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Getting Started with the S32G Reference Design Board 2 for Vehicle Network Processing

Last Modified: 2021-01-28 18:29:26Supports S32G2 Vehicle Networking Reference Design

1. Out of the Box

1.1 Get to Know the S32-VNP-RDB2 Reference Design Board for Vehicle Network Processing

GS-S32G-VNP-RDB2_1.1

GS-S32G-VNP-RDB2_1.1

1.2 Get to Know the Complete Board Kit

2. Get Software

2.1 Install a Terminal Emulator for Console

Install any Terminal Emulator familiar to you, such as Tera Term, Putty and other.

We recommend to use the Tera Term 2.3. Tera Term is open source free software terminal emulator supporting UTF-8 protocol. Now TTSSH supports SSH2 protocol (original version supports SSH1).

Download Tera Term

2.2 Install FTDI CDM WHQL Driver

FTDI CDM v2.12.28 WHQL driver for serial configuration from FTDI chip.

Download FTDI CDM driver

3. Plug It In

Let’s take your S32-VNP-RDB2 board for a test drive.

3.1 Plug In the SD Card

The SD card has pre-loaded Linux BSP image in the factory, you just need to plug SD card into the respective slot in your S32G-VNP-RDB2 board.

3.2 Plug In the UART Cable

Use the Micro-AB interface of the UART cable to connect the S32G-VNP-RDB2’s UART0 port.

Use the typeA interface of the UART cable to connect to the PC.

3.3 Plug in the 12 V Power Supply

Connect the power supply to the 12 V power jack on S32G-VNP-RDB2.

4. Build, Run

4.1 Setup Console

  1. Open your Terminal Emulator for Console

  2. Select the serial port to which can be found in “Device Manager” of the PC and click OK
  3. Go to Setup → Serial Port and select 115200 as the baud rate

4.2 Power the Board On

Toggle the power switch SW15 to the left side of your S32G-VNP-RDB2 board. The left side is the viewing angle of the picture in Chapter 1.1

4.3 Run Linux BSP

The Linux BSP is automatically executed from the SD card.

The console display on Tera Term shows the running logs of Linux BSP.