Qualcomm Robotics RB5/RB6 - Introduction

Qualcomm Robotics RB5/RB6
Introduction
SoM Overview Carrier Boards Qualcomm Robotics RB5 developer kit Qualcomm Robotics RB6 platform
Software Development Support
Boot Devices Thundercomm SDK Downloading SDK Installing SDK Generating Image and flashing Linaro Getting Started Flashing Bootloader Flashing Boot Image and Rootfs Special / Debug Modes Setting up board in EDL Mode Setting up board in Fastboot Mode
Development in the Board
Getting into the Board Using ADB Using Serial Console Using SSH Device Setup WiFi setup HDMI setup Update Ubuntu Packages
Build from source
Base Image Customize Image
Capture Subsystem
Hardware Capture Components Software Capture Components Building your own camera sensor driver
Image Processing and Acceleration Software
GPU Profiling Fast CV Installing Hexagon SDK Installing Fast CV Building your own Fast CV application
GStreamer Pipelines
Capture and Display Video Encoding Video Decoding
AI Acceleration
Neural Processing SDK Downloading Requirements Setup SDK Environment Install qtimlesnpe Example Project TensorFlow Example pipeline
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The two main pieces needed to start evaluating a Qualcomm Robotics RB5/RB6 platform hardware are:

• The System on Module (SoM): The SoM supplies the computing hardware such as the CPU cores and the GPU, as well as the hardware accelerators, the memory, and the interfaces to communicate with the system in the same printed circuit board (PCB).

• The Carrier Board: It provides the physical interfaces to use the SoM. The carrier board can be a developer kit or a custom board. The developer kit is very useful to evaluate the capabilities of the SoM in the prototyping phase of your project, and then in most cases moving to a custom carrier board that is designed with the specific requirements for your use case. The SoM sits on the carrier board. The official carrier board for the RB5, referred as mainboard, supports the attachment of several mezzanines.

In this section, you are going to learn about the Qualcomm Robotics RB5/RB6 and what these platforms have to offer, they share the same SoM and their mainboard ports and components, with some differences that will be noted. When you finish this section you are going to have a general knowledge of the SoM key features and some of the carrier boards available.

• The SoM Overview section summarizes the hardware capabilities of the Robotics RB5/RB6 SoM, its peripherals, and packaging specifications.
• The Carrier Boards section explores the supported carrier boards available for the Robotics RB5.