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Acqua A5 is designed to be used on a carrier board. The following carriers are available from the Acme Systems eStore:
![]() | BERTA-A5-EXT - Breakout board for Acqua A5 with connectors Breakout board for Acqua A5 SoM with power supply section, ethernet and USB connectors. | Product description | |
![]() | BERTA-A5-BASIC - Breakout board for Acqua A5 Breakout board for Acqua A5 SoM | Product description | |
There are also some kits available which contains all the parts needed to try the Acqua board. This is the list of kits available:
If you are using a custom designed board you need at least the following parts:
![]() | 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. | Product description | |
![]() | USB-3V-SER - USB to 3V3 serial converter USB to 3V3 serial converter ad 3.3 volt with separated pin plugs | Product description | |
Insert the Acqua A5 on the BERTA-A5-EXT carrier board:
Insert the bootable microSD inside the Acqua A5 microSD holder:
Insert the DPI adapter:
or alternatively the USB-3V-SER adapter:
Set the serial terminal configuration at: 115200.N,8,1 with no acknowledge
This is the debug port pinout
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|-----|-----|-----|-----|----------|
| - | - | TXD | RXD | - | GND |
Plug the LAN cable. Acqua will search an active DCHP server on your LAN to get dynamically the IP address:
Plug the 5 volt power supply and check the bootstrap messages on the serial terminal:
In this phase is not so important to configure the dip switch near the mini USB connector so you can leave it in the default configuration:
This is the dip switch meaning:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Function |
---|---|---|---|---|
ON | ON | OFF | OFF | USB A lines on J8 microUSB port. In this way it is possible to access to RomBOOT code using SAM-BA or use the Linux Kernel USB gadget drivers |
OFF | OFF | ON | ON | USB A lines on WiFi module |