CM4-DUAL-ETH-4G/5G-BASE

Dual Gigabit Ethernet 5G/4G Base Board Designed for Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

Overview

This is a dual Gigabit ethernet 5G/4G base board, which is designed for Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. It is suitable for evaluating the Raspberry Pi CM4 or being integrated into end products.

Notices

DO NOT hot-plug any devices except the USB and HDMI.
Please check the FAN voltage before connecting the cooling fan. The BASE board supports a 12V cooling fan by default, if you want to use a 5V cooling fan, please change the FAN_VCC resistor.
DO NOT connect other devices while writing CM4 via Type C interface for stable working.
5V/2.5A or higher power supply is recommended for proper working.

Specifications

CM4 SOCKET	suitable for all variants of Compute Module 4
NETWORKING	Dual Gigabit Ethernet RJ45
	M.2 B KEY, for connecting 5G / 4G module
	Nano-SIM card slot, supports standard Nano-SIM card for 5G/4G/3G/2G communication
USB	USB 3.2 Gen1 × 2
PIN HEADER	Raspberry Pi 40PIN GPIO header
DISPLAY	MIPI DSI port (15pin 1.0mm FPC connector)
CAMERA	MIPI CSI-2 port × 2 (15pin 1.0mm FPC connector)
VIDEO	HDMI × 2, supports 4K 30fps output
RTC	Real-time clock with a battery socket and ability to wake Compute Module 4
STORAGRE	MicroSD card socket for Compute Module 4 Lite (without eMMC) variants
FAN HEADER	5V/12V (12V by default), allows speed adjustment and measurement
POWER INPUT	5V/2.5A
DIMENSIONS	99.6 × 87.0mm

Dimensions

Onboard Resources

Label	Name	Description
1	CM4 Connector	Applies to all versions of Compute Module 4
2	40PIN GPIO interface	Easy to connect various HAT modules
3	RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port	Dual RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet port, support 10/100/1000M network access ETHERNET 0: CM4 native network port ETHERNET 1: USB expansion network port
4	HDMI port	Dual HDMI port, support dual 4K 30fps output
5	USB 3.2 Ports	2-way USB 3.2 Gen1 ports, support various USB devices
6	PWR & USB interface	5V DC power supply interface or USB burning interface
7	FAN interface	Easy to connect to the cooling fan, support speed regulation and speed measurement
8	CAM Interface	Dual MIPI CSI Camera Interface
9	4G/5G module status light	STA red light: module enable indicator NET green light: module running status indicator
10	Dual LED lamp holder	Red light: Raspberry Pi power indicator Green light: Raspberry Pi working status indicator
11	BOOT switch button	ON: Compute Module 4 boots to USB Type-C port OFF: Compute Module 4 boots to eMMC or Micro SD card
12	DISP1 interface	MIPI DSI display interface
13	M.2 B KEY	Communication module that supports access to 4G/5G or other USB channels
14	Nano-SIM Card Holder	Can be connected to a standard Nano-SIM card for 4G/3G/2G Internet access
15	Micro SD Card Interface	Used to insert a Micro SD card with the system to start the Compute Module 4 Lite
16	RTC Battery Connector	Can be connected to CR2032 button battery
17	RTC Interrupt Pin Switch	PI-RUN: RTC Trigger Interrupt CM4 Restart GN-EN: RTC Trigger Interrupt CM4 Power Off D4: RTC Trigger Interrupt D4 Pin
18	IO-VREF selection	CM4 IO logic voltage switch 3.3V or 1.8V
19	FAN Power Supply Options	You can choose 5V or 12V to drive the fan
20	RTC/FAN I2C bus selection	SDA0/SCL0: shared by I2C-10 and CSI/DSI GPIO3/2: shared by I2C-1 and 40PIN
21	System function switch	BT_DIS: Bluetooth disabled, only for CM4 version with antenna WiFi_DIS: WiFi disabled, only for CM4 version with antenna WP_DIS: Boot mode switch, only For use without EMMC boot or SD boot
22	RTL8153	USB Gigabit LAN chip

Writing Image

Precautions

Do not plug or unplug any device while it is powered on.

PS: If you are using the system of the Bullseye branch, you need to change "apt-get" to "apt", the system of the Bullseye branch only supports Python3.

4G/5G

To work with 4G/5G, you need to connect a wireless module to the M.2 B KEY for featuring corresponding functions. M.2 B KEY only extends USB3.0 interfaces, it doesn't support PCIe devices.

SIM card is required to work with the 4G/5G module.
If you want to disable the 4G/5G module, you can set the GPIO6 to High and enable it again by setting the GPIO6 to Low.
The module requires about 30s to enable/disable the 4G/5G modules.

Status

STA	NET	STATUS
ON	OFF	Shutdown or Stating
ON	ON	Searching network
ON	Flash	Working
OFF	Flash/ON	Shutting down

Before you configure the 4G/5G module, please make sure that the module is working normally.

