Get started with Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L Single Board Computer
Unpacking
Remove the SBC from box and place above the ESD free area. Use anti-static pad/mat with proper grounding to place the SBC. Also make sure that, below deliverables are received without any physical damage.
Development kit contains:
- Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L SBC
- 12V, 2A Power Supply
- Safety guidelines
- USB Debug cable*
Safety guidelines
Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L SBC
12V, Power Supply
USB OTG cable*
* Optional
Get to know
Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L OSM – Top view
Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L OSM – Bottom view
- Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L SoC
- QSPI/Octa-SPI*
- eMMC
4. PMIC
5. DDR4
6. OSM LGA
Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L SBC – Top view
1. Micro HDMI*
2. Fan Header
3. Power ON/OFF Switch
4. 12V Input – Power Jack
5. Dual USB 3.0 Connector
6. Size-L OSM Module
7. Ethernet Jack
8. Power Button
9. USB2.0 OTG Connector
10. RTC Battery Header
11. LVDS Display Connector*
12. Boot Selection Switch
13. USB Header
14. Debug UART Header
15. Camera Connector
Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L SBC – Bottom view
16. Expansion conn – 1
17. Micro SD Slot
18. RGB Display
*Not supported
19. Expansion conn – 3
20. Expansion conn – 2
21. Reset Button
Boot Switch Setting
Make sure On-Board Switch (SW2) is set properly as shown below image.
SW1-Boot Selection Switch
Table 1: Boot Media Switch Settings
* POS4 for selecting USB Top port or USB OTG. To select USB OTG, POS4 should be high
Debug Port Setting
Connect Type A end of TTL-232R-RPI cable to PC and 3pin (100mil) Berg House end of TTL-232R-RPI cable to Debug UART Header (J5) as shown below.
Use one of the terminal application depending on the operating system of the host machine:
On the command prompt of the Linux host machine, run the following command to determine the port number:
$ ls /dev/ttyUSB*
Minicom
Use the following commands to install and run the serial communication program (minicom as an example):
- Install Minicom using Ubuntu package manager.
$ sudo apt-get install minicom
- Launch Minicom using a console window using the port number determined earlier.
$ sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB1 - Configure Minicom as show in below figure
Next step is to Power ON the board.
Install the driver for Debug USB Port in Host PC/Laptop using the below link.
http://ftdichip.com/drivers/vcp-drivers/
- Download Tera Term and install it.
- Launch Tera Term and power ON the board.
Select the serial option. After your board is plugged in, there should be a COM port automatically populated in the list.
- Launch Tera Term and power ON the board.
- Configure the Serial Port Settings.
Go to Setup – Serial Port and change the settings as shown below.
- Verify the title bar in Tera Term to confirm that the connection is established correctly.
- Next step is to Power ON the board.
Install the driver for Debug USB Port in Host PC/Laptop using the below link.
http://ftdichip.com/drivers/vcp-drivers/
- Download PuTTY and install the application. webpage to continue.
- Launch PuTTY
- Power ON the board
Enter the appropriate COM port and configure the speed (baudrate) to 115200
- Click “Open” to open the serial connection.
- Next step is to Power ON the board.
Powering ON
Connect the 12V power supply plug to the power connector (J3) of the iW-RainboW-G56S-Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L SBC as shown below and switch ON the power supply.
Once power is applied to the SBC, the LEDs in the iW-RainboW-G56S-Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L SBC will glow as shown in the image below.
Warning:
- Do not try to connect any other Power Supply other than supplied along with iW-RainboW-G56S-Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L SBC .
- Contact iWave, if power LEDs are not glowing.
Boot screen
User must go through “Software User Guide” and get familiar with software section of iW-RainboW-G56S-Renesas RZ/V2L & RZ/G2L SBC.
Operating System Support
Power is applied to the SBC & Once the boot get success, depending upon the supported Operating systems and boot loader on particular delivery, boot messages being prompted in the terminal window as shown below. Press Enter key in terminal and done with test environment setup on particular delivery.
Command Prompt (Linux)
