The author has been looking forward to the alien spacecraft, the alien, the alien, and the alien alien, this dream has not disappeared, and the more intensity, maybe the suffering of this Impact, when I saw Mars Board, I can't help but attract it by its simple Mars LOGO. I don't know if it is from the influence of love houses and the embarrassment, MARS Board is unknowingly entered my vision.
MARS Board is a Dual ARM computer with a British Super British British Super ARM computer, and its purpose is to provide a super DIY platform for the majority of netizens. In order to let everyone feel the charm of the MARS Board, the pavilion is also issued in the first time.
I believe that friends who have seen MARS Board will run the Android system to run Android system in MARS Board, and we all know that the Android system is the most test hardware configuration. How is the MARS Board how to make the performance of the Android system?
MARS Board system block diagram
processor:
Integrated ARM CortexTM -A9 kernel I.MX 6DUAL processor
Integrated 32 KBYTE level command cache
Integrated 32 KBYTE and data cache
Integrated private counter and look at the door
Integrated Cortex-A9 Neon MPE (Media Process Engine) Coprocessor
Integrated 2D graphics processor
Onboard memory:
4GBYTE EMMC memory
4 * 256MB DDR3 SDRAM memory
Onboard interface and buttons:
An HDMI interface
A LVDS interface
An LCD display interface
Two 480Mbps high speed USB2.0 HUBHUB interface
Two 480Mbps High Speed USB2.0 HEADER interface
A 480Mbps high speed USB2.0 OTG interface
A COM-USB Debug (COM2) interface
A TF card interface
A 10 / 100M / 1Gbps RJ45 network interface
A boot mode sets the DIP switch
A reset button
Onboard interface signal:
All Road Audmux (Digital Audio Multiplexer)
Two channels of CAN signals
All the way ECSPI2 (Enhanced Configurable SPI) signal
Two-way I2C signal
All the way 8bit or 10bitcamera / Parallel signal
All the way KEYPAD PORT signal
All PWM (PULSE WIDTH MODTITION) signal
All the way GPMI (General Purpose Memory Interface)
All the way SPDIF (SONY / Philips Digtal Interface) signal
Four UART signals
All the way USDHC1 (Ultra Secured Digital Host Controller)
All ESAI (Enhanced Serial Audio Interface)
As a robust person must have a powerful heart, Mars Board also has such a "heart" --freescale I.mx 6dual processor, it is a member of the Freescale I.mx6 series, belonging to the medium-end A CPU.
FreeScale I.mx 6DUAL processors have not only excellent energy efficiency, but also to drive a variety of highly innovative products, which are used in various electronic fields.
On the MARS Board, I.MX 6Dual processor not only provides excellent performance, but also assumes optimized power consumption and providing unparalleled scalability, so we can see the SUPER MARS BOARD that supports so many extensions can experience the Android system. There is a non-frustrated insert of Mercedes.
Ubuntu system download
The beauty of the beauty will have aesthetic fatigue for our "monsters" that we will never know. In the over and over again, I experience the Android system, plus the universality of Android system and the popularity, we gradually lose interest, we need to be re-ignited, the climax of the story is that hero is often at the same time. Birth, so ubuntu is coming!
How can I safely and safely install the Ubuntu system on a MARS BOARD?
When you purchase Mars Board, you will get a DVD disc, copy the ISO mirror file to the root directory of your computer, then decompress.
We can see that the contents in the disc include an Android system mirror, Linux system mirroring, hardware schematic, download tool, and user manual. Open the Tools folder, double-click the CDM20824 - Setup.exe execution file to install the USB driver.
Set the startup configuration switch of MARS Board to the MFG Tool mode: Switch 1 OFF, switch 2 on. Here you will encounter some small troubles. According to the author's test, do not use the tool, the switch 2 is not allowed to turn the switch 2 to the ON position, it seems that this is the Switch designed for Mars. MARS Board, such as its name!
Use the Mini USB cable to connect the USB OTG interface of the MARS Board to the USB HOST port of the PC, then connect to the 5V power supply of the MARS Board.
Open the MFG download tool under the Tools folder
Click the scan device to automatically detect the port in the MFG software interface that appears.
Click Options -. 1882.configuration, enter the configuration window, in the PROFILES tag operation area, click Option to select Ubuntu
After determining the completion operation, click Start to perform the download program, click Stop End Operation after the download is complete.
We temporarily bid farewell to the Android system, which is about to usher in a new Ubuntu system. Is this not blood boiling at this moment? calm down! First remove the power, then reply to the initial state of the startup configuration switch that might operate: Switch 1 OFF, switch 2 OFF.
Start UBUTUN system
First connect the HDMI line, mouse, keyboard, so on the MARS Board has two USB HOST interface. Now it is only connected to the mouse button, and the USB HUB is not extension, and finally give the MARS Board.
The exciting moment is about to be rendered. After reading the Android system, the Ubutun system gives you a bright feeling, and the pink is particularly suitable for girls.
The text command box background is also a purple, compared to a single black, Ubuntu is better than other Linux systems in the visual experience.
Enter the query command under the text command box: Cat proc / cpuinfo; CPU display information is actually FREESCALE I.MX 6QUAD MARS BOARD, the information provided by the British special official website, MARS Board uses Freescale I.MX 6DUAL CPU, why Two cores are shown here 4 cores are unknown, this mystery estimation of this is required to leave it to Mars.
In the case where there is no external display or HDMI cable, you can view the Ubuntu system by serial tool PUTTY, and the specific method can refer to the setting of the PUTTY in the MARS Board. It is important to note that the MINI USB cable is connected to the USB Debug interface of the MARS Board.
MARS Board outstanding performance is unquestionable, from British special to Mars Board, you can understand its "ambiot", in the field of board computer, Mars Board, is undoubtedly aroused, good in MARS The positioning of Board is in the middle and high-end market, which is not allowed to launch some panel machine manufacturers that configure low-end faces.
At present, you can book in the pavilion mesh shopping mall and the English special website, and the number is limited, and interested friends should hurry.
The first batch is only 1kpcs!
Summarize
The ancients, the inside and outside, is perfect, we have a deeper understanding of the entire MARS Board through the download of the Ubuntu system, MARS Board is not an annual huge, rich system support, the user experience is also The powerful hardware configuration, the function is extensible, and the author gives four word evaluation through the feeling of its use - internal and external repair!
Reference
MARS Board first experience
Freescale I.MX6 series application processor
British official website
Purchase link
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