Setup

Here is detailed description on how to setup other Operating Systems. In the following description we have shown how to install other software, like mysql database server, git-cola, tomcat, phpmyadmin, codeblocks, etc. These are not strictly necessary. But, if you are planning to build java based Servlet which could access database, you need both tomcat and mysql. If can skip installation of these software for now but install them anytime in the future.

Windows

Simply run the j4210u.exe. You must have Java 1.8 or higher installed in your PC. If you do not have Java, you may get it for free from https://www.java.com/en/download/.

Mac OS X

There is an App named UhfApp in the macosx platform folder. You may run the application. But you must have Java 1.8 or higher installed in you Mac. To get Java, visit https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/ and follow instructions. Unless you are a developer, it is suggested that you install DMG instead of compressed archive. If you have Intel Mac OS X, use the app in the macosx[intel] folder. If you get the following dialog box:

Go to Privacy & Security option from the System Settings and a click on Open Anyway.

Linux

First test if the current baudrate is 57600. Type the following:

stty -F /dev/ttyACM0

prefix with sudo, if the command could not be executed by the user. If the baudrate is not 57600, then type:

stty -F /dev/ttyACM0 57600

Retype,

stty -F /dev/ttyACM0

chmod 744 j4210u.sh

You can add the above stty command in the j4210u.sh so you do not need to type the command every time you use your PC. You must have java installed. To install java, follow the same steps described in Raspberry PI section below.

Raspberry PI

Raspberry PI Rasbian image 64-bit may be downloaded from the following link https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems . Choose a 64-bit image.

Once the image is downloaded, burn the image in a micro SD card, then boot. For details on how to burn an image into SD card visit elsewhere. Boot the Banana PI from the image. If the image successfully boots, you will see the Raspbian desktop with background image and the top line containing Raspbian icon and following icons: browser, folder, terminal. Click on the Terminal icon to open a terminal window. NOTE: The default username is pi and password is raspberry

Installation

We will install the following for software development. First, you need to install Gparted to resize the partition to atleast 8GB.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gparted

java –version

This should show you the version of that is installed, otherwise and error message will be displayed if no java found.

sudo apt install default-jdk

Install Eclipse

sudo apt-get install eclipse

If the above command fails, install Eclipse manually as follows:

wget https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/2020-12/R/eclipse-java-2020-12-R-linux-gtk-aarch64.tar.gz

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server

Install CodeBlocks (For C/C++ development only)

sudo apt-get install codeblocks

Install Tomcat Server (For Java server development only)

sudo apt-get install tomcat9

Install PhpMyAdmin (For database development only)

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Change Mysql root password from blank to something else

sudo mysql -u root -p

Password is blank, simply press enter. In mysql command prompt type the following:

use mysql;
create user 'soacom'@'localhost' identified by 'soacom';
grant all on *.* to soacom@localhost;

{The following line with change the root password. Default password is blank}

alter user ‘root’@’localhost’ identified by ‘soacom’;

sudo apt-get install git-cola

Now verify Processor Architecture:

getconf LONG_BIT

Get OS Info:

cat /etc/os-release

Get System Info:

cat /proc/cpuinfo
uname -m

Banana PI

Installation

We will install the following for software development. First, you need to install Gparted to resize the partition to atleast 8GB.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gparted

Run Gparted and resize the partition to 8GB or higher. Then execute all the following commands. Download default Java Development Kit (JDK)

sudo apt install default-jdk

Install Eclipse

sudo apt-get install eclipse

Install Mysql Server

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Install CodeBlocks (For C/C++ development only)

sudo apt-get install codeblocks

Install Tomcat Server (For Java server development only)

sudo apt-get install tomcat8

Install PhpMyAdmin (For database development only)

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Change Mysql root password from blank to something else

sudo mysql -u root -p

Password is blank, simply press enter.

In mysql command prompt type the following:

use mysql;
create user 'soacom'@'localhost' identified by 'soacom';
grant all on *.* to soacom@localhost;

{The following line with change the root password. Default password is blank}

alter user ‘root’@’localhost’ identified by ‘soacom’;

Note that we created a user soacom and set the password to soacom. Open browser, type : http://localhost/phpmyadmin

sudo apt-get install git-cola

Now verify Processor Architecture:

getconf LONG_BIT

Get OS Info:

cat /etc/os-release

Get System Info:

cat /proc/cpuinfo
uname -m

Orange PI

Installation

We will install the following for software development. First, you need to install Gparted to resize the partition to atleast 8GB.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gparted

Run Gparted and resize the partition to 8GB or higher. Then execute all the following commands. Download default Java Development Kit (JDK)

sudo apt install default-jdk

Install Eclipse

wget https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/2020-12/R/eclipse-java-2020-12-R-linux-gtk-aarch64.tar.gz

Upzip the .tar.gz file and the eclipse directory will contain the eclipse executable.

