For the board imx8M Quad EVK running the Linux 4.14.78-1.0.0_ga version BSP, the resolutions 3840x2160,1920x1080, 1280x720, 720x480 are support in our default BSP. For the other resolutions how to make it work? This patch used to do support for a non-default resolution on i.MX 8MQ EVK. Basically, the customer needs to change the clocks accordingly to the display requirements,  it to be used as a base to the display support.

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 & 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&Tool Lists  Simple GPIO Example - quandry  i.MX6 GStreamer-imx Plugins - Tutorial & 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.

Issue: On i.MX 6Solo designs using LPDD2 memory, the correct settings for two important registries may be confusing to determine. Solution: 1) MMDCx_MDMISC register, LPDDR2_2CH Field: For the i.MX 6Solo processor, this field should always be set to '0'. Reason: Two channel mode is not possible on this processor. Only channel MMDC0 is connected to external pins. 2) IOMUXC_SW_PAD_CTL_PAD_DRAM_RESET register, DDR_SEL Field: For the i.MX 6Solo processor, this field should always be set to "00". Reason: A DRAM Warm Reset requires a response from MMDC1, which is not connected externally on the 6Solo processor, so a Warm Reset never complets. These two issues will be clarified in a subsequent revision of the MCIMX6SDL Reference Manual.

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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Sometimes we need to use proxy to access network with Ethernet. Here are the steps for how to set proxy in Gingerbread and ICS. Gingerbread 1. Enable http proxy >  sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "INSERT INTO secure VALUES (99, 'http_proxy', 'wwwgate0.freescale.net:1080');" With this setting, you can access network for web browsing. If you want to play some http streaming content, you need to set a property for the player, > setprop rw.HTTP_PROXY http://wwwgate0-az.freescale.net:1080 2. Disable http proxy >  sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db "delete from secure where name='http_proxy'" >  setprop rw.HTTP_PROXY "" ICS 1. Enable http proxy >  setprop net.proxy wwwgate0-az.freescale.net:1080 With this setting, you can access network for web browsing. If you want to play some http streaming content, you need to set a proxy property for the player, >  setprop rw.HTTP_PROXY http://wwwgate0-az.freescale.net:1080 2. Disable http proxy >  setprop net.proxy "" >  setprop rw.HTTP_PROXY ""

iWave's i.MX6 UltraLite (i.MX6UL) based SODIMM CPU module integrates power efficient high performance ARM Cortex A7 CPU core operating up to 528MHz speed. iMX6 UL SOM is ultra-compact in size and integrated with on-board PMIC, Flash, DDR3 and dual Ethernet PHY. The SOM is ideally suitable for the cost & power optimized general embedded and industrial applications.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    i.MX6UL SODIMM Development Kit    i.MX6UL SODIMM SOM                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Benefits: Ultra-compact form factor module with size of 67.6mm x 29mm Long term support: 7+ years Technical & Quick customization support Compatible with ARM Cortex A9 i.MX6 Q/D/S SODIMM SOM Highlights: Power efficient ARM Cortex-A7 @ 528MHz Advanced hardware enabled security PMIC with DVFS support Industrial temperature support available  Features: CPU: Freescale’s i.MX6UL1/2/3 @ 528MHz ARM Cortex A7 PMIC: Freescale PF3000 Memory: 256MB DDR3 RAM(Expandable) 256MB NAND Flash (Expandable) MicroSD Slot (Optional) 1 eMMC Flash (Optional) 1 QSPI Flash (Optional) 1 Communication: 10/100 Ethernet PHY – 2 Ports SODIMM Edge Interfaces: Debug UART Data UART – 2 Ports CAN – 2 Ports SD(4-Bit) – 1 Port 10/100 Ethernet – Up to 2 Ports 2 USB OTG – 2 Ports 24bpp RGB display port 8-Bit Parallel Camera Port I2S Audio or JTAG I2C x 1 Port PWM GPIOs OS Support: Linux 3.14.28 Power Supply: 3.3V @ 1A through SODIMM edge Note 1: At a time either NAND Flash or eMMC & QSPI flash or uSD & QSPI flash can be used in the SOM. By default NAND Flash is supported. Note 2: If 2 nd Ethernet (ENET2) not used, it can be used as additional 3 UARTs or Key pad 4x4 or RMII interface. Target Applications: Industrial HMI & Access Control Energy management & IOT gateway Industrial control & automation White goods & Smart appliances Medical & Healthcare equipments Mobile POS & Secure e-commerces To send us an enquiry on this product, please click here Enquiry Form To get more details on this product, please write us on [email protected]

The instructions is based on building wayland-weston on Ubuntu prebuilt image. The same can be applied to other build systems as well. PREREQUISITIES The following is the software environment required: - Ubuntu Oneiric (11.10) distribution. (Download Pre-built Ubuntu demo image from www.freescale.com/imx6) - Wayland/Weston : Wayland dependencies are listed in http://wayland.freedesktop.org/building.html. - 0001-DRM-condition.patch and 0002-Enable-weston-for-Vivante-GPU.patches for Weston. WAYLAND VERSION This release is based on Wayland 1.1.0 version. BUILDING The steps are based on wayland building from http://wayland.freedesktop.org/building.html. Download wayland-1.1.0.tar.xz from http://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases.html    3. Setting up the environment. This need to be performed on the target $export WLD=/usr $export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$WLD/lib $export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$WLD/lib/pkgconfig/:$WLD/share/pkgconfig/ $export ACLOCAL="aclocal -I $WLD/share/aclocal"        Also, create the 'share/aclocal' directory.                $mkdir -p $WLD/share/aclocal       Let us consider, extracting the package to /opt $cd /opt $tar xvvf wayland-1.1.0.tar.xz $cd wayland-1.1.0 $ ./configure --prefix=$WLD --disable-documentation $ make $ make install   4. Setting up GPU-VIV graphics drivers The GPU-VIV graphics drivers are available as part of BSP release. Get the gpu-viv-wl-bin-mx6q-{VER}.tar.gz for 4.0.0 release gpu-viv-wl-bin-mx6q-3.0.35-4.0.0.tar.gz from the BSP-Source/pkgs Extract to the target $ROOTFS The prebuilt root file system (rootfs) may come with prebuilt GPU driver. By default, it may set to EGL framebuffer. To enable Wayland/Weston support, make EGL and GAL point to correct binaries as shown below: $ ls –l $(ROOTFS)/usr/lib/libEGL.so* libEGL.so -> libEGL-wl.so libEGL.so.1 -> libEGL-wl.so $ ls –l $(ROOTFS)/usr/lib/libGAL.so                            libGAL.so -> libGAL-wl.so   5. Build the libxkbcommon as in http://wayland.freedesktop.org/building.html 6. We will need Cairo stack as Weston clients depend on Cairo for rendering. Please build Cairo as described in http://wayland.freedesktop.org/building.html, but note that, for now, we do not enable gl backend for Cairo, so the '--enable-gl --enable-xcb' flags must not be used when building. 7. Building Weston     Now add the following environment settings in the terminal window. (Note the "`"- backtick - character). export WLD=/usr export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$WLD/lib export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$WLD/lib/pkgconfig/:$WLD/share/pkgconfig/ export ACLOCAL="aclocal -I $WLD/share/aclocal" export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib" export LDFLAGS="-lwayland-server -lwayland-client -lwayland-server -lwayland-cursor -lpixman-1" export COMPOSITOR_LIBS="-lGLESv2 -lEGL -lGAL -lwayland-server -lxkbcommon -lpixman-1" export COMPOSITOR_CFLAGS="-I $WLD/include -I $WLD/include/pixman-1 -L$SDK_DIR/drivers -DLINUX=1 -DEGL_API_FB -DEGL_API_WL" export CLIENT_CFLAGS="-I $WLD/include -I $WLD/include/cairo -I $WLD/include/pixman-1" export CLIENT_LIBS="-lGLESv2 -lEGL -lwayland-client -lwayland-cursor -lxkbcommon" export SIMPLE_EGL_CLIENT_CFLAGS="-DLINUX=1 -DEGL_API_FB -DEGL_API_WL -I $WLD/include" export SIMPLE_EGL_CLIENT_LIBS="-lGLESv2 -lEGL -lwayland-client -lwayland-cursor" export IMAGE_LIBS="-lwayland-cursor" export WESTON_INFO_LIBS="-lwayland-client" Apply the two patches 0001-DRM-condition.patch and 0002-Enable-weston-for-Vivante-GPU.patch. Build the Weston. $cd /opt $tar xvvf weston-1.1.1.tar.xz $ cd weston-1.1.1     $ ./configure --prefix=$WLD \         --disable-setuid-install \         --disable-x11-compositor --disable-drm-compositor \         --disable-rpi-compositor --disable-wayland-compositor \         --disable-weston-launch --disable-libunwind \         --disable-xwayland-test \ WESTON_NATIVE_BACKEND="fbdev-backend.so" $ make $ make install RUNNING Also, Weston must be run as root. copy weston.ini and weston-desktop-shell.ini to /root/.config/ . In terminal window, export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib" export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp Execute 'src/weston'. You should see a blue screen fading in. In a different terminal, enter 'clients/simple-shm &'. You should see a scrolling color pattern. You can then enter 'clients/simple-egl &' to see a 3D client  action.

  The VAR-SOM-SOLO small form factor System-on-Module carries an advanced feature-set and broad connectivity options, making it an ideal solution for customers and products in the embedded market.   Staying on-trend with the market’s shift towards a cost-effective highly integrated off-the-shelf solution, the VAR-SOM-SOLO from Variscite levels the playing ground for a broad spectrum of embedded products. Bringing all the benefits of the widely successful VAR-SOM-MX6, the VAR-SOM-SOLO from Variscite carries much smaller dimensions and a slim lined price-point.  Features include Freescale’s i.MX6 1GHz Cortex-A9, SLC NAND, eMMC, dual band Wi-Fi/BT with MIMO, USB, Gigabit Ethernet, A/V interfaces and industrial operating temperatures. The VAR-SOM-SOLO utilizes a standard SO-DIMM 200pins interface to the carrier board, fully pin-to-pin compatible with the VAR-SOM-MX6.   Ohad Yaniv, Variscite’s CEO, explains the strategy behind the new System-on-Module: “In today’s market, we believe the compact VAR-SOM-SOLO presents a true synergy between an impressive feature set and an affordable price-point. We feel the newly introduced SoM reflects a constantly evolving embedded application concept that requires advanced multimedia features, in a compact and cost efficient solution.”   Key features include:   - Freescale i.MX6 1000MHz single Cortex-A9   - Up to 1GB DDR3, 512MB SLC NAND and 64GB eMMC   - Certified Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz with optional 2x2 MIMO   - Bluetooth 4.0/BLE   - Full 1080p video encode/decode capability   - Vivante GPU 2D/3D graphics accelerator   - Display: 2x LVDS, HDMI1.4, MIPI DSI   - 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet   - USB 2.0: Host, OTG   - PCIe   - Audio In/Out   - Camera inputs: MIPI CSI, parallel   - Dual CAN, UART, I2C, SPI   - Industrial temperature -40 to 85°C   - Dimensions: 33mm x 68mm x 4mm   - OS: Linux Yocto & Ubuntu, Android, WEC 7 & 2013   Availability and Pricing: The VAR-SOM-SOLO is available now. Pricing starts at 42USD. Contact [email protected] or +972 9 9562910 for more information.   About Variscite: Variscite is a leading System on Modules (SoM) and Single-Board-Computer (SBC) design and manufacture company. A trusted provider of development and production services for a variety of embedded platforms, Variscite transforms clients’ visions into successful products.   Learn more about Variscite, visit www.variscite.com    

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Introduction This guide provides a step by step explanation of what is involved in adding a new WiFi driver and making a new WiFi card work well in a custom Android build. (This guide was written for Android 4.1 but should be applicable to previous Android releases and hopefully future releases.) Contents Understand how Android WiFi works Port WiFi driver. Compile a proper wpa_supplicant in your BoardConfig.mk Modify your wifi.c in HAL. Launch wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd services in init.rc. Several debug tips. Understand How Android WiFi Works As the following figure, Android wireless architecture can be divided into three parts: Java Framework(WifiManager, WifiMonitor etc..), HAL(wifi.c,wpa_supplicant,netd) kernel space modules(wireless stack, wifi drivers) Java Framework communicate with wpa_supplicant using native interface (wifi.c). Wpa_supplicant and netd uses wireless extension or nl80211 to control WiFi drivers. Port WiFi driver Usually WiFi driver is provided as a kernel module. There are mainly two types of Android WiFi architecture:nl80211 and wext. With the implementation of nl80211/cfg80211 many wireless drivers in main line kernel  support nl80211 interface instead of wireless extension. For different vendors’ WiFi drivers, writing one Android.mk to add its compile into Android is what you should do. Here take atheros’s AR6kl as an example: ath6kl_module_file :=drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/ath6kl_sdio.ko $(ATH_ANDROID_SRC_BASE)/$(ath6kl_module_file):$(mod_cleanup) $(TARGET_PREBUILT_KERNEL) $(ACP)         $(MAKE) -C $(ATH_ANDROID_SRC_BASE) O=$(ATH_LINUXPATH) ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=$(ARM_EABI_TOOLCHAIN)/arm-eabi- KLIB=$(ATH_\ LINUXPATH) KLIB_BUILD=$(ATH_LINUXPATH)         $(ACP) -fpt $(ATH_ANDROID_SRC_BASE)/compat/compat.ko $(TARGET_OUT)/lib/modules/         $(ACP) -fpt $(ATH_ANDROID_SRC_BASE)/net/wireless/cfg80211.ko $(TARGET_OUT)/lib/modules/ include $(CLEAR_VARS) LOCAL_MODULE := ath6kl_sdio.ko LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional LOCAL_MODULE_CLASS := ETC LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(TARGET_OUT)/lib/modules LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(ath6kl_module_file) include $(BUILD_PREBUILT) Compile a proper wpa_supplicant in your BoardConfig.mk In Android’s external directory, there are two wpa_supplicant_* projects. For wext-based wifi driver, wpa_supplicant_6 can be used. For nl80211-based WiFi driver, wpa_supplicnat_8 can only be used. But if WiFi vendors supply their own customized wpa_supplicant, it will be much easier to debug the communication between wpa_supplicant and WiFi drivers. No matter which supplicant  you choose, just control their compile in your BoardConfig.mk. Take atheros’s ath6kl as an example: ifeq ($(BOARD_WLAN_VENDOR),ATHEROS) BOARD_WLAN_DEVICE                        := ar6003 BOARD_HAS_ATH_WLAN                      := true WPA_SUPPLICANT_VERSION                  := VER_0_8_ATHEROS WIFI_DRIVER_MODULE_PATH                  := "/system/lib/modules/ath6kl_sdio.ko" WIFI_DRIVER_MODULE_NAME                  := "ath6kl_sdio" WIFI_DRIVER_MODULE_ARG                  := "suspend_mode=3 wow_mode=2 ar6k_clock=26000000 ath6kl_p2p=1" WIFI_DRIVER_P2P_MODULE_ARG              := "suspend_mode=3 wow_mode=2 ar6k_clock=26000000 ath6kl_p2p=1 debug_mask=0x2413" WIFI_SDIO_IF_DRIVER_MODULE_PATH          := "/system/lib/modules/cfg80211.ko" WIFI_SDIO_IF_DRIVER_MODULE_NAME          := "cfg80211" WIFI_SDIO_IF_DRIVER_MODULE_ARG          := "" WIFI_COMPAT_MODULE_PATH                  := "/system/lib/modules/compat.ko" WIFI_COMPAT_MODULE_NAME                  := "compat" WIFI_COMPAT_MODULE_ARG                  := "" endif then you need to provide a proper wpa_supplicant.conf  for your device. wpa_supplicant.conf  is very important because the control socket for android is specified in this file(ctrl_interface=). This file should be copied to /system/etc/wifi. Minimum required config options in wpa_supplicant.conf : There are two different ways in which wpa_supplicant can be configured, one is to use a "private" socket in android namespace, created by socket_local_client_connect() function in wpa_ctrl.c and another is by using a standard UNIX socket. Android private socket ctrl_interface=wlan0 update_config=1 - Unix standard socket ctrl_interface=DIR=/data/system/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wifi update_config=1 Modify your wifi.c in HAL Here what you should do is modifying some codes like wifi_load_driver and wifi_unload_driver. For Broadcom or CSR’s wifi driver, you can directly use the original wifi.c. But for atheros’s ath6kl driver, there are total three  .ko modules to install. So some micro variables and codes need to be changed to adapt it. Launch wpa_supplicant and dhcpcd services in init.rc If you have configured to use android private socket, you should do like this: service wpa_supplicant /system/bin/wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c / data/misc/wifi /wpa_supplicant.conf socket wpa_wlan0 dgram 660 wifi wifi disabled oneshot or if you have configured to use unix standard socket, you should do like this: service wpa_supplicant /system/bin/wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0  -c/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf disabled oneshot If WiFi driver is not “wext” but “nl80211”, you should change it to –Dnl80211. For dhcpcd, you should lunch it like the following: service dhcpcd_wlan0 /system/bin/dhcpcd -ABKL     class late_start     disabled oneshot The parameters “-ABKL” can largely enhance wifi connection speed.  About what “ABKL” stand for, you can refer to dhcpcd’s GNU manual. Several debug tips Incorrect permissions will result in wpa_supplicant not being able to create/open the control socket andlibhardware_legacy/wifi/wifi.c won't connect. Since Google modified wpa_supplicant to run as wifi user/group the directory structure and file ownership should belong to wifi user/group (see os_program_init() function in wpa_supplicant/os_unix.c ). Otherwise errors like: E/WifiHW  (  😞 Unable to open connection to supplicant on "/data/system/wpa_supplicant/wlan0": No such file or directory will appear. Also wpa_supplicant.conf should belong to wifi user/group because wpa_supplicant will want to modify this file. How to Enable debug for wpa_supplicant.               By default wpa_supplicant is set to MSG_INFO that doesn't tell much.                    To enable more messages:                 modify common.c and set wpa_debug_level = MSG_DEBUG                 modify common.h and change #define wpa_printf from if ((level) >= MSG_INFO) to if ((level) >= MSG_DEBUG)         3. WiFi driver’s softmac.               For most vendors’ WiFi driver, the mac address is fixed. We should add one softmac rule to let WiFi driver’s mac is unique for each board.

Measuring only 20mm x 50mm, the DART-MX6 from Variscite is the smallest System-on-Module (SoM) supporting Freescale’s i.MX6 quad and dual core ARM Cortex-A9™ processor. The DART-MX6 offers impressive performance and scalability. Together with optimized power consumption this miniature sized SoM is ideal for portable and battery operated embedded systems. The DART-MX6 highly integrated connectivity includes dual band Wi-Fi/BT with optional MIMO, dual USB, Gigabit Ethernet, PCIe and A/V interfaces. Furthermore, the system supports industrial operating temperatures. Performing as the DART-MX6 carrier board, the VAR-DT6CustomBoard completes an attractive full reference kit, which can be used for customers’ evaluation, development and end-product mass production. Key features of the DART-MX6 include: - Miniature size: 20mm x 50mm x 4mm - Freescale i.MX6 800MHz Quad/Dual ARM Cortex-A9 - Up to 1GB LP-DDR2 and 32GB eMMC - Certified Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4/5GHz with optional 2x2 MIMO - Bluetooth 4.0/BLE - Full 1080p video encode/decode capability - Vivante GPU 2D/3D graphics accelerator - Display: 2x LVDS, HDMI1.4, MIPI DSI - 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet - USB 2.0: Host, OTG - PCIe - Audio In/Out - Camera inputs: MIPI CSI, parallel - Dual CAN, UART, I2C, SPI - Industrial temperature - OS: Linux Yocto, Android Availability and Pricing: The DART-MX6 SoM and development kits are available now. Email [email protected] or call +972 9 9562910 for more information About Variscite: Variscite is a leading System on Modules (SoM) and Single-Board-Computer (SBC) design and manufacture company. A trusted provider of development and production services for a variety of embedded platforms, Variscite transforms clients’ visions into successful products. Learn more about Variscite, visit www.variscite.com

How to load the camera driver modprobe ov3640_camera modprobe mxc_v4l2_capture How to encode audio gst-launch alsasrc ! mfw_mp3encoder ! filesink location= audio.mp3 Encoding an AVI audio only gst-launch alsasrc ! mfw_mp3encoder ! avimux ! filesink location=audio.avi You can use audiotestsrc instead of alsasrc Encoding Audio and Video (testsrc only) Raw video and Raw audio gst-launch videotestsrc num-buffers=250 ! 'video/x-raw-yuv,format=fourcc)I420,width=320,height=240,framerate=(fraction)25/1' ! queue ! mux. audiotestsrc num-buffers=440 ! audioconvert ! 'audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2' ! queue ! mux. avimux name=mux ! filesink location=test.avi H.263 video and Raw audio gst-launch videotestsrc num-buffers=250 ! mfw_vpuencoder codec-type=1 ! queue ! mux. audiotestsrc num-buffers=440 ! audioconvert ! 'audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2' ! queue ! mux. avimux name=mux ! filesink location=test.avi H.263 video and MP3 audio gst-launch videotestsrc num-buffers=250 ! mfw_vpuencoder codec-type=1 ! queue ! mux. audiotestsrc num-buffers=440 ! audioconvert ! mfw_mp3encoder ! queue ! mux. avimux name=mux ! filesink location=test.avi Real Source gst-launch-0.10 mfw_v4lsrc capture-mode=5 num-buffers=300 capture-width=320 capture-height=240 fps-n=15 blocksize=115200 ! queue2 max-size-buffers=1000 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! mfw_vpuencoder framerate=15 codec-type=2 name=venc  alsasrc num-buffers=300 ! audio/x-raw-int,rate=32000,channels=1,depth=16 ! audioconvert ! queue2 max-size-buffers=1000 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0 ! mfw_mp3encoder name=aenc avimux name=mux ! filesink location=all_in_one.avi aenc. ! mux. venc. ! mux. The movie isn't that good, but you can improve that increasing num-buffers, width and heigh, and even framerate! STAMP If you face synchronization issues, you can try to use a non-standard plugin called stamp. Use the spec file gst-entrans.spec and this command line: gst-launch-0.10 mfw_v4lsrc capture-mode=5 num-buffers=160 capture-width=320 capture-height=240 fps-n=15 blocksize=115200 !  stamp sync-margin=1 sync-interval=1 ! queue2 max-size-buffers=1000 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0  !  mfw_vpuencoder framerate=15 codec-type=2 name=venc  alsasrc num-buffers=160  !  audio/x-raw-int,rate=32000,channels=1,depth=16     !  audioconvert ! queue2 max-size-buffers=1000 max-size-bytes=0 max-size-time=0      !  mfw_mp3encoder name=aenc avimux name=mux ! filesink location=test_ALL.avi aenc. ! mux. venc. ! mux. Donwload the package from here: http://gentrans.sourceforge.net/ (source for stamp topic: http://blog.buberel.org/2008/03/using-a-usb-web.html)

The i.MX 6 D/Q/DL/S/SL  Android JB4.3_1.1.1 Patch release is now available on www.freescale.com ·         Target HW boards o   i.MX6DL  SABRE SD board o   i.MX6Q  SABRE SD board o   i.MX6DQ SABRE AI board o   i.MX6DL SABRE AI board o   i.MX6SL EVK board This patch release is based on the i.MX 6 Android JB 4.3_1.1.0-GA BSP release. ·         Release Description o   To upgrade the GPU kernel and libraries to improve GPU stability o   To handle the Android SDK build failure o   To improve FSL OMX The table below describes the contents of this release.      Release Description Patches Contains the patches included in this release. The patches   are described in “Patch Description”. Documentation Contains the following document: • i.MX 6 Android JB 4.3_1.1.1 Patch Release Notes: This   document. ·         Patch Description Please consult the release notes.

In recent months, some i.MX6ULL users try to add google chromium to Linux BSP L4.1.15 managed by yocto project 2.1 (krogoth), but failed.  One of A customers project also encoutered the same issues, their engineers submitted case to us asking for help. Then a compilation test for the customer was done,  there really exist some errors during compilation. The follwing contents show how to compile it and handle issues. ---System Configurations Hardware: notebook, i7 4-cores, 16GB DDR4 Software: windows 7/10, VMware Player 14.0, USB3.1 SSD Step1: # cd ~/fsl-release-bsp # DISTRO=fsl-imx-x11 MACHINE=imx6ull14x14evk source fsl-setup-release.sh -b build-x11 # gedit ./conf/local.conf          Add lines below, just like descriptions of chromium in i.MX_Yocto_User’s_Guide.pdf …… CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "chromium libexif" LICENSE_FLAGS_WHITELIST="commercial" …… [Comment] Above methord has been described in i.MX_Yocto_User's_Guide.pdf. # bitbake chromium -c fetch           Begin to download chromium package：                    If you feel it’s the speed of download is too slow, you can copy the following link to explorer, and download the file directly: http://gsdview.appspot.com/chromium-browser-official/chromium-48.0.2548.0.tar.xz Then copy the file to ~/fsl-release-bsp/downloads. And create a.done file by touch command in the directory. # cd ~/fsl-release-bsp/downloads # touch chromium-48.0.2548.0.tar.xz.done          Empty file is OK, not need any contents in the file. Step 2          Begin to compile chromium: # cd ~/fsl-release-bsp/downloads/build-x11 # bitbake chromium -c compile          From the following picture, total tasks are 1636 Errors 1 during compilation Error : ERROR: cups-2.1.3-r0 do_fetch: Fetcher failure: Fetch command failed with exit code 4, output: failed: Connection timed out. Read error (Connection timed out) in headers.   ERROR: cups-2.1.3-r0 do_fetch: Function failed: Fetcher failure for URL: 'https://www.cups.org/software/2.1.3/cups-2.1.3-source.tar.bz2'. Unable to fetch URL from any source. ERROR: Logfile of failure stored in: /home/weidong/fsl-release-bsp-415-200/build-x11/tmp/work/cortexa7hf-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi/cups/2.1.3-r0/temp/log.do_fetch.33362 ERROR: Task 111 (/home/weidong/fsl-release-bsp-415-200/sources/poky/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups_2.1.3.bb, do_fetch) failed with exit code '1' Handle it: Download the file through explorer: https://www.cups.org/software/2.1.3/cups-2.1.3-source.tar.bz2 Then copy it to ~/fsl-release-bsp/downloads, and create cups-2.1.3-source.tar.bz2.done Continue: # bitbake chromium -c compile Errors 2 during compilation Handle it : copy the fsimx6ul-chromium.patch to your main yocto directory (same directory were you can find yocto-download). Switch to this directory and apply the patch with the following command: patch -p1 < fsimx6ul-chromium.patch Compile your yocto rootfs again [Comment] The solution is from the link: https://forum.fs-net.de/index.php?thread/4352-yocto-build-chromium-browser/ fsimx6ul-chromium.patchis provided by F&S Support Team Continue: # bitbake chromium -c compile Successfully. Step 3 Compiling full image # bitbake fsl-image-gui          When chromium compilation is done, we can begin to comipile rootfs(fsl-image-gui)          Then no errors occurred. Compiled BSP successfully.   Then we check if chromium has been included in rootfs. # cd ~/fsl-release-bsp/build-x11/tmp/deploy/images/imx6ull14x14evk [Comment] (1) fsl-image-gui-imx6ull14x14evk-20200425220751.rootfs.tar.bz2          The file is rootfs without u-boot/device tree/linux kernel. (2) fsl-image-gui-imx6ull14x14evk-20200425220751.rootfs.sdcard          The file is full image including u-boot/device tree/kernel/rootfs Here is the links among files:          Now we check if rootfs have included chromium, create a temp directory in ~/ and copy rootffs to the temp directory # mkdir ~/temp # cp ./fsl-image-gui-imx6ull14x14evk-20200425220751.rootfs.tar.bz2 ~/temp          Then decompress it. # cd ~/temp # tar -jxvf fsl-image-gui-imx6ull14x14evk-20200425220751.rootfs.tar.bz2 # cd usr/bin/chromium/ # ls Successfully. NXP TIC team Weidog Sun 2020/05/01

From iMX 3.1x kernel, all kernel debug messages will be print to debug serial port after UART driver loaded, so if the kernel hang up before tty console driver ready, there will be no kernel boot up messages.   The attached patch can be used to enable the iMX serial debug console in early time, then kernel will not buffer the debug messages.   Note: the default patch is for UART1 (tty0) as the debug port, if you need use other debug port, please modify the code "early_console_setup()" with correct UART port base address.   L3.10.53-Add-early-console-for-debug-message.patch This patch is based on L3.10.53_GA1.1.0 release, it can support iMX6S/DL/D/Q.   L3.14.52-Add-early-console-for-debug-message.patch This patch is based on L3.14.52_GA1.1.0 release, it can support iMX6S/DL/D/Q, iMX6SL, iMX6SX, iMX6UL and iMX7.  

The i.MX 6 D/Q/DL/S/SL Linux 3.10.17_1.0.1 patch release is now available in the Freescale git. The issue fixed is a GPU issue, for 2D GPU cores there is a potential need to manage the maximum number of outstanding return requests from the memory subsystem. The proper way to manage these for 2D cores with this configuration is to use a FLUSH. The patch does a FLUSH after every DRAW, the pipe will not overfill and the scenario which may lead to a stall will not occur. The instruction to get the patch are in the Readme on the git, under this link: http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/imx/fsl-arm-yocto-bsp.git/tree/README?h=imx-3.10.17-1.0.1_ga