Introduction

Overview: BPI-M64 respbian linux

Banana Pi BPI-M64 is a 64-bit quad-core mini single board computer. It features 2GB of RAM and 8GB eMMC. It also has onboard WiFi and BT. On the ports side, the BPI-M64 has 2 USB A 2.0 ports, 1 USB OTG port, 1 HDMI port, 1 audio jack, and lastly a DC power port. The processor is pin-to-pin comptialbe with R18, so it comes with two versions:M64 and M64-R18

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A64 Key Features

1.2 Ghz Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit Processor-A64
2GB DDR3 SDRAM
8G EMMC
10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
WiFi (AP6212) & Bluetooth

R18 Key Features

1.2 Ghz Quad-Core ARM Cortex A53 64-Bit Processor-R18
2GB DDR3 SDRAM
8G EMMC
10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
WiFi (AP6212) & Bluetooth

Development For Linux

Basic Development

Prepare to develop

 * Prepare 8G/above TF card, USB-Serial interface, PC with Ubuntu System
 * Using your USB-Serial Connect debug console on M64

Load your first image on M64

 1.You could download latest image from our forum
 
 2.Install bpi-tools on your system
 * apt-get install pv
 * curl -sL https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/bpi-tools/raw/master/bpi-tools | sudo -E bash
 
 3.After you download the image, insert your TF card into your Ubuntu
 * Execute "bpi-copy xxx.img /dev/sdx" to install image on your TF card.
 
 4.After step 3, then you can insert your TF card into M64, and press power button setup M64

Load your first image on M64 EMMC

 * Run your M64 with TF card
 * Copy "xxx-sd-emmc-xxx.img.zip / xxx-sd-emmc-xxx.img" to your USB disk
 * Plug your USB disk in M2U
 * After M64 recognise USB disk, execute "bpi-copy xxx-sd-emmc-xxx.img.zip / xxx-sd-emmc-xxx.img" to install image on EMMC
 * Then power off M64, take TF card out, power on M64

Advanced Development

Update your image

  * After built bsp code, you could find "SD" directory in project, "cd SD" you could find the generated bootloader, rootfs
  * execute “bpi-tools”, to update your bpi tools;
  * execute “bpi-update -c bpi-m64.conf -d /dev/sdX”, to download new driver to update your image
  * execute “file *.tgz”, to check download files’ type is compressed data
  * execute “bpi-bootsel”, you will see the bootloader path, “/usr/lib/u-boot/bananapi/bpi-m64/u-boot-with-dtb-bpi-m64-720P-8k.img.gz”
  * execute “bpi-bootsel /usr/lib/u-boot/bananapi/bpi-m64/u-boot-with-dtb-bpi-m64-720P-8k.img.gz”, to update your bootloader
  * reboot

How to build uboot & kernel

Install tools

apt-get udpate
apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf u-boot-tools
apt-get install pv
curl -sL https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/bpi-tools/raw/master/bpi-tools | sudo -E bash

Touch screen

LCD 7"

Execute "bpi-bootsel", you'll see a list of boot files
Find "BPI_A64_LCD7.img.gz"
Then execute "bpi-bootsel /usr/lib/u-boot/bananapi/bpi-m64/u-boot-with-dtb-bpi-m64-lcd7-8k.img.gz"

GMAC

Use iperf3 to test gmac

1. On PC Terminal:

Execute "iperf3 -s"

2. On M2U console:

TCP test: "iperf3 -c serverIP"
UDP test: "iperf3 -u -c serverIP"

Bluetooth

Use bluetoothctl tool to operate BT
Execute "bluetoothctl"
If you don't know how to use bluetoothctl, type "help", you will see more commands
Execute these commands:

WiFi on A64

WiFi Client

You have two ways to setup WiFi Client

1. Use commands to setup WiFi client

ip link set wlan0 up
iw dev wlan0 scan | grep SSID
vim /etc/wpasupplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

 network={    
 ssid="ssid"    
 psk="password"    
 priority=1 
 }

wpa_supplicant -iwlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
dhclient wlan0

2. Use UI interface to setup WiFi Client

Ap Mode

1.Install hostapd and create hostapd configuration file hostapd.conf:

interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=test
hw_mode=g
channel=1

2.Execute command："hostapd -d /<path>/hostapd.conf" If you meet problem like this：

Then, you could solve by following command：

nmcli radio wifi off

rfkill unblock 1
rfkill unblock 2
ifconfig wlan0 up
hostapd -d hostapd.conf

Clear boot

git clone https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-files/tree/master/SD/100MB
bpi-bootsel BPI-cleanboot-8k.img.gz /dev/sdX

GPIO Control

To access a GPIO pin you first need to export it with

 echo XX > /sys/class/gpio/export

with XX being the number of the desired pin. To obtain the correct number you have to calculate it from the pin name (like PH18)

 (position of letter in alphabet - 1) * 32 + pin number
  for PH18 this would be ( 8 - 1) * 32 + 18 = 224 + 18 = 242 (since 'h' is the 8th letter)

echo "out/in" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio*NUMBER*/direction
echo "0/1" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio*NUMBER*/value

Camara function

We use HDF5640 camara.

Guvcview

Use your UI interface to operate camara
Applications -> Sound & Video -> guvcview

Shell

We also have built-in command in "/usr/local/bin" to test camara
"./test_ov5640_image_mode.sh" to test picture taking function
"./cameratest.sh" to test video recording function

IR function

Execute "getevent"
Use your IR device to send information to A64

RPi.GPIO

Install RPi.GPIO

Execute "git clone https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/RPi.GPIO"
after clone the repo, cd RPi.GPIO
Execute "sudo apt-get update"
Execute "sudo apt-get install python-dev python3-dev"
Execute "sudo python setup.py install" or "sudo python3 setup.py install" to install the module

Using RPi.GPIO

cd /usr/local/bin
Execute "./bpi_test_g40.py" to test RPi.GPIO

WringPi

GitHub: https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-WiringPi2.git
We also have built-in test command in "/usr/local/bin"

How to Update WiringPi

Execute "bpi-update -c pkglist.conf"

If your image is 32bit please do this command to install wring pi
Execute "bpi-update -c bpi-pkg-bpi-wiringpi.conf"
If your image is 64bit please do："bpi-update -c bpi-pkg-bpi-wiringpi-arm64.conf"

RGB 1602 LCD

Execute "/usr/local/bin/bpi_test_lcd1602.sh"

0.96 Inch OLED Display

Execute "/usr/local/bin/bpi_test_52pi.sh"

8x8 RGB LED Martix

Firstly you need a GPIO Extend Board for 8x8 LED Martix

Execute "/usr/local/bin/bpi_test_gpio40.sh"

File System

read only system change to read & write mode: "mount -o remount,rw /"

Getting Started with M64

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