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Introduction

ODROID-XU is the world’s first big.LITTLE architecture based bare-board computer.

ODROID-XU+E model has the integrated power analysis tool. This package contains a special ODROID-XU board which has 4 current/voltage sensors to measure the power consumption of the Big A15 cores, Little A7 cores, GPUs and DRAMs individually. The professional developers can monitor CPU, GPU and DRAM power consumption via included on-board power measurement circuit. By using the integrated power analysis tool, developers will reduce the need for repeated trials when debugging for power consumption and get the opportunity to enhance and optimize the performance of their CPU/GPU compute applications, and therefore keeping power consumption as low as possible.


Specifications

ProcessorSamsung Exynos5 Octa ARM Cortex™-A15 Quad 1.6Ghz and Cortex™-A7 Quad 1.2GHz CPUs
Memory2Gbyte LPDDR3 RAM PoP (800Mhz, 1600Mbps/pin, 2 x 32bit Bus)
3D AcceleratorPowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU (OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenCL 1.1 EP)
Videosupports 1080p via HDMI cable(H.264+AAC based MP4 container format)
Video Outmicro HDMI connector
Audio On-board Audio codec, Standard 3.5mm headphone jack, HDMI Digital
USB3.0 HostSuperSpeed USB standard A type connector x 1 port
USB3.0 OTGSuperSpeed USB Micro A-B type connector x 1 port
USB2.0 HostHigh Speed standard A type connector x 4 ports
DisplayHDMI monitor
Storage (Option)MicroSD Card Slot, eMMC module socket : eMMC 4.5 Flash Storage
Fast Ethernet LAN 10/100Mbps Ethernet with RJ-45 Jack ( Auto-MDIX support)
Gigabit Ethernet LAN(Option)USB3.0 to Gigabit Ethernet adapter (USB module)
WiFi (Option)USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n 1T1R WLAN with Antenna (USB module)
HDD/SSD SATA interface (Optional)SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) to Serial ATA3 adapter for 2.5“/3.5” HDD and SSD storage
Power (included)5V 4A Power
Case(included)Mechanical case & cooler (98 x 74 x 29 mm approx. )
PCB Size94 x 70 x 18 mm approx.

Expansion Connectors

The Odroid-xu povides one 30-pin dual row expansion header “CON10” and one 40pin connector “CON15” with MIPI DSI for LCD. The location and pinout of these connectors is illustrated blew. All signals on expansion headers are 1.8V except PWRON signal.


CON10 - 2×15 pins

Pin Number Expansion Net Name Pin Name of Exynos5410 Description Pin Number Expansion Net Name Pin Name of Exynos5410 Description
15V0 Output Power from DC Adaptor 2 GND Ground
3ADC_0.AIN0XADC0AIN_0 4UART_0.RTSNUART_0_RTSn Requests to Send(active low) for UART0
5UART_0.CTSNUART_0_CTSn Clears to Send(active low) for UART0 6UART_0.RXDUART_0_RXDReceives Data for UART0
7SPI_1.MOISISPI_1_MOSI In Master mode, this port is used to trasmit data to external slave. 8UART_0.TXDUART_0_TXDTransmits Data for UART0
9SPI_1.MISOSPI_1_MISOIn Master mode, this port is used to receive data from external slave. 10SPI_1.CLKSPI_1_CLK Serial Clock
11SPI_1.CSNSPI_1_nSSSlave Selection Signal12PWRONExternal Power On SignalThis pin has an pull-down (about 800kohm) of PMIC inside.
13XE.INT13(GPX1.5)EXT_INT13GPIO and External Interrupt14XE.INT19(GPX2.3)EXT_INT19GPIO and External Interrupt
15XE.INT10(GPX1.2)EXT_INT1016XE.INT8(GPX1.0)EXT_INT8
17XE.INT14(GPX1.6)EXT_INT1418XE.INT11(GPX1.3)EXT_INT11
19XE.INT22(GPX2.6)EXT_INT2220XE.INT20(GPX2.4)EXT_INT20
21XE.INT21(GPX2.5)EXT_INT1122XE.INT23(GPX2.7)EXT_INT23
23XE.INT18(GPX2.2)EXT_INT1824XE.INT17(GPX2.1)EXT_INT17
25XE.INT15(GPX1.7)EXT_INT1526XE.INT16(GPX2.0)EXT_INT16
27XE.INT25(GPX3.1)EXT_INT2528GND Ground
29VDD_IO LDO3 of PMIC with 1.8V30GND Ground

