Qxwlan E1700AC V2

Qxwlan E1700AC V2

Important Notice

First version of these boards are using different mtd layout, with ART data at the end. You should not use v2 images on v1 board because it will result in lost of ART data!

Supported Versions

Hardware Highlights

Installation

Flash instruction (using U-Boot CLI and tftp server):

Configure PC with static IP 192.168.1.10 and tftp server.
Rename ...sysupgrade.bin filename to firmware.bin and place it in tftp server directory.
Connect PC with one of RJ45 ports, power up the board and press “enter” key to access U-Boot CLI.
Use the following command to update the device to OpenWrt: “run lfw”.

Flash instruction (using U-Boot web-based recovery):

Configure PC with static IP 192.168.1.xxx(2-254).
Connect PC with one of RJ45 ports, press the reset button, power up the board and keep button pressed for around 6-7 seconds, until LEDs start flashing.
Open your browser and enter 192.168.1.1, select “sysupgrade” image and click the upgrade button.

U-boot controller

U-Boot 1.1.4 (Jun 27 2018 - 11:25:54)                                
                                                                                                             
E1700AC (QCA956X) U-Boot                                                       
                                                                              
DRAM:  16bit ddr2 128 MB                                                                                                   
FLASH:  Winbond W25Q128 (16 MB)                                                 
                                                                              
LED on during eth initialization...                                             
                                                                              
eth0 up                                                                         
eth0                                                                            
Setting 0x181162c0 to 0xb2d02100                                                
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0                                                
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Default FLASH Layout

m25p80 spi0.0: found w25q128, expected m25p80
m25p80 spi0.0: w25q128 (16384 Kbytes)
7 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device spi0.0

Partition	Start	End	Size	Erasesize	Name
mtd0	0x000000000000	0x000000040000	0x00040000	0x00010000	u-boot
mtd1	0x000000040000	0x000000050000	0x00010000	0x00010000	u-boot-env
mtd2	0x000000050000	0x000000060000	0x00010000	0x00010000	pri-data
mtd3	0x000000060000	0x000000070000	0x00010000	0x00010000	art
mtd4	0x000000700000	0x0000001D0000	0x00160000	0x00010000	kernel
mtd5	0x0000001D0000	0x000001000000	0x00e30000	0x00010000	rootfs
mtd6	0x000000070000	0x000001000000	0x00F90000	0x00010000	firmware

Hardware

Info

Architecture	MIPS
bootloader	web u-boot
System-On-Chip	QCA9563 + QCA9880 + QCA8334
CPU/Speed	MIPS24Kc 750 MHz
Flash size	16 MB NOR-Flash
RAM	128 MB DDR2 RAM
Wireless	WiFi g/n with QCA9563, WiFi 11ac with QCA9880
Ethernet	2x 10/100/1000 Base-T(X) (one port support POE)
Antenna	3T3R 2.4 GHz 3T3R 5 GHz (3T3R 2.4/5 GHz) UFL*9
USB	1x 2.0 (host), 1x miniUSB (slave)
PCIE	1x miniPCIE
SIM	1x microSIM slot
Serial	YES (via miniUSB or RS232 (soldering needed))
LED	Standard Ethernet LED's, WIFI LED
Hardware buttons	reset button
Power	1x DC jack for main power input (9-48 V)
Board Size	140 x 102 x 10mm (L x W x H)

Specification

750/400/250 MHz (CPU/DDR/AHB)
128 MB of RAM (DDR2)
8/16 MB of FLASH (SPI NOR)
3T3R 2.4 GHz (QCA9563) with external FEM (SKY85309-11)
3T3R 5 GHz (QCA9880) with external FEM (SKY85728-11)
2x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (one port with PoE support)
1x miniPCIe slot (USB 2.0 bus only)
5x LED (4 driven by GPIO)
1x 2-pos switch
UART (J5) and LEDs (J13) headers on PCB

Photos

Serial

Serial connection settings: 115200 8N1, no hardware flow control.

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