Software Setup

USB Serial access

1. Connect a usb cable between the USB port on the Rhino board and your computer. Download the FTDI Driver if necessary.
2. Run a terminal program (e.g. minicom), set to 115200 8N1 with no flow control. Connect to the third serial device (/dev/ttyUSB2) that was created by the FTDI driver.

Bootloader

Download the X-Loader and U-boot binary files.

Booting from MMC card

1. Format an SD/MMC card to allow for OMAP3 booting as described here: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/SD/MMC_format_for_OMAP3_boot
2. Copy the X-Loader and U-boot binary files to the SD/MMC card from any computer, and then insert into the MMC slot on the Rhino
3. Make sure the BOOT ORDER board jumpers are set to boot from MMC (SW1 = OFF, SW2 = ON). Turn on the power.

Booting from NAND flash

Once booted into u-boot from the MMC card, the bootloader can be written to the onboard NAND flash. Place the binary files on a TFTP server accessible by the Rhino board over the network.

Writing X-Loader to NAND flash

1. Erase all data in RAM
   mw.b 0x82000000 0xff 0x2000000
2. Erase NAND area for X-Loader
   nand erase 0 80000
3. Copy X-Loader binary into memory over tftp
   tftpboot 0x82000000 MLO
4. Write X-Loader into NAND flash
   nandecc hw; nand write.i 0x82000000 0 80000

Setting environment variables

1. Set the appropriate environment variables (change according to your own network setup)
   setenv ipaddr 192.168.0.1 setenv netmask 255.255.255.0 setenv serverip 192.168.0.254
2. Save the environment variables
   saveenv

Writing U-boot to NAND flash

1. Erase all data in RAM
   mw.b 0x82000000 0xff 0x2000000
2. Erase NAND area for U-boot nand erase 80000 1e0000
3. Copy U-boot binary into memory over tftp
   tftpboot 0x82000000 u-boot.bin
4. Write U-boot into NAND flash
   nandecc sw; nand write.i 0x82000000 80000 1e0000