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[[File:PineCube.jpg|400px|thumb|right|The PineCube]]


The '''PineCube''' is a small, low-powered, open source IP camera. Whether you’re a parent looking for a FOSS baby-camera, a privacy oriented shop keeper, home owner looking for a security camera, or perhaps a tinkerer needing a camera for your drone – the CUBE can be the device for you. It features an 5MPx Omnivision sensor and IR LEDs for night vision, as well as Power Over Ethernet, as well as a microphone.


== Specifications ==


== Specifications ==
* '''Dimensions:''' 55mm x 51mm x 51.5mm
* '''Dimensions:''' 55mm x 51mm x 51.5mm
* '''Weight:''' 55g
* '''Weight:''' 55g
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* '''RAM:''' 128MB DDR3
* '''RAM:''' 128MB DDR3
* '''I/O:'''
* '''I/O:'''
** 10/100Mbps Ethernet with passive PoE
** 10/100Mbps Ethernet with passive PoE (''4-18V!'')
** USB 2.0 A host
** USB 2.0 A host
** 26 pins GPIO port
** 26 pins GPIO port
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*** 2x 5V Output
*** 2x 5V Output
*** 1x I2C
*** 1x I2C
*** 2x UART
*** 2x UART (3.3V)
*** 2x PWM
*** 2x PWM
*** 1x SPI
*** 1x SPI
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* '''Network:'''
* '''Network:'''
** WiFi
** WiFi
* '''Screen:''' optional 4.5" RGB LCD screen
* '''Screen:''' optional 4.5" RGB LCD screen ( RB043H40T03A-IPS or DFC-XS4300240 V01 )
* '''Misc. features:'''  
* '''Misc. features:'''  
** Volume and home buttons
** Volume and home buttons
** Speakers and Microphone
** Speakers and Microphone
** IR LEDs for night vision
** Passive infrared sensor
* '''Power DC in:'''
* '''Power DC in:'''
** 5V 1A from MicroUSB Port or GPIO port
** 5V 1A from MicroUSB Port or GPIO port
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* '''Battery:''' optional 950-1600mAh model: 903048 Lithium Polymer Ion Battery Pack, can be purchase at [https://www.amazon.com/AKZYTUE-1200mAh-Battery-Rechargeable-Connector/dp/B07TWHHCNK/ Amazon.com]
* '''Battery:''' optional 950-1600mAh model: 903048 Lithium Polymer Ion Battery Pack, can be purchase at [https://www.amazon.com/AKZYTUE-1200mAh-Battery-Rechargeable-Connector/dp/B07TWHHCNK/ Amazon.com]


== PineCube board information, schematics and certifications ==
== GPIO pinout ==
* PineCube mainboard schematic:
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/PineCube/PineCube%20MainBoard%20Schematic%20ver%201.0-20200727.pdf PineCube mainboard Released Schematic ver 1.0]
* PineCube faceboard schematic:
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/PineCube/PineCube%20FaceBoard%20Schematic%20ver%201.0-20200727.pdf PineCube faceboard Released Schematic ver 1.0]
* PineCube certifications:
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/cert/PineCube-FCC-SDOC%20certification%20S20072502302001.pdf PineCube FCC Certificate]
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/cert/PineCube-CE-EMC%20certification%20S20072502301001.pdf PineCube CE RED Certificate]
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/cert/PineCube-ROHS%20Test%20Report.pdf PineCube ROHS Test Report]


[[File:PineCube_GPIO_Pinout.png|700px]]


Note: Pin1 is marked on the board by a white dot on the PCB. See the [[:File:PineCube_GPIO.pdf|PDF]] and [https://pine64.gami.ee/pinecube/gpio-pinout.html HTML] for details.


== Datasheets for components and peripherals ==
== Projects ==
* Allwinner (Sochip) S3 SoC information:
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinecube/S3_Datasheet_V1.1-20180123.pdf Sochip S3 SoC Data Sheet V1.1]


* X-Powers AXP209 PMU (Power Management Unit) information:
The following projects are documented here:
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinecube/AXP209_Datasheet_v1.0en.pdf AXP209 PMIC datasheet]


* CMOS camera module information:
* [[PineCube: Streaming the camera to the network]]
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinecube/CH-5A-DV-V2.0%20Specification.pdf PineCube Camera Module Specification]
* [[PineCube as a security camera with Motion]]
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinephone/OV5640_datasheet.pdf OV5640 5MP CMOS Image Sensor SoC datasheet]
* [[PineCube as a WiFi AP]]
* [[PineCube as a webcam]]
* [[PineCube as a recorder for loud noises]]


* LCD touch screen panel information:
Further projects:


* Lithium battery information:
* ''OpenWrt'' from ''juansef'' - [https://github.com/juanesf/openwrt GitHub], [https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=13158&pid=98379 Pine64 Forum thread]


* WiFi/BT module information:
== Case information ==
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinecube/rtl8189es.pdf RTL8189ES specification]


* GPIO Header Pinout: ([[:File:PineCube_GPIO.pdf|PDF]], [https://pine64.gami.ee/pinecube/gpio-pinout.html HTML])
<gallery>
[[File:PineCube_GPIO_Pinout.png|700px]]
File:PineCube_Case-1.jpg
File:PineCube_Case-2.jpg
</gallery>


Model:


* Case information:
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/PineCube/PineCube%20Case%203D.zip PineCube (proprietary) 3D file]
** [https://files.pine64.org/doc/PineCube/PineCube%20Case%203D.zip PinePhone 3D file]


[[File:PineCube_Case-1.jpg|400px]]  [[File:PineCube_Case-2.jpg|400px]]
User models:


* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MDNxnPL2kuYGC4Y4qf9J6YPYZF15KnN7/view?usp=sharing Quick and dirty STL conversion (beta) by doodlebro. Prints and fits at 0.25mm layer height.]
* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ddisX1V2qibqFuQG74-7w9SgdOE1idTN?usp=sharing New model with removable front cover and mounting plate with hole for strong magnet and adjustable rotation angle.] See README for more details. Available FreeCAD source models, STL, G-code and 3mf data. [https://www.printables.com/cs/model/296091-pinecube-box Also available at printables.com]


== Operating Systems ==
== Operating Systems ==
=== Armbian ===
[[File:armbian.png|right|100px]]
'''Armbian''' is a Linux distribution designed for ARM boards. They are usually Debian or Ubuntu flavored.
Download:
* https://www.armbian.com/pinecube/
Notes:
* See [[PineCube Armbian Notes]]
=== NixOS ===
[[File:NixOS.webp|right|100px]]
'''NixOS''' is a Linux distribution built on top of the Nix package manager using declarative configuration to allow reliable system upgrades.
* [https://github.com/danielfullmer/pinecube-nixos danielfullmer's Github]
=== Buildroot ===
PineCube is supported in Buildroot since version 2023.11. See the file [https://git.busybox.net/buildroot/tree/board/pine64/pinecube/readme.txt?h=next board/pine64/pinecube/readme.txt] in the Buildroot repository for details how to build it.
There is also available Buildroot fork by [https://elimo.io Elimo Engineering], you can find the repository on [https://github.com/elimo-engineering/buildroot Elimo's GitHub account] and build instructions in the [https://github.com/elimo-engineering/buildroot/tree/pine64/pinecube/board/pine64/pinecube board support directory] readme.
The most important thing that this provides is support for the S3's DDR3 in u-boot. Unfortunately mainline u-boot does not have that yet, but the u-boot patches from [https://github.com/danielfullmer/pinecube-nixos Daniel Fullmer's NixOS repo] were easy enough to use on buildroot.
This should get you a functional system that boots to a console on UART0. It's pretty fast too, getting there in 1.5 seconds from u-boot to login prompt.


=== Mainlining Efforts ===
=== Mainlining Efforts ===
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| Additional Fixes for AXP209 driver
| Additional Fixes for AXP209 driver
| https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201031182137.1879521-8-contact@paulk.fr/
| https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201031182137.1879521-8-contact@paulk.fr/
| tdb (5.11?)
| 5.12
|-
|-
| Device Tree Fixes
| Device Tree Fixes
| https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201003234842.1121077-1-icenowy@aosc.io/
| https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201003234842.1121077-1-icenowy@aosc.io/
| 5.10
| 5.10
|-
| Audio Device and IR LED Fix
| https://github.com/danielfullmer/pinecube-nixos/blob/master/kernel/Pine64-PineCube-support.patch
| [https://github.com/danielfullmer/pinecube-nixos/issues/2 TBD]
|-
|-
!colspan="3"|U-boot
!colspan="3"|U-boot
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| PineCube Board Support
| PineCube Board Support
| https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=210044
| https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=210044
| expected in v2021.01
| v2021.04
|-
|-
!colspan="3"|Buildroot
!colspan="3"|Buildroot
|-
|-
| No known mainlining efforts yet
| Type
|
| Link
|
| Available in version
|-
| PineCube Board Support
| https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/list/?series=314653
| 2023.11
|}
|}


== Debugging ==


=== NixOS ===
Camera issues can be debugged with the gstreamer pipeline. If the camera does not appear to work, it is possible to change the <code>v4l2src</code> to <code>videotestsrc</code> and the gstreamer pipeline will produce a synthetic test image without using the camera hardware.


* [https://github.com/danielfullmer/pinecube-nixos danielfullmer's Github]
If the camera is only sensor noise lines over a black or white image, the camera may be in a broken state. When in that state, the following kernel messages were observed:


[ 1703.577304] alloc_contig_range: [46100, 464f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.578570] alloc_contig_range: [46200, 465f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.596924] alloc_contig_range: [46300, 466f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.598060] alloc_contig_range: [46400, 467f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.600480] alloc_contig_range: [46400, 468f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.601654] alloc_contig_range: [46600, 469f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.619165] alloc_contig_range: [46100, 464f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.619528] alloc_contig_range: [46200, 465f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.619857] alloc_contig_range: [46300, 466f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.641156] alloc_contig_range: [46100, 464f5) PFNs busy


== Camera Adjustments ==


=== Buildroot ===
=== Focus ===
[https://elimo.io Elimo Engineering] integrated support for the PineCube into Buildroot.


This has not been merged into upstream Buildroot yet, but you can find the repo on [https://github.com/elimo-engineering/buildroot Elimo's GitHub account] and build instructions in the [https://github.com/elimo-engineering/buildroot/tree/pine64/pinecube/board/pine64/pinecube board support directory] readme.
The focus of the lens can be manually adjusted through rotation. Note that initially, the lens could be tight.
The most important thing that this provides is support for the S3's DDR3 in u-boot. Unfortunately mainline u-boot does not have that yet, but the u-boot patches from [https://github.com/danielfullmer/pinecube-nixos Daniel Fullmer's NixOS repo] were easy enough to use on buildroot.
This should get you a functional system that boots to a console on UART0. It's pretty fast too, getting there in 1.5 seconds from u-boot to login prompt.


=== Armbian ===
=== Low light mode ===


The only Armbian release with support for Ethernet and the camera module is the Ubuntu Groovy release. The Ubuntu Groovy release is an experimental, automatically generated release and it appears to support additional hardware from the other Armbian releases.
To get imagery in low-light conditions you can turn on the infrared LED's to light up the dark area and also enable the IR cut filter using the commands below. Note that these were performed on Armbian using the instructions from here [https://github.com/danielfullmer/pinecube-nixos#enablingdisabling-ir-cut-filter].


