Unknown Infotmic Imapx210-Based PCB

[bmarilli]

Hi,

I have an InfoTMIC based pcb , driven by a 12 volt power supply that I am suspecting is a custom made infotmic tablet. It has 2 x USB ports as well as an SD card slot.
If I plug in a pendrive or sd card with a .mov/.avi file it the board will play the file on a screen connected to the vga out. If I power up the board with nothing but the vga connected it gives me a message "Please insert USB or SD Card" and the number "1.0.5" at the top of the screen.

The board has 1 gig of DDR2 ram, 4 gigs of nand flash, a Chrontel chip for hdmi but the hdmi connector is not soldered on but I suspect it works and has an Infotmic IMAPx210 BM1-80 chip as the cpu? as well as 64 megs of parallel flash memory. It also has a RS232 port which replies in Chines/Japanese/Korean when set to unicode but does not translate to anything meaningful.

The numbers on the board are EX-75-545G and 20112811_V1.0 and M1301IMAPX210. There are a few more that refer to the Nand and Nor flash

If anyone can help me identify the board and also help with finding out which software is currently running I would really appreciate it. What I would like to do is upgrade the firmware driving the board to see what else the board can do.

Many thanks!

P.S I have tried to upload pictures but the upload always fails. I will try again and see if i can get it to work soon.

 

[bmarilli]

 

[bmarilli]

After a lot of scratching on the internet it seems that this board could also be a type of media board, similar to the Patriot Box Office but I cannot find any further information on it. The PBO uses a Realtek chip where this board uses an IMAPx210 by Infotm.

The numbering on the board however is very similar to the PBO's. Any help would be appreciated

 

[bmarilli]

Rs232 to TTL convertor gives me this:

SBT F01 NOT Found!


U-Boot 2009.08 (Apr 25 2011 - 12:06:23)(SBT-LINUX)


CPU : iMAPx200 @ 792 MHz
FCLK: 1584 MHz, HCLK: 132 MHz, PCLK: 66 MHz
SDRAM: 256 MB
MMU : Enabled!!
Flash: 8 MB
NAND: 0 MiB
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
MMC: IMAP_SDHCI: 0
Net: No ethernet found.
Try booting from SD ...

MMC read: dev # 0, block # 1024, count 8 ...
8 blocks read: OK
Invalid boot SD!
Unknown stat code.
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
## Booting kernel from Leg
Image Name: Linux-2.6.31.6
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 2250180 Bytes = 2.1 MB
Load Address: 40008000
Entry Point: 40008000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK

Starting kernel ...