Install Mysql Server

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Install CodeBlocks (For C/C++ development only)

sudo apt-get install codeblocks

Install Tomcat Server (For Java server development only)

sudo apt-get install tomcat9

Tomcat is typically installed in directory /usr/share/tomcat9. The war or ear file location is /var/lib/tomcat9

Install PhpMyAdmin (For database development only)

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Change Mysql root password from blank to something else

sudo mysql -u root -p

Password is blank, simply press enter. In mysql command prompt type the following:

sudo apt install default-jdk
use mysql;
create user 'soacom'@'localhost' identified by 'soacom';
grant all on *.* to soacom@localhost;

{The following line with change the root password. Default password is blank}

sudo apt install default-jdk
alter user ‘root’@’localhost’ identified by ‘soacom’;

sudo apt-get install git-cola

Now verify Processor Architecture:

getconf LONG_BIT

Get OS Info:

cat /etc/os-release

Get System Info:

cat /proc/cpuinfo
uname -m

BeagleBone

BeagleBone Debian image may be downloaded from the following link

Installation

We will install the following for software development. First, you need to install Gparted to resize the partition to atleast 8GB.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gparted

Run Gparted and resize the partition to 8GB or higher. Then execute all the following commands. Download default Java Development Kit (JDK)

sudo apt install default-jdk

Install Eclipse

wget https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/2020-12/R/eclipse-java-2020-12-R-linux-gtk-aarch64.tar.gz

Upzip the .tar.gz file and the eclipse directory will contain the eclipse executable. Install Mysql Server

 sudo apt-get install mysql-server

if mysql server is not found, then type:

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server

Install CodeBlocks (For C/C++ development only)

sudo apt-get install codeblocks

Install Tomcat Server (For Java server development only)

sudo apt-get install tomcat8

Install PhpMyAdmin (For database development only)

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Change Mysql root password from blank to something else

sudo mysql -u root -p

Password is blank, simply press enter. In mysql command prompt type the following:

use mysql;
create user 'soacom'@'localhost' identified by 'soacom';
grant all on *.* to soacom@localhost;

{The following line with change the root password. Default password is blank}

alter user ‘root’@’localhost’ identified by ‘soacom’;

sudo apt-get install git-cola

Now verify Processor Architecture:

getconf LONG_BIT

Get OS Info:

cat /etc/os-release

Get System Info:

cat /proc/cpuinfo
uname -m

Displaying Graphics on PC

You can display the X Windows graphics on your PC. Install Cygwin from https://www.cygwin.com and make sure to choose to install X11 and its components. Finish the installation and then go to your Windows Search menu and type “xwin”. Click on the XWin Server icon. You will see XDG Menu icon.

BeagleBone AI-64

The process to setup the AI-64 is similar to beagle bone. AI-64 can be connected to a monitor and every thing can be done on the monitor. Follow the same steps like Beagle Bone. You do not need to run Gparted to extend the partition as BB AI-64 uses the entire 16GB emmc for linux.

Mac OS X

Mac OS X on the Intel platform is replaced by M2 processor. Apple will gradually remove their support on Intel Macs. There is a version of the demo that should run on Intel Mac, but it will no longer be supported in future. Only Mac (Aarch64) macs will be supported. Later generation Mac does not need drivers for USB serial devices.

Python

Python code is developed and tested on version 3.7. Python code is available from python3 directory. To run the test utility, use: python j42xxtest.py or python3 j42xxtest.py making sure that the platform dependent driver is in the same directory. For Windows, this file(s) is(are) located in platform/win64 directory. You must copy all the DLL files to the python3 directory. For, Mac OS X, this file is libj4210u.dylib. For all other OSes, this file is libj4210u.so. Before running the test utility you must connect the device into the serial port and make sure that the right serial port is used to connect using the python code. If your Linux OS does not have Python, then it can be installed by:

sudo apt-get install python3

For GUI, you also need to install the Tkinter package for Python:

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

Alternatively, the UhfApp.py could be run in the following way:

python UhfApp.py

which will launch a Python GUI similar to UhfApp of PC as shown below.

Please click on Refresh button and select the comport of UHF device (here, it is COM14). To connect the device please clean on Connect button. If you place a UHF tag on the device and press scan button, the device will scan the tag and the unique EPC no of the tag will appear. If you fail to connect to a Serial Port, most likely your user does not have access to the port. In that case, exit the App and the the following:

sudo python3 UhfApp.py

To avoid typing sudo every time, add the current user into the serial port owner group as follows:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

where dialout is the user group of root (in Ubuntu). Now you can run UhfApp.py without sudo.

One can see the details of the tag such as Chip Type, Total Memory, PWD Size, EPC Size, TID Size as well as USER size by double clicking on the EPC number.