<pre>
# Run these as root


==== Armbian Build Image with motionEye [microSD Boot] [20201222] ====
# Turn on the IR LED lights (note that you can see a faint red glow from them when it's low light)
* motionEyeOS is a Linux distribution that turns a single-board computer into a video surveillance system. The OS is based on BuildRoot and uses motion as a backend and motionEye for the frontend
# Turn them off with echo 1 instead (this may be inverted depending on the version of the kernel you have)
* There are 2 ways to interact with the OS:
# echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/pine64\:ir\:led1/brightness
** Scan for its IP with hostname pinecube
# echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/pine64\:ir\:led2/brightness
** Use the PINE64 USB SERIAL CONSOLE/PROGRAMMER and login, then check for assigned IP
** [https://gist.github.com/Icenowy/ff68f6e4ba8231380d3a295226e63fb3 Github link]
* DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above)
** [https://files.pine64.org//os/PineCube/armbian/Armbian_21.02.0-trunk_Pinecube_focal_dev_5.10.0.img.xz Direct download from pine64.org]
*** MD5 (XZip file): 61e5a6d3ab0f74ce8367c97b7f8cbb7b
*** File Size: 328MGB


# Export gpio, set direction
# echo 45 > /sys/class/gpio/export
# echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio45/direction


Armbian Builds for PineCube are [https://www.armbian.com/pinecube/ available for download], once again thanks to [https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/2364/files the work] of Icenowy Zheng.
# Enable IR cut filter (note that you can hear the switching noise)
Although not officially supported ([https://www.armbian.com/download/?device_support=No+official+support+(CSC) CSC Status] it enables the usage of Debian and Ubuntu.
# Disable with echo 0 instead
# echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio45/value
</pre>


A serial console can be established with 152008N1 (no hardware flow control). Login credentials are as usual in Armbian login: root password: 1234.
=== Camera controls ===


==== Example with screen and the woodpecker USB serial device ====
It is possible to adjust the camera using certain internal camera controls, such as contrast, brightness, saturation and more. These controls can be accessed using the v4l2-ctl tool that is part of the v4l-utils package.


First connect the woodpecker USB serial device to the PineCube. Pin 1 on the PineCube has a small white dot on the PCB - this should be directly next to the microusb power connection. Attach the GND pin on the woodpecker to pin 6 (GND) on the PineCube, TXD from the woodpecker to pin 10 (UART_RXD) on the PineCube, and RXD from the woodpecker to pin 8 (UART_TXD) on the PineCube.
<pre>
# List the current values of the controls
v4l2-ctl -d /dev/v4l-subdev* --list-ctrls


On the host system which has the woodpecker USB serial device attached, it is possible to run screen and to communicate directly with the PineCube:
User Controls


<code>screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200</code>
                      contrast 0x00980901 (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=0 value=0 flags=slider
                    saturation 0x00980902 (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=64 value=64 flags=slider
                            hue 0x00980903 (int)    : min=0 max=359 step=1 default=0 value=0 flags=slider
        white_balance_automatic 0x0098090c (bool)  : default=1 value=1 flags=update
                    red_balance 0x0098090e (int)    : min=0 max=4095 step=1 default=0 value=0 flags=inactive, slider
                  blue_balance 0x0098090f (int)    : min=0 max=4095 step=1 default=0 value=0 flags=inactive, slider
                      exposure 0x00980911 (int)    : min=0 max=65535 step=1 default=0 value=4 flags=inactive, volatile
                gain_automatic 0x00980912 (bool)  : default=1 value=1 flags=update
                          gain 0x00980913 (int)    : min=0 max=1023 step=1 default=0 value=20 flags=inactive, volatile
                horizontal_flip 0x00980914 (bool)  : default=0 value=0
                  vertical_flip 0x00980915 (bool)  : default=0 value=0
          power_line_frequency 0x00980918 (menu)  : min=0 max=3 default=1 value=1


==== Basic bandwidth tests with iperf3 ====
Camera Controls


Install armbian-config:
                  auto_exposure 0x009a0901 (menu)  : min=0 max=1 default=0 value=0 flags=update
<code>apt install armbian-config</code>


Enable iperf3 through the menu in armbian-config:
Image Processing Controls
<code>armbian-config</code>


On a test computer on the same network segment run iperf3 as a client:
                    pixel_rate 0x009f0902 (int64)  : min=0 max=2147483647 step=1 default=61430400 value=21001200 flags=read-only
<code>iperf3 -c pinecube -t 60</code>
                  test_pattern 0x009f0903 (menu)  : min=0 max=4 default=0 value=0


The same test computer, run iperf3 in the reverse direction:
# Set the contrast controls to the maximum value
<code>iperf3 -c pinecube -t 60 -R</code>
v4l2-ctl -d /dev/v4l-subdev* --set-ctrl contrast=255
</pre>


===== Performance results =====
You can see which flags can be changed and which ones cannot by looking at the flags. The inactive flag indicates that it is currently disabled. Some of these flags are disabled when other flags are turned on. For example, the gain flag above is inactive because gain_automatic is enabled with a value of "1." Note that at the current time '''the auto_exposure flag is inverted, so a value of "0" means on, while "1" means off.''' Maybe the auto_exposure flag will get changed someday. You'll need to turn off auto_exposure (value=1) if you want to manually set the exposure flag.
The Ethernet network does not work in the current Ubuntu Focal armbian image. The Ethernet network does work in the Ubuntu Groovy armbian image.


====== Wireless network performance ======
== Sound Controls ==
The performance results reflect using the wireless network. The link speed was 72.2Mb/s using 2.462Ghz wireless. Running sixty second iperf3 tests: the observed throughput varies between 28-50Mb/s to a host on the same network segment. The testing host is connected to an Ethernet switch which is also connected to a wireless bridge. The wireless network uses WPA2 and the PineCube is connected to this wireless network bridge.


Client rate for sixty seconds:
Note that sound is only currently available with special patches on top of a 5.13.13 or higher kernel with Armbian or NixOS. Once you have a kernel that supports sound you can install alsa-utils to get the alsamixer tool. The following mixer settings have been found to work with both playback and record. Note that you'll need to press F5 to get the capture controls and space bar to turn on/off capture for a device. The speaker dangles on a wire from the device. The microphone is located about 1cm below the lens on the front facing circuit board.


[ ID] Interval          Transfer    Bitrate        Retr
[[File:Pinecube_sound_mixer.png|800px]]
[ 5]   0.00-60.00  sec  293 MBytes  41.0 Mbits/sec    1            sender
[  5]   0.00-60.01  sec  291 MBytes  40.7 Mbits/sec                  receiver


== SDK ==


Client rate with -R for sixty seconds:
Stock Linux:


[ ID] Interval          Transfer    Bitrate        Retr
* [https://files.pine64.org/SDK/PineCube/PineCube%20Stock%20BSP-SDK%20ver1.0.7z Direct Download from pine64.org] (MD5 (7zip file): efac108dc98efa0a1f5e77660ba375f8, file size: 3.50GB)
[  5]  0.00-60.85  sec  263 MBytes  36.2 Mbits/sec    3            sender
[  5]  0.00-60.00  sec  259 MBytes  36.1 Mbits/sec                  receiver


Using WireGuard to protect the traffic between the PineCube and the test system, the performance characteristics change only slightly.
Compilation:


Client rate for sixty seconds with WireGuard:
You can either setup a machine for the build environment, or use a Vagrant virtual machine provided by [https://elimo.io Elimo Engineering]


[ ID] Interval          Transfer    Bitrate        Retr
=== Compile on a dedicated machine ===
[  5]  0.00-60.00  sec  230 MBytes  32.1 Mbits/sec    0            sender
[  5]  0.00-60.09  sec  229 MBytes  32.0 Mbits/sec                  receiver


Client rate with -R for sixty seconds with WireGuard:
Recommended system requirements:


[ ID] Interval          Transfer    Bitrate        Retr
* OS: (L)Ubuntu 16.04
[  5]  0.00-60.14  sec  246 MBytes  34.3 Mbits/sec    7            sender
* CPU: 64-bit based
[  5]  0.00-60.00  sec  245 MBytes  34.2 Mbits/sec                  receiver
* Memory: 8 GB or higher
* Disk: 15 GB free hard disk space


Install required packages:


====== Wired network performance ======
sudo apt-get install p7zip-full git make u-boot-tools libxml2-utils bison build-essential gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi g++-arm-linux-gnueabi zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 lib32z1-dev


The performance results reflect using the Ethernet network. The link speed was 100Mb/s using a 1000Mb/s prosumer switch. Running sixty second iperf3 tests: the observed throughput varies between 92-102Mb/s to a host on the same network segment. The testing host is connected to the same Ethernet switch which is also connected to the PineCube.
Install older Make 3.82 and Java JDK 6:


Client rate for sixty seconds:
pushd /tmp
wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.82.tar.gz
tar xfv make-3.82.tar.gz
cd make-3.82
./configure
make
sudo apt purge -y make
sudo ./make install
cd ..
# Please, download jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin from https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-java-archive-javase6-downloads.html (requires free login)
chmod +x jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
./jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
sudo mkdir /opt/java/
sudo mv jdk1.6.0_45/ /opt/java/
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/javac 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/java 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/javaws 1
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-alternatives --config javaws
popd


[ ID] Interval          Transfer    Bitrate        Retr
PineCubes SPI Flash support patch:
[  5]  0.00-60.00  sec  675 MBytes  94.4 Mbits/sec    0            sender
[  5]  0.00-60.01  sec  673 MBytes  94.0 Mbits/sec                  receiver


Client rate with -R for sixty seconds:
From 9316112c37ee86645fd691c6d3352183b95177d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Kraus <gamelaster@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 21:01:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for xt25f128 SPI Flash
---
drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index 31e5795..0f46a4c 100755
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ static const struct spi_device_id m25p_ids[] = {
  { "w25x64", INFO(0xef3017, 0, 64 * 1024, 128, SECT_4K) },
  { "w25q64", INFO(0xef4017, 0, 64 * 1024, 128, SECT_4K) },
  { "W25q128", INFO(0xef4018, 0, 64 * 1024, 256, 0) },
+ { "xt25f128", INFO(0x0b4018, 0, 64 * 1024, 256, SECT_4K) },
 
 
  /* Catalyst / On Semiconductor -- non-JEDEC */
--
2.7.4


[ ID] Interval          Transfer    Bitrate        Retr
Unpack SDK and then compile and pack the image:
[  5]  0.00-60.00  sec  673 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec    0            sender
[  5]  0.00-60.00  sec  673 MBytes  94.1 Mbits/sec                  receiver


Using WireGuard to protect the traffic between the PineCube and the test system, the performance characteristics change only slightly.
7z x 'PineCube Stock BSP-SDK ver1.0.7z'
mv 'PineCube Stock BSP-SDK ver1.0' pinecube-sdk
cd pinecube-sdk/camdroid
# apply SPI Flash patch above or edit m25p80.c file
source build/envsetup.sh
lunch # select [1] here
mklichee
extract-bsp
make -j3
pack


Client rate for sixty seconds with WireGuard:
=== Compile using Vagrant ===


[ ID] Interval          Transfer    Bitrate        Retr
You can avoid setting up your machine and just use Vagrant to spin up a development environment in a VM.
[  5]  0.00-60.00  sec  510 MBytes  71.2 Mbits/sec    0            sender
[  5]  0.00-60.01  sec  509 MBytes  71.1 Mbits/sec                  receiver


Client rate with -R for sixty seconds with WireGuard:
Just clone the [https://github.com/elimo-engineering/pinecube-sdk-vagrant Elimo Engineering repo] and follow the instructions in the [https://github.com/elimo-engineering/pinecube-sdk-vagrant/blob/main/README.md readme file]


[ ID] Interval          Transfer    Bitrate        Retr
After spinning up the VM, you just need to run the build:
[  5]  0.00-60.01  sec  642 MBytes  89.8 Mbits/sec    0            sender
[  5]  0.00-60.00  sec  641 MBytes  89.7 Mbits/sec                  receiver


==== Streaming the camera to the network ====
cd pinecube-sdk/camdroid
# apply SPI Flash patch above or edit m25p80.c file
source build/envsetup.sh
lunch # select [1] here
mklichee
extract-bsp
make -j3
pack


To stream to web browsers with HLS and x264 encoding, we'll use a tmpfs file system to not write any data to the sdcard in the PineCube. We'll also need a very basic web page in tmpfs, a program to write HLS data to the tmpfs, and finally a webserver to serve the files.
=== Flashing the image ===


Create the hls directory to be shared in the existing tmpfs file system that is mounted at /dev/shm:
See [[PhoenixCard]] for a manual on how to flash Allwinners BSP images.


<code>mkdir /dev/shm/hls/</code>
== Board information, schematics and certifications ==


Create an index.html and optionally a favicon.ico or even a set of icons, and then put the files into the /dev/shm/hls directory. An example index.html that works is available in the Getting Started section of the [https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/#getting-started README] for [https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/ hls.js].
PineCube mainboard schematic:


* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/PineCube/PineCube%20MainBoard%20Schematic%20ver%201.0-20200727.pdf PineCube mainboard Released Schematic ver 1.0]


In one terminal, run the camera capture pipeline:
PineCube faceboard schematic:
<code>
cd /dev/shm/hls/ &&
media-ctl --set-v4l2 '"ov5640 1-003c":0[fmt:UYVY8_2X8/240x320@1/15]' &&
gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src ! video/x-raw,width=320,height=240,format=UYVY,framerate=15/1 ! decodebin ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=I420 ! clockoverlay ! timeoverlay valignment=bottom ! x264enc speed-preset=ultrafast tune=zerolatency ! mpegtsmux ! hlssink target-duration=1 playlist-length=2 max-files=3
</code>


Alternatively it is possible to capture at a higher resolution:
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/PineCube/PineCube%20FaceBoard%20Schematic%20ver%201.0-20200727.pdf PineCube faceboard Released Schematic ver 1.0]
<code>
media-ctl --set-v4l2 '"ov5640 1-003c":0[fmt:UYVY8_2X8/1920x1080@1/15]'
cd /dev/shm/hls/ && gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src ! video/x-raw,width=1920,height=1080,format=UYVY,framerate=15/1 ! decodebin ! videoconvert ! video/x-raw,format=I420 ! clockoverlay ! timeoverlay valignment=bottom ! x264enc speed-preset=ultrafast tune=zerolatency ! mpegtsmux ! hlssink target-duration=1 playlist-length=2 max-files=3
</code>


In another, run a simple single threaded webserver which will serve html, javascript, and HLS to web clients:
PineCube certifications:
<code>
cd /dev/shm/hls/ && python3 -m http.server
</code>


Alternatively, install a more efficient web server (<code>apt install nginx</code>) and set the server root for the default configuration to be /dev/shm/hls. This will run on port 80 rather than the python3 server which defaults to port 8000.
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/cert/PineCube-FCC-SDOC%20certification%20S20072502302001.pdf PineCube FCC Certificate]
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/cert/PineCube-CE-EMC%20certification%20S20072502301001.pdf PineCube CE RED Certificate]
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/cert/PineCube-ROHS%20Test%20Report.pdf PineCube ROHS Test Report]


It should be possible to view the HLS stream directly in a web browser by visiting [http://pinecube:8000/ http://pinecube:8000/] if pinecube is the correct hostname and the name correctly resolves.
== Datasheets for components and peripherals ==
 
View the HLS stream with VLC: <code>vlc http://pinecube:8000/playlist.m3u8</code>
View the HLS stream with gst-play-1.0: <code>gst-play-1.0 http://pinecube:8000/playlist.m3u8</code>
 
===== Debugging camera issues with the gstreamer pipeline =====
 
If the camera does not appear to work, it is possible to change the <code>v4l2src</code> to <code>videotestsrc</code> and the gstreamer pipeline will produce a synthetic test image without using the camera hardware.
 
