Working with the hardware
You must attach the appropriate connectors to your hardware.
Since this is a generic BSP guide, you must refer to the hardware guide provided by your target board provider for more information. Here are things that you should consider:
- How to connect to power and the proper power supply to use.
- The location of the USB ports, console, USB serial ports, Ethernet port, or other connectors.
- Whether any DIP switches on the board need to be set. Some boards require certain DIP switches to boot from USB or even other storage devices, such as Flash memory on the board.
- How to configure the BIOS setting to boot from the proper device. For example, if you're booting from a USB device, you may need to modify your BIOS settings so that it boots from the USB device.
Connect serial device driver
If there is no serial port available on your target, You can connect an USB serial device to the target board as the serial port. To use this device, you require a USB serial device driver on your host development machine to establish a terminal session with the target. You need to install an FTDI driver on your host system to use it.
You can download the appropriate device driver for your host system from the Future Technology Devices International Ltd. (FTDI) website at http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm.
Here are some typical settings for the target board. You should refer to the target board documentation the appropriate information:
On your host machine, using a terminal software and the appropriate COM port, these are typical settings that can be used with recent x86_64-based boards:
- Baud rate: 115200
- Data: 8 bit
- Stop: 1 bit
- Parity: no
- Flow control: none
For information about your particular board, see the platform or user guide for your board. These guides are usually available on the vendor's website.