Mpression Helio Board
Getting Started - Mpression Helio Board
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4.
Running Linux on Helio Board
4.1
Setup USB-to-Serial Interface
4.1.1
Install Device Driver for USB-to Serial Chip
This section presents how to install the drivers for the USB-to-Serial chip on the Helio board. The
necessary steps on Windows 7 are:
1.
Go to following URL and download the VCP Driver Kit archive file.
http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx
2.
Extract the downloaded archive and execute one of the installer files:
*Run CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe if you have a 64 bit OS, or
*Run CP210xVCPInstaller_x86.exe if you have a 32 bit OS
4.1.2
Setup Terminal Software
Make sure terminal software settings as below
With Linux kernel v3.7 (SoC EDS v13.0)
Baud Rate: 57600
Parity: none
Stop: 1 bit
Flow Control: none
With Linux kernel v3.9 or later (SoC EDS v13.1 or later)
Baud Rate: 115200
Parity: none
Stop: 1 bit
Flow Control: none
Figure 4-1 Terminal Software Setup
