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Armadillo-640 製品マニュアル Armadillo-640 製品マニュアル A6400-U00Z A6400-D00Z A6400-B00Z Version 1.14.0 2020/07/13 株式会社アットマークテクノ [https://www.atmark-techno.com] Armadillo サイト [https://armadillo.atmark-techno.com] Armadillo-640 製品マニュアル 株式会社アットマークテクノ 製作著作 © 2018-2020 Atmark Techno, Inc. Version 1.14.0 2020/07/13 Armadillo-640 製品マニュアル Armadillo-640 製品マニュアル 目次 1. はじめに ........................................................................................................................................ 15 1.1. 本書で扱うこと扱わないこと ............................................................................................. 15 1.1.1. 扱うこと .................................................................................................................. 15 1.1.2. 扱わないこと ........................................................................................................... 15 1.2. 本書で必要となる知識と想定する読者 ............................................................................... 15 1.3. ユーザー限定コンテンツ .................................................................................................... 16 1.4. 本書および関連ファイルのバージョンについて ................................................................. 16 1.5. 本書の構成 ......................................................................................................................... 16 1.6. 表記について ...................................................................................................................... 17 1.6.1. フォント .................................................................................................................. 17 1.6.2. コマンド入力例 ....................................................................................................... 17 1.6.3. アイコン .................................................................................................................. 17 1.7. 謝辞 .................................................................................................................................... 18 2. 注意事項 ........................................................................................................................................ 19 2.1. 安全に関する注意事項 ........................................................................................................ 19 2.2. 取扱い上の注意事項 ........................................................................................................... 20 2.3. ソフトウェア使用に関しての注意事項 ............................................................................... 21 2.4. 電波障害について ............................................................................................................... 21 2.5. 無線モジュールの安全規制について ................................................................................... 21 2.6. 保証について ...................................................................................................................... 22 2.7. 輸出について ...................................................................................................................... 22 2.8. 商標について ...................................................................................................................... 22 3. 製品概要 ........................................................................................................................................ 24 3.1. 製品の特長 ......................................................................................................................... 24 3.1.1. Armadillo とは ........................................................................................................ 24 3.1.2. Armadillo-640 とは ............................................................................................... 24 3.2. 製品ラインアップ ............................................................................................................... 26 3.2.1. Armadillo-640 ベーシックモデル開発セット ......................................................... 26 3.2.2. Armadillo-640 量産ボード ..................................................................................... 26 3.3. 仕様 .................................................................................................................................... 26 3.4. ブロック図 ......................................................................................................................... 27 3.5. ソフトウェア構成 ............................................................................................................... 28 4. Armadillo の電源を入れる前に ..................................................................................................... 30 4.1. 準備するもの ...................................................................................................................... 30 4.2. 開発/動作確認環境の構築 ................................................................................................... 30 4.2.1. ATDE のセットアップ ............................................................................................. 31 4.2.2. 取り外し可能デバイスの使用 .................................................................................. 34 4.2.3. コマンドライン端末(GNOME 端末)の起動 .............................................................. 35 4.2.4. シリアル通信ソフトウェア(minicom)の使用 .......................................................... 36 4.3. インターフェースレイアウト ............................................................................................. 40 4.4. 接続方法 ............................................................................................................................. 41 4.4.1. USB シリアル変換アダプタの接続方法 ................................................................... 42 4.5. ジャンパピンの設定について ............................................................................................. 42 4.6. スライドスイッチの設定について ...................................................................................... 43 4.7. vi エディタの使用方法 ........................................................................................................ 43 4.7.1. vi の起動 .................................................................................................................. 43 4.7.2. 文字の入力 .............................................................................................................. 44 4.7.3. カーソルの移動 ....................................................................................................... 44 4.7.4. 文字の削除 .............................................................................................................. 45 4.7.5. 保存と終了 .............................................................................................................. 45 3 Armadillo-640 製品マニュアル Armadillo-640 製品マニュアル 5. 起動と終了 ..................................................................................................................................... 46 5.1. 起動 .................................................................................................................................... 46 5.2. ログイン ............................................................................................................................. 51 5.3. Debian のユーザを管理する ............................................................................................... 52 5.4. 終了方法 ............................................................................................................................. 53 6. 動作確認方法 ................................................................................................................................. 56 6.1. 動作確認を行う前に ........................................................................................................... 56 6.2. ネットワーク ...................................................................................................................... 56 6.2.1. 接続可能なネットワーク ......................................................................................... 56 6.2.2. ネットワークの設定方法 ......................................................................................... 56 6.2.3. 基本的な使い方 ....................................................................................................... 56 6.2.4. ファイアーウォール ................................................................................................ 59 6.3. ストレージ ......................................................................................................................... 61 6.3.1. ストレージの使用方法 ............................................................................................. 62 6.3.2. ストレージのパーティション変更とフォーマット ................................................... 63 6.4. LED .................................................................................................................................... 64 6.4.1. LED を点灯/消灯する .............................................................................................. 65 6.4.2. トリガを使用する .................................................................................................... 65 6.5. ユーザースイッチ ............................................................................................................... 66 6.5.1. イベントを確認する ................................................................................................ 66 6.6. RTC ................................................................................................................................... 67 6.6.1. RTC に時刻を設定する ........................................................................................... 67 6.7. GPIO .................................................................................................................................. 69 6.7.1. GPIO クラスディレクトリを作成する ..................................................................... 70 6.7.2.
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