1. By Ganesan Alagu Ganesh Feb 21, 2008
Connecting TS 7260 By
Ganesan Alagu Ganesh
Feb 21, 2008
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Connecting TS 7260 by G Alagu Ganesh

2. Connecting TS 7260 Linux option – the survey result
TS 7260 board – a look!
Connecting the board to computer
Getting started with TS 7260
Connecting an USB thumb drive
Connecting a SD card
Check the memory !
Challenges ?
The Progress…
What next?
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Connecting TS 7260 by G Alagu Ganesh

3. Linux option – the survey result
Linux Boards
Fox Board
TS 7260
Software Features:
Kernel
Full Linux ver
Linux ver 1.06
Language
C, C++, PHP, PYTHON
Not available onboard (as of now)
Tools
GNU C compiler
C compiler from Dev kit
Hardware Features:
Data Transfer Rate
USB 1.1 (low speed & full speed )
Memory
8MB FLASH 32MB RAM
32Mbytes RAM
Ports
2 USB 1.1
Dual USB host ports - v1.1
Power
5 Volt 280mA (1 watt)
+ 5V only
Cpu
Axis ETRAX 100LX 32 bit, RISC, 100MHz (100MIPS)
Cirrus EP9302
ARM920T
Cost
$205
Dev kit $100
Open source support
YES NO
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Connecting TS 7260 by G Alagu Ganesh

4. TS 7260 board – a look!
2/21/2008
Connecting TS 7260 by G Alagu Ganesh

5. Connecting the board to computer
Linux installed by default on onboard flash.
The serial port is set to baud, 8N1, with no flow control
In Linux- the minicom program is configured using the ”-s” parameter (minicom -s)
In Windows, Putty or HyperTerminal can be used
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6. Connecting an USB thumb drive
2 USB 2.0 ports available
USB flash drive has to be formatted as either ext2 or vfat
TS-Linux comes with USB drivers
After booting at command prompt do
“loadUSBModules.sh”
“mount /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 /mnt/”
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Connecting TS 7260 by G Alagu Ganesh

7. Connecting an USB thumb drive
“LoadUSBModules.sh” script loads the following modules:
usbcore
pcipool
usb-ohci
usb-ohci-ep93xx
scsi_mod
sd_mod
usb-storage
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8. Run “loadUSBModule.sh”
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9. Run “LoadUSB.sh”
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10. Connecting a SD card
A binary Linux driver module and a set of generic, OS-independent read/write routines is in ARM object (.o) file by default
After the SD Card module is loaded, the device entry “/dev/sdcard0” is used to mount into the file system.
“cp /dev/sdcard0/disc0/part1 /dev/sdcard0/disc0/part3”
“mount -t ext2 /dev/sdcard0/disc0/part3 /mnt”
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11. Check the memory !
We could see all three disks and the percentage of memory usage
Inference : need more memory
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12. Check the memory!
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13. Challenges? (as of now) Older version of linux kernel
No onboard software development support
Very low memory available
Technical user manual and actual configuration details not exactly matched
No special debugger
Solution:
Development KIT
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14. The progress… (as on Feb 21,2008)
Found that one of the two boards was not working
Understanding the USB communication layers & protocols
Understood the boot sequence and boot modes of the TS 7260
Learnt - How to write customized “LoadUSB.sh” script?
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15. What next? Install Debian linux image in flash
Install gcc, g++ compliers
Install cross compiler & Interface the kit
Software development for USB access
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