CON15 - 1×40 pins

Pin Number Expansion Net Name Pin Name of Exynos5410 Description
1 NC
2 VDD_IO
3
4
5 NC
6 I2C_0.SCLI2C_0_SCL
7 I2C_0.SDAI2C_0_SDA
8 MIPI-DSI.D0_N MIPI0_DN_0Specifies the DN signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master data-lane 0
9 MIPI-DSI.D0_P MIPI0_DP_0Specifies the DP signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master data-lane 0
10 GND Ground
11 MIPI-DSI.D1_N MIPI0_DN_1Specifies the DN signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master data-lane 1
12 MIPI-DSI.D1_P MIPI0_DP_1Specifies the DP signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master data-lane 1
13 GND Ground
14 MIPI-DSI.CLK_N MIPI0_CLK_TX_NSpecifies the DN signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master clock-lane
15 MIPI-DSI.CLK_P MIPI0_CLK_TX_PSpecifies the DP signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master clock-lane
16 GND Ground
17 MIPI-DSI.D2_N MIPI0_DN_2Specifies the DN signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master data-lane 2
18 MIPI-DSI.D2_P MIPI0_DP_2Specifies the DP signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master data-lane 2
19 GND Ground
20 MIPI-DSI.D3_N MIPI0_DN_3Specifies the DN signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master data-lane 3
21 MIPI-DSI.D3_P MIPI0_DP_3Specifies the DP signal for MIPI-D-PHY0 Master data-lane 3
22 GND Ground
23 XE.INT5EXT_INT5External Interrupt
24 NC
25 GND Ground
26 UART_1.RXDUART_1_RXDReceive Data for UART1
27 UART_1.TXDUART_1_TXDTransmits Data for UART1
28 GND Ground
29 UART_3.TXDUART_3_TXDTransmits Data for UART3
30 UART_3.RXDUART_3_RXDReceive Data for UART3
31 GND Ground
32 GND Ground
33 GND Ground
34 NC
35 PWM.TOUT3TOUT_0PWMTIMER_TOUT[3]
36 NC
37 NC
38 P5V0 Output Power from DC Adaptor
39
40

Expansion Boards and Accessories


Boot Loader


Boot Media

On ODROID-XU is a DIP Switch (sw1) to select the booting Device.

  • both eMMC5.0 and 4.4 booting mode of following table are whatever for eMMC booting.






SW1-1,2 1st Boot media
ON ON eMMC5.0
ON OFF eMMC4.4
OFF ON MicroSD card
OFF OFF Reserved

Boot Sequence

Upon power on the board will search for the boot media. It will perform the following:

  • 1) iROM (Code inside the SoC) will attempt to read the boot media at the first 512 bytes of it. On those first 512 bytes fwbl1 should exist.
  • 2) fwbl1 will load bl2 (SPL) that is part of the U-boot.
  • 3) bl2 will load U-boot.
  • 4) U-Boot will do whats left, such as handle TrustZone, load kernel image if setted.

fwbl1

This blob is the first thing that CPU will call, we don't have much information on it since its provided by Samsung. Position on SD: 1

bl2

This is the SPL, part of the U-Boot, upon building U-Boot you'll have the mkspl program what will extract it from the u-boot.bin Position on SD: 31

u-boot.bin

This is the U-Boot itself built. For more information about U-Boot please check their website: http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot Position on SD: 63

TrustZone Software

This is the blob done by Samsung/ARM to support Trustzone platform. Position on SD: 719

Default Env

The default env provided in U-Boot will attempt the following:

  • 1) Load boot.ini script from the first FAT type partition from the boot media.
  • 2) Load kernel from its on media/ramdisk position (This is the Android Boot)

Boot media sector map for Odroid-xu

  • Odroid-xu has Min 8Gbyte eMMC or MicroSD memory card for system area.
  • FAT partition to calculate the remaining blocks to create the partition.
Area Name Size in bytes From(sector #) To(Sector #) Partition Name
FAT32 for Storage Up to 4GB 6979920 remaining blocks mmcblk0p1
EXT4 for Android cache 256MB 6446520 6979919 mmcblk0p4
EXT4 for Android userdata 2GB 2240280 6446519 mmcblk0p3
EXT4 for Android system 1GB 137160 2240179 mmcblk0p2
Reserved 58MB 17647 137159
Kernel 8MB 1263 17646
u-boot environment 16KB 1231 1262
TrustZone SW 256KB 719 1230
u-boot 328KB 63 718
bl2 16KB 31 62
fwbl1 15KB 1 30
Partition table / MBR 512 0 0

* “Sector number - 1” in SD map is used in the eMMC map.

