Flameman/zaurus-akita

= zaurus-akita-Flameman =

Note
Apologize for the poor status of this ewiki, I am developing for this board, so the wiki page will be improved and completed as soon as it it will be possible

feel free to contact me (see the contact below) in case you need support.

Introduction
The Target-goal of this page is
 * install uc-gentoo into mmc-sd
 * develop devices
 * make the board able to boot it
 * optimize uc-gentoo for embedded
 * produce a uc-gentoo-uclibc
 * add framebuffer and touch screen support
 * re-target all the project into "tiny PDA"

People you could contact if you need help

 * flameman, i'm currently use this board for a project, email
 * msn daredevil-coder@hotmail.it
 * email flamemaniii@gmail.com
 * irc.nick flameman (channel #edev, #oe, #zaurus)
 * you ... if you want ;-)

About this project
embedded target

Overview
Sharp has introduced a new model in its Zaurus line of Linux PDAs. The SL-C1000 is similar to the SL-C3000, but without an internal harddrive. As with previous Japan-only Zaurus models, the SL-C1000 will be available with internationalization features from a number of global resellers.

The SL-C1000 is based on a 416MHz Intel PXA270 processor. It boots from 128MB of Flash, and includes 64MB of RAM. The 3.7-inch color VGA touchscreen (640 x 480) supports 65K colors. The keyboard uses a stardard QWERTY layout.

The SL-C1000 includes memory slots for SD/MMC cards, as well as for CompactFlash cards. Additional I/O includes IrDA, USB, and LAN ports. It measures 4.9 x 3.4 x 1 inches (124 x 87 x 25mm), and weighs 10 oz (278 grams).

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Processor: Intel(r) Xscale(tm) PXA270 416Mhz processor

Memory: 128MB Flash, 64MB SDRAM work area

Display: 3.7" 640x480 VGA LCD screen with 65536 colours

Keyboard & Input: Full QWERTY keyboard, touch-sensitive screen with handwriting recognition

Expansion: One slot for CompactFlash (CF) memory cards (type I and II, 3.3V cards only), one slot for Secure Digital (SD) memory cards

Connectivity: USB host port (cable supplied separately) for connecting to printers and digital cameras. USB 1.1 link for attaching to desktop PCs - Zaurus appears as a computer in the network neighbourhood. CompactFlash (CF) card slot can take Wireless LAN (802.11b), Bluetooth, GPRS, Ethernet and Modem cards (supplied separately). Infrared port (IrDA, 115kbps) for communicating with mobile phones, laptops and cameras.

Audio: 3.5mm stereo headphone socket (headphones not included with C1000). Media player plays MP3 and WMA music files, and MPEG1 and Microsoft WMV/ASF video files. Dimensions: 124mm (width) x 87mm (depth) x 25mm (height)

Weight: 278g

Battery & power: Lithium Ion battery provides 8 hours (low brightness/contrast) Electrical:

Power Connector: gnd (+), ground outside, +5v inside

Power supply 240V converted to 3.2V DC by AC adapter. Power consumption 3.2W

Operational restrictions: Operating temperature 5-40 degrees centigrade

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The board consists of:


 * CPU : Intel(r) Xscale(tm) PXA270 416Mhz [[Media:doc.pdf|doc.pdf]]
 * RAM soldered 64MB SDRAM
 * LAN USBETH 10/100Mbit/sec
 * UART RS232
 * FLASH 128MB Flash
 * POWER system=3.3V, feeder={5V DC, ___}, ___ Watt
 * System PCB ___ mm x ___ mm x ___ mm
 * RTC the real time clock chip is provided by the cpu


 * CPU_TYPE   PXA2
 * SYSTEM_TYPE ZAURUS-C1000

Memory Locations
memory map of the board will be added as soon as possible

Open questions -- ...

uart
Sharp CE-170TS is a null modem serial cable for Zaurus. It seems to be actually the only available IOPORT serial cable working with the latest Zauruses. A bit expensive, but voltage does not conform RS-232 standard. It works nicely as a null modem with a standard PC, using a special null modem gender changer it works with a RS-232 hardware modem, but it does not work with mobile phone or GPS client cables.

