Getting started with Acqua A5

This article explains how to get started with Acqua A5 module

What do you need to start ?

Acqua A5 is designed to be used on a carrier board. The following carriers are available from the Acme Systems eStore:

BERTA-A5-EXT
EUR 25.00

BERTA-A5-EXT - Breakout board for Acqua A5 with connectors
Breakout board for Acqua A5 SoM with power supply section, ethernet and USB connectors.
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EUR 35.00

BERTA-A5-LCD - Breakout board for Acqua A5 with connectors and placement for LCD

Breakout board for Acqua A5 SoM with power supply section, ethernet, USB connectors and placement for diplsy TFT 4.3, 5 or 7 inch.

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BERTA-A5-BASIC
EUR 9.00

BERTA-A5-BASIC - Breakout board for Acqua A5
Breakout board for Acqua A5 SoM
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There are also some kits available which contains all the parts needed to try the Acqua board. This is the list of kits available:

COMBO-B43

EUR 149.00

COMBO-B43 - Acqua A5 + 4.3 inch TFT LCD evaluation kit

Basic kit to evaluate the Acqua A25 SoM with TFT LCD 4.3 inch

Parts included:

ACQUA-256E-N256 SoM (256 MB RAM , 256 MB Nandflash)
4.3 inch TFT LCD with resistive touch (Code LCD-43-RT)
Berta board A5 LCD (Code BERTA-A5-LCD)
WIFI-2 WiFi module with PCB antenna
A bootable microSD with Debian Linux preinstalled
Debug port interface (Code DPI) with USB data cable
Wall adapter 5 volt @ 1A switching power supply (Code PS-5V1A-EU-MUSB)

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COMBO-B50

EUR 154.00

COMBO-B50 - Acqua A5 + 5 inch TFT LCD evaluation kit

Basic kit to evaluate the Acqua A25 SoM with TFT LCD 5 inch

Parts included:

ACQUA-256E-N256 SoM (256 MB RAM , 256 MB Nandflash)
5 inch TFT LCD with resistive touch (Code LCD-50-RT)
Berta board A5 LCD (Code BERTA-A5-LCD)
WIFI-2 WiFi module with PCB antenna
a bootable microSD with Debian Linux preinstalled
Debug port interface (Code DPI) with USB data cable
Wall adapter 5 volt @ 1A switching power supply (Code PS-5V1A-EU-MUSB)

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COMBO-B70

EUR 159.00

COMBO-B70 - Acqua A5 + 7 inch TFT LCD evaluation kit

Basic kit to evaluate the Acqua A25 SoM with TFT LCD 7 inch

Parts included:

ACQUA-256E-N256 SoM (256 MB RAM , 256 MB Nandflash)
7 inch TFT LCD with resistive touch (Code LCD-70-RT)
Berta board A5 LCD (Code BERTA-A5-LCD)
WIFI-2 WiFi module with PCB antenna
A bootable microSD with Debian Linux preinstalled
Debug port interface (Code DPI) with USB data cable
Wall adapter 5 volt @ 1A switching power supply (Code PS-5V1A-EU-MUSB)

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If you are using a custom designed board you need at least the following parts:

An USB to 3.3 volt serial adapter like DPI

EUR 8.00

DPI - Debug Port Interface

DPI is an USB-to-serial interface to link the Acme boards debug port to a PC USB host port and have access at the Linux system console using a terminal emulator program like minicom, putty, hyperterminal, etc.

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or USB-3V-SER

EUR 8.00

USB-3V-SER - USB to 3V3 serial converter

USB to 3V3 serial converter ad 3.3 volt with separated pin plugs

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A bootable Linux microSD like DEBM8G-ACQUA

EUR 12.00

DEBM8G-ACQUA - Debian microSD 8GB for Acqua A5

Bootable 8GB microSD with a preinstalled Debian Linux distribution for Acqua A5 board.

Please note that this card contains Open Source code under GPL licence and you are buying just the memory card not the software on it. Any rights on this software or support are not included.

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. It is possible to make by yourself the bootlable microSD starting from the download page.