How to build u-boot

Download the cross tool chain package

[ http://dn.odroid.com/ODROID-XU/compiler/arm-eabi-4.4.3.tar.gz ]

Note this tool chain only used to build the u-boot.

If you meet any compile error, try this tool chain package. [ http://dn.odroid.in/ODROID-XU/compiler/arm-eabi-4.6.tar.gz ]

Copy the cross tool package to /opt/toolchains

If the '/opt/toolchains' directory does not exist in host pc, then create the directory.

# sudo mkdir /opt/toolchains
# sudo cp arm-eabi-4.4.3.tar.gz /opt/toolchains
# cd /opt/toolchains/
# sudo tar zxvf arm-eabi-4.4.3.tar.gz

Uncompress the cross tool with tar command

# cd /opt/toolchains
# sudo tar xvfz arm-eabi-4.4.3.tar.gz

Add Path in your environment file

Modify your ~/.bashrc file to add a new path with editor (gedit or vi)

export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.4.3/bin
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi-

To apply this change, login again or restart the .bashrc

# source ~/.bashrc

Check the tool-chain path to see if it is set up correctly or not.

# arm-eabi-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
Target: arm-eabi
Configured with: /home/jingyu/projects/gcc/android-toolchainsrc/build/../gcc/gcc-4.4.3/configure --prefix=/usr/local --target=arm-eabi 
--host=x86_64-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-languages=c,c++ --with-gmp=/home/jingyu/projects
/gcc/toolchain_build/obj/temp-install --with-mpfr=/home/jingyu/projects/gcc/toolchain_build/obj/temp-install --disable-libssp --enable
-threads --disable-nls --disable-libmudflap --disable-libgomp --disable-libstdc__-v3 --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-shared --disa
ble-tls --with-float=soft --with-fpu=vfp --with-arch=armv5te --enable-target-optspace --with-abi=aapcs --with-gcc-version=4.4.3 --with
-binutils-version=2.19 --with-gmp-version=4.2.4 --with-mpfr-version=2.4.1 --with-gdb-version=7.1.x --with-arch=armv5te --with-multilib
-list=mandroid --with-sysroot=/usr/local/google/home/android/cupcake_rel_root --program-transform-name='s&^&arm-eabi-&'
Thread model: single
gcc version 4.4.3 (GCC) 

Source code download

You can get the latest source from here.

$ git clone https://github.com/hardkernel/u-boot.git -b odroid-v2012.07
$ cd u-boot
$ make smdk5410_config
$ make -j8
android-4.2.2
$ repo init -u https://github.com/hardkernel/android.git -b 5410_4.2.2_master
$ repo sync
$ repo start 5410_4.2.2_master --all
$ ./build.sh odroidxu platform
android-4.4.2
$ repo init -u https://github.com/hardkernel/android.git -b odroid_5410_master
$ repo sync
$ repo start odroid_5410_master --all
$ ./build.sh odroidxu platform

* Visit this link to install the repo. http://source.android.com/source/downloading.html

* To get the same version source of this Alpha 2.0 in the future, try below command of tag.

$ repo forall -c git reset --hard 5410_v2.0

How to configure and compile

Android-4.2.2

https://github.com/hardkernel/linux/tree/odroidxu-3.4.y-android-jb

Kernel configuration file : odroidxu_android_defconfig

$ git clone https://github.com/hardkernel/linux.git -b odroidxu-3.4.y-android-jb
$ cd linux
$ make odroidxu_android_defconfig
$ make -j8

Android-4.4.2

https://github.com/hardkernel/linux/tree/odroidxu-3.4.y-android

Kernel configuration file : odroidxu_android_defconfig

$ git clone https://github.com/hardkernel/linux.git -b odroidxu-3.4.y-android
$ cd linux
$ make odroidxu_android_defconfig
$ make -j8

Write kernel

In the host PC.

#fastboot flash kernel arch/arm/boot/zIamge

Reboot system

In the host PC.

#fastboot reboot
  • You will have spl/smdk5410-spl.bin and u-boot.bin, if you build it.

Note

  • You need to sign the smdk5410-spl.bin with Hardkernel's private key to make it bootable.
  • If you want to contribute your patch, apply it to our u-boot github admin. Or, contact “odroid.uboot@gmail.com”
  • And we will publically release the signed bl2 image within 48 hours if there is any update.
  • To flash the updated images on your MicroSD card, refer the scriptor file sd_fusing.sh in sd_fuse directory.
  • To flash the updated images on your eMMC moduel, refer the scriptor file emmc_fastboot_fusing.sh in sd_fuse directory.
  • For eMMC update, you need a fastboot driver and micro-USB cable.

Kernel


Getting the Right Kernel

Step-by-Step guide to building a odroid-xu Kernel

Download the cross tool chain package

[ http://dn.odroid.com/ODROID-XU/compiler/arm-eabi-4.6.tar.gz ]

Note

  • This toolchain only used to build the kernel.
  • This toolchain is included in the Android source package. ($ANDROID_ROOT/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/arm/arm-eabi-4.6)

Copy the cross tool package to /opt/toolchains

If the '/opt/toolchains' directory does not exist in host pc, then create the directory.

# sudo mkdir /opt/toolchains
# sudo cp arm-eabi-4.6.tar.gz /opt/toolchains
# cd /opt/toolchains
# sudo tar zxvf arm-eabi-4.6.tar.gz

Uncompress the cross tool with tar command

# cd /opt/toolchains
# sudo tar xvfz arm-eabi-4.6.tar.gz

Add Path in your environment file

Modify your ~/.bashrc file to add a new path with editor (gedit or vi)

export ARCH=arm
export PATH=${PATH}:/opt/toolchains/arm-eabi-4.6/bin
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi-

To apply this change, login again or restart the .bashrc

# source ~/.bashrc

Check the tool-chain path to see if it is set up correctly or not.

# arm-eabi-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=arm-eabi-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.6/bin/../libexec/gcc/arm-eabi/4.6.x-google/lto-wrapper
Target: arm-eabi
Configured with: /tmp/android-15472/src/build/../gcc/gcc-4.6/configure --prefix=/usr/local --target=arm-eabi --host=x86_64-linux-gnu 
--build=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-languages=c,c++ --with-gmp=/tmp/android-15472/obj/temp-install --with-
mpfr=/tmp/android-15472/obj/temp-install --with-mpc=/tmp/android-15472/obj/temp-install --without-ppl --without-cloog --disable-libs
sp --enable-threads --disable-nls --disable-libmudflap --disable-libgomp --disable-libstdc__-v3 --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-
shared --disable-tls --disable-libitm --with-float=soft --with-fpu=vfp --with-arch=armv5te --enable-target-optspace --with-abi=aapcs
 --with-gcc-version=4.6 --with-binutils-version=2.21 --with-gmp-version=4.2.4 --with-mpfr-version=2.4.1 --with-gdb-version=7.3.x --w
ith-arch=armv5te --with-sysroot=/tmp/android-15472/install/sysroot --with-prefix=/tmp/android-15472/install --with-gold-version=2.21
 --enable-gold --disable-gold --disable-multilib --program-transform-name='s&^&arm-eabi-&'
Thread model: single
gcc version 4.6.x-google 20120106 (prerelease) (GCC)

Source code download

Android-4.2.2

https://github.com/hardkernel/linux/tree/odroidxu-3.4.y-android-jb

Kernel configuration file : odroidxu_android_defconfig

$ git clone https://github.com/hardkernel/linux.git -b odroidxu-3.4.y-android-jb
$ cd linux
$ make odroidxu_android_defconfig
$ make -j8

Android-4.4.2

https://github.com/hardkernel/linux/tree/odroidxu-3.4.y-android

Kernel configuration file : odroidxu_android_defconfig

$ git clone https://github.com/hardkernel/linux.git -b odroidxu-3.4.y-android
$ cd linux
$ make odroidxu_android_defconfig
$ make -j8

Android


http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html

Installing required packages (Ubuntu 12.04) Building on Ubuntu 12.04 is currently only experimentally supported and is not guaranteed to work on branches other than master.

$ sudo apt-get install git gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential \
  zip curl libc6-dev libncurses5-dev:i386 x11proto-core-dev \
  libx11-dev:i386 libreadline6-dev:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 \
  libgl1-mesa-dev g++-multilib mingw32 tofrodos \
  python-markdown libxml2-utils xsltproc zlib1g-dev:i386
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/mesa/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so

Installing the JDK The Oracle/Sun JDK is no longer in Ubuntu's main package repository. In order to download it, you need to add the appropriate repository and indicate to the system which JDK should be used.