If the camera is only sensor noise lines over a black or white image, the camera may be in a broken state. When in that state, the following kernel messages were observed:
<pre>
[ 1703.577304] alloc_contig_range: [46100, 464f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.578570] alloc_contig_range: [46200, 465f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.596924] alloc_contig_range: [46300, 466f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.598060] alloc_contig_range: [46400, 467f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.600480] alloc_contig_range: [46400, 468f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.601654] alloc_contig_range: [46600, 469f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.619165] alloc_contig_range: [46100, 464f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.619528] alloc_contig_range: [46200, 465f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.619857] alloc_contig_range: [46300, 466f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.641156] alloc_contig_range: [46100, 464f5) PFNs busy
</pre>
 
===== A simple RTSP server with HLS =====
Install dependencies and build required v4l2 software:
<code>
apt install -y gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-tools \
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good v4l-utils gstreamer1.0-alsa alsa-utils libpango1.0-0 \
  libpango1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-x x264 \
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-{good,bad,ugly} liblivemedia-dev liblog4cpp5-dev \
  libasound2-dev vlc libssl-dev iotop libasound2-dev  liblog4cpp5-dev \
  liblivemedia-dev autoconf automake libtool v4l2loopback-dkms liblog4cpp5-dev \
  libvpx-dev libx264-dev libjpeg-dev libx265-dev
 
 
git clone --recursive https://github.com/mpromonet/v4l2tools && cd v4l2tools && make && make install
git clone --recursive https://github.com/mpromonet/v4l2rtspserver && cd v4l2rtspserver && cmake -D LIVE555URL=https://download.videolan.org/pub/contrib/live555/live.2020.08.19.tar.gz . && make && make install
</code>
 
Running the camera:
<code>
media-ctl --set-v4l2 '"ov5640 1-003c":0[fmt:UYVY8_2X8/640x480@1/30]'
modprobe v4l2loopback video_nr=10 debug=2
v4l2compress -fH264  -w -vv /dev/video0 /dev/video10
v4l2rtspserver -v -S -W 640 -H 480 -F 10 -b /usr/local/share/v4l2rtspserver/ /dev/video10
</code>
 
The v4l2compress/v4l2rtspserver method of streaming the camera uses around ~45-50% of the CPU for compression of the stream into H264 (640x480@7fps) and around 1-2% of the CPU for serving the HLS stream. Total system RAM used is roughly 64MB and the load average is ~0.4-~0.5 when idle, and ~0.51-~0.60 with one HLS client streaming the camera.
 
=== Stock Linux ===
 
 
 
 
== SDK ==
 
==== Stock Linux ====
* [https://files.pine64.org/SDK/PineCube/PineCube%20Stock%20BSP-SDK%20ver1.0.7z Direct Download from pine64.org]
** MD5 (7zip file): efac108dc98efa0a1f5e77660ba375f8
** File Size: 3.50GB
===== How to compile =====


You can either setup a machine for the build environment, or use a Vagrant virtual machine provided by [https://elimo.io Elimo Engineering]
Allwinner (Sochip) S3 SoC information:


====== On a dedicated machine ======
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinecube/S3_Datasheet_V1.1-20180123.pdf Sochip S3 SoC Data Sheet V1.1]
 
Recommended system requirements:
* OS: (L)Ubuntu 16.04
* CPU: 64-bit based
* Memory: 8 GB or higher
* Disk: 15 GB free hard disk space


'''Install required packages'''
X-Powers AXP209 PMU (Power Management Unit) information:
<pre>
sudo apt-get install p7zip-full git make u-boot-tools libxml2-utils bison build-essential gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi g++-arm-linux-gnueabi zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 lib32z1-dev
</pre>
'''Install older Make 3.82 and Java JDK 6'''
<pre>
pushd /tmp
wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.82.tar.gz
tar xfv make-3.82.tar.gz
cd make-3.82
./configure
make
sudo apt purge -y make
sudo ./make install
cd ..
# Please, download jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin from https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-java-archive-javase6-downloads.html (requires free login)
chmod +x jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
./jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
sudo mkdir /opt/java/
sudo mv jdk1.6.0_45/ /opt/java/
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/javac 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/java 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/javaws 1
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-alternatives --config javaws
popd
</pre>
'''Unpack SDK and then compile and pack the image'''
<pre>
7z x 'PineCube Stock BSP-SDK ver1.0.7z'
mv 'PineCube Stock BSP-SDK ver1.0' pinecube-sdk
cd pinecube-sdk/camdroid
source build/envsetup.sh
lunch
mklichee
make -j3
pack
</pre>


====== Using Vagrant ======
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinecube/AXP209_Datasheet_v1.0en.pdf AXP209 PMIC datasheet]


You can avoid setting up your machine and just use Vagrant to spin up a development environment in a VM.
CMOS camera module information:


Just clone the [https://github.com/elimo-engineering/pinecube-sdk-vagrant Elimo Engineering repo] and follow the instructions in the [https://github.com/elimo-engineering/pinecube-sdk-vagrant/blob/main/README.md readme file]
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinecube/CH-5A-DV-V2.0%20Specification.pdf PineCube Camera Module Specification]
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinephone/OV5640_datasheet.pdf OV5640 5MP CMOS Image Sensor SoC datasheet]


After spinning up the VM, you just need to run the build:
LCD touch screen panel information:
<pre>
cd pinecube-sdk/camdroid
source build/envsetup.sh
lunch
mklichee
make -j3
pack
</pre>


Lithium battery information:


== Community Projects ==
WiFi/BT module information:


Share your project with a PineCube here!
* [https://files.pine64.org/doc/datasheet/pinecube/rtl8189es.pdf RTL8189ES specification]




[[Category:PineCube]] [[Category:Allwinner(Sochip) S3]]
[[Category:PineCube]] [[Category:Allwinner(Sochip) S3]]

Latest revision as of 15:48, 3 September 2023

The PineCube

The PineCube is a small, low-powered, open source IP camera. Whether you’re a parent looking for a FOSS baby-camera, a privacy oriented shop keeper, home owner looking for a security camera, or perhaps a tinkerer needing a camera for your drone – the CUBE can be the device for you. It features an 5MPx Omnivision sensor and IR LEDs for night vision, as well as Power Over Ethernet, as well as a microphone.

