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Introduction

The following quick start guide provides background information about the Honeycomb Ryzen V3000 products which use the Ryzen V3000 System on module.

The guide will give a technical overview about the product and by the end of it you should be able to boot an operating system and begin testing your application.

Revision and Notes

Date	Owner	Revision	Notes
16 Jun 2024		1.0
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Hardware Setup

Product Specifications

	Honeycomb Ryzen V3000
I/Os	3 x USB 2.0 3 x USB 3.0
Networking	2 x SFP+ ports (10GbE each) 1 x 1GbE copper (RJ45)
Processor	AMD Ryzen Embedded V3C18I 8c/16t up to 3.8 GHz
Memory & Storage	Up to 64GB DDR5 4800 MTPs 2x SATA interfaces M.2 NVME GEN 4.0 x4
Misc.	BMC functionality PWM Fan header
Development and Debug interfaces	mini USB
Power	ATX standard
Expansion card I/Os	PCIe x4 Gen 4.0
Temperature	Industrial: -45°C to 85°C
Dimensions	PCBA: 170 x 170mm

Block Diagram NEEDS changes

The following figure describes the ClearFog LX2162A Block Diagram.

Developer Center > HoneyComb AMD V3000 mini ITX Quick Start Guide > ClearFog - LX2162A Block Diagram (1).jpg

Visual features overview

Please see below the features overview of the HoneyComb AMD V3000 mini ITX

Software Setup

Cable setup and prerequisites

Here is what you will need to power up the board:

Linux or Windows PC
HoneyComb AMD V3000 mini ITX
ATX 60W+
Mini-USB to USB for console, the HoneyComb Ryzen V3000 has an onboard FTDI chip.
IP router or IP switch

Recommended Cables

The following is a list of industry-standard cables, sorted by type, with the necessary compliance requirements that have been proven to work well with the ClearFog product family.

These examples are the cables which SolidRun uses for testing, and should provide enough information to source products from your preferred cable vendor.

Ethernet cable: Monoprice 24AWG Cat6A 500MHz STP
USB Cable: SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Type A Male to Female Extension Cable in Black
SFP connector: GigaLite GE-GB-P1RT-E SFP module with Monoprice 24AWG Cat6A 500MHz STP cable

Booting the machine

Download & install images:

You can use the Ubuntu server installation instructions page or download Pre-installed images.

If using the Pre-installed image, flash it to a USB stick using the following commands:

gunzip <image_name.img.gz>
dd if=<image_name.img> of=/dev/sdx bs=1M status=progress; sync

note

NOTE: check the /dev/sdx device you need using the lsblk command

Booting to OS

Insert the USB stick to the device and power it on.

Wait for the device to boot.

Very first boot might take a while due to DDR training

SFP Modules

For some SFP modules that work on SolidRun networking hardware platforms, please refer to SFP Modules .

SO-DIMM Modules

For some SO-DIMM modules that work on SolidRun hardware platforms, please refer to List of tested SO-DIMMs .

OS list

OS
	Ubuntu
	Fedora
	Windows *
	Buildroot
	FreeBSD **
	PFsense
	OPNsense

* HoneyComb AMD V3000 by default is headless and will require additional hardware to install Windows using a display adapter.
** As of JUL 7 2024 (FreeBSD 14.01) the AMD XGBE driver on FreeBSD does not fully support SFP later version will eventually have the driver fixed.

Build From Source

Buildroot image is to be added

Documentation

	File	Modified
Schematics and Board Layout		19-JUN-2024
Mechanical files	To be added