ARCA-V2

ARCA-V2 Series Wireless Connectivity Hubs

ARCA-V2 systems combine wireless communication (cellular WAN, WiFi/BLE LAN) with a power CPU system (TI BeagleBone compatible) and several wired interfaces such as Ethernet, USB, I2C. It is a multi-function system which can be used as:

• LAN to WAN Router gateway
• Data aggregator from a local network of devices
• Sensor to Cloud Gateway
• Remote access control system for industrial equipment

Software Setup Guide

WiFi & BLE

ARCA-V2 has Realtek RTL8723BU chipset for WiFi+BLE.
RTL8723BU is an 802.11bgn 2.4G single-chip that integrates Wireless LAN (WLAN) and a network USB interface (USB 2.0) controller with integrated Bluetooth 2.1/3.0/4.0 controller.

In ARCA-V2 pre-compiled Yantrr Boot Image the WiFI interface wlan0 is configured in Master Mode i.e. AP/Hotspot mode. The default SSID of ARCA's WiFi hot-spot is its Board Serial Number and the password is yantrrI0T.

Instructions

• For checking RTL8723BU on USB Bus

root@Yantrr:~# lsusb 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 19d2:ffeb ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:b720 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub