IBASE SMARC-EVK1 User Manual

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SMARC Evaluation Kit

In order to use the evaluation kit, you will need to install an Operating System (OS) onto
onboard eMMC by recovery SD card. An Operating System is the set of basic programs
and utilities that allow your computer to run.

These instructions will guide you through installing a recovery program on your SD card
that will allow you to easily install different OS’s and to recover your card when needed.

1. Insert an SD card that is 4GB or greater in size into your computer

2. Format the SD card

i. Download the SD Association's Formatting Tool (

SD Card Formatter 4.0

) from

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/

ii. Install and run the Formatting Tool on your machine
iii. Set "FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT" option to "ON" in the "Options" menu
iv. Check that the SD card you inserted matches the one selected by the Tool
v. Click the “Format” button

3. Download the target operating system image from the DVD/ or FTP

(Descripted in previous page)

4. Download the Win32DiskImager from

http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ and use it to restore the target
operating system.

And then, flash the Android/ Linux image into your SD card in your PC (Windows).

6. Please check the DIP switch and make sure it can boot from SD Card.
(See 2.3

Boot on the SMARC starter kit )

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