If the JDK version is higher than 1.6.0_39, you may meet some compilation errors.

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_26"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode)

Configuring USB Access Under GNU/linux systems (and specifically under Ubuntu systems), regular users can't directly access USB devices by default. The system needs to be configured to allow such access.

The recommended approach is to create a file /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules (as the root user) and to copy the following lines in it. <username> must be replaced by the actual username of the user who is authorized to access the phones over USB.

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"

Source code download

You can get the latest source from here.

http://dn.odroid.com/ODROID-XU/Android_bsp/

Build android

./build.sh odroidxu platform
[[[[[[[ OUTPUT FOLDER = /media/codewalker/SSD/adonis/odroidxu-img ]]]]]]]

ok success !!!

Write system.img

In the host PC.

#fastboot flash system out/target/product/odroidxu/system.img

</code> Write userdata.img

In the host PC.

#fastboot flash userdata out/target/product/odroidxu/userdata.img

Write cache.img

In the host PC.

#fastboot flash userdata out/target/product/odroidxu/cache.img

Reboot system

In the host PC.

#fastboot reboot

Note : Ramdisk contents are merged into system.img to minimize the build steps. You can also easily modify the system configuration for example init.*.rd file.

So there is no Ramdisk parition in the storage media.

Linux

Linux ODROID-XU works as follow:

It must have at least two partitions.

First Partition must be a FAT32 partition.

Second Partition can be whatever the Filesystem that your kernel supports (must be built in).

Note: It is possible to use the first partition as ext2, however its strongly not recommended due to Windows Users lost the capability of changing boot.scrs

Partition Contents

Partition 1:

  • Kernel Image (zImage)
  • boot.scr
  • uInitrd (if applicable)

Partition 2:

  • rootfs (a.k.a. File System)

Currently Supported Linux Distributions

Note: More distributions such as Fedora/OpenSUSE to come

HDMI Support On Linux

HDMI On Linux works via the Exynos5 Hardware Composer. It is available on our github. Its on tools/hardkernel of branch odroidxu-3.4.y

Installation of it for custom proposes is very simple.

  1. sh autogen.sh
  2. ./configure
  3. make
  4. make install

This will install the exynos5-hwcomposer that must he running in order to get X11/Xorg output.

HDMI Resolution Change

Right now 720P 60Hz and 1080P 60Hz are the supported modes for the HDMI.

It is possible to change it on OFFICIAL images listed above by chaning the boot.scr file on the fat partition.

We current supply inside the FAT partition both boot.scr examples, just rename to what you plan to use.

Kernel Sources

Kernel sources for ODROID-XU is on our Github. Branch is odroidxu-3.4.y defconfig is odroidxu_ubuntu_defconfig

Kernel Rebuild Guide

Please follow the instructions below to rebuild the Linux Kernel for ODROID.

Those instructions cover native build of the Kernel.

  1. Install dependencies: apt-get install build-essential libqt4-dev libncurses5-dev git
  2. Clone Repo: git clone –depth 0 https://github.com/hardkernel/linux.git -b odroidxu-3.4.y odroidxu-3.4.y
 git clone --depth 0 https://github.com/hardkernel/linux.git -b odroidxu-3.4.y odroidxu-3.4.y 
  1. Configure Kernel: make odroidxu_ubuntu_defconfig
  2. Do changes if you need/want: make menuconfig or make xconfig
  3. Build Kernel and Modules: make -j5 zImage modules
  4. Install zImage: cp arch/arm/boot/zImage /media/boot
  5. Install Modules: make modules_install
  6. Copy .config to /boot for initramfs creation: cp .config /boot/config-3.4.5
  7. Create initramfs: update-initramfs -c -k 3.4.5
  8. Create uInitrd: mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C none -a 0 -e 0 -n uInitrd -d /boot/initrd.img-3.4.5 /boot/uInitrd-3.4.5
  9. Install new uInitrd: cp /boot/uInitrd-3.4.5 /media/boot/uInitrd
  10. reboot: sync && reboot

Your new kernel should be installed. Note for your own convenience we provide daily builds of Linux kernel that can be easily installed on Supported distros by using a Simple Script.

wget builder.mdrjr.net/tools/kernel-update.sh
sh kernel-update.sh

Please make sure that you always download a new script before running it. Small fixes for the rootfs can be added to the script itself.

References


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