Connect ​MiniPini ​card to your device via Mini PCie interface ​and startup your device.

• Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS & above.
• OpenWrt 23.05.

General rule: OS kernel needs to be >= 5.19 or use wireless backports >= 6.1.

Mango must be flashed with a firmware, which has a support for Pine chipset. An example firmware with Pine support can be downloaded from here: Example firmware. OpenWRT contains default BDF files for Pine chipset. BDF files which are made specificaly for MiniPini are provided by our company, which can downloaded here: BDF. Select correct BDF files (2x2 or 4x4), put them into the host device. Following commands shows how to chagne BDF files and activate one of the radio (2.4GHz or 5GHz):

cd /lib/firmware/ath11k/QCN9074

mv board-2.bin board-2.bin.orig

To activate 2G band:

cp /tmp/MiniPini25_4x4_2G_GoldenBin.bin board.bin

rmmod ath11k_pci; modprobe ath11k_pci

To activate 5G band:

cp /tmp/MiniPini25_4x4_5G_GoldenBin.bin board.bin

rmmod ath11k_pci; modprobe ath11k_pci

OpenWRT firmware contains default BDF files for Pine chipset. File board-2.bin must be removed. BDF files which are made specificaly for MiniPini are provided by our company, which can downloaded here: BDF. Select correct BDF files (2x2 or 4x4), put them into the host device. Following commands shows how to chagne BDF files and activate one of the radio (2.4GHz or 5GHz):

sudo su; cd /lib/firmware/ath11k/hw1.0/QCN9074

rm -f board-2.bin

To activate 2G band:

cp /tmp/MiniPini25_4x4_2G_GoldenBin.bin board.bin

rmmod ath11k_pci; modprobe ath11k_pci

To activate 5G band:

cp /tmp/MiniPini25_4x4_5G_GoldenBin.bin board.bin

rmmod ath11k_pci; modprobe ath11k_pci

With default setting your device will be available with tools such as iw, ip, ifconfig, tcpdump and ready to use. For more tools, configure your own .config on buildroot.