Specifications

  • Dimensions: 55mm x 51mm x 51.5mm
  • Weight: 55g
  • Storage:
    • MicroSD slot, bootable
    • 128Mb SPI Nor Flash, bootable
  • Cameras: OV5640, 5Mpx
  • CPU: Allwinner(Sochip) ARM Cortex-A7 MPCore, 800MHz
  • RAM: 128MB DDR3
  • I/O:
    • 10/100Mbps Ethernet with passive PoE (4-18V!)
    • USB 2.0 A host
    • 26 pins GPIO port
      • 2x 3.3V Ouptut
      • 2x 5V Output
      • 1x I2C
      • 2x UART (3.3V)
      • 2x PWM
      • 1x SPI
      • 1x eMMC/SDIO/SD (8-bit)
      • 6x Interrupts
      • Note: Interfaces are multiplexed, so they can't be all used at same time
    • Internal microphone
  • Network:
    • WiFi
  • Screen: optional 4.5" RGB LCD screen ( RB043H40T03A-IPS or DFC-XS4300240 V01 )
  • Misc. features:
    • Volume and home buttons
    • Speakers and Microphone
    • IR LEDs for night vision
    • Passive infrared sensor
  • Power DC in:
    • 5V 1A from MicroUSB Port or GPIO port
    • 4V-18V from Ethernet passive PoE
  • Battery: optional 950-1600mAh model: 903048 Lithium Polymer Ion Battery Pack, can be purchase at Amazon.com

GPIO pinout

PineCube GPIO Pinout.png

Note: Pin1 is marked on the board by a white dot on the PCB. See the PDF and HTML for details.

Projects

The following projects are documented here:

Further projects:

Case information

Model:

User models:

Operating Systems

Armbian

Armbian.png

Armbian is a Linux distribution designed for ARM boards. They are usually Debian or Ubuntu flavored.

Download:

Notes:

NixOS

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NixOS is a Linux distribution built on top of the Nix package manager using declarative configuration to allow reliable system upgrades.

Buildroot

PineCube is supported in Buildroot since version 2023.11. See the file board/pine64/pinecube/readme.txt in the Buildroot repository for details how to build it.

There is also available Buildroot fork by Elimo Engineering, you can find the repository on Elimo's GitHub account and build instructions in the board support directory readme.

The most important thing that this provides is support for the S3's DDR3 in u-boot. Unfortunately mainline u-boot does not have that yet, but the u-boot patches from Daniel Fullmer's NixOS repo were easy enough to use on buildroot.

This should get you a functional system that boots to a console on UART0. It's pretty fast too, getting there in 1.5 seconds from u-boot to login prompt.

Mainlining Efforts

Please note:

  • this list is most likely not complete
  • no review of functionality is done here, it only serves as a collection of efforts
Linux kernel
Type Link Available in version
Devicetree Entry Pinecube https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/22/1241 5.10
Correction for AXP209 driver https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/22/1243 5.9
Additional Fixes for AXP209 driver https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201031182137.1879521-8-contact@paulk.fr/ 5.12
Device Tree Fixes https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201003234842.1121077-1-icenowy@aosc.io/ 5.10
Audio Device and IR LED Fix https://github.com/danielfullmer/pinecube-nixos/blob/master/kernel/Pine64-PineCube-support.patch TBD
U-boot
Type Link Available in version
PineCube Board Support https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=210044 v2021.04
Buildroot
Type Link Available in version
PineCube Board Support https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/list/?series=314653 2023.11

Debugging

Camera issues can be debugged with the gstreamer pipeline. If the camera does not appear to work, it is possible to change the v4l2src to videotestsrc and the gstreamer pipeline will produce a synthetic test image without using the camera hardware.

If the camera is only sensor noise lines over a black or white image, the camera may be in a broken state. When in that state, the following kernel messages were observed:

[ 1703.577304] alloc_contig_range: [46100, 464f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.578570] alloc_contig_range: [46200, 465f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.596924] alloc_contig_range: [46300, 466f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.598060] alloc_contig_range: [46400, 467f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.600480] alloc_contig_range: [46400, 468f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.601654] alloc_contig_range: [46600, 469f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.619165] alloc_contig_range: [46100, 464f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.619528] alloc_contig_range: [46200, 465f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.619857] alloc_contig_range: [46300, 466f5) PFNs busy
[ 1703.641156] alloc_contig_range: [46100, 464f5) PFNs busy

Camera Adjustments

Focus

The focus of the lens can be manually adjusted through rotation. Note that initially, the lens could be tight.

Low light mode

To get imagery in low-light conditions you can turn on the infrared LED's to light up the dark area and also enable the IR cut filter using the commands below. Note that these were performed on Armbian using the instructions from here [1].

# Run these as root

# Turn on the IR LED lights (note that you can see a faint red glow from them when it's low light)
# Turn them off with echo 1 instead (this may be inverted depending on the version of the kernel you have)
# echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/pine64\:ir\:led1/brightness
# echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/pine64\:ir\:led2/brightness

# Export gpio, set direction
# echo 45 > /sys/class/gpio/export
# echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio45/direction

# Enable IR cut filter (note that you can hear the switching noise)
# Disable with echo 0 instead
# echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio45/value

Camera controls

It is possible to adjust the camera using certain internal camera controls, such as contrast, brightness, saturation and more. These controls can be accessed using the v4l2-ctl tool that is part of the v4l-utils package.