You will find it (on amazon for example, $50) and it will be indicated "for sl-5500" ... well do not trust it: it will work for your c1000, too =P

antenna shields
by utx/Stanislav

http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showforum=149

http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=26261

Doc around
KB

The Fn+LeftArrow / Fn+RightArrow key combination to switch between console

escape is the cancel key

atl is ??? one of the jappo key, dunno

http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=13238

http://carme.bfh.ch/downloads/Processor_Manuals/XSCALE/XSCALE_PXA27x_Family_Design_Guide_28000102.pdf

http://digit.que.ne.jp/visit/index.cgi?Linux%A5%B6%A5%A6%A5%EB%A5%B9%B3%AB%C8%AF%A5%E1%A5%E2%2F%A5%CF%A1%BC%A5%C9%A5%A6%A5%A7%A5%A2%2FC700%A5%E1%A5%E2%A5%EA%C1%FD%C0%DF

http://www.iral.com/~albertr/linux/zaurus/wireless/

http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=13562

http://www.rpsys.net/openzaurus/

http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS5128534085.html

http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/zaurus/

http://www.penguin.cz/~utx/zaurus/photos#ce-170ts

http://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=System

ftp://pda.gentoo.ru/projects/handhelds/zaurus-c1000/

http://stuvel.eu/zaurus

http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/c1000-install-instructions

http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/autobuild/akita/

http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/kexecboot/

http://www.h5.dion.ne.jp/~rimemoon/zaurus/memo_003.htm

IRDA

http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?s=554c57276527ae8d0ad02a12001344b1&showtopic=25313&st=0&p=173339&#entry173339

1) irda-utils

2) mknod /dev/ircomm0 c 161 0

3) ircomm

modprobe pxaficp_ir modprobe ircomm modprobe ircomm_tty irattach irda0 -s

4) i modprobe irda too

idea GPS

wiki.navit-project.org

USB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Types_of_USB_connector

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_On-The-Go

i like the idea here, but let me get a few things straight: 1. are you guys trying to use the sharp i/o port's USB port? 2. if not, is this possible? What about stuart? In case you don;t need SIR.

C-860, kernel 2.4, irda --> ttyS01

I believe the scoop is a proprientary Sharp's ASIC, so the datasheet most probably never would be published or made public: it is an ASIC but by EPSON GA_SLA50000, that is a gate array and we probably will never know what sharp has putted into it. It is a pity.

Any of BTUART pins can be used as usualy GPIO pins. This is so called alternate GPIO function and is described in intel's datasheet. So when BTUART is disabled all its pins are working as just any other GPIO pins. And BTUART is disabled by default in kernel source.

static void __init corgi_map_io(void) { pxa_map_io; iotable_init(corgi_io_desc);

/* This enables the BTUART */ CKEN |= CKEN7_BTUART; set_GPIO_mode(GPIO42_BTRXD_MD); set_GPIO_mode(GPIO43_BTTXD_MD); set_GPIO_mode(GPIO44_BTCTS_MD); set_GPIO_mode(GPIO45_BTRTS_MD);
 * 1) if 0
 * 1) endif

/* setup sleep mode values */ PWER = 0x00000002; PFER = 0x00000000; PRER = 0x00000002; PGSR0 = 0x0158C000; PGSR1 = 0x00FF0080; PGSR2 = 0x0001C004; PCFR |= PCFR_OPDE; }

Images of the board




Hack
PCB.

uc-gentoo
stage3-mips3 big endian is currently running updated to 2008

A shot
@17-02-2009 root=/dev/hda3

About devtools
crossbuilder script made to build up what is needed