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.. zephyr:board:: rcar_salvator_x

Overview


  • The H3 Salvator-X board is designed for evaluating the features and performance of the R-CAR H3 device from Renesas Electronics and it is also used for developing and evaluating application software for these R-CAR H3.

  • The H3 Salvator-X, based on the R-CAR H3 SIP, comes with LPDDR4 @4GB in 2-channel, each 64-bit wide+Hyperflash @64MB, CSI2 interfaces and several communication interfaces like USB, Ethernet, HDMI and can work standalone or can be adapted to other boards, via 440pin connector on bottom side.

More information about the H3 SoC can be found here: Renesas R-Car H3 chip_

Hardware


Hardware capabilities for the H3 Salvator-X for can be found on the eLinux H3 Salvator-X page_.

.. note:: Zephyr will be booted on the CR7 processor provided for RTOS purpose.

More information about the board can be found at Renesas R-Car Development Support website_.

Supported Features

.. zephyr:board-supported-hw::

.. note::

It is recommended to disable peripherals used by the R7 core on the Linux host.

Connections and IOs

.. figure:: img/r-car-h3-salvator-x-connections.jpg :align: center :alt: R-Car Salvator-X connections

GPIO

By running Zephyr on H3 Salvator-X, the software readable push buttons 'SW20', 'SW21', 'SW22' can be used as input, and the software contollable LEDs 'LED4', 'LED5', 'LED6' can be used as output.

UART

Salvator-X board is providing two serial ports:

  • one is for A53/A57 processors
  • the other one is for CR7

Both ports are converted to USB through CP2102 converters and they are exposed as follows:

+-----------+-----------+ | Connector | Processor | +===========+===========+ | CN25 | A53/A57 | +-----------+-----------+ | CN26 | CR7 | +-----------+-----------+

Programming and Debugging


.. zephyr:board-supported-runners::

Build and flash applications as usual (see :ref:build_an_application and :ref:application_run for more details).

Supported Debug Probe

The "Olimex ARM-USB-OCD-H" probe is the only officially supported probe. This probe is supported by OpenOCD that is shipped with the Zephyr SDK.

The "Olimex ARM-USB-OCD-H" probe needs to be connected to CN1 on Salvator-X.

Configuring a Console

Connect a USB cable from your PC to CN25 and/or CN26 then use the following settings with your serial terminal of choice (minicom, putty, etc.):

  • Speed: 115200
  • Data: 8 bits
  • Parity: None
  • Stop bits: 1

Flashing

First of all, open your serial terminal.

Applications for the rcar_salvator_x board configuration can be built in the usual way (see :ref:build_an_application for more details).

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: rcar_salvator_x :goals: flash

You should see the following message in the terminal:

.. code-block:: console

*** Booting Zephyr OS build v2.6.0-rc1 ***
Hello World! rcar_salvator_x

Debugging

First of all, open your serial terminal.

Here is an example for the :zephyr:code-sample:hello_world application.

.. zephyr-app-commands:: :zephyr-app: samples/hello_world :board: rcar_salvator_x :goals: debug

You will then get access to a GDB session for debug.

By continuing the app, you should see the following message in the terminal:

.. code-block:: console

*** Booting Zephyr OS build v2.6.0-rc1 ***
Hello World! rcar_salvator_x

References


  • Renesas R-Car H3 chip_
  • Renesas R-Car Development Support website_
  • eLinux H3 Salvator-X page_

.. _Renesas R-Car H3 chip: https://www.renesas.com/eu/en/products/automotive-products/automotive-system-chips-socs/r-car-h3-high-end-automotive-system-chip-soc-vehicle-infotainment-and-driving-safety-support

.. _Renesas R-Car Development Support website: https://www.renesas.com/us/en/support/partners/r-car-consortium/r-car-development-support

.. _eLinux H3 Salvator-X page: https://elinux.org/R-Car/Boards/Salvator-X

.. _Install a toolchain: https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/getting_started/index.html#install-a-toolchain