RZ/V2L SMARC Board by Renesas
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General Information
- Official RZ/V2L Website
- Please review the Documentation & Downloads section
- Board Documentation
- Since the RZ/V2L and RZ/G2L devices are pin compatible, the same evaluation board design is used for both.
- Linux Board Support Package Download
- The BSP is currently still in pre-release and must be obtained directly from your Renesas Sales representative.
Sharing of RZ/G2L Board Documentation
- Since the RZ/V2L and RZ/G2L devices are pin compatible, they share the exact same evaluation board design. Please refer to the RZ/G2L SMARC board page for reference.
- Board setup (button and switch) information
- Suggested LCD Monitors
Getting Started
1. Software BSP Components
The following 4 packages are mandatory to build the BSP.
- Linux BSP package: Obtain the file rzv2l_linux-pkg_ver0.8.0.zip from the same Renesas representative that you received your board from. Unzip the contents and copy to a Linux PC.
- DRP-AI Support package: Obtain the file rzv2l_drpai-support-pkg_ver0.90.zip from the same Renesas representative that you received your board from. Unzip the contents and copy to a Linux PC.
- Mali CPU Graphic Library: Download the file RTK0EF0045Z13001ZJ-v0.51_forV2L_EN.zip from this link to enable graphs. Copy the ZIP file to a Linux PC.
- Codec Library package: Obtain the file RTK0EF0045Z15001ZJ_0_4_0.tar.bz2 from the same Renesas representative that you received your board from. Unzip the contents and copy to a Linux PC.
2. Build Environment
- To build the BSP, you will need a Linux PC running Ubuntu 20.04. Only this Host OS version was tested.
- You can use a Linux PC (recommended) or a Virtual Machine.
3. Build the BSP
- The complete build environment created by "Linux BSP package" + "DRP-AI Support package" (combine into the same directory).
- Detailed instructions for setup and building are located in the Release Note documents in each "Linux BSP" and "DRP-AI Support" package.
- β οΈ You must first follow the Linux BSP Release Note instructions (RZV2L_Linux_Package_version_0.8.0_Release_Note.pdf) Section 3.1 (1),(2),(3),(4)
- Then follow DRP-AI Support Release Note (rzv2l_drpai-support-package_ver0.90_release-note.pdf) Sections 3.1 and 3.2
- A summary of the instructions located in the Release Notes are below. Simply Copy/Paste the commands.
Simple build instructions for BSP v0.8 |
These instructions are a summary of what is explained in the package Release Notes. ### Extract the BSP Linux package $ mkdir rzv2l_bsp_v0.8 $ tar -xf rzv2l_bsp_v080.tar.gz -C rzv2l_bsp_v0.8 $ cd rzv2l_bsp_v0.8 ### (only for PMIC boards) Apply additional patch for New PMIC edition boards $ cd meta-rzv $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/seebe/rzg_stuff/master/boards/rzv2l_smarc/bsp_v0.8_pmic_patch/0001-Support-RZ-V2L-Smarc-PMIC-edition-boards.patch $ patch -p1 < 0001-Support-RZ-V2L-Smarc-PMIC-edition-boards.patch $ cd .. ### Copy/Move the 'Mali Graphics library' Zip file (RTK0EF0045Z13001ZJ-v0.51_forV2L_EN.zip) under the BSP directory. $ unzip RTK0EF0045Z13001ZJ-v0.51_forV2L_EN.zip $ cd RTK0EF0045Z13001ZJ-v0.51_EN/proprietary $ ./copy_gfx_mmp.sh ../../meta-rzv $ cd ../.. ### Copy/Move the 'DRP-AI Support' package file (rzv2l_meta-drpai_ver0.90.tar.gz) under the BSP directory. ### After exacting using the command below, this will add a new directory "meta-drpai" and file "rzv2l-drpai-conf.patch" $ tar -xvf rzv2l_meta-drpai_ver0.90.tar.gz ### Set up the Yocto Environment and copy a default configuration $ source poky/oe-init-build-env $ cp ../meta-rzv/docs/template/conf/smarc-rzv2l/*.conf ./conf/ ### Copy/Move the 'Codec Library' package file (RTK0EF0045Z15001ZJ_0_4_0.tar.bz2) under the BSP directory. $ tar -xvf RTK0EF0045Z15001ZJ_0_4_0.tar.bz2 $ cd meta-rzv $ sh docs/template/copyscript/copy_proprietary_software_omx.sh ../RTK0EF0045Z15001ZJ_0_4_0 $ cd .. ### Initialize Yocto Environment and copy prepared configuration files $ source poky/oe-init-build-env $ cp ../meta-rzv/docs/template/conf/smarc-rzv2l/*.conf ./conf/ ### Apply the patch from the 'DRP-AI Support' package ### (the current directory should still be the 'build' directory) $ patch -p2 < ../rzv2l-drpai-conf.patch ### Build $ bitbake core-image-weston $ bitbake core-image-weston -c populate_sdk |
4. Prepare an SD Card
- The evaluation boards can be booted from SD Cards. The SD card must be formatted and loaded using a Linux PC. A helpful script has been created (usb_sd_partition) that you can run on your Linux PC.
- Insert your micro SD card into a USB-SD-Card reader and then plug into a Linux PC.
- Use the commands below to download the formatting script and run. Please select your card and choose the default settings.
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/renesas-rz/rzg2_bsp_scripts/master/usb_sd_partition/usb_sd_partition.sh $ chmod +x usb_sd_partition.sh $ ./usb_sd_partition.sh
- Use the commands below to copy the files you build with the BSP to the SD card. Start in the base of your Yocto BSP.
# Change to the Yocto output directory that contains the files $ cd build/tmp/deploy/images/smarc-rzv2l # Copy the Linux kernel and Device Tree to partition 1 $ sudo cp -v Image /media/$USER/RZ_FAT $ sudo cp -v r9a07g054l2-smarc.dtb /media/$USER/RZ_FAT # Copy and expand the Root File System to partition 2 $ sudo tar -xvf core-image-weston-smarc-rzv2l.tar.gz -C /media/$USER/RZ_ext (or if NOT using graphics) $ sudo tar -xvf core-image-minimal-smarc-rzv2l.tar.gz -C /media/$USER/RZ_ext # Make sure all files are finished writing before removing the USB card reader from the PC $ sync
- Safely remove your USB card reader by right clicking on the drive icon (either RZ_FAT or RZ_ext) in Ubuntu and selecting "Eject"
5. Power the Board and Connect to the Serial Port
- Supply power the board using the USB-C connection on the carrier board labeled "Power Input"
- On the carrier board, press the red button in order to turn on power to the board. The green LED labeled "Carrier PWR On" will be lit when power is on.
- Now that the board is powered, plug a USB micro cable into the carrier board to the USB connector labeled "SER 3 UART". Use a serial terminal program to interact as you board. With a Linux PC, we recommend using "putty" (connects to /dev/USB0), and with a Windows PC we recommend "TeraTerm" that connects to COMx. The baud rate of the Serial connection is 115200 bps.
- Press the blue reset button, and then "u-boot" will start. Within 3 seconds, press the space bar on your keyboard in order to stop the auto-boot sequence.
6. Switch settings for the CPU SOM board.
- The SOM board contains a eMMC Flash device and a Micro SD Card socket. On the SOM board, you can only use one or the other because they are both connected to the same peripheral channel on the RZ/V2L.
- Set the switches on the SOM board to what you want to use.
- β οΈ u-boot environment variables are always stored in eMMC Flash (not SPI flash). This means if you change switch SW1-2 to OFF on the SOM board, you cannot access saved u-boot environments variables and you will always get the message "*** Warning - MMC init failed, using default environment"
- Note that the SD Card slot on the Carrier board will always work regardless of the setting of SW1-2 because it uses a separate peripheral channel on the RZ/V2L.
- On the SOM (CPU) board, there is a little switch (SW1) near the SD card socket.
SOM board uses SD Card socket SOM board uses eMMC Flash (recommended) SW1-1 = ON/OFF(JTAG) SW1-1 = ON/OFF(JTAG) SW1-2 = ON SW1-2 = OFF +-----+ +-----+ | ON | | ON | | = = | | = | | | | = | | 1 2 | | 1 2 | +-----+ +-----+
7. Boot the Board
Choose option 7-1 or 7-2 or 7-3 below.
Option 7-1 is recommended.
7-1. Boot the Board using SD Card on Carrier Board (Recommended)
- Insert the SD card into the socket on Carrier Board.
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- Press the blue reset button, and then "u-boot" will start. Within 3 seconds, press the space bar on your keyboard in order to stop the auto-boot sequence.
- At the u-boot prompt ( => ), enter the following commands to boot the board:
# Create command macros and save them: => setenv sd_boot1 'mmc dev 1 ; fatload mmc 1:1 0x48080000 Image ; fatload mmc 1:1 0x48000000 /r9a07g054l2-smarc.dtb' => setenv sd_boot2 'setenv bootargs 'root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 rootwait' ; booti 0x48080000 - 0x48000000' => setenv bootcmd 'run sd_boot1 sd_boot2' => saveenv # Reset the board and it will automatically boot
7-2. Boot the Board using eMMC Flash on SOM Board (Advanced)
- Set switch SW1-2 = OFF
- The boot loader (u-boot) by default will try to boot from eMMC after 3 seconds.
- Press the blue reset button and wait.
7-3. Boot the Board using SD Card on SOM Board (eMMC Flash disabled) (Advanced)
- Set switch SW1-2 = ON
- Insert the SD card into the socket on SMARC SOM CPU board (not the carrier board).
- Press the blue reset button, and then "u-boot" will start. Within 3 seconds, press the space bar on your keyboard in order to stop the auto-boot sequence.
- Note that you will get this message every time "*** Warning - MMC init failed, using default environment" because u-boot environment variables are stored in eMMC Flash (that you disabled)
- At the u-boot prompt ( => ), enter the following commands to boot the board:
# Manually enter the following commands to boot => mmc dev 0 ; fatload mmc 0:1 0x48080000 Image ; fatload mmc 0:1 0x48000000 /r9a07g054l2-smarc.dtb => setenv bootargs 'root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait' ; booti 0x48080000 - 0x48000000
8. Linux Login
- The login will be "root" (no password is needed)
Programming Boot Loaders into SPI Flash
- The RZ/V2L board come pre-programmed with the boot loaders in SPI Flash. Normally, they should not need to be updated.
- However, if you wish to update them, please refer to the document RZV2L_SMARC_EVK_Start-up_Guide_rev0.8.pdf for instruction.
- β οΈ The RZ/V2L BSP v0.8 will build the bootloader binaries (bl2_bp-smarc-rzv2l.srec, fip-smarc-rzv2l.srec). However, the 'Flash Writer' binary that is needed for programming as described in the Start-up Guide is only provided as binary at this time. Please download them below:
- RZ/V2L SMARC Board (Discrete Power version) πΎ (Right Click and Save As)
- RZ/V2L SMARC Board (PMIC Power version) πΎ (Right Click and Save As)