HummingBoard Ripple & RZ/G2LC SOM Quick Start Guide

Introduction

The following quick start guide provides background information about the HummingBoard RZ/G2LC.

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

Date	Owner	Revision	Notes
Nov 23, 2022	Yazan Shhady	1.0	Initial release
Feb 28, 2023	Yazan Shhady	1.1	Updated SW Versions
May 15, 2023	Yazan Shhady	1.2	Updated SD SW Versions
Nov 18, 2024	Yazan Shhady	1.3	Updated the documentation to reflect the eMMC speed mode as HighSpeed
Table of Contents	1 Introduction 2 Revision and Notes 3 Hardware Setup 3.1 Product specifications 3.2 Block Diagram 3.3 Visual features overview 4 Software Setup 4.1 Cable setup and prerequisites 5 Boot Select 6 Generating Yocto, Buildroot and Debian image 7 Booting from SD card 7.1 More Features 7.1.1 List Of Supported OS 8 Build from source 9 Documentation 10 Related Articles

Hardware Setup

Product specifications

	HUMMINGBOARD RZ/G2LC

	HUMMINGBOARD RZ/G2LC
I/Os	2 x USB 3.0 1 x MIPI-CSI
Networking	1 x Ethernet RJ45 10/100 1 x 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac WiFi and Bluetooth (2.4 GHz)
Processor	Renesas RZ/G2LC Dual core Arm Cortex A55 up to 1.2GHz + Cortex M33
Memory & Storage	Up to 2GB DDR4 8GB eMMC (Mode: HighSpeed) [*] MicroSD
Display	micro HDMI
Misc.	1 x Reset button 1 x Configurable push button 3 x LED indicators RTC
Development and Debug interfaces	Micro USB
Power	7V – 36V
Expansion card I/Os	mikroBUS header Mini Pcie with SIM holder
Temperature	Commercial: 0°C to 70°C Industrial: -40°C to 85°C
Dimensions	PCBA: 100 x 70mm Enclosure: 120 x 80 x 30mm
Enclosure	Extruded aluminium

[*] eMMC Speed Mode: HighSpeed (up to 52MHz)

Supported with RZ/G2LC SOM. For more detailed information about our SOM-RZ/G2LC series please visit this user manual : RZ/G2LC SOM Hardware User Manual .

Block Diagram

The following figure describes the RZ/G2LC Block Diagram.

Visual features overview

Please see below the features overview of the connector side of the HummingBoard RZ/G2LC