CL-SOM-AM57x: Linux: Getting Started with TI SDK Demo
Contents
Prepare the SD card with a Linux host
- Download the latest CompuLab am57x Linux package.
- Extract the images/tisdk-sdcard-image.img.xz
- Insert a 4GB-card (or above) into a MMC/SD card slot of the host.
- Find out a special device file that represent the MMC/SD card.
It is up to users to figure out what the MMC/SD card device is. For instance it can be /dev/sdg |
- Dump the image onto the MMC/SD card.
xz -dc images/tisdk-sdcard-image.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdg bs=1M && sudo eject /dev/sdg
- When the process competes, remove the MMC/SD card.
Prepare the SD card with a Windows host
- Download the latest CompuLab am57x Linux package.
- Extract the images/tisdk-sdcard-image.img.xz with the 7-Zip utility.
- Insert a 4GB-card (or above) into a MMC/SD card slot of the host.
- Detect the drive letter that represents the SD card.
It is up to users to figure out what the MMC/SD card drive letter. For instance it can be d: |
- Write the extracted image with the Win32DiskImager utility.
- When the process completes, remove the MMC/SD card.
U-Boot environment
- Insert the newly created MMC/SD card into the P9 slot of the SB-SOM-AM57x board.
- Power on the board.
- Stop in U-Boot.
- Set default U-Boot environment and boot the board:
# env default -a # boot
Matrix GUI
The Matrix GUI browser starts automatically after the system boot. Please refer to Matrix GUI Guide for instructions.
TI Resources
- Linux SDK examples: Processor Linux SDK Graphics and Display
- GStreamer Pipelines examples: Example GStreamer Pipelines
- Processor Training Multimedia: Processor Training:Multimedia