Accessories for the VisionFive 2 - Guide and Questions

VisionFive 2 （English Forum)
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Hi fellow early adopters,

EDIT: Can only post 2 Links so i just used the description instead so you can find it.

I just ordered mine from Waveshare and hope it will arrive soon in Germany.

I’m on the hunt for compatible hardware and stuff i need to get it running first.

So i thought i would make a list what i think is working and what i need.

I will share this list here and we can curate it together and make a good starting point for others.

I bought mine with the WiFI option so it will be included. I hope till i get mine shipped the drivers will be included in the Debian build. Hopefully also it gets a FW upgrade but i doubt that will be the case.

I tried my best to research if this item will work and looked into some threads here in the forum but i cant guarantee it.

So anyhow here is the list:

Heatsink:
Enzotech CNB-S1L Northbridge Kühler

Fan:
Noctua NF-A4x10 5V, Leiser Premium-Lüfter, 3-Pin, 5V Version (40x10mm, Braun)

Good and Fast SDCard:
SanDisk 64 GB Extreme PRO microSDXC-Karte + SD-Adapter + RescuePRO Deluxe, bis zu 200 MB/s, mit A2 App Performance, UHS-I, Class 10, U3, V30

USB-Extension for the UART adpter:
RAVIAD USB 2.0 Verlängerung Kabel 2M, USB Verlängerungskabel USB A Stecker auf A Buchse Nylon

PowerSupply:
[Offizielle Standard 5.1V 3.5A 17.9W] Raspberry Pi 4 Netzteil, iUniker USB C Netzteil mit ON/Off Schalter

NVME for Storage:
WD Blue SN570 NVMe SSD

UART-TTL USB Adapter:
AZDelivery UART-TTL USB Adapter

This should get me going I think.

Also my first question for you.

Will this night vision cam work:

I would like to build a (night) camera system with a LCD screen to check it.

What LCD screen would you recommend ?

Im lookin into this one:

or this one:
Waveshare 5 Zoll Touchscreen Display für Raspberry Pi DSI LCD Bildschirm 800×480 Monitor für Raspberry Pi 4B 3B+ 3A+ 3B 2B B+ A + CM3/3+ Kompatibel mit Raspbian Ubuntu Kali WIN10 IoT RetroPie

Will they work ? Will touch work ?

Any recommendations and tipps ?

Also i plan to design an 3d printed case for the VF2.

Thanks!

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Ok so these Displays should all work:

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The fan header on the board is 2-pin not 3-pin BTW.

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Yeah i kow there should be an adapter in the box for a 2pin fan header

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How are temps with the S1L alone? Is the nocuta on top a bit of overkill, isn’t it? Saw even a S1 with the nocuta…Quite huge?

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I have a USB<->Serial part from AdaFruit which works fine with VisionFive 2 board.

The screen command I use from RaspBerryPi4/Raspian Linux is
vvv===vvv
screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
^^^===^^^

When you plug in the USB->Serial, you can check the device by “dmesg |tail -40” or so and it should show up.

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Yeah the heatsink is enough for normal operations but i read if you do compiling for a long time it could get to the brink where a fan is needed.

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Thank you. Unfortunately it is very expensive. Any alternatives of that size?

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Ok so if i use this i can see the boot process ? I got a Serial adapter from AZdelivery.
Thanks man

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Yes you can.

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If you meant the heat sink, this link might be helpful.

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Yes I meant the heatsink. With the fan on top it costs almost as much as den V2 :smile:

Your link monstrous :smile: Thank you.

Looking more for something like the “smaller one”:

http://www.enzotech.com/cnb_s1l.htm

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Found it cheaper: https://www.amazon.de/Enzotech-Corp-CNB-S1L-Northbridge-Kühler/dp/B002BX08IS I think i will order this one. I like to low profile.

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To enter the user in sudoers, I connected a Waveshare 7inch IPS Capacitive Touch Screen 1024x600 and a wireless Illuminated Living-Room Keyboard K830. The duo costs more than I paid for the VisionFive2 with 8GB and WiFi at Waveshare, but I’ve been using the keyboard to set up Linux systems from time to time for 8 years.

The keyboard can lie on the lap when the desk is too full again. I have also crawled under the table with the 7" touch screen and keyboard to try something out on an open tower case.

Touch screen as well as the keyboard with USB Unifying receiver worked immediately with VisionFive2 software v2.8.0

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Everyone knows htop and if a console is available, it’s hard to beat, but on a router, a pi-hole, a Stratum 1 NTP, or a NAS, hardly anyone will permanently connect a console. That’s where LCD4Linux comes in, this software allows the easy use of very different displays for status indication.
Long story short, I connected an LCD2USB to my VisionFive 2 and activated it. It is possible to combine the open source software with self-built open source hardware, or to buy ready-made LCD from other manufacturers. As examples:
Till Harbaum LCD2USB
FriendlyELEC LCD2USB
Adafruit USB + Serial RGB Backlight Character LCD Backpack
Matrix Orbital Displays

To use an LCD2USB on the VisionFive 2, I installed the following packages:
sudo apt install lm-sensors usbutils libusb-0.1-4 lcd4linux
After that, pretty much at the end of /etc/lcd4linux.conf, I made two changes:
Deactivated the driver NULL: display ‘NULL’ becomes #display ‘NULL’.
and activated LCD2USB instead: #Display ‘LCD2USB’ becomes Display ‘LCD2USB’.
Afterwards, a first test ran successfully immediately: sudo lcd4linux -Fvv
Here is a short video of the first test.

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I found this usb to uart as well that comes in an aluminum shell:

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Would this power adapter be compatible?

  • 5V 4A Power Adapter Charger
  • USB Type C
  • 100-240V Input
  • 20W Power
  • Supply for Jetson Nano 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 Orange Pi 5/4 LTS/3LTS
  • EU US UK AU plug
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Be very careful buying USB-serial adapters and cables off Aliexpress, there’s an awful lot of total garbage out there, fake chips, zero-quality-control assembly, copied circuits that they didn’t quite get right, and so on. If you’re going to get one, look for a seller that’s been recommended by other users, e.g. on discussion boards, for selling legit, functional cables.

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I can only underline that. It can be very expensive and painful if the cheap USB-serial adapter grills your SBC. In my humble opinion, the Industrial USB TO TTL Converter from Waveshare has a very good price-performance ratio and is my recommendation to buy.

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+1 for that, Waveshare do good-quality stuff, pulled apart one of their converters a few years ago and it was well made.