RB-Quick Start Guide
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Before starting to work with RuggedBoard you have to understand the interfaces available with RuggedBoard.
USB to microUSB cable
A PC/Laptop (Windows or Ubuntu OS)
Host PC requires Ubuntu-16.x.x (LTS versions Recommended), 64-bit. To install Ubuntu, follow the below link. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GraphicalInstall
After successful installation let us start working with Linux – Ubuntu OS
Step 1: Open an application on your computer called “Terminal” by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T
Step 2: In terminal, type the following for testing of internet and press Enter.
ping www.google.comStep 3: Install minicom Serial terminal on the host PC to see RB Console.
sudo apt-get install minicomStep 4: Connect the RuggedBoard to the HOST PC using USB cable provided inside the Box.
Step 5: To find your Serial Port
dmesg | tailYou should see something like
[ 3158.820281] usb 2-1.3: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0 The port number (ttyUSB0) may vary based on your PC port availability.
If nothing such is shown in the terminal remove and reconnect the USB cable. Now try the command once again.
Step 5: To configureminicomto be used as a Serial terminal by using below command
sudo minicom –s Step 6: Select "Serial port setup" and press the respective key as shown below to change the value.
Serialdevice : /dev/ttyUSB0 (Press “A” to modify the device and Press "Enter" to save it)
Baudrate : 115200 8N1 (Press “E” to modify the Baudrate and Press "Enter" to save it)
Hardware Flow Control : No (Press “F” to modify the Hardware Flow Control and Press "Enter" to save it)
Software Flow Control : No (Press “G” to modify the Software Flow Control and Press "Enter" to save it)step 7: Press the "Enter" on "Save setup as dfl", it will save the modified settings as default and press "Enter" on "Exit".
Step 8: Press “Enter” once the minicom terminal window shows up. It will ask you to enter login credentials if everything is successful. Type "root" as login username and press "Enter". There is no default password for RuggedBoard.
Goto the data directory and follow the steps as below
Step 1: edit the file using vi command as below
root@rugged-board-a5d2x:~# cd /data/
root@rugged-board-a5d2x:/data# vi blinky.pyTo follow these steps you have to understand how to work on the "vi" or "vim" text editor. "vi" is the an text editor available with almost all the Linux distribution including embedded Linux which is very powerful tool for coding and also lightweight. If you want to know how to use vim or vi editor you can follow the small tutorials from the link below:
Step 2: Copy the code below and paste it on the "vi" Editor
#!/usr/bin/env python
'''
Copy and Paste the python code on to your vi editor
and save and exit the editor.
You can also use any other editor from your host PC
to write the code with .py extension and transfer the
python code file to the RuggedBoard. To transfer files
from host PC to RB will be show in the later upcoming
section named as "Transefering files from host PC to RB"
'''
# Author: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>
# Copyright (c) 2018 Linaro Ltd.
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
#
# Example Usage: Toggles GPIO 23 and 24 continuously in an alternative pattern
import mraa
#import sys
import time
# initialise gpio 61
gpio_1 = mraa.Gpio(61)
# set gpio 61 to output
gpio_1.dir(mraa.DIR_OUT)
# toggle LED ON/OFF
while True:
print("LED 1 is: ON")
gpio_1.write(0)
time.sleep(1)
print("LED 1 is: OFF")
gpio_1.write(1)
time.sleep(1)
If you want us to see the video demonstration of the work done here please visit the YouTube link below:
Step 3: Save the code and exit from Vi editor back to terminal. Use the commands from the tutorial link given above.
Step 4: Execute the blinky.py program you have recently written.
python3 blinky.pyStep 5: Press Ctrl + C to come back to the terminal or stop execution. Do some alteration in the program for other LEDs and run the program and enjoy.