Configure 5G Modules

Please refer to SIM8200EA-M2_5G_HAT

Configure 4G Modules

Install minicom

sudo apt-get install minicom

Run the minicom to configure moudules

sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB2

Configure the modules with the following command

AT+CUSBPIDSWITCH=9011,1,1

Exit from the minicom and run the following command to assign IP for the usb0 (it maybe different if you connect other USB adapter)

sudo dhclient -v usb0

If the network cannot connected properly, pleaes run theone of the following AT command to change the frequency and test it again.

AT+CNBP=0x0002000000400183,0x000001E000000000,0x0000000000000021
AT+CNBP=0x0002000000400180,0x480000000000000000000000000000000000000000000042000001E200000095,0x0000000000000021

AT commands

If your 4G modules cannot connect to network properly, please try to trobuleshoot by minicom and the AT commands.

sudo apt-get install minicom
sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB2

Common AT commands

Command	Description	Return
AT	AT test	OK
ATE	ATE1 enable echo ATE0 disable echo	OK
AT+CGMI	Check manfacture	OK
AT+CGMM	Check module type	OK
AT+CGSN	Check SN	OK
AT+CSUB	Check module version	OK
AT+CGMR	Check firmware version	OK
AT+IPREX	Configure hardwara baud rate	+IPREX: OK
AT+CRESET	Reset module	OK
AT+CSQ	Check signal quanlity	+CSQ: 17,99 OK
AT+CPIN?	Check SIM status	+CPIN: READY
AT+COPS?	CHeck the current supplier	+COPS: OK
AT+CREG?	Check network status	+CREG: OK
AT+CPSI?	Check UE information
AT+CNMP	Configure network mode： 2：Automatic 13：GSM only 38：LTE only 48 ： Any modes but LTE ... ....	OK

For more AT commands, please refer to： AT_Command_V2.00
You can also refer to：SIMCom

RTC FAN

Note 1: Please connect the cooling fan before you power the whole device, otherwise, the control chip will be damaged!
Note 2: Please check the voltage before you connect the cooling fan, it is default 12V.

Use Raspberry Pi system (2021-05-07-raspios-buster-armhf-full)
DO NOT use DSI and CSI when using RTC.
If you need to use it at the same time, switch the I2C to the I2C1 device (right).

All programs or drivers need to be modified after switching.
The demo uses I2C10 by default (left).

If you need to use it simply, or add it to your program, refer to the C and Python demo reference [click here] The following is to add the driver to the kernel.

RTC

sudo nano /boot/config.txt
#Add at the end
dtparam=i2c_vc=on
dtoverlay=i2c-rtc,pcf85063a,i2c_csi_dsi
#Add # in front of dtparam=audio=on
#dtparam=audio=on
#Save and exit, restart
sudo reboot

Using Hwclock

Synchronize the system clock and the RTC

sudo hwclock -w

Synchronize the hardware clock and the RTC

sudo hwclock  -s

Note that it will be restore if the network is diabled

Set hardware clock

sudo hwclock --set --date="9/8/2021 16:45:05"

Check the hardware clock

sudo hwclock -r

Check the version

sudo hwclock --verbose

RTC test

1.Download the test demo.

Open the terminal of the Raspberry Pi, enter the following command:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
sudo wget https://www.waveshare.com/w/upload/4/42/PCF85063_code.7z
7z x PCF85063_code.7z -O./
cd PCF85063_code

2. Run the demo

C

Execute the following commands to compile and execute the test demo:

cd c
sudo make clean
sudo make -j 8
sudo ./main

And then you can check the running result as below:

Python

Enter the python/example directory：

cd python/example

And then run the python demo, the demo can support python2/3

# python2
sudo python main.py
# python3
sudo python3 main.py

The running result is as below:

FAN test

When powered on, the fan will spin for 1 second, then stop for 2 seconds, and then spin again. This is normal.<br\> There is currently no official configuration method for fans, there is a third-party configuration method: https://github.com/neg2led/cm4io-fan<br\> This method is released by a third party, not an official release, and we are not responsible for any problems! <br\>

mkdir -p ~/src
cd ~/src
git clone https://github.com/neg2led/cm4io-fan.git
cd cm4io-fan
sudo chmod 777 install.sh
sudo ./install.sh
#The following is a description of config.txt
#############################
Name: cm4io-fan
Info: Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board fan controller
Load: dtoverlay=cm4io-fan,<param>[=<val>]
Params: minrpm RPM target for the fan when the SoC is below
                           mintemp (default 3500)
       maxrpm RPM target for the fan when the SoC is above
                           maxtemp (default 5500)
       midtemp Temperature (in millicelcius) at which the fan
                           begins to speed up (default 50000)
       midtemp_hyst Temperature delta (in millicelcius) below mintemp
                           at which the fan will drop to minrpm (default 2000)
       maxtemp Temperature (in millicelcius) at which the fan
                           will be held at maxrpm (default 70000)
       maxtemp_hyst Temperature delta (in millicelcius) below maxtemp
                           at which the fan begins to slow down (default 2000)
 #############################
Or directly refer to the following:
dtoverlay=cm4io-fan,minrpm=500,maxrpm=5000,midtemp=45000,midtemp_hyst=2000,maxtemp=50000,maxtemp_hyst=2000
The temperature is higher than 45 degrees Celsius and starts to accelerate, and the highest speed is higher than 50 degrees Celsius.

