OMAP-L138 LCDK

If you can enter linux commands like ls, pwd, you are in a linux shell.  If you want to see u-boot on the LCDK, you can remove the SD card and boot.

Hi Aaron,

 Thank you for your answer. And i missed my LCDK "Quick Start Guide" booklet, so where can i find the new one? Whether we can search in net? Is there any link available for Quick Start Guide.

Thanks Again. 

I have connected my PC with the LCDK BOARD through USB connector to J3, and started the Minicom and i did the necessary settings(115200, 8N1 &  port name as ttyUSB0), but nothing displayed on the minicom window. What maybe the problem?

I studied from the Linux_Software_Developers_Guide#Restoring_U-Boot_on_a_bricked_LCDK  page and i executed the command as given, below i showed you, what i have executed,

ilay@ilay-G41M-Combo:~$ sudo /home/ilay/ti-sdk-omapl138-lcdk-01.00.00/host-tools/flash_utils/OMAP-L138_FlashAndBootUtils_2_40/OMAP-L138/GNU/sfh_OMAP-L138.exe -targettype OMAPL138_LCDK -flashtype NAND -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -flash_noubl u-boot-lcdk_ais.bin

[sudo] password for ilay:
-----------------------------------------------------
TI Serial Flasher Host Program for OMAP-L138
(C) 2012, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Ver. 1.67
-----------------------------------------------------

[TYPE] Single boot image
[BOOT IMAGE] u-boot-lcdk_ais.bin
[TARGET] OMAPL138_LCDK
[DEVICE] NAND
[NAND Block] 1

Attempting to connect to device /dev/ttyUSB0...
Press any key to end this program at any time.

(AIS Parse): Read magic word 0x41504954.
(AIS Parse): Waiting for BOOTME... (power on or reset target now)

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these are the lines i got when i executed that command. After this i power cycled my board once and checked, and restarted once and checked, but nothing is happening after this. But, when i press "Enter" button, its showing as "Aborting Program". I waited after this for more than 1 hour, but no respponse, i dont know, whether its flashing or not?.

Thanks,

Ilayaraja.

Hi Aaron,

I checked the USB connection, (it is ttyUSB0 connected to UART J3 on the board) and settings as (115200 8N1), SW1 switch no.2 as ON(for UART booting mode) and i executed this command(sudo /home/ilay/ti-sdk-omapl138-lcdk-01.00.00/host-tools/flash_utils/OMAP-L138_FlashAndBootUtils_2_40/OMAP-L138/GNU/sfh_OMAP-L138.exe -targettype OMAPL138_LCDK -flashtype NAND -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -flash_noubl u-boot-lcdk_ais.bin), it is showing as,

-----------------------------------------------------
TI Serial Flasher Host Program for OMAP-L138
(C) 2012, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Ver. 1.67
-----------------------------------------------------

[TYPE] Single boot image
[BOOT IMAGE] u-boot-lcdk_ais.bin
[TARGET] OMAPL138_LCDK
[DEVICE] NAND
[NAND Block] 1

Attempting to connect to device /dev/ttyUSB0...
Press any key to end this program at any time.

(AIS Parse): Read magic word 0x41504954.
(AIS Parse): Waiting for BOOTME... (power on or reset target now)

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and after this i power cycled the board, but now also its taking much time but no result.  

And the another thing is, i am calling the "MINICOM Window" as, 

sudo minicom ttyUSB0

it is displaying as,

Welcome to minicom 2.5

OPTIONS: I18n
Compiled on May 2 2011, 00:39:27.
Port /dev/ttyUSB0

Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys

i am getting these lines, but after this no information about U-boot or Linux running on the LCDK. What i have to do?.

Thanks,

Ilayaraja.

Hi Aaron,

 My SW1 switch setting was(switch no.2 is ON and remaining switches 1,3,4,5,6,7,8 are OFF). And my serial port is ttyUSB0 only, no other devices are connected. Then, i think the bootloader in the LCDK is corrupted, thats why the U-boot messages are not shown in the minicom window. Now, i am trying to reboot the NAND by using the command,

root@ilay-G41M-Combo:/home/ilay# mono /home/ilay/ti-sdk-omapl138-lcdk-01.00.00/host-tools/flash_utils/OMAP-L138_FlashAndBootUtils_2_40/OMAP-L138/GNU/sfh_OMAP-L138.exe -targettype OMAPL138_LCDK -flashtype NAND -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -flash_noubl u-boot-lcdk_ais.bin

it is displaying as,

-----------------------------------------------------
TI Serial Flasher Host Program for OMAP-L138
(C) 2012, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Ver. 1.67
-----------------------------------------------------

[TYPE] Single boot image
[BOOT IMAGE] u-boot-lcdk_ais.bin
[TARGET] OMAPL138_LCDK
[DEVICE] NAND
[NAND Block] 1

Attempting to connect to device /dev/ttyUSB0...
Press any key to end this program at any time.

(AIS Parse): Read magic word 0x41504954.
(AIS Parse): Waiting for BOOTME... (power on or reset target now)

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After this i pressed the restart button, and also i switched OFF and switched ON the board, but there is no change, it still remains in that line, i don't know whether the process (flashing the NAND)  is taking place or not ???... 

Thanks,

Ilayaraja.

Switches 1,2,3 and 4 on SW1 set the boot method, you need to have both 2 and 4 on for uart2.

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/L138/C6748_Development_Kit_(LCDK)#Features

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for your answer. i made the switches 2 &4 of SW1 as ON, and i executed the command, now it is showing as,

-----------------------------------------------------
TI Serial Flasher Host Program for OMAP-L138
(C) 2012, Texas Instruments, Inc.
Ver. 1.67
-----------------------------------------------------

[TYPE] Single boot image
[BOOT IMAGE] u-boot-lcdk_ais.bin
[TARGET] OMAPL138_LCDK
[DEVICE] NAND
[NAND Block] 1

Attempting to connect to device /dev/ttyUSB0...
Press any key to end this program at any time.

(AIS Parse): Read magic word 0x41504954.
(AIS Parse): Waiting for BOOTME... (power on or reset target now)
(AIS Parse): BOOTME received!
(AIS Parse): Performing Start-Word Sync...
(AIS Parse): Performing Ping Opcode Sync...
(AIS Parse): Processing command 0: 0x58535901.
(AIS Parse): Performing Opcode Sync...
(AIS Parse): Loading section...
(AIS Parse): Loaded 14372-Byte section to address 0x80000000.
(AIS Parse): Processing command 1: 0x58535901.
(AIS Parse): Performing Opcode Sync...
(AIS Parse): Loading section...
(AIS Parse): Loaded 1324-Byte section to address 0x80003824.
(AIS Parse): Processing command 2: 0x58535906.
(AIS Parse): Performing Opcode Sync...
(AIS Parse): Performing jump and close...
(AIS Parse): AIS complete. Jump to address 0x80000000.
(AIS Parse): Waiting for DONE...
(AIS Parse): Boot completed successfully.

Waiting for SFT on the OMAP-L138...
File u-boot-lcdk_ais.bin is not present.

Interfacing to the OMAP-L138 via UART failed.
Please reset or power-cycle the board and try again...

What i have todo?.

 Thanks Again,

Ilayaraja.

Hi Aaron,

Thanks. I entered the full path and then i executed it, now it is working properly. And also i booted Linux Kernel from SD Card also, it is also working properly. But the Ethernet Port i connected from my PC to the LCDK board is not showing up any ethernet connections, connection is not established between my PC and the Board, but when i connect the ethernet cable to my PC it is displaying as,

root@omapl138-lcdk:~# PHY: 0:07 - Link is Up - 100/Full

But in my PC, connection is not shown up.

Then, how can i find the IP Address of the LCDK Board? I used the command,

root@omapl138-lcdk:~# ifconfig

the following lines are displayed, in that i don't know what is the IP Address of the Board,

root@omapl138-lcdk:~# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 9E:A9:0C:45:66:CE
inet6 addr: fe80::9ca9:cff:fe45:66ce/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:85 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:258 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:13842 (13.5 KiB) TX bytes:149148 (145.6 KiB)
Interrupt:33

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:872 (872.0 B) TX bytes:872 (872.0 B)

Now, what i want to do is, i have to find the IP Address of the Board, then i need to copy the "Hello World" program to LCDK by using that IP address

host $ scp hello root@<LCDK IP address>:/home/root/

 and i want to see the output from the LCDK Board.

Thanks,

Ilayaraja.

Dear Ilayaraja,

I'm having the same problems setting up connection between the host and the LCDK. The lights of the ethernet connector are working properly so i guess that it's not a solder problem (http://e2e.ti.com/support/embedded/linux/f/354/t/198486.aspx).

Any tips?

Thanks in advance,

Víctor. 

Hi,

I manage to test my board using the DHCP server of Mac OS and it worked just fine so i'm guessing it should be some problem with my DHCP Server configuration in the virtual machine. I'm using a virtual machine with Ubuntu 10.04 as described in the docs. My dhcpd.conf:

allow bootp;
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
 # range of ip addresses in the server to be assigned
 range 192.168.1.201 192.168.1.220;

# amount of time in seconds to have the ip
 default-lease-time 1209600; #two weeks

# default gateway to be used by the clients
 option routers 192.168.1.1;

# set the broadcast address and subnet mask
 option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
 option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

# ntp server to be used by the clients
 # option ntp-servers 192.168.1.100;
}

Has anybody been able to successfully connect the LCDK with the virtual machine?

Regards,

Víctor.

Try setting your virtual machine network connection to "Bridge" istead of "NAT". I think this the problem with your set up. A guide for VirtualBox VM is at http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/How_to_Build_a_Ubuntu_Linux_host_under_VirtualBox 

Thanks for your Reply.
I'll do that then. Best wishes,

Víctor.