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System Manager configuration via Config tools for i.MX. Create a new project, modify, view or edit available resources for your specific core. What will you learn How to create a new System Manager project Viewing and managing resources Creating and assigning templates Configuration of System Manager Tip: you can skip to a specific chapter Introduction New System Manager project System Manager views System Manager templates Assigning a resource Creating custom template Exporting code Download the tools here: https://www.nxp.com/design/design-center/development-boards-and-designs/i-mx-evaluation-and-development-boards/config-tools-for-i-mx-applications-processors:CONFIG-TOOLS-IMX https://www.nxp.com/products/i.MX95

LSIO_GPIO0_IO0x toggling on i.MX8QM Issue customer met: Customer met LSIO_GPIO0_IO0x not toggling on i.MX8QM, they are working through the software on their board, part of that involves getting a few GPIO pins working. They have been using several GPIO pins for a while now, we have some simple toggles and some others where we bit bang i2c, all of those have worked fine. However, They have not been able to get 3 pins to either read or set successfully at all: LSIO_GPIO0_IO00 (SIM0_CLK) LSIO_GPIO0_IO01 (SIM0_RST) LSIO_GPIO0_IO02 (SIM0_IO) 1\ Reproduce on our i.MX8QM EVK board a. Check the hardware connection Check the LSIO_GPIO0_IO00 (SIM0_CLK), LSIO_GPIO0_IO01 (SIM0_RST) and LSIO_GPIO0_IO02 (SIM0_IO) connection in our i.MX8QM EVK board. In the default design in NXP i.MX8QM EVK board, the pins SIM0_CLK, SIM0_RST and SIM0_IO connect to the SIM CARD on the base board. b. To make these pins work as GPIO pins In the default pins mux, default pins mux on the SIM0, to make these pins work as GPIO, need to mux them to the GPIO functions. SIM0_CLK (SIM0_CLK) SIM0_RST (SIM0_RST) SIM0_IO (SIM0_IO) c. In the source code change these pins mux to GPIO configuration: Defalt setting for these pins : linux-imx/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm-mek.dts at lf-6.12.y · nxp-imx/linux-imx · GitHub pinctrl_sim0: sim0grp { fsl,pins = < IMX8QM_SIM0_CLK_DMA_SIM0_CLK 0xc0000021 IMX8QM_SIM0_IO_DMA_SIM0_IO 0xc2000021 IMX8QM_SIM0_PD_DMA_SIM0_PD 0xc0000021 IMX8QM_SIM0_POWER_EN_DMA_SIM0_POWER_EN 0xc0000021 IMX8QM_SIM0_RST_DMA_SIM0_RST 0xc0000021 >; }; Linux dts should set them to GPIO0 functions: IMX8QM_SIM0_CLK_LSIO_GPIO0_IO00 0xc0000021 IMX8QM_SIM0_RST_LSIO_GPIO0_IO01 0xc2000021 IMX8QM_SIM0_IO_LSIO_GPIO0_IO02 0xc0000021 Build the source code, download the images to board, test on the SIM pins to see if these pins can work or not. Test on the J45 pins 3,5,6. Test the SIM_CLK as an example: Test commands in Linux echo 480 > /sys/class/gpio/export echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio480/direction #output high echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio480/value #measure the PINs #output low echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio480/value #measure the PINs Found these pins can not toggling well. 2\ Go next further test and consideration Foud the SCU_GPIO0_00, SCU_GPIO0_01, SCU_GPIO0_02 are also configurate as GPIO function in the SCFW, in the default setting for the SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_00is the function GPIO0_00 , and when setting the SIM0_CLK to GPIO0_00 function then the GPIO0_00 can not work normally. So if setting the SIM0_CLK as GPIO0_00 function, then we need to set the SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_00 this PIN to others function, so that no conflict of them. Even no use the pin SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_00 in hardware, we also need to set them to others function to avoid the conflict. SCU_GPIO Pins mux: SCU_GPIO0_00 (SCU_GPIO0_00) SCU_GPIO0_01 (SCU_GPIO0_01) SCU_GPIO0_02 (SCU_GPIO0_02) Tested the PINs "SIM0_CLK, SIM0_IO, SIM0_RST" on iMX8QM MEK with base board. All of them works fine. The key points are already listed. VDD_SIM0 power should be supplied (It is 3.3V on MEK from PF8100 LDO) Linux dts should set them to GPIO0 functions: IMX8QM_SIM0_CLK_LSIO_GPIO0_IO00 0xc0000021 IMX8QM_SIM0_RST_LSIO_GPIO0_IO01 0xc2000021 IMX8QM_SIM0_IO_LSIO_GPIO0_IO02 0xc0000021 The default IOMUX for PINs SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_00, SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_01, SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_02 should be changed