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emPC-A/RPI3
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Hardware and
Software Manual)
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Operating System and Drivers
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Janz Tec AG
Rev. 1.3
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Operating System and Drivers
When you order the emPC-A/RPI3
with pre-installed software (Raspbian operating system), then our
default Janz Tec image is pre-installed on the µSD-card and the emPC-A/RPI3 driver package is
already installed and fully configured. For more information, refer to 5.2.
Of course, you can order the emPC-A/RPI3 without software, so you can choose a Raspberry PI 3 B
compatible operating system of your choice and install it manually on a µSD card. (Raspbian
recommended)
Refer to 5.1.1 on how to install an image from the official Raspberry Pi website.
5.1
Standard Raspbian Operating System
If the additional interfaces of the emPC-A/RPI3 (RTC, CAN and RS232/RS485) are not required, then
the latest official Raspbian operating system is recommend for emPC-A/RPI3 systems. (Digital IO and
LEDs are controllable by standard GPIO commands and console (RS232) is supported by Raspbian
by default). To use all of the emPC-A/RPI3 features, refer to chapter 5.2 and 5.3.
5.1.1
Installation
For more information on how to prepare a µSD-card to run the Raspbian operating system visit:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md
Our Janz Tec image is based on the official RASPBIAN JESSIE image from
2018-06-27
with Kernel
4.14.
(SHA-256:
8636ab9fdd8f58a8ec7dde33b83747696d31711d17ef68267dbbcd6cfb968c24
)
Download at:
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/archive/2018-06-29-03:23/
Important!
There is a known issue caused by a faulty /boot/bootcode.bin file, resulting in sporadic
µSD card detection problems, which may cause the system not to boot properly. File date of faulty
bootcode.bin is 2018-06-19. An update is available at:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/blob/83146e2ec7fec863fdd6dcaa1b5129c43a5b3699/boot/bo
otcode.bin
Default log in credentials:
Username:
pi
Password:
raspberry
(depending on you
r keyboard layout language, the last “y” might be “z” on your keyboard)
For more information visit the official Raspberry quick start guide:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/quick-start-guide/
5.2
emPC-A/RPI3 Driver Installation Script