Hardware Setup Overview

To set up the hardware provided with the DVEVM kit, use the steps that follow. You may skip steps if you do not need to access a particular peripheral. For example, if you do not need to use the serial cable, skip that step.

For reference, the numbers in the following photo of the DM365 EVM target board correspond to the steps in the procedure.

Hardware Setup Steps

Important: The EVM board is sensitive to static discharges. Use a grounding strap or other device to prevent damaging the board. Be sure to connect communication cables before applying power to any equipment.

1) Verify that SW4 is configured to use NAND boot mode.

2) Verify that SW5 is configured to use 1.35-V core voltage mode and component video output mode.

3) Connect a video source (such as a camera or Blue Ray DVD player providing 720p) to the Component Video Input RCA connectors. Power on your video source.

4) Connect your HD video display to the Component Video Output RCA connectors. Power on your HD video display.

5) Connect an audio speaker to the stereo line out connector and an audio source to the stereo line in connector.

6) If you will be using an Ethernet connection, connect the provided Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the EVM board and to an Ethernet network port.

7) If you plan to use the UART port for a console window, connect the RS-232 null modem cable to the EVM UART port and to the COM port of your host PC.

8) Connect the power cable to the DVEVM power jack on the board. To be ESD safe, plug in the other end of the cable only after you have connected the power cord to the board.

9) You should see the initial screen of the demo software on your video display. Use the IR remote to run the software as described in Running Demos section of the GSG.

Connecting to a Console Window

You can open a console window that allows you to watch and interrupt EVM boot messages by following these steps:

1) Connect a serial cable between the serial port on the EVM and the serial port (for example, COM1) on a PC.

2) Run a terminal session (such as Minicom on Linux or HyperTerminal on Windows) on the workstation and configure it to connect to that serial port with the following characteristics:

Bits per Second: 115200
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop Bits: 1
Flow Control: None

For a short tutorial on setting up Minicom in Ubuntu for this please see Setting up Minicom in Ubuntu.

3) When you power on the EVM, you will see boot sequence messages. You can press a key to interrupt the boot sequence and type commands in the U-Boot command shell. In this guide, commands to be typed in the U-Boot shell are indicated by an EVM # prompt.

To continue setup, return to the Getting Started Guide

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