View Source MangoPi MQ Pro Support

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This is the base Nerves System configuration for the MangoPi MQ Pro.

The MangoPi MQ Pro works well, but there are active updates upstream and here. Backwards incompatible changes may be out of our control.

MangoPi MQ Pro


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FeatureDescription
CPU1 GHz 64 bit RISC-V
Memory512 MB or 1 GB DRAM
StorageMicroSD
Linux kernel6.1 w/ patches
IEx terminalUART ttyS0
GPIO, I2C, SPIYes - Elixir Circuits
DisplayYes, but not supported yet
ADCNo
PWMYes, but no Elixir support
UARTttyS0
CameraYes, but not supported yet
EthernetNo
WiFiOnboard WiFi
RTCNo
HW WatchdogYes

Using

The most common way of using this Nerves System is create a project with mix nerves.new and add mangopi_mq_pro references where needed and in a similar way to the default systems like bbb, etc. Then export MIX_TARGET=mangopi_mq_pro. See the Getting started guide for more information.

If you need custom modifications to this system for your device, clone this repository and update as described in Making custom systems.

Example use

This example assumes some familiarity with Nerves. To use this system, you'll need OTP 25. Follow the Nerves installation instructions for additional system dependencies.

Creating a new hello world application:

mix nerves.new hello_mango
cd hello_mango

Open up your mix.exs and add :mangopi_mq_pro to the @all_targets list at the top. It's ok to delete targets that you don't plan on using.

Then add the :nerves_system_mango_mq_pro dependency to the deps function:

    {:nerves_system_mangopi_mq_pro, "~> 0.1", runtime: false, targets: :mangopi_mq_pro},

This will load the latest released version. To use the latest code on the main branch here, add the following line:

    {:nerves_system_mangopi_mq_pro, runtime: false, targets: :mangopi_mq_pro, nerves: [compile: true], git: "https://github.com/nerves-project/nerves_system_mangopi_mq_pro", branch: "main"}

To build and write to a MicroSD card, run:

export MIX_TARGET=mangopi_mq_pro
mix deps.get
mix firmware
mix burn

Console access

The console is configured to output to the UART on pins 8 and 10 on the 40-pin GPIO connector. This is just like the Raspberry Pi. A 3.3V FTDI cable is needed to access the output.

Networking

The board has two network interfaces, a WiFi module and a virtual Ethernet on the USB C connector marked "OTG". If virtual Ethernet isn't working for you, try a different USB cable. You're welcome.

GPIO

The following table is a mapping between the logical GPIO numbers used in software (sysfs, Circuits.GPIO), and the pin numbers on the 20x2 Raspberry Pi header. For example, to control pin 11 you would open a connection to GPIO 117:

{:ok, pin} = Circuits.GPIO.open(117, :output)
GPIOPinPinGPIO
12
20534
20456
397840
91041
117111237
1181314
32151633
1718110
1920
212265
2324
2526111
1452728144
422930
43313264
443334
38353634
113373835
394036

Schematics and datasheets

Thanks

The most helpful Allwinner D1 information comes from linux-sunxi.org/Allwinner_Nezha. All of the work here wouldn't have been possible with out it. Thanks especially to smaeul's Allwinner D1 Linux fork

Here are more useful links:

Image credit: This image is from mangopi.cc.