Config Tools for i.MX v8 Now Available

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We are pleased to announce that Config Tools for i.MX Application Processors v8 are now available.

The Config Tools for i.MX is a set of configuration tools that provide an efficient method
for evaluation and configuration of pins routing and DDR memory settings when designing
with NXP's application processors based on Arm® Cortex®-A cores, including i.MX MPUs.

The following tools are currently available:

Memory Tool

DDR Configuration and Validation tool allows you to create a configuration for the DDR component
and to validate the DDR configuration using various validation scenarios
Features:

• Support for iMX8M, iMX8MM and iMX8MN
• Support for multiple phy firmware version
• DDR phy support for DDR3 (untested), DDR4 and LPDDR4
• Allow users to import DDR controller and phy configuration from RPA tool
• Full PHY configuration from GUI
• Basic/Advanced user mode
• DDR controller Registers View support
• Auto-detect of available COM ports
• USB target connection
• Basic validation tests support (Write-Read-Compare, Walking Ones, Walking Zeros)
• Stress tests support (beta)
• vTSA (Virtual Timing Signal Analysis) support- RX data eye, TX data eye
• Export tests results in JPEG format
• Code generation in Uboot style
• Command line possibility

Pins Tool

The Pins Tool is used for pin routing configuration, validation and code generation, including pin
functional/electrical properties, power rails, run-time configurations.
Features:

• Desktop application
• Muxing and pin configuration with consistency checking
• Multicore support
• Localized for English and Simplified Chinese
• Mostly Connected: On-Demand device data download
• Integrates with any compiler and IDE
• Supports English and Chinese (simplified) languages, based on locale settings. Please refer to user manual for details.
• ANSI-C initialization code
• Graphical processor package view
• Multiple configuration blocks/functions
• Easy-to-use device configuration
  • Selection of Pins and Peripherals
  • Package with IP blocks
  • Routed pins with electrical characteristics
  • Registers with configured and reset values
  • Power Groups with assigned voltage levels
  • Source code for C/C++ applications
• Documented and easy to understand source code
• CSV Report and Device Tree File

Downloads & links

• To download the installer for all platforms, please login to our download site via: 
  • http://www.nxp.com/pinsimx
• Please refer to Documentation  for installation and quick start guides.
• For further information about DDR config and validation, please go to this blog post.

Whats new in v8

• Pins tool: Added muxing alt function details in HTML report.
• DDR tool
  
  • Blind support for DDR3
  • Added support for iMX8M and iMX8MN
  • Support for multiple phy firmware version
  • Improved Import from RPA tool
  • Add Basic/Advanced user mode
  • Code generation in Uboot style