Thanks for all the great work here. I am just starting to assemble mu Uconsole.
I have had the kit for a while but I wanted to upgrade with some hacker gadget parts so I waited until I had everything. I have the HG CM5 carrier card, new HG AIO board with 7 connector antenna board, CM5 module lite 8G and HG Battery board with Nvme socket. I have some questions that may be in here somewhere and I apologize if I am asking things that have been answered already.
I am not sure if there is a preferred order to the antennas on the antenna board. I noticed the SDR antenna appears to use the connector on the side panel with the Rj45 and USB connectors. The leaves wifi (on CM5 board), LORA and GPS. I would imagine it doesn’t really matter but I could be wrong.
Do I need a battery for the CM5 RT clock? I see battery holder on the AIO card and a connector on the CM4/5 carrier board not sure which is the correct one or battery spec.
Do I need to update CM5 firmware? I saw a post where it needs to be updated. Where could I find the procedure.
What image is best if I want a general purpose machine but with the SDR support? I see Rex has done some great work here.
If I image an SD card to test it but then want to switch to a 256 GB NVME drive can I copy the image from the SD and just have it boot to the NVME first. Or do Ineed to image the NVME in a separate device.
Thanks so much for the support and any answers you may be able to help with, I am really looking forward to get this running and have some fun,
I am not sure if there is a preferred order to the antennas on the antenna board. I noticed the SDR antenna appears to use the connector on the side panel with the Rj45 and USB connectors. The leaves wifi (on CM5 board), LORA and GPS. I would imagine it doesn’t really matter but I could be wrong.
Mine from left to right is:
2x Wifi + 2x BT for AC1200 card → SDR → wifi on CM5 → GPS.
My Lora is on the side panel.
Do I need a battery for the CM5 RT clock? I see battery holder on the AIO card and a connector on the CM4/5 carrier board not sure which is the correct one or battery spec.
Yes, it seems that the new board doesn’t come with the battery, at least not for mine. You need a CR1220 battery.
Do I need to update CM5 firmware? I saw a post where it needs to be updated. Where could I find the procedure.
Better off just flash the new images that @Rex made.
If I image an SD card to test it but then want to switch to a 256 GB NVME drive can I copy the image from the SD and just have it boot to the NVME first. Or do Ineed to image the NVME in a separate device.
Be aware of booting from NVME. First it’s a power hog, your battery life would drop noticeably. Second you would need to be cautious when choosing the SSD. You need the low power ones.
TBH, I don’t feel it’s worth the hassle. With the new adapter board, EMMC CM5s are the best choice overall. Great stability, low power, optimal speeds (250MB/s R + 100MB/s W or higher, with good enough 4K IOPS).
Thanks for the reply I appreciate it. I didn’t think about the power draw of an NVMe. I have one probably not low power. I have a CM5 Lite also I will use an probably boot from SD for now. Keep my eye out for an EMMC version. Not sure how to image an EMMC but plenty of time to learn.
it’s quite easy, since you already have got the new adapter board, it comes with a usb-c port that can be used to flash emmc. there is a jumper swithc on the board,
just flip 1 and 2 both to the right side, then run raspberry pi’s usbboot/rpiboot tool, then it would be mounted as a flash drive. then you can flash it using flash tools just as normal.
After it’s done, flip the switches back to left. Then you’re all set.
