Connecting Antenna to the Board

At the factory, there is an antenna in the package box for installation on the board. It is needed to use WiFi and Bluetooth functions. The installation method is as follows:

Downloading the Corresponding Image

Download our provided .img image file from the Network Disk🚀 in the System Image/Debian12/ directory.

• The image used in this document is: TaishanPi-3M-RK3576_Debian12-Xfce_AP6256-mSATA.img

Just look for the image file with ap6256 in its name, as this chip integrates both WiFi and Bluetooth functions.

Flashing the Image to the Development Board

Refer to Finished Image Flashing to flash the downloaded image file to the development board.

Logging into the Development Board Serial Terminal

Reference: Serial Debug Usage

Connecting to WiFi Network

Check if the wlan0 device exists:

ifconfig

If the wlan0 device exists, the WiFi driver is loaded successfully. Scan for WiFi signals around:

Press q to exit the scan interface

sudo nmcli device wifi list

Connect to wifi:

sudo nmcli dev wifi connect "WiFi_Name" password "WiFi_Password" ifname wlan0

After successful connection, you can use the ping command to test if the network is working:

Connecting Bluetooth Device

Check if the hci0 device exists:

hciconfig -a

If the hci0 device exists, the Bluetooth driver is loaded successfully. Scan for Bluetooth devices around:

sudo bluetoothctl
scan on

exit can quit the bluetoothctl interface

Connect to Bluetooth device:

pair Bluetooth_Device_MAC_Address
connect Bluetooth_Device_MAC_Address