Uncompressing Linux.............................................................
.............................................................................. d
one, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.6.31.6 (root@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.4.1 (GCC for Cr
.20090722) ) #1 Mon Aug 15 15:20:23 CST 2011
CPU: ARMv6-compatible processor [4117b365] revision 5 (ARMv6TEJ), cr=00c5387f
CPU: VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing instruction cache
Machine: IMAPX200
Ignoring unrecognised tag 0x00000000
Ignoring unrecognised tag 0x54410008
Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback
CPU IMAPX200 (id 0x13ab2000)
IMAP Clocks, (c) 2009 Infotm Micro Electronics
IMAPX200: PLL CLOCKS, APLL 1584.000 MHz, DPLL 480.000 MHz, EPLL 480.000 MHz
IMAPX200: CPU_CLK 792.000 MHz, HCLK 132.000 MHz, PCLK 66.000 MHz
iMAPx200: 83886080 bytes SDRAM reserved for memalloc at 0x40684000
IMAP Power Management, Copyright 2010 Infotm
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping off. Total pages: 65024
Kernel command line: root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rootfstype=ext3 rootdelay=2 console=tty
SAC0,115200
PID hash table entries: 1024 (order: 10, 4096 bytes)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 6553
Memory: 256MB = 256MB total
Memory: 173184KB available (3916K code, 396K data, 112K init, 0K highmem)
SLUB: Genslabs=11, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
NR_IRQS:56
Console: colour dummy device 80x30
console [ttySAC0] enabled
Calibrating delay loop... 791.34 BogoMIPS (lpj=1978368)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
NET: Registered protocol family 16
imapx200: Initialising architecture
imapx200_dma_init: Registering DMA channels: ok!
bio: create slab <bi
SCSI subsystem initialized
<6>imapx200_iic0 imapx200_iic0: i2c-1: IMAPX200 I2C adapter
<6>imapx200_iic1 imapx200_iic1: i2c-2: IMAPX200 I2C adapter
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
iMAP PWM Driver Init.
fuse init (API version 7.12)
msgmni has been set to 338
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Imap Framebuffer Driver Initialization Start :
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 90x30
fb0: imapfb-0 frame buffer device
fb1: imapfb-1 frame buffer device
fb2: imapfb-2 frame buffer device
fb3: imapfb-3 frame buffer device
Set Lcd Backlight Brightness 75
Imap Framebuffer Driver Initialization OK!
hdmi-i2c 1-0038: Device for HDMI TX will be Initializad
HDMI TX Device - EP932E NOT Found!
hdmi_i2c_probe: failed to initialize HDMI TX
brd: module loaded
loop: module loaded
gmac-univ Ethernet Driver, V1.1
eth0: gmac-univ at d0824000 IRQ 32 MAC: 00:1b:fc:eb:92:fa
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
PPP Deflate Compression module registered
PPP BSD Compression module registered
PPP MPPE Compression module registered
NET: Registered protocol fa
PPPoL2TP kernel driver, V1.0
SLIP: version 0.8.4-NET3.019-NEWTTY (dynamic channels, max=256).
CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California.
imapx200_ssim imapx200_ssim.0: bitbang at c817fec0
imapx200_ssim imapx200_ssim.1: bitbang at c821c0c0
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
imapx200_usbhost20 imapx200_usbhost20: Infotm Ehci Controller
imapx200_usbhost20 imapx200_usbhost20: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
imapx200_usbhost11 imapx200_usbhost11: Infotm Ohci Controller
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 4 ports detected
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
USB Mass Storage support registered.
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
iMAPx200 RTC, (c) 2009, 2014 InfoTM Microelctronics Co., Ltd
imapx200_rtc imapx200_rtc: rtc core: registered imap as rtc0
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
USB Video Class driver (v0.1.0)
cpuidle: using governor ladder
[SDHCI0]:infoTM sdhci host driver init.
mmc0: SDHCI controller on info_sdi [imapx200_sdi.0] using ADMA
[SDHCI1]:infoTM sdhci host driver init.
mmc1: SDHCI controller on info_sdi [imapx200_sdi.1] using ADMA
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.20.
No device for DAI imapx200-i2s
cs42l51-codec 1-004a: failed to read I2C
asoc: cs42l51-hifi <-> imapx200-i2s mapping ok
ALSA device list:
#0: imapx200 (CS42L51)
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 1 part 20 variant b rev 5
imapx200_rtc imapx200_rtc: hctosys: invalid date/time
Waiting 2sec before mounting root device...
mmc0: new high speed SD card at address 0007
mmcblk0: mmc0:0007 SD02G 1.84 GiB
mmcblk0: p1
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended
EXT3 FS on mmcblk0p1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) on device 179:1.
Freeing init memory: 112K

 

[bmarilli]

I can cancel the boot by pressing any key but would like to know if I can make a bootable sd card and run a linux version on the board. If someone could tell me which linux version it would be great.

 

[leeb]

Well, it seems to be running Linux of some sort already...
Have you connected a monitor to it 2c if the display has anything on it?

 

[bmarilli]

Yes I have, from the VGA output with no USB plugged in it shows the message "Please insert USB or SD Card" and the number "1.0.5" and stay there. I have been messing around and managed to get into a U-Boot running on the board and it comes up with the following from a ls command:

/ # ls
billboard etc lost+found proc Settings usr
bin home media root srv var
boot lib mnt sbin sys xx
dev linuxrc opt sbt_app tmp

Also did a ls -R and it dumped a couple of thousand lines. I am now thinking this is a patriot PBO running on an Infotmic IMAPx200 chip that was never released. Going to continue messing with it to see what else is in there.

 

[popmbsa]

Have you had any luck with with this pcb

 

[bmarilli]

Nope, unfortunately not. Cannot find anyone else on the web who has one either.

 

[vtanduser]

Hi,
Setup your console( Terminal) to VT100/200/220 and you will see correct info.
Connect USB keyboard and VGA monitor and console and you will be able to see root.
I have the same board and can do with it what I want
Thanks

 

[popmbsa]

If you could, please reply to this with a step by step procedure. I would appreciate a little more details to help me find a use for this board. Thank you.

 

[bmarilli]

Hi,
Setup your console( Terminal) to VT100/200/220 and you will see correct info.
Connect USB keyboard and VGA monitor and console and you will be able to see root.
I have the same board and can do with it what I want
Thanks

Thanks for the tips, I will give it a try this week!

 

[5ft24]

I know this thread is ancient, but wondering if you were ever able to make headway getting in to it. I'm a slot machine service technician, and Bally uses these in their machines to loop short videos on the "topper" monitors... The game.name/logo and whatever motions etc. We have them go bad often, and I'm looking to see if there may be a way to reflash them if there isn't a hardware failure.
Thanks

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[G Parish]

Yes, 5ft24 is correct. This is the card used to drive the topper video on Bally slot machines.