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EdgeBox-RPI User Manual V1.0

Raspberry CM3+ Based Edge computer
Revision History
Revision Date Changes
1.0 10/16-2019 Created
Contents

1. Introduction
1.1 Features
1.2 Interfaces
1.3.Block diagram
2. Installation
2.1 Mounting
2.2 External Interfaces
2.2.1 Power supply
2.2.2 Serial Port (RS232 and RS485)
2.2.3 CAN-FD
2.2.4 HDMI
2.2.5 Ethernet
2.2.6 USB host
2.2.7 Console(USB typeC)
2.2.8 LED
2.2.9 SMA Connector
2.2.10 Micro SIM card slot
2.2.11 Mini-PCIe
3. Drivers and Programming Interfaces
3.1 LED
3.2 Serial Port (RS232 and RS485)
3.3 Cellular over Mini-PCIe
3.4 WDT
3.5 RTC
3.6 Encryption
3.7 CAN-FD
4. Electrical specifications
5. Mechanical Drawings
 1. Introduction
EdgeBox-RPI is a rugged fan less edge computing system fitted with Raspberry Pi Computer Module
3+(CM3+),proven,out-of-the-box controller for industry environment.It can be used to connect the field
networks with cloud or IoT applications.

1.1 Features

 State-of-the-art Aluminium chassis for Harsh environment

 Integrated passive heat sink
 Built-in mini PCIe socket for RF module, such as 4G, WI-FI, lora or zigbee
 SMA antenna holes x2
 Modbus over RS485 or Ethernet support
 CAN-FD inteface up to 8 Mbit/s for distributed I/O or motion control
 Encryption chip ATECC608A
 Hardware Watchdog
 RTC with Super Capacitor
 35mm DIN Rail support
 Wide power supply from 9 to 36V DC

These features make the EdgeBox-RPI designed for easy setup and quick deployment for typical
industrial applications, such as status monitoring, facility management,digital signage and remote control of
public utilities.Furthermore, it is a user-friendly gateway solution with 4 cores ARM Cortex A53 and most
industry protocols can save on total deployment costs including electrical power cabling cost and help reduce
the product’s deployment time. Its ultra-lightweight and compact design is the answer for applications in
space-constricting environments ensures it can operate reliably in a variety of extreme environments
including in-vehicle applications.
1.2 Interfaces

1 Multi-Func phoenix connector

Note Func name PIN # PIN# Func name Note

POWER_IN 1 2 PE
GND 3 4 GND
RS485_GND 5 6 RS232_RX
RS485_A 7 8 RS232_TX
RS485_B 9 10 GND
CAN_GND 11 12 CAN_GND
CAN1_L 13 14 CAN2_L
CAN1_H 15 16 CAN2_H
2 Ethernet connector
3 USB 2.0 x 2
4 HDMI
5 LED2
6 LED1
7 SMA antenna 1
8 Console(USB type C)
9 SIM card slot
10 SMA antenna 2
1.3 Block Diagram

The processing core of the EdgeBox-RPI is a Raspberry CM3+ board. A OpenEmed specific base

board implements the specific features. Refer to next figure for the block diagram.
2. Installation

2.1 Mounting

The EdgeBox-RPI is intended for two wall mounts, as well one with 35mm DIN-rail . Refer to next figure

for the recommended mounting orientation.

2.2 Connectors and Interfaces

2.2.1 Power supply

Pin# Signal Description

1 POWER_IN DC 9-36V
2 PE Functional earth
3 GND Ground (Reference potential)
4 GND Ground (Reference potential)

The PE signal is optional. If there is no EMI present ,the PE connection can left open.

2.2.2 Serial Port (RS232 and RS485)

Pin# Signal Description

6 RS232_RX RS232 receive line
8 RS232_TX RS232 transmit line
10 GND Ground (Reference potential)

Pin# Signal Description

5 RS485 _GND RS485 Ground (isolated from GND)
7 RS485_A RS485 difference line high
9 RS485_B RS485 difference line low

The RS485_GND signal is isolated with “GND” signal. If a shielded twisted pair wire is used ,the RS485
_GND is connected to the shield.

NOTE:The 120 Ohm termination resistor for RS485 is enabled inside.

2.2.3 CAN-FD

Pin# Signal Description

11 CAN _GND CAN Ground (isolated from GND)
13 CAN1_L CAN1 difference line low
15 CAN1_H CAN1 difference line high
12 CAN _GND CAN Ground (isolated from GND)
14 CAN2_L CAN2 difference line low
16 CAN2_H CAN2 difference line high

The CAN_GND signal is isolated with “GND” signal. If a shielded twisted pair cable is used ,the
CAN_GND should be connected to the shield. The signals of CAN1 and CAN2 are independent, but the
CAN_GND of CAN1 and CAN2 is connected internally.

NOTE: The 120 Ohm termination resistor for CAN bus is enabled inside.

2.2.4 HDMI

Directly connected to the Raspberry PI CM3+ board with TVS array.

2.2.5 Ethernet

Ethernet interface is same as Raspberry PI,10/100-BaseT supported, available through the shielded modular
jack. Twisted pair cable or shielded twisted pair cable can be used to connect to this port.
2.2.6 USB HOST

There are two USB interfaces at the connector panel.The two ports share the same electronic fuse.The

GPIO26 is used to turn USB power ,on board 10k ohm resistance pull up and high active.

NOTE: Max current for both ports is limited to 1000ma.

2.2.7 Console(USB typeC)

The design of console used a USB-UART converter, most OS of the computer have the driver, if not , the
link below may be useful:
https://www.silabs.com/products/interface/usb-bridges/classic-usb-bridges/device.cp2104
This port is used as a Linux console default.You can log into the OS use the settings of 115200,8n1(Bits: 8,
Parity: None, Stop Bits: 1, Flow Control: None).A terminal program such as putty is needed,too.
The default user name is pi and password is raspberry.

2.2.8 LED

EdgeBox-RPI use two green/red dual colour LED as indicators.

LED1: green as power indicator and red as user led connected to GPIO40,low active,programmable.

LED2: green as 4G indicator and red as user led connected to GPIO41,low active,programmable.
2.2.9 SMA Connector
There are two SMA Connector holes for antennas. The antenna types are very depend on what modules

fitted into the Mini-PCIe socket.

2.2.10 Micro SIM card slot

The sim card is only needed in cellular(4G,LTE or others based on cellular technology ) mode.

NOTE: only micro sim card is accepted,pay attention to the card size.

2.2.11 Mini-PCIe
The blue area is the rough Mini-PCIe add-on card position,and the red for two m2x5 screws.
The table below show all the signals. Full size Mini-PCIe card are supported.

Signal PIN# PIN# Signal

1 2 VDD_3V3
3 4 GND
5 6 USIM_PWR
7 8 USIM_PWR
GND 9 10 USIM_DATA
11 12 USIM_CLK
13 14 USIM_RESET#
GND 15 16
17 18 GND
19 20
 GND 21 22 PERST#
23 24 VDD_3V3
25 26 GND
GND 27 28
GND 29 30 UART_PCIE_TX
31 32 UART_PCIE_RX
33 34 GND
GND 35 36 USB_DM
GND 37 38 USB_DP
VDD_3V3 39 40 GND
VDD_3V3 41 42 4G_LED
GND 43 44 USIM_DET
45 46
47 48
49 50 GND
51 52 VDD_3V3
NOTE 1: All blank signals are NC(no connect).
NOTE 2: VDD_3V3 is a individual power supply for Mini-PCIe card . It can be shout down or turn on
by the GPIO26 of CM3+,and the control signal is high active.
L7
U37 NR3015T2R2M
5V0 DC-DC ind_lps3015 VDD_3V3
SOT_23_5
4 3
VIN SW
C104 C105 R126
10uF 20pF 47K
C0603 C0402 R0402
GND

1
1 5
GPIO26 EN FB + C106 + C107
R125 R127 10uF 10uF
2

22R 10K 2 C0805 C0805

2
R0402 R0402
R128
10K
R0402

NOTE 3:4G_LED signal is connected to LED2 internally, refer to section of 2.2.8.

NOTE 4:PIN30,PIN32 share the same channel UART signals with the RS232 connected to Multi-Func
phoenix connector, they can not be used at same time and the phoenix connector is default.

3. Drivers and Programming Interfaces

The original Raspbian operating system from official Raspberry Pi is burned into the eMMC flash of
CM3+ before delivery, as while as some additional drivers and software for interfaces of the
EdgeBox-RPI ,eg. RTC, CAN , RS232 and RS485.
3.1 LED

The are two LEDs used as indicators, refer to 2.2.8 .

Use LED1 as a example to test the function.
$ python
$ import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
$ GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
$ GPIO.setup(40,GPIO.OUT)
$ GPIO.output(40,0)

This step can turn on the red led of LED1.

3.2 Serial Port (RS232 and RS485)

There are two individual serial ports in the system. The /dev/ttyUSB1 as RS232 port and
/dev/ttyUSB0 as RS485 port. Use RS232 as a example.
$ python
$ import serial
$ ser=serial.Serial('/dev/ttyUSB1',115200,timeout=1)
$ ser.isOpen()
true
$ ser.isOpen()
$ ser.write('1234567890')
10

3.3 Cellular over Mini-PCIe

Use Quectel EC20 as a example and follow the steps :

1. Inset the EC20 into Mini-PCIe socket and micro sim card in related slot.
2. Log in the system via console use pi/raspberry.
3. Turn on the power of Mini-PCIe socket.
$ python
$ import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
$ GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
$ GPIO.setup(26,GPIO.OUT)
$ GPIO.output(26,1)
4. Check the device:
$ lsusb
$ Bus 001 Device 005: ID 2c7c:0125 Quectel Wireless Solutions Co., Ltd. EC25 LTE modem
……
$ dmesg
$
……
[ 185.421911] usb 1-1.3: new high-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg
[ 185.561937] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=2c7c, idProduct=0125, bcdDevice= 3.18
[ 185.561953] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 185.561963] usb 1-1.3: Product: Android
[ 185.561972] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: Android
[ 185.651402] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_wdm
[ 185.665545] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[ 185.665593] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[ 185.665973] option 1-1.3:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 185.666283] usb 1-1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 185.666499] option 1-1.3:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 185.666701] usb 1-1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB3
[ 185.666880] option 1-1.3:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 185.667048] usb 1-1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB4
[ 185.667220] option 1-1.3:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[ 185.667384] usb 1-1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB5
[ 185.667810] qmi_wwan 1-1.3:1.4: cdc-wdm0: USB WDM device
[ 185.669160]qmi_wwan 1-1.3:1.4 wwan0: register 'qmi_wwan' at usb-3f980000.usb-1.3, WWAN/QMI
device,xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx is the MAC address.

Now,you can config the port and dial.

$ ifconfig -a
……
wwan0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 169.254.69.13 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 169.254.255.255
inet6 fe80::8bc:5a1a:204a:1a4b prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 0a:e6:41:60:cf:42 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 165 bytes 11660 (11.3 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
4.Electrical specifications

5.Mechanical Drawings