VAR-DVK-AM43 based on TI AM437x Development Kit Quick Start Guide 1 2 3 4 6 5 27 7 28 24 26 23 22 8 21 20 29 19 9 18 10 17 16 15 14 13 12 Top side: 1. 5V DC In Jack (J12) 2. USB0 Host 3. RS232 Header (J8) 4. USB1 Host 5. I2C / SPI Connector (J9) 6. 10/100/1000Mbps ETH1 (J5) 7. 10/100/1000Mbps ETH2 (J6) * 8. Camera Header 9. Headphones Jack (J17) 10. Line In (J18) 11. USB Debug (J22) 12. USER Button3 (SW6) 13. USER Button2 (SW5) 14. USER Button1 (SW4) 15. Reset Button (SW3) * NOTE: VAR-DVK-AM43 supports dual GbE w/o Wi-Fi / BT VAR-DVK-AM43_W supports single GbE and Wi-Fi /B 11 25 16. Digital Audio / SPI (J21) 17. GPIO Headers (J19 / J20) 18. Boot select switches 19. UART3 Header (J16) 20. LVDS Display Connector 21. UART1 Header (J14) 22. A2D Header (J10) 23. CAN / RS-485 Header 24. Capacitive Touch (J7) Bottom side: 25. microSD connector (J103) 26. OV2659 Image-sensor 27. USB0 OTG 28. Resistive Touch 29. RTC Battery Holder DVK initial Setup 1. Carefully remove the 7” LCD and VAR-AM43CustomBoard board from the package. 2. Connect the 7” LCD Touch and Display cables to the DVK connectors J7, J15 respectively as shown in the upper left picture. Note: Display cable connector pins 1, 2 (colored in red) should be connected to J15 pins 1, 2 respectively. Touch cable – connect the cable with metal contacts facing down. 3. Plug the USB type A to micro B cable between the USB debug connector (J22) and a PC USB port. 4. Plug the wall adapter’s connector into the VAR-AM43CustomBoard 5V power jack (J12). VAR-DVK-AM43 based on TI AM437x Development Kit Quick Start Guide Setting the Host PC for Debug 1. Download any PC terminal program. Variscite suggests using Putty. 2. Set PC terminal software parameters as follows: - Baud Rate: 115200 - Data bits: 8 - Stop bits: 1 - Parity: None - Flow Control: None Booting from eMMC (Default file System) 1. Remove the SD-Card with boot SW from the carrier. 2. Set Boot select switch (SW1/SW2) as follows: 2.1. SW1 set to "2" (OFF) 2.2. SW2 set to "1" (ON) 3. Connect the 5V power supply to the carrier board. 4. Boot messages are printed in the PC’s terminal window. Booting from micro SD Card The microSD card is supplied as part of the package. The image can also be downloaded from Variscite's FTP site. Please contact Variscite’s sales for details: [email protected] 1. Verify the following switch configuration: 1.1. SW1 set to "1" (ON) 1.2. SW2 set to "2" (OFF) 2. Push microSD card into the slot (J103) in the VAR-AM43CustomBoard. 3. Connect 5V to the carrier board. 4. Boot messages are printed in the PC’s terminal window. Burning Recovery File System Please refer to Variscite’s wiki pages at: http://variwiki.com/index.php?title=VAR-SOMAM43_Yocto_Daisy_GS#eMMC_Recovery Additional Support Links 1. Wiki pages: http://variwiki.com/index.php?title=VAR-SOM-AM43 2. Support Forum: http://variscite.com/support-forum/index.php 3. VAR-DVK-AM43: http://www.variscite.com/products/evaluation-kits/var-som-am43-kits 4. VAR-SOM-AM43: http://www.variscite.com/products/system-on-module-som/cortexa9/var-som-am43-cpu-ti-am437x-am4376-am4377-am4378-am4379 5. VAR-AM43CustomBoard: http://www.variscite.com/products/single-board-computers/varam43customboard Thank you for purchasing Variscite’s product. For additional assistance please contact: [email protected]