background image

Introduction

 

 

8devices Carambola 2 is a member of Carambola wireless modules family and is based 

on Qualcomm/Authors AR9331 SoC. Carambola 2 is a surface mountable, single sided, 
Wi‐Fi enabled Linux module, featuring the lowest power consumption in the industry. 

Module comes bundled with an open source development board for a quick start of your 
new Internet of Things era project. 8devices is providing OpenWRT linux distribution 

source code with necessary patches on GitHub https://github.com/8devices and is 
supported by our growing community on http://www.8devices.com/community forum. 

 

 

 

Carambola 2 specification overview

 

CPU  

AR9331, 400 MHz  

Memory  

16 MB SPI Flash with 64 MB DDR2 RAM  

Frequency  

2.4 GHz  

Max output power 21 dBm  

Wireless standard  802.11 bgn  

Antenna (port)  

U.FL connector  

Power supply  

3.3 V, power consumption 0.5 W  

Interfaces  

USB host/slave, serial port, 2 x Ethernet, I2S, SLIC, SPDIF, 23 x GPIO 

Size  

28 by 38 mm  

Software  

OpenWRT  

 

 

Antennas

 

12dBi

 

omni

­

directional

 

antenna

  

Model

 

2400A-12

 

Gain-dBi

 

12 

Manufacturer

 

Anteny24 

 

3dBi

 

built

­

in

 

ceramic

 

antenna

 

Model

 

ACA-5036-A2-CC-S

 

Gain-dBi

 

Manufacturer

 

INPAQ TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 

 

Содержание Carambola 2

Страница 1: ...Carambola 2 manual...

Страница 2: ...x minicom 9 Linux picocom 9 Other Linux uart settings and useful commands 9 Set up TFTP server 10 Windows 10 Linux 11 Upload new firmware to Carambola 2 12 sysupgrade 12 mtd 12 Serial connection only...

Страница 3: ...s on GitHub https github com 8devices and is supported by our growing community on http www 8devices com community forum Carambola 2 specification overview CPU AR9331 400 MHz Memory 16 MB SPI Flash wi...

Страница 4: ...able version At this point 2012 11 11 stable version is carambola v2 3 rc4 To get this version type command git checkout carambola v2 3 rc4 More packages Edit file vi feeds conf default src git packag...

Страница 5: ...uconfig You should see configuration window like this Let s leave everything untouched for now and and exit Type make for standard building procedure or make j 2 if you want to use more than 1 thread...

Страница 6: ...n completing build proces For this you need to install and configure email client After you are done type this long command date tmp text txt make j 2 tmp text txt date tmp text txt mail s done email_...

Страница 7: ...thout hardware flow control and power up your carambola TTL 3 3V level However if you have TTL level USB to serial converter you should do some soldering Remove J9 and J10 jumpers and connect FTDI 3 3...

Страница 8: ...0 picocom b 9600 dev ttyUSB0 Picocom man To exit press and hold CTRL A Q Other Linux uart settings and useful commands If you do not have installed stty you should get it by typing opkg install coreut...

Страница 9: ...Set up Windo You can Enable T p TFTP se ws set up TFTP s TFTP server Y erver server very qu Your settings s uickly using T should look li TFTP32 sofwa ke are It is free...

Страница 10: ...etc xinetd d tftp sudo nano etc xinetd d tftp Paste this code service tftp protocol udp port 69 socket_type dgram wait yes user nobody server usr sbin in tftpd server_args home tftpboot disable no sud...

Страница 11: ...good serial cable cheaper usb serial adapters don t work rock solid power supply and steel nerves TFTP TFTP method to upgrade firmware requires you serial connection to Carambola and configured TFTP s...

Страница 12: ...iguration Change Network parameters Edit carambola target linux ramips base files etc config network Cahnge default banner welcome screen Change welcome screen example Edit carambola package base file...

Страница 13: ...Appe If you are...

Страница 14: ...s set forth for an uncontrolled environment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator include antenna and your body Labeling requirement The Host...

Отзывы: