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This doc show how to use i.MX8QXP Display Controller GammaCor unit to tune gamma. HW: i.MX8QXP MEK board, HDMI monitor SW: i.MX Linux 4.14.98_2.2.0 BSP release, patch in this doc 1.Introduce gamma The gamma, gamma correction, gamma encoding, gamma compression , these words all related one kind operation , see wiki page of it: The device used for image capture/print/display follow this power-law. For example the camera captured image , to view this image on display device as good as original captured image : gamma encoding when camera saved sensor data to image file,  and  gamma decoding when that image file display on your PC LCD monitor. That is : 2. i.MX8QXP Display Controller Gamma Correction Unit The Gamma Correction unit position is located between Frame Gen unit and TCon unit.   More detail see below contents from i.MX8QXP RM: So GammaCor unit could be used as adjust display gamma , or brightness or contrast. To used it, need follow the steps at RM 15.9.2.4.4.8.3.   Something need to note: You need program 33 sample point value into the register, these sample point value range is from 0 to 1023. Note, first write is start sample point value , then the other is delta value: current sample point minus previous sample point value. You can use GammaCor unit on any channel of R/G/B. If you use normalized function f(x), the following formula should be used to clut[i = 0..32] = round( f(i * 32 / 1023) * 1023) 3. i.MX8QXP Linux device driver patch and test code Apply attached  patch 8qxp_dpu_gammacor_4.14.98_2.2.0.diff on Linux kernel. In the kernel patch, function dpu_gammacor_update, I choose not calculate delta value between each sample pint , let user space application calculate delta value and passed to kernel. Apply 8qxp-dpu-gammacor-modetst.diff on libdrm-imx, to get test application which is based on modetest.  Test app will read one greyscale image file 720P.rgb, put it under same folder of test application , calculate sample point value by pow function  , and calling drmModeCrtcSetGamma to pass related value to kernel,  next loop will change sample point value, and will see that greyscale image will changed on HDMI monitor. After system boot up, run below cmd to check result of test application systemctl stop weston ./gamma_show_rgba.out -P 29@32:1280x720@AB24 Reference: a>https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=IMX8DQXPRM b>https://www.nxp.com/webapp/Download?colCode=L4.14.98_2.2.0_MX8QXP&appType=license c> https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/libdrm-imx/ d> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_correction

Debugging with Eclipse and GDB on Linux user space This is a good open-source choice to debug i.MX processors. The integration of popular tools like Eclipse and GDB offers a good and stable connection between host and target. The first step is to install the tools on host. Click here to get instructions of how to install the tools. Let's debug a ready hello world program into the ltib. To extract the hello world package, type on ltib directory: $./ltib -m prep -p helloworld Change the code of hello.c to: #include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char** argv) {     int i;     for (i = 0; i < 100; ++ i)     {         printf(“Welcome to GDB ! %d /n”, i);     }     return 0; } Change the Makefile to add debug symbols Change the two following lines from: CFLAGS = -Wall CXXFLAGS = -Wall To: CFLAGS = -Wall -g CXXFLAGS = -Wall -g Build and deploy the new source-code: $./ltib –p helloworld –m scbuild $./ltib –p helloworld –m scdeploy Configuring the Target On target, gdbserver needs to be run to perform debug. The gdbserver command has the following structure: gdbserver ip_host:port /full/path/app/app_name If gdbserver is not installed on target, select gdb package on ltib configuration. In this example our host has the 192.168.16.35 IP address and our HelloWorld application is located at /usr/bin/hello on the target board. Execute the gdbserver: gdbserver 192.168.16.35:10000 /usr/bin/hello You can use other port number as long as you use the same number when configuring the Eclipse. Setting a GDB Debug Session on Eclipse Now we will configure Eclipse C/C++ to start a GDB session with our remote i.MX board. We will need to know which is the target board’s IP address. To get your target’s IP address: /sbin/ifconfig In our example the target board has the 192.168.16.36 IP address. Open-up Eclipse and choose the C/C++ perspective. We will import the HelloWorld executable built by LTIB. Go to the menu File -> Import You will see the “Import” screen. Select “C/C++ Executable” option. Hit the “Next” button. Eclipse automaticaly creates a new project when whe use the “Import” option. In the next screen, select the “Search Directory” option and hit the “Browse” button. This session is incomplete and is being edited...

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Q: How to setup camera under Android? helping a customer (RTX) debug some issues with camera. They're using i.MX 6Solo and Android 13.4-GA on custom hardware. They added a new camera driver which seems to work when using small console capture program (no gui, no preview), so the route from camera to /dev/video0 seems to work. However, when they try to use camera from Android, entire system freezes. They located the crash to following line in ipu_common.c which basically enables camera CSI0: ipu_cm_write(ipu, reg | IPU_CONF_CSI0_EN, IPU_CONF); While investigating IPU setup, we noticed that CPMEM setup for IDMAC channel 0 is "off": ch 0 word 0 - 00000000 25800000 00000000 E0000000 00077C4F ch 0 word 1 - 01B086B0 00394EC0 0087C000 00009FC0 0000027F As seen from above, EBA0 points to 0x0D843580 and EBA1 to 0x0E53B000, which is in EIM memory space, not DDR memory space, which probably causes issues. We're not sure what could be causing this as camera driver doesn't provide any such address and mostly just handles communication to camera chip. But something gets off in Android framework and we could use any hints about what to look for. A: You can reference to the "i.MXAndroidR13.4GAAdvancedUserGuide.html" "3 Camera&Video Recorder customization" for how to change the camera in Android. Another thing needs be checked is the camera sensor driver, you can reference to "kernel_imx\drivers\media\video\mxc\capture\ov5642.c", "static struct v4l2_int_ioctl_desc ov5642_ioctl_desc", did you implemented the same v4l2_int_ioctl_desc functions? Customer HW is set up so that DDR memory space starts at 0x80000000. This causes problems in myandroid/hardware/imx/mx6/libcamera/CamerHAL.cpp when obtaining buffer addresses where camera should store data. GPU will only return OFFSET into 2GB memory space it can address, so it will return an address below 0x80000000. This needs to be adjusted before passing onto V4L2 when starting capturing.

In order to run the QT5 demos on i.MX6 you should follow the instructions on this link: Building QT for i.MX6 Some of the demos on the release such as  /examples/opengl/hellogl_es2,  consist of a group of multiple widgets appearing on the screen. Normally these demos should work OK in a windowed environment such as Wayland or X11. In the case of Linux only environment, the plugin that draws to the screen is called EGLFS. This plugin has the restriction that it only supports one single widget at a time on the screen surface. Then demos such as hellogl_es2 are *not intended* to work along with this plugin, and it will never work. The errors found when using EGLFS consist on: These issues can be seen in the Qt OpenGL examples.  "hellogl_es2" and "2dpaint" seem to display one rendered frame and then break --   "hellogl_es2" shows the QT word and bubbles, and the GUI is hidden, while  "2dpaint" just shows the openGL version without label. It seems that when including  a QGLWidget on a form, the QGLWidget would work OK, but the rest of the form would not appear. I couldn't click any buttons or do anything.   Along with these problems I would also see one or more of these error messages in the output:   * This plugin does not support setParent!   * This plugin does not support propagateSizeHints()   * QOpenGLContext::swapBuffers() called with non-opengl surface However other demos such as hellowindow work well with EGLFS because they are single widget.  Also all demos created with qtquick will work OK since all visual QML items are rendered as a single widget using the scene graph, a low-level, high-performance rendering stack, closely tied to OpenGL. This is better explained here: Qt5 QPainter vs. QML &amp; Scene Graph.

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This ppt provides a tutorial about how to add 24bit LVDS support in Android for iMX6QD.

<analytics uacct="UA-5520491-1" /> How to enable WIFI support for i.MX53 QSB Android After applying every QSB patch, enable WiFi support according to your hardware. Android R4 can be downloaded from Adeneo´s website. AR6102  Change file device/fsl/imx53_loco/BoardConfig.mk -BOARD_WLAN_CHIP_AR6102  := false +BOARD_WLAN_CHIP_AR6102  := true AR6003  Change file device/fsl/imx53_loco/BoardConfig.mk -BOARD_WLAN_CHIP_AR6003  := false +BOARD_WLAN_CHIP_AR6003  := true After complete build ar6000.ko will be created under /system/etc/modules To turn WIFI on, go to Settings > Wireless & network s > Wi-Fi Error message case  In case logcat shows the following error message: E/WifiHW  ( 2086): Cannot access "/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf":Permission denied Reconfigure nfs server file /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server delete this line:   RPCMOUNTDOPT=--manage-gids

SW: Linux 4.14.98_2.2.0 bsp release , gpu sdk 5.3.0 and patch in this doc HW: i.MX8QXP MEK board Inspired by the GIMP adjust color curve tool,  I write similar gui test code for i.MX8QXP gamma curve tuning. That is on display will show one linear curve first, use mouse to change any part of this curve, after that calculate value of point on changed curve , then pass related value to i.MX8QXP DPU gammcor unit , at last the display effect will be changed by DPU. When test code start up , will draw Y=X curve on display, that will from (0,0) to (500, 500) to (1023,1023). After you use mouse drag some part of the curve, will generated a new point (x_new, y_new) which is not on original Y=X curve. Then need draw a new curve that pass  through the (0,0) , (500, 500) , (x_new, y_new), (1023,1023).  That new curve , i choose to use Catmull-Rom Splines to get it. Use Catmull-Rom Splines for approximate a curve that pass through n point, then need n+2 control point. Extra 2 point could be selected as you want ,and they will affect the shape of the curve. Catmull-Rom Splines could pass through all control point, it is C1 continuity, no convex hull property. For example, there is four control point p0, p1 , p2 , p3,  to draw the curve pass through all of them, it could divide to segment p0 to p1 , segment p1 to p2 , segment p2 to p3. For segment p1 to p2 , select four control point as p0,p1, p2, p3, use Catmull-Rom Splines as below: For segment p0 to p1 , need use four control point as p0, p0, p1, p2: For segment p2 to p3, need use four control point as p1, p2, p3, p3: In this test code,  i will use gpu vertex shader to calculate each segment of curve, then use transform feedback to read back point value of each segment to cpu side, cpu side will pass related value to DPU gammcor unit for gamma tuning.   Test steps: Apply 8qxp_dpu_gammacor_4.14.98_2.2.0.diff on linux-imx for i.MX8QXP DPU device driver. Apply dpu_gamma_curve_gpusdk5.3.0.diff on imx-gpu-sdk for build this gui test code. Update the new kernel image, and copy test code to rootfs. Run any other application first to draw some thing on screen, for example  /usr/share/cinematicexperience-1.0/Qt5_CinematicExperience. Then run gui test code in this code, S01_SimpleTriangle_Wayland. Then there will show one linear curve on display , use mouse to change the curve as you like by put mouse cursor close to the curve, press the mouse button , drag it and release the mouse button, you will see the new curve on display , and also the display effect also be changed. Reference: 1>https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-processors/i-mx-applications-processors/i-mx-8-processors/i-mx-8x-family-arm-cortex-a35-3d-graphics-4k-video-dsp-error-correcting-code-on-ddr:i.MX8X  2>https://www.nxp.com/design/software/embedded-software/linux-software-and-development-tools/embedded-linux-for-i-mx-applications-processors:IMXLINUX?tab=Design_Tools_Tab  3>https://github.com/NXPmicro/gtec-demo-framework  4>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_Hermite_spline  5>http://www.mvps.org/directx/articles/catmull

i.MX6X Core Board HW User Guide.pdf

For more information verify the U-Boot User Manual[1].   First all configure your board IP, your host IP and the gateway IP:   => setenv ipaddr 10.29.244.91   => setenv serverip 10.29.244.27   => setenv gatewayip 10.29.244.27 You don't need to set the gatewayip when using cross'cable! Save this configuration to flash: => saveenv   Download the file to board RAM: => tftp 0x80000000 zImage   Where:   400000 is the memory position where the file will be placed;   zImage is the file that will be downloaded from TFTP server.  

The i.MX27 multimedia applications processors balance high performance with low power consumption through an intelligent combination of dedicated hardware video accelerators and a fast ARM926EJ-S™ core. Both the i.MX27 and the i.MX27L processors provide an array of connectivity options and robust security. The rich feature set of the i.MX 27 processors make them an excellent choice for video- and voiceover- IP (V2IP) cordless and mobile phones, intelligent remote controls, point-of-sale terminals, control devices, low to mid end PNDs and many other wireless applications. i.MX Family Comparison Product Information on Freescale.com i.MX27 Multimedia Applications Processor i.MX27L Multimedia Applications Processor Evaluation/Development Boards and Systems IMX27PDK:  i.MX27 Development Kit Bootloader Compiling U-Boot for iMX27ADS Installing U-Boot on iMX27ADS Embedded Software and Tools Android OS for i.MX Applications Processors Partners / 3rd-Party Development Tools STK5:  Starter-Kit V for TX Modules with Freescale i.MX Processors (Karo Electronics) Additional Resources i.MX27 ADS Adding USB Host2 i.MX27 D1 Capture Kernel 2.6.22 Compiling U-Boot for i.MX27ADS IMX27-ADS i.MX27 ADS Board Flashing I.MX27 ADS Board Video i.MX27 ADS Board TV Out i.MX 27 ADS Adding USB Host2 i.MX 27 ADS Board Video GST Encode i.MX 27 ADS Board Video GST Play i.MX 27 ADS Compiling Linux Kernel Mainline i.MX 27 mDDR Issue i.MX 27 PDK I.MX27 PDK Board Flashing IMX27-Lite-Kit i.MX 27 Video GST Caps Installing U-Boot on i.MX27ADS

The following document contains a list of document, questions and discussions that are relevant in the community based on amount of views. If you are having a problem, doubt or getting started in i.MX processors, you should check the following links to see if your doubt is in there. Yocto Project Freescale Yocto Project main page‌ Yocto Training - HOME‌ i.MX Yocto Project: Frequently Asked Questions‌ Useful bitbake commands‌ Yocto Project Package Management - smart  How to add a new layer and a new recipe in Yocto  Setting up the Eclipse IDE for Yocto Application Development Guide to the .sdcard format  Yocto NFS &amp; TFTP boot  YOCTO project clean  Yocto with a package manager (ex: apt-get)  Yocto Setting the Default Ethernet address and disable DHCP on boot.  i.MX x Building QT for i.MX6  i.MX6/7 DDR Stress Test Tool V3.00  i.MX6DQSDL DDR3 Script Aid  Installing Ubuntu Rootfs on NXP i.MX6 boards  iMX6DQ MAX9286 MIPI CSI2 720P camera surround view solution for Linux BSP i.MX Design&amp;Tool Lists  Simple GPIO Example - quandry  i.MX6 GStreamer-imx Plugins - Tutorial &amp; Example Pipelines  Streaming USB Webcam over Network  Step-by-step: How to setup TI Wilink (WL18xx) with iMX6 Linux 3.10.53  Linux / Kernel Copying Files Between Windows and Linux using PuTTY  Building Linux Kernel  Patch to support uboot logo keep from uboot to kernel for NXP Linux and Android BSP (HDMI, LCD and LVDS)  load kernel from SD card in U-boot  Changing the Kernel configuration for i.MX6 SABRE  Android  The Android Booting process  What is inside the init.rc and what is it used for.  Others How to use qtmultimedia(QML) with Gstreamer 1.0

Chinese version of the paper had been published in July of China Integrated Circuit magazine. Please find Chinese version through following link. 飞思卡尔i.MX6平台DRAM接口高阶应用指导-DDR3篇

When the customer want to use the PCIE module on the i.MX6SX SDB board, they can use the oscillator to do the pretset, there are the test report.

Overview i.MX6Dual/Quad and i.MX6DualLite supports 32-bit and 64-bit DDR3. Freescale i.MX6 SabreSD board deploys 64bit DDR3 and 64bit DDR3 script is delivered into Linux/Android Software release. This document introduces how to create i.MX6 32bit DDR script based on 64bit DDR script when deploying 32bit DDR on customized board. Changes Set the DSE field in the following iomux registers to 0 - disable unused IO pad to save power: IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DRAM_SDQS4 IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DRAM_SDQS5 IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DRAM_SDQS6 IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DRAM_SDQS7 IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_GRP_B4DS IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_GRP_B5DS IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_GRP_B6DS IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_GRP_B7DS IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DRAM_DQM4 IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DRAM_DQM5 IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DRAM_DQM6 IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DRAM_DQM7 Update MMDC registers to reflect 32bit DDR changes: MMDC0_MDASP: Update CS0_END if CS size is changed. MMDC0_MDCTL: set DSIZ to 32 bit MMDC1_MPODTCTRL: Set it as 0 and disable the odt of higher byte Follow "i.MX 6 Series DDR Calibration" Application note to calibrate DDR parameters. Reference One example about 32bit DDR script is located under uboot-imx git ( File: board/freescale/mx6q_sabresd/flash_header.S). Open it and you can see the following script: #if defined CONFIG_MX6DL_DDR3 #if defined CONFIG_DDR_32BIT ... #endif You can refer to it and create your 32bit DDR script.

There developed the controller uses i.MX53 + Linux. Has developed a solution for building distributed information and control systems. Prototmpy been in operation for over a year. Examples: - Control Electromagnetic stirring (mixer) http://ontecom.com/en/catalog/ems / Rusal, Krasnoyarsk. - Moniroring and management of pumping stations. - Monitoring and control of climate control systems. You can create a smart home systems and iot. There is experience with PLC (Power Line Communication) Qualcomm/Atheros. In my spare time I develop a budget solution for PLC (Power Line Communication) control / monitoring components smart home. Based on the standard IEC 61131-3 developed software - distributed information management system. The solution is cross-platform. In a single system may be computers of different architectures and various operating systems. Such signals are synchronized controller ARM / Linux, and x86 server (Win, Linux, VMS, ...) Uses wxWidgets. Articles on this subject is, but in Russian.

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