N A N A N A Mode 2 Mode 2 is designed to have a very minor ...

Page 61: ... 9 3 minutes 1 minute 10 minutes 10 A 3 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes 11 B 3 minutes 30 minutes 10 minutes 12 C 10 minutes 30 minutes 10 minutes Mode 13 D Mode 14 E Mode 13 and Mode 14 are ignition power control modes with very long power off delay Both modes support the feature of smart off delay which automatically detect system status during power off delay duration and cut off system power if ...

Page 62: ...m the pre built system image by Neousys To reflash the NRU system you need a host system to reflash via a USB cable There are four types of files involved in the reflash process Device Tree It helps the Xavier module understand the hardware design Kernel Image The driver package Startup Scripts Startup script to full support NRU hardware File System A system image covers Jetson OS kernel image sta...

Page 63: ...le o USB 2 0 Type A to Micro USB Type B Cable 1x USB Stick for bootable Ubuntu USB stick if you haven t installed Ubuntu on Host Machine o Storage 4GB minimal 1x NRU system with NVIDIA Jetson Xavier 32GB Module 1x NRU Series barebone and power supply 5 4 Prepare Host Machine for Reflash Process 1 Install Ubuntu 18 04 02 LTS link 2 Create a bootable USB stick and finish the Ubuntu 18 04 02 setup pr...

Page 64: ...Machine for Reflash Process To reflash your NRU system please refer to the following steps 1 Make sure you set the ignition switch to mode 0 2 Connect the 3 pin terminal plug 3 Connect the USB cable between the host and target machine ...

Page 65: ... B Press the hold the force recovery button C Press the power button D 5 seconds later release the force recovery button 5 Confirm NRU is in recovery mode using lsusb on your host machine If your system successfully booted into recovery mode you should see NVIDIA Corp in one of the lsusb output ...

Page 66: ... Manager once to finish necessary settings on Host Machine After this session you will get a flash sh command line tool Run NVIDIA SDK Manager by the following command link sdkmanager You have to register an NVIDIA developer account first free to proceed At STEP 01 please make sure you have prepared the host machine target hardware Jetson AGX Xavier JetPack 4 4 Not JetPack 4 4 DP and they are chec...

Page 67: ...NRU Series 67 If the Detected is not shown under the Jetson AGX Xavier you may need to refer to the previous step to put your NRU system into Recovery Mode JetPack 4 4 NOT JetPack 4 4 DP ...

Page 68: ...er and press continue The flash process may take a while and when complete you will find a signed flash sh under your L4T path The L4T varies due to different SDK Manager versions The L4T path in this demonstration s host machine is nvidia nvidia_sdk JetPack_4 4_Linux_JETSON_AGX_XAVIER Linux_for_Tegra ...

Page 69: ... under L4T bootloader and rename it as system img Example Code Please Update Variables based on Your Settings export L4T_ROOT_J4_4 home nvidia nvidia nvidia_sdk JetPack_4 4_Linux_J ETSON_AGX_XAVIER Linux_for_Tegra export SYS_IMG NRU 100_20201222 sudo cp SYS_IMG L4T_ROOT_J4_4 bootloader system img 5 Flash File System and Device Tree Example Code Please Update Variables based on Your Settings export...

Page 70: ...s on NRU FTP You will need to download dtb img sh 2 Flash your System with JetPack 4 4 using SDK Manager After the GUI process you will find your NRU without display output signal This is because the official NVIDIA dtb doesn t 100 fit the hardware design of NRU series Device Tree It helps the Xavier module understand the hardware design Kernel Image The driver package Startup Scripts Startup scri...

Page 71: ...n Your Settings sudo su export HOST_IP 192 168 1 144 Kaichu s Host Machine export SYS_IMG_RAW NRU 100_0930 Stop File System echo u proc sysrq trigger Low Level Backup of Target Raw Raw Image will be stored under Folder of Host Machine dd if dev mmcblk0p1 ssh nvidia HOST_IP dd of SYS_IMG_RAW raw status progress 2 On the host machine convert RAW image to sparse system image Example Code Please Updat...

Page 72: ...mv SYS_IMG_RAW raw Make Sparase Image mksparse v fillpattern 0 SYS_IMG_RAW raw SYS_IMG_RAW img System Image is Ready and replace for the default path for File System Flash cp SYS_IMG_RAW img system img 3 Refer to Reflash Neousys Pre built System Image to Finish the Flash Steps ...

Page 73: ...er then open the camera with GStreamer Camera Trigger PPS is a utility need root permission for advanced developers who want to Change the FPS of camera trigger by MCU Make camera trigger from MCU synchronized with GPS PPS 6 2 Before calling sudo apt upgrade NVIDIA tries to design a OTA mechanism to update the Jetson Xavier Computer from remote However as far as we tested the OTA mechanism might d...

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