CSI DSI

CSI and DSI are disabled by default. When using the camera and DSI, it will occupy three I2C devices: I2C-10, I2C-11, and I2C-0.

Open a terminal and run the following commands:

wget https://www.waveshare.net/w/upload/7/75/CM4_dt_blob_Source.zip
 unzip -o  CM4_dt_blob_Source.zip -d ./CM4_dt_blob_Source
 sudo chmod 777 -R CM4_dt_blob_Source
 cd CM4_dt_blob_Source/
 #If you want to use both cameras and DSI0
 sudo  dtc -I dts -O dtb -o /boot/dt-blob.bin dt-blob-disp0-double_cam.dts
 #If you want to ue both cameras and DSI1
 sudo  dtc -I dts -O dtb -o /boot/dt-blob.bin dt-blob-disp1-double_cam.dts
 #When using any DSI interface, HDMI1 will have no image output, even if you do not connect the DSI screen, as long as you compile the corresponding file, then HDMI1 will not output
  #If you need to restore, please delete the corresponding dt-blob.bin: sudo rm -rf /boot/dt-blob.bin
  # After execution, turn off the power and restart the CM4

Recording test

And then connect the cameras and DSI display
1: Please power off the IO Board first before your connection.
2: Connect the power adapter after connecting the cameras and DSI display
3: Wait a few seconds before the screen boot up.
4: If the DSI LCD cannot display, please check if you have added /boot/dt-blob.bin. If there already has the dt-blob.bin, just try to reboot.
5: The camera needs to be enabled by raspi-config, enter sudo raspi-config on the terminal, choose Interfacing Options->Camera->Yes->Finish-Yes and reboot the system

Old Version (Buster)

Test the Cameras:

Test camera0:

sudo raspivid -t 0 -cs 0

Test camera1:

sudo raspivid -t 0 -cs 1

New Version (Bullseye)

If you are using the latest Raspberry Pi OS (Bullseye):

libcamera-hello -t 0
or
libcamera-hello

#The new system uses dual cameras
#Remove or comment out the line camera_auto_detect=1 in config.txt
#camera_auto_detect=1

#Add the following lines:
dtoverlay=imx219,cam1
dtoverlay=imx219,cam0

#Add the corresponding line according to the camera you use, where imx219 is the camera sensor model, and there are other sensors
dtoverlay=ov5647,cam0
dtoverlay=imx219,cam0
dtoverlay=ov9281,cam0
dtoverlay=imx477,cam0

#then restart
reboot

#Other part of the commands:
#Check if the camera is detected
libcamera-hello --list-cameras

#Open the corresponding camera
libcamera-hello --camera 1
libcamera-hello --camera 0

#Taking Pictures
libcamera-jpeg -o test.jpg
#You can add --camera to specify the camera

More instructions click me

HDMI1 is disabled if you use DSI interfaces for displaying, even if you just compile the corresponding files without connecting to the DSI screen, please note it
Any connection of two HDMI ports can output images, not limited to which HDMI port, if two HDMI screens are connected, only HDMI0 has image output
If you want to enable both HDMI, please delete the dt-blob.bin file with the following command:

sudo rm -rf /boot/dt-blob.bin

Then reboot

Reference Raspberry Pi Manual

For more information about the CSI camera and DSI display, please refer to:

Openwrt

Openwrt has high customization and scalable performance. Openwrt is becoming more and more popular at present. Compared with commonly used wireless routers, OpenWrt's modifiable firmware allows us to customize router functions according to our own needs, such as single-arm routing, automatic Define routing policies, qos, etc., intranet penetration, etc.

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Compiled without configuration

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KccdLCYQ88Pcm0pp77e3k50qTOSgi_nK/view?usp=share_link

Configured

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17THOPlBPD-BZZJS9_1JpFUj3MW7_fBh0/view?usp=share_link

Openwrt Configuration

Note: The openWrt system will not provide any technical support if there is any problem during use, only the following tutorials and images are provided, and no other technical support other than hardware is provided. The OpenWrt image configured above supports CM4 onboard wifi and the driver of RTL8153. CM4 can be turned into a smart router,
The following will tell you how to install Openwrt on the Raspberry Pi to realize the function of a wireless router so that the devices in the local area network can access the Internet through the wireless router, and realize the intelligent management of the local area network. The overall network topology is shown below.

After booting up correctly, log in to the system:
The computer is connected to the ETH0 interface, and then directly ssh remote login or web page login
The configured system default IP is: 192.168.14.1
The default IP of the system without configuration is: 192.168.1.1
Account: root without password

If you think the network port is not enough, you can buy USB 3.2 Gen1 TO Gigabit ETH RTL8153 expansion network port, if any ETH/USB HUB HAT RTL8152 can also expand the 100M Ethernet port and support it.

Resource

Document

Demo codes

Software

Support

If you require technical support, please go to the Support page and open a ticket.

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