# List the current values of the controls
v4l2-ctl -d /dev/v4l-subdev* --list-ctrls

User Controls

                       contrast 0x00980901 (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=0 value=0 flags=slider
                     saturation 0x00980902 (int)    : min=0 max=255 step=1 default=64 value=64 flags=slider
                            hue 0x00980903 (int)    : min=0 max=359 step=1 default=0 value=0 flags=slider
        white_balance_automatic 0x0098090c (bool)   : default=1 value=1 flags=update
                    red_balance 0x0098090e (int)    : min=0 max=4095 step=1 default=0 value=0 flags=inactive, slider
                   blue_balance 0x0098090f (int)    : min=0 max=4095 step=1 default=0 value=0 flags=inactive, slider
                       exposure 0x00980911 (int)    : min=0 max=65535 step=1 default=0 value=4 flags=inactive, volatile
                 gain_automatic 0x00980912 (bool)   : default=1 value=1 flags=update
                           gain 0x00980913 (int)    : min=0 max=1023 step=1 default=0 value=20 flags=inactive, volatile
                horizontal_flip 0x00980914 (bool)   : default=0 value=0
                  vertical_flip 0x00980915 (bool)   : default=0 value=0
           power_line_frequency 0x00980918 (menu)   : min=0 max=3 default=1 value=1

Camera Controls

                  auto_exposure 0x009a0901 (menu)   : min=0 max=1 default=0 value=0 flags=update

Image Processing Controls

                     pixel_rate 0x009f0902 (int64)  : min=0 max=2147483647 step=1 default=61430400 value=21001200 flags=read-only
                   test_pattern 0x009f0903 (menu)   : min=0 max=4 default=0 value=0

# Set the contrast controls to the maximum value
v4l2-ctl -d /dev/v4l-subdev* --set-ctrl contrast=255

You can see which flags can be changed and which ones cannot by looking at the flags. The inactive flag indicates that it is currently disabled. Some of these flags are disabled when other flags are turned on. For example, the gain flag above is inactive because gain_automatic is enabled with a value of "1." Note that at the current time the auto_exposure flag is inverted, so a value of "0" means on, while "1" means off. Maybe the auto_exposure flag will get changed someday. You'll need to turn off auto_exposure (value=1) if you want to manually set the exposure flag.

Sound Controls

Note that sound is only currently available with special patches on top of a 5.13.13 or higher kernel with Armbian or NixOS. Once you have a kernel that supports sound you can install alsa-utils to get the alsamixer tool. The following mixer settings have been found to work with both playback and record. Note that you'll need to press F5 to get the capture controls and space bar to turn on/off capture for a device. The speaker dangles on a wire from the device. The microphone is located about 1cm below the lens on the front facing circuit board.

Pinecube sound mixer.png

SDK

Stock Linux:

Compilation:

You can either setup a machine for the build environment, or use a Vagrant virtual machine provided by Elimo Engineering

Compile on a dedicated machine

Recommended system requirements:

  • OS: (L)Ubuntu 16.04
  • CPU: 64-bit based
  • Memory: 8 GB or higher
  • Disk: 15 GB free hard disk space

Install required packages:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full git make u-boot-tools libxml2-utils bison build-essential gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi g++-arm-linux-gnueabi zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 lib32z1-dev

Install older Make 3.82 and Java JDK 6:

pushd /tmp
wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.82.tar.gz
tar xfv make-3.82.tar.gz
cd make-3.82
./configure
make
sudo apt purge -y make
sudo ./make install
cd ..
# Please, download jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin from https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-java-archive-javase6-downloads.html (requires free login)
chmod +x jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin 
./jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin 
sudo mkdir /opt/java/
sudo mv jdk1.6.0_45/ /opt/java/
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/javac 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/java 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_45/bin/javaws 1
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-alternatives --config javaws
popd

PineCubes SPI Flash support patch:

From 9316112c37ee86645fd691c6d3352183b95177d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Kraus <gamelaster@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 21:01:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for xt25f128 SPI Flash

---
drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index 31e5795..0f46a4c 100755
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ static const struct spi_device_id m25p_ids[] = {
 	{ "w25x64", INFO(0xef3017, 0, 64 * 1024, 128, SECT_4K) },
 	{ "w25q64", INFO(0xef4017, 0, 64 * 1024, 128, SECT_4K) },
 	{ "W25q128", INFO(0xef4018, 0, 64 * 1024, 256, 0) },
+	{ "xt25f128", INFO(0x0b4018, 0, 64 * 1024, 256, SECT_4K) },
 	
 
 	/* Catalyst / On Semiconductor -- non-JEDEC */
-- 
2.7.4

Unpack SDK and then compile and pack the image:

7z x 'PineCube Stock BSP-SDK ver1.0.7z'
mv 'PineCube Stock BSP-SDK ver1.0' pinecube-sdk
cd pinecube-sdk/camdroid
# apply SPI Flash patch above or edit m25p80.c file
source build/envsetup.sh
lunch # select [1] here
mklichee
extract-bsp
make -j3
pack

Compile using Vagrant

You can avoid setting up your machine and just use Vagrant to spin up a development environment in a VM.

Just clone the Elimo Engineering repo and follow the instructions in the readme file

After spinning up the VM, you just need to run the build:

cd pinecube-sdk/camdroid
# apply SPI Flash patch above or edit m25p80.c file
source build/envsetup.sh
lunch # select [1] here
mklichee
extract-bsp
make -j3
pack

Flashing the image

See PhoenixCard for a manual on how to flash Allwinners BSP images.

Board information, schematics and certifications

PineCube mainboard schematic:

PineCube faceboard schematic:

PineCube certifications:

Datasheets for components and peripherals

Allwinner (Sochip) S3 SoC information:

X-Powers AXP209 PMU (Power Management Unit) information:

CMOS camera module information:

LCD touch screen panel information:

Lithium battery information:

WiFi/BT module information: