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CB1

Product Profile

The BIGTREETECH CB1 is launched to provide a great solution to the insane shortage of Raspberry Pi CM4. It outputs signals to the motherboard via the fast and convenient two 100 pins micro BTB connection header. Moreover, it is onboard 2.4G WiFi.

Product Link: BIGTREETECH Official Website

Features Highlights

Component Specifications
CPU ALLWINNER H616, Quad-core Cortex-A53 @1.5GHz
GPU Mali G31 MP2, Support OpenGL3.2
RAM 512MB/1GB DDR3L SDRAM
Display Compatible with HDMI2.0A Interface, Support 4K Displays
USB Compatible with USB2.0 Interface
Network Support 100M Ethernet + 100M WiFi
BTB connector Having the same BTB header as the Raspberry Pi CM4

Specifications

Product Size 40mm x 55mm
Mounting Size 33mm x 48mm
Input Voltage 5V±5%/2A
Output Voltage 3.3V±2%/100mA
Output Voltage 1.8V±2%/100mA
WiFi 2.4G/802.11 b/g/n

Dimensions

Schematic

BIGTREETECH_CB1_V22_220812_SCH

Pinout

40 pin GPIO

The 40 pin GPIO on the motherboard when CB1 is used with motherboard like Manta M4P, M5P, M8P, PI4B_Adapter, etc.

Pin Signal Description Pin Signal Description
1 3.3V 2 5V
3 NC 4 5V
5 NC 6 GND
7 PC7 GPIO71 8 PH0 GPIO224, UART0_TX
9 GND 10 PH1 GPIO225, UART0_RX
11 PC14 GPIO78 12 PC13 GPIO77
13 PC12 GPIO76 14 GND
15 PC10 GPIO74 16 PC11 GPIO75
17 3.3V 18 PC9 GPIO73
19 PH7 GPIO231, SPI1_MOSI 20 GND
21 PH8 GPIO232, SPI1_MISO 22 NC
23 PH6 GPIO230, SPI1_CLK 24 NC
25 GND 26 PG8 GPIO200
27 NC 28 PG7 GPIO199
29 NC 30 GND
31 PG6 GPIO198 32 PG9 GPIO201
33 NC 34 GND
35 PC6 GPIO70 36 NC
37 PC15 GPIO79 38 PH10 GPIO234, IR_RX
39 GND 40 PC8 GPIO72

2 * 100 pins

A Pin Signal Description A Pin Signal Description
1 GND 2 GND
3 NC 4 EPHY-TXP Ethernet TX Positive
5 NC 6 EPHY-TXN Ethernet TX Negative
7 GND 8 GND
9 NC 10 EPHY-RXP Ethernet RX Positive
11 NC 12 EPHY-RXN Ethernet RX Negative
13 GND 14 GND
15 LINK_LED Ethernet LED 16 NC
17 SPD_LED Ethernet LED 18 NC
19 NC 20 NC
21 PH5 System LED(ACT) 22 GND
23 GND 24 PC15
25 PC8 26 PC6
27 PH10 28 NC
29 NC 30 PG6
31 PG9 32 GND
33 GND 34 NC
35 PG7 36 NC
37 PG8 38 PH6
39 NC 40 PH8
41 NC 42 GND
43 GND 44 PH7
45 PC9 46 PC10
47 PC11 48 PC12
49 PC13 50 PC14
51 SoC_RX DEBUG UART 52 GND
53 GND 54 PC7
55 SoC_TX DEBUG UART 56 NC
57 SDC0-CLK MicroSD Card 58 NC
59 GND 60 GND
61 SDC0-D3 MicroSD Card 62 SDC0-CMD MicroSD Card
63 SDC0-D0 MicroSD Card 64 PG11
65 GND 66 GND
67 SDC0-D1 MicroSD Card 68 PG12
69 SDC0-D2 MicroSD Card 70 PG13
71 GND 72 PG14
73 PG16 74 GND
75 NC 76 PI16 MicroSD Card detect
77 5V 78 NC
79 5V In 2A 80 NC
81 5V In 2A 82 NC
83 5V In 2A 84 3.3V Out 200mA
85 5V In 2A 86 3.3V Out 200mA
87 5V In 2A 88 1.8V Out 100mA
89 NC 90 1.8V Out 100mA
91 NC 92 PWRON
93 FEL 94 NC
95 NC 96 NC
97 NC 98 GND
99 Recovery 100 Reset
B Pin Signal Description B Pin Signal Description
101 NC 102 NC
103 USB1-DM Host USB1 104 LineOut L
105 USB1-DP Host USB1 106 LineOut R
107 GND 108 GND
109 NC 110 NC
111 TV_OUT CVBS OUT 112 NC
113 GND 114 GND
115 NC 116 NC
117 NC 118 NC
119 GND 120 GND
121 NC 122 NC
123 NC 124 NC
125 GND 126 GND
127 NC 128 USB3-DM Host USB3
129 NC 130 USB3-DP Host USB3
131 GND 132 GND
133 NC 134 USB2-DM Host USB2
135 NC 136 USB2-DP Host USB3
137 GND 138 GND
139 NC 140 USB0-DM OTG USB
141 NC 142 USB0-DP OTG USB
143 NC 144 GND
145 NC 146 NC
147 NC 148 NC
149 NC 150 GND
151 HCEC HDMI CEC 152 NC
153 HHPD HDMI HotPlug 154 NC
155 GND 156 GND
157 NC 158 NC
159 NC 160 NC
161 GND 162 GND
163 NC 164 NC
165 NC 166 NC
167 GND 168 GND
169 NC 170 HTX2P HDMI TX2 Positive
171 NC 172 HTX2N HDMI TX2 Negative
173 GND 174 GND
175 NC 176 HTX1P HDMI TX1 Positive
177 NC 178 HTX1N HDMI TX1 Negative
179 GND 180 GND
181 NC 182 HTX0P HDMI TX0 Positive
183 NC 184 HTX0N HDMI TX0 Negative
185 GND 186 GND
187 NC 188 HTXCP HDMI CLK Positive
189 NC 190 HTXCN HDMI CLK Negative
191 GND 192 GND
193 NC 194 NC
195 NC 196 NC
197 GND 198 GND
199 HSDA HDMI I2C 200 HSCL HDMI I2C

Software Configuration

Network Settings

Ethernet

Plug-and-play with an Ethernet cable, no additional setup required.

WiFi Settings

After the OS writes to the SD card, there is a FAT32 partition named BOOT, open system.cfg file with Notpad, Notpad++ or VSCode.

Tip

Set WIFI_SSID as your actual wifi name and WIFI_PASSWD as your actual wifi password, The space character can be parsed normally without additional escape character. For example:

WIFI_SSID="CB1 Tester"

After the OS writes to the SD card, there is a FAT32 partition named BOOT, open BoardEnv.txt file with Notpad, Notpad++ or VSCode.

Set as required as shown in the figure below.

The default value is console=display, This means that the UART0 of CB1 is used as the debugging port by default. We can use MobaXterm to connect to CB1 by UART0 and debug. If klipper wants to use UART0 to control the motherboard, we need to set it to console=serial, now klippe can use UART0 as /dev/ttyS0.

CB1 will automatically identify the HDMI resolution, but if your HDMI screen cannot report the resolution through the EDID normally, we can forcibly specify the resolution of CB1 output by uncomment extraargs=video and set the actual resolution.

For example:

# BTT-HDMI7 resolution = 1024x600
extraargs=video=HDMI-A-1:1024x600-24@60
# BTT-HDMI5 resolution = 800x480
extraargs=video=HDMI-A-1:800x480-24@60

Uncomment overlays=tft35_spi to enable TFT35 SPI screen.

Uncomment overlays=mcp2515 to enable MCP2515 spi to canbus module.

Uncomment overlays=tft35_spi mcp2515 If you want to use both TFT35 SPI screen and MCP2515 spi to canbus module

uncomment the following overlays and parameters to release spidev1.1 to user space, And spidev1.1 cannot be used together with TFT35_SPI and MCP2515.

overlays=spi-spidev
param_spidev_spi_bus=1
param_spidev_spi_cs=1
param_spidev_max_freq=1000000

Note

TFT35 SPI and MCP2515 multiplex a group of SPI1

SPI1_CLK=PH6
SPI1_MISO=PH8
SPI1_MOSI=PH7
TFT35_SPI_CS=PC7
MCP2515_CS=PC11
MCP2515_IRQ=PC9

SSH Connection

SSH Application

Install the ssh application Mobaxterm: https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download-home-edition.html

Insert the Micro SD card (installed OS) to motherboard, wait for system to load after power on, aprox. 1-2min. the ACT LED on the motherboard will flash continuously after startup successfully.

The device will automatically be assigned a IP address after successfully connected to the network

Find the device IP address in your router page

Or use the https://angryip.org/ tool, scan all IP address in the current network organize by names, find the IP named Hurakan, BTT-CB1 like shown below

Open Mobaxtermand click “Session”, and click “SSH”, inset the device IP into Remote host and click “OK” (note: your computer and the device needs to be in the same network)

Input the login name and password to enter the SSH terminal interface. 

login as: biqu
password: biqu

password dose not show up in terminal when type

Software Installation

  1. Download the OS Image

    Please download and install the OS image we provided: https://github.com/bigtreetech/CB1/releases

  2. Download and Install Writing Software

    The official Raspberry Pi Imager: https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

    balenaEtcher: https://www.balena.io/etcher/

    Both of the above software can be used, just choose one to download and install

  3. Format SD card

    Warning

    Formatting the SD card will remove all data in SD card. Ensure backup data before formatting.

    Normally, you can format the SD card with the tools provided by the computer system. Completely format the SD card with professional SD card format software. https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/

  4. Write OS

    Insert a MicroSD card to your computer through a card reader.

    Select the image that you downloaded.

    Select the MicroSD card and click Flash

    Warning

    Flash the image will format the MicroSD card. Be careful not to select the wrong storage device, otherwise the data will be formatted.

    Wait for the writing to finish.

Purchase Link:

https://biqu.equipment/products/pi4b-adapter-v1-0?variant=40353646051426

If you have any issues with the product, please submit a support ticket.

https://biqu3d.com/pages/submit-a-ticket

Navigation:

BIQU Official Website: http://biqu3d.com

BIGTREETECH Official Website: http://bigtree-tech.com

Online Store: https://biqu.equipment

BIGTREETECH Official Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bigtreetech

Discord: https://discord.gg/hhZsV7zk

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BIGTREETECH/