from 0 to others. Test on MEK, we used followed codes in SCFW board_init(): else if (phase == BOOT_PHASE_FINAL_INIT) { /* Configure SNVS button for rising edge */ SNVS_ConfigButton(SNVS_DRV_BTN_CONFIG_RISINGEDGE, SC_TRUE); /* Init PMIC if not already done */ pmic_init(); pad_force_mux(SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_00, 2, SC_PAD_CONFIG_NORMAL, SC_PAD_ISO_OFF); pad_force_mux(SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_01, 2, SC_PAD_CONFIG_NORMAL, SC_PAD_ISO_OFF); pad_force_mux(SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_02, 2, SC_PAD_CONFIG_NORMAL, SC_PAD_ISO_OFF); } Note: In SCFW, should also set SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_00, SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_01, SC_P_SCU_GPIO0_02 to other functions, because they are set to GPIO0_0x function default, if two PINs set to the same functions, such as SIM0_CLK_DMA pin and SCU_GPIO0_00 pin are set to GPIO0_00 together, the function will not work correctly. Test commands in LInux: echo 480 > /sys/class/gpio/export echo 481 > /sys/class/gpio/export echo 482 > /sys/class/gpio/export echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio480/direction echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio481/direction echo out > /sys/class/gpio/gpio482/direction #output high echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio480/value echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio481/value echo 1 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio482/value #measure the PINs, they are correct high ( 3V ) #output low echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio480/value echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio481/value echo 0 > /sys/class/gpio/gpio482/value #measure the PINs, they are correct low ( 0V ) The test result is based on real measurement on iMX8QM MEK. Note: 1\In customer's side If still not work, To confirm the issue, please suggest customer build SCFW with parameter "-m", then use followed commands to dump the IOMUX registers: md 0x41F80000 1 md 0x41F80040 1 md 0x41F80080 1 md 0x41F82140 1 md 0x41F82180 1 md 0x41F83000 1 The "md" command should run from SCFW debug UART, not linux/uboot UART. 2\Make sure the hardware in customer's side VDD_SIM0 power should be supplied .

Some customer want to measure DSM power and do some customize in their own board. We supply the the AN13917 to customer already. But some customer also have some questions about it , so here give more details and test for it for customer will more clearly understand and use it. 1 i.MX 93 power mode overview The i.MX 93 supports the following power modes: Run mode: In this mode, the Cortex-A55 CPU is active and running. Some portions can be shut off for power saving. Low-power run mode: This mode is defined as a Low-power run mode with all external power rails on. In this mode, all unnecessary power domains (MIX) can be off. The AONMIX and internal modules, such as OSC24M/PLL, are an exception in this mode. The Cortex CPU in AONMIX handles all the computing and data processing. Cortex-A55 is powered down and DRAM can be in self-refresh/retention mode. Idle mode: This mode is defined as one that a CPU can enter automatically when no threads are engaged, and no high-speed devices are in use. CPU can be put into a power-gated state, but with L3 data retained, DRAM, and bus clocks are reduced. Most of the internal logic is clock-gated; yet is still powered. In this mode, all the external power from PMIC remains the same, and most IPs remain in their state. Therefore, the interrupt response in this mode is quick compared to the Run mode. Suspend mode: This mode is defined as the most power-saving mode since it shuts off all the clocks and all the unnecessary power supplies. In this mode, the Cortex-A55 CPU is fully power gated, all internal digital logic, and the analog circuits that can be powered down are off, and all PHYs are power gated. VDD_SOC(and related digital supply) voltage is reduced to the "Suspend mode" voltage. Compared to Idle, this mode takes a longer time to exit, but it also uses far less energy. BBSM mode: This mode is also called RTC mode. In this mode, to keep RTC and BBSM logic alive, only the power for the BBSM domain remains on. Off mode: In this mode, all power rails are off. 2 Measure the power consumption of the system in the DSM( Deep Sleep Mode) The use case is based on the Suspend mode, which implies the following: CA55 cluster is OFF • MEDIAMIX is OFF • NICMIX is OFF • WAKEUPMIX is OFF • PLL is OFF • 24 M OSC is OFF PMIC is in STBY mode Download the demo images from website: Download the AN13917SW.zip file, upzip it. Copy the uuu and imx93-11x11-evk-dsm.dtb to demo images path. Download the images to board: .\uuu.exe -b emmc_all .\ imx-boot-imx93-11x11-lpddr4x-evk-sd.bin-flash_singleboot .\imx-image-full-imx93evk.wic To measure the power consumption of the system in the DSM, the steps are as follows: Boot the Linux image with imx93-11x11-evk-DSM.dtb. System boot up with the default dtb, when system boot up change it to the imx93-11x11-evk-DSM.dtb, using the following commends: setenv fdtfile imx93-11x11-evk-dsm.dtb saveenv boot To put the system into the Suspend (Deep sleep) mode, run the following command: echo mem > /sys/power/state Measure the power and record the results. About the BCU Tool: BCU (Board Remote Control Utilities):BCU is a software specially designed to control boards/platforms that support remote control. It provides functions such as on/off key operation, board reset, setting boot mode, controlling GPIO, and power measurement through the debug cable. ------->Remote Control function: $ sudo ./bcu reset sd [-board=xxx] version bcu_1.0.158-0-gdb0a8e5 Auto recognized the board: imx8dxlevk set reset high successfully set onoff high successfully set ft_reset high successfully ENABLE remote control set sd_pwr high successfully set sd_wp high successfully set sd_cd high successfully set boot mode successfully set bootmode_sel low successfully Set ALL sense resistances to smaller ones rebooting... reset successfully done -------->Power measurement function: $ sudo ./bcu monitor -hz=1 [-board=xxx] Here for the power measurement function support the boards have power measurement function. This is the example for the power measurement for the i.MX93 EVK board: 1\Download the BCU tool Releases · nxp-imx/bcu Download the bcu_1.1.100 to Windows 2\Connect the i.MX93 EVK board to Windows PC 3\Open the teminal in the Windows PC C:\Users \Desktop>bcu.exe monitor -board=imx93evk11b1 -hz=1 Use the bcu.exe monitor -board=imx93evk11b1 -hz=1 Make sure the board version is proper, current board is B1 version, so the board name is imx93evk11b1. 4\Run the command in the PC : For others mode test can refer to the BCU.pdf file: https://github.com/nxp-imx/bcu/releases/download/bcu_1.1.100/BCU.pdf Note: To make sure the board version are proper with the related command: bcu.exe monitor -board=imx93evk11b1 -hz=1 For the i.MX93 SOM B2 version Board can use the above command. If the board version is old, such as use the i.MX93 SOM B, here you need to use the command: bcu.exe monitor -board=imx93evk11 If using the bcu.exe monitor -board=imx93evk11b1 the test result are not for this board, here can use the ./bcu eeprom -w -board=imx93evk11 to write the eeprom for the imx93evk11. Using the bcu eeprom -r -board=imx93evk11 see the present status. If we met the problem as bellow we need to check and write to the eeprom again. Measure the power in the DSM mode on the i.MX93 board with SOMB2(board name with the i.mx93evk11b1): old EVK imx93evk11 use a 20m Ohms sensing resistor new EVK imx93evk11b1 use a 5m Ohms sensing resistor For the the i.MX93 board with SOM B Measure the power in the DSM mode on the i.MX93 board with SOMB2 result, use the small and larger range test: Measure the power in the DSM mode on the i.MX93 board with SOMB result: Using the command bcu.exe monitor -board=imx93evk11 -hz=1 3 Questions from customer a.The diff/patch between imx93-11x11-evk.dts and imx93-11x11-evk-dsm.dts If customer use the Linux kernel version: L6.1.55 version BSP, they need to use the imx93-11x11-evk-dsm.dtb we supply. And if using the newer than it and newest BSP in our website, they do not need to change the dtb to the and imx93-11x11-evk-dsm.dtb, just using the imx93-11x11-evk.dts will be OK, as for the Atf also add the has_wakeup_irq = true; And in the default imx93-11x11-evk.dts already support the linux-imx/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx93-11x11-evk.dts at lf-6.12.y · nxp-imx/linux-imx · GitHub So customer and directly use on their products. b. NXP i.MX93 EVK DSM power measurement, the GROUP_SOC_FULL are some difference from our AN. As different chips may show slight differences in static power consumption(SS TT FF) due to process corner variations.

This document explains how to enable and test Bluetooth 6LoWPAN (IPv6 over Low-power Wireless Personal Area Networks) in the i.MX Linux BSP. Environment i.MX Linux BSP 6.6.52-2.2.0 (based on Yocto scrathgap) i.MX 93 EVK (2 units) An Embedded Artists 2EL M.2 module with the Murata LBES5PL2EL module (containing NXP IW612) is inserted into the i.MX 93 EVK's M.2 slot and connected to the onboard Wi-Fi/BT antenna. One i.MX 93 EVK will serve as the Peripheral device, while the other will act as the Central device. It should also work with i.MX 8 and 9 series evaluation kit equipped with Bluetooth LE modules. Configurations Although the Linux kernel includes a Bluetooth 6LoWPAN driver, it is disabled in the i.MX Linux BSP. Therefore, we will modify the kernel configuration to enable it. Add 2 settings below in kernel configuration file (imx_v8_defconfig) to build the required drivers as modules: CONFIG_6LOWPAN=m CONFIG_BT_6LOWPAN=m These settings can be found in the following section of the Linux kernel menuconfig. CONFIG_6LOWPAN: Depends on: NET [=y] && IPV6 [=y] Location: -> Networking support (NET [=y]) -> Networking options -> 6LoWPAN Support (6LOWPAN [=m]) CONFIG_6LOWPAN CONFIG_BT_6LOWPAN: Depends on: NET [=y] && BT_LE [=y] && 6LOWPAN [=y] Location: -> Networking support (NET [=y]) -> Bluetooth subsystem support (BT [=y]) -> Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) features (BT_LE [=y]) -> Bluetooth 6LoWPAN support (BT_6LOWPAN [=m]) Rebuild the image containing the Linux kernel and make sure that the required drivers are present in the following paths. /lib/modules/6.6.52-ge0f9e2afd4cf-dirty/kernel/net/6lowpan/6lowpan.ko /lib/modules/6.6.52-ge0f9e2afd4cf-dirty/kernel/net/bluetooth/bluetooth_6lowpan.ko Operations for Peripheral device Boot the Peripheral device EVK and log in as the root user. NXP i.MX Release Distro 6.6-scarthgap imx93-11x11-lpddr4x-evk ttyLP0 imx93-11x11-lpddr4x-evk login: root Load the NXP Bluetooth UART driver to enable Bluetooth. # modprobe btnxpuart Start the Bluetooth hci0 interface with the hciconfig command. # hciconfig hci0 up Type hciconfig command to check the BD Address of the Bluetooth hci0 interface and confirm that its status is "UP RUNNING". # hciconfig -a hci0: Type: Primary Bus: UART BD Address: D0:17:69:12:34:56 ACL MTU: 1021:7 SCO MTU: 120:6 UP RUNNING RX bytes:862 acl:0 sco:0 events:59 errors:0 TX bytes:1085 acl:0 sco:0 commands:58 errors:0 Features: 0xbf 0xfe 0x8f 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x7b 0x87 Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3 Link policy: RSWITCH SNIFF Link mode: PERIPHERAL ACCEPT Name: 'imx93-11x11-lpddr4x-evk' Class: 0x200000 Service Classes: Audio Device Class: Miscellaneous, HCI Version: 5.4 (0xd) Revision: 0x8300 LMP Version: 5.4 (0xd) Subversion: 0x1015 Manufacturer: NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips Semiconductors) (37) Load the Bluetooth 6LoWPAN driver. # modprobe bluetooth_6lowpan Enable Bluetooth 6LoWPAN. # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/6lowpan_enable Start Bluetooth advertising and waits for a connection request from the Central device. # bluetoothctl advertise on Operations for Central device Boot the Central device EVK and log in as the root user. NXP i.MX Release Distro 6.6-scarthgap imx93-11x11-lpddr4x-evk ttyLP0 imx93-11x11-lpddr4x-evk login: root Load the NXP Bluetooth UART driver to enable Bluetooth. # modprobe btnxpuart Start the Bluetooth hci0 interface with the hciconfig command. # hciconfig hci0 up Type hciconfig command to check the BD Address of the Bluetooth hci0 interface and confirm that its status is "UP RUNNING". # hciconfig -a hci0: Type: Primary Bus: UART BD Address: D0:17:69:AB:CD:EF ACL MTU: 1021:7 SCO MTU: 120:6 UP RUNNING RX bytes:862 acl:0 sco:0 events:59 errors:0 TX bytes:1085 acl:0 sco:0 commands:58 errors:0 Features: 0xbf 0xfe 0x8f 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x7b 0x87 Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3 Link policy: RSWITCH SNIFF Link mode: PERIPHERAL ACCEPT Name: 'imx93-11x11-lpddr4x-evk' Class: 0x200000 Service Classes: Audio Device Class: Miscellaneous, HCI Version: 5.4 (0xd) Revision: 0x8300 LMP Version: 5.4 (0xd) Subversion: 0x1015 Manufacturer: NXP Semiconductors (formerly Philips Semiconductors) (37) Load the Bluetooth 6LoWPAN driver. # modprobe bluetooth_6lowpan Enable Bluetooth 6LoWPAN. # echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/6lowpan_enable Send a connection request to the Peripheral device. (In this example, the BD address of the Peripheral device is D0:17:69:12:34:56.) # echo "connect D0:17:69:12:34:56 1" > /sys/kernel/debug/bluetooth/6lowpan_control After waiting for a few tens of seconds, the bt0 network interface will appear. (At the same time, the bt0 network interface will appear on the Peripheral device that accepted the connection.) # ifconfig bt0 bt0: flags=4161<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1280 inet6 fe80::d017:69ff:feab:cdef prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> unspec D0-17-69-AB-CD-EF-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 txqueuelen 1000 (UNSPEC) RX packets 9 bytes 884 (884.0 B) RX errors 0 dropped 4 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 13 bytes 1069 (1.0 KiB) TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 The Central device and Peripheral device are now connected via Bluetooth 6LoWPAN. Testing Send a ping from the Central device to the Peripheral device. (In this example, the IPV6 address of the Peripheral device is fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456.) # ping6 fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456%bt0 PING fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456%bt0 (fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456%bt0) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456%bt0: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=181 ms 64 bytes from fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456%bt0: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=125 ms 64 bytes from fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456%bt0: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=67.7 ms 64 bytes from fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456%bt0: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=56.1 ms ... Benchmarking Run the iperf3 server on the Peripheral device. # iperf3 -s Run the iperf3 benchmark on the Central device. For example, check the TCP connections. # iperf3 -V -c fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456%bt0 You can also check UDP connections. For example, the following example sends UDP 200Kbps bandwidth. # iperf3 -V -c fe80::d017:69ff:fe12:3456%bt0 -u -b 200K Disclaimer This document is provided as a reference for utilizing NXP products. Please refer to the official product manuals and application notes for formal specifications. Due to differences in software versions and other conditions, actual behavior may differ from the descriptions provided. This document does not verify all functions, so please be sure to conduct appropriate validation and testing to ensure suitability for your intended use.

There are two ways to enable support for the imx95-19x19-evk board: 1. Directly replace the flash.bin from the Yocto release. 1). depoly LSDK2512 on imx95-15x15-evk board which is supported in Debian LSDK2512 A: $ flex-installer -i pf -d /dev/sdX -F B： $ flex-installer -i auto -m imx95evk -d /dev/sdX 2). Download prebuild flash.bin for imx95-19x19-evk board from Yocto release: A: download： https://www.nxp.com/webapp/sps/download/license.jsp? colCode=L6.12.20-2.0.0_MX95&appType=file1&DOWNLOAD_ID=null B： Extract the downloaded file to obtain the flash.bin file: imx-boot-imx95-19x19-lpddr5-evk-sd.bin-flash_all 3). Overwrite flash.bin $ sudo umount /dev/sdX; sudo dd if=imx-boot-imx95-19x19-lpddr5-evk-sd.bin-flash_all of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=32 4). Insert the prepared SD card into the board and power it on. After entering the U-Boot prompt， set the boot command: => setenv bootcmd "setenv bootargs 'root=/dev/mmcblk1p3 rw rootwait console=ttyLP0,115200 earlycon';ext2load mmc 1:1 0x90400000 Image;ext2load mmc 1:1 0x93000000 imx95-19x19-evk.dtb;booti 0x90400000 - 0x93000000"; saveenv => reset The Debian system will start automatically. 2. Build the BSP image using FlexBuild: 1). clone the Flexbuild source code and apply the patch as attached. 2). build the bsp and boot images: $ bld bsp -m imx95evk $ bld boot -m imx95evk or download the pre-built image at: http://sun.ap.freescale.net/images/debian/lsdk2512/firmware_imx95evk_19x19_sdboot.img 3). install the image: $ ./flex-installer -f firmware_imx95evk_sdboot.img -d /dev/sdX -m imx95evk -b boot_IMX_arm64_lts_6.12.20.tar.zst -r rootfs_lsdk2512_debian_imx95evk.tar.zst 4). Insert the prepared SD card into the board and power it on. After entering the U-Boot prompt, run the following command to boot board: u-boot=> bootflow scan -lb

Seeing a block diagram in IMX6SLRM 1.5.1, it looks like i.MXSL has Touch Panel Control. Is there interfaces for touch panel in IMX6SL? Otherwise if I build HW using ADC or GPIO, can I be provided some SW drivers? Regards. The i.MX6 SL does not have embedded touch / ADC interface, sorry. Have a great day, Yuri ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: If this post answers your question, please click the Correct Answer button. Thank you! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This document was generated from the following discussion:

This article describes how to create a tiny rootfs based on BusyBox. Test platform: i.MX 95 19x19 LPDDR5 EVK. The attached layer can be used with other platforms as well. Software: Linux BSP 6.12.34-2.1.0 Boot device: SD card This article provides a custom meta-tiny-rootfs layer, to simplify the enablement. The layer: creates a custom distribution based on Poky, with no extra features creates a custom image based on BusyBox that only starts a terminal removes most of the machine features uses musl, instead of glibc Using the default DISTRO=fsl-imx-wayland and core-image-minimal, the rootfs size is 800MB. Using the custom DISTRO=tiny-rootfs and core-image-tiny, the rootfs size reduces to 2.6MB. How to? 1. Prepare the Yocto environment according to Section 3, 4, 5 in i.MX Yocto Project User's Guide. In the next commands, we'll assume the Yocto directory is imx-yocto-bsp, and the build directory is build. 2. Configure the build directory: cd ~/imx-yocto-bsp/ DISTRO=fsl-imx-wayland MACHINE=imx95-19x19-lpddr5-evk source ./imx-setup-release.sh -b build Note: The imx-setup-release.sh script accepts only Wayland distributions. We'll set the custom distro at the next step. 3. Set the custom distro. In the build directory, run: echo 'DISTRO = "tiny-rootfs"' >> conf/local.conf 4. Download the meta-tiny-rootfs archive, and extract it into the ~/imx-yocto-bsp/sources directory. cd ~/imx-yocto-bsp/sources tar -xvf meta-tiny-rootfs.tar.gz 5. Add the meta-tiny-rootfs layer to BBLAYERS: cd ~/imx-yocto-bsp/build bitbake-layers add-layer ../sources/meta-tiny-rootfs 6. Build the core-image-tiny image. bitbake core-image-tiny 7. Write the image on an SD card, and boot. You should be able to see a similar log: [ 6.183401] Run /sbin/init as init process init started: BusyBox v1.37.0 () starting pid 163, tty '': '/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc' starting pid 164, tty '': '/bin/mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys' starting pid 165, tty '': '/bin/mount -t devtmpfs devtmpfs /dev' mount: mounting devtmpfs on /dev failed: Resource busy starting pid 166, tty '': '/bin/mount -o remount,rw /' [ 6.246037] EXT4-fs (mmcblk1p2): re-mounted a5abac39-6c11-419f-97ef-86532e2616ad. starting pid 167, tty '': '/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts' starting pid 168, tty '': '/bin/mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts' starting pid 169, tty '': '/bin/mount -a' starting pid 170, tty '': '/sbin/swapon -a' starting pid 176, tty '': '/etc/init.d/rcS' starting pid 177, tty '/dev/ttyLP0': '/usr/sbin/ttyrun ttyLP0 /sbin/getty 115200 ttyLP0' Tiny Rootfs Operating System 1.0.0 imx95-19x19-lpddr5-evk /dev/ttyLP0 imx95-19x19-lpddr5-evk login: How to add additional features? If you want to add additional features to DISTRO_FEATURES, MACHINE_FEATURES, or IMAGE_FEATURES, please use the DISTRO_TINY_FEATURES, MACHINE_TINY_FEATURES and IMAGE_TINY_FEATURES variables. For example, to add bluetooth to MACHINE_FEATURES, add the following line in conf/local.conf. MACHINE_TINY_FEATURES = "bluetooth" Note: If you need to add a package that requires the full libc (instead of musl), add the following in conf/local.conf: TCLIBC = "glibc" These optimizations were inspired by this presentation: Honey, I shrunk the rootfs!

Platform supported Kinara Ara2: imx95frdm imx8mpfrdm In this article, let's take imx8mpfrdm as example. 1. Create a Debian LSDK2512 release system for SD boot using the command below: $ ./flex-installer -i pf -d /dev/sdX $./flex-installer -b boot_IMX_arm64_lts_6.12.20.tar.zst -f firmware_imx8mpfrdm_sdboot.img -d /dev/sdX -m imx8mpfrdm -r rootfs_lsdk2512_debian_imx8mpevk.tar.zst note: if Debian base rootfs is used, please upgrade to full function Debian rootfs first. 2. Insert SD card on imx8mpfrdm and boot the system. Once the system has completed booting and you reach the kernel prompt: $ date -s "20260101 1100" // set date $ set proxy if needed 3. download rt-sdk-ara2.deb at: https://nxp1.sharepoint.com/:u:/r/teams/ext1081/Shared%20Documents/LF_v6.12.34/Debian%20Packages/r1.3/Package%201/rt-sdk-ara2.deb?csf=1&web=1&e=i4x1zD 4. Get the uiodma.ko kernel module for Debian from NXP. 5. Disable sleep when install package: $ systemctl mask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target 6. Prepare the packages ARA2 needed: $ apt update $ apt install --reinstall -y libc6-dev $ ln -sf /usr/include/aarch64-linux-gnu/sys /usr/include/sys $ apt install -y python3-dev build-essential $ e2fsck -f /dev/mmcblk1p2 7. install Ara2 package: $ dpkg -i rt-sdk-ara2.deb The tail of successful log as follows： ... [ 783.892116] Adding 2097148k swap on /swapfile. Priority:-2 extents:17 across:35913728k SS /swapfile none swap sw 0 0 Swap file of 2G configured and enabled successfully. Enable rt-sdk-ara2.service service... Created symlink '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rt-sdk-ara2.service' → '/etc/systemd/system/rt-sdk-ara2.service'. rt-sdk-ara2.service has been enabled. To stop the service from starting automatically on boot run: systemctl disable rt-sdk-ara2.service Post-install script completed successfully. 8. overwrite the kernel module: $ cp /root/uiodma.ko /root/kinara/rt_sdk_r1.3/art/linux/drivers/uiodma_cache_management/uiodma.ko $ systemctl unmask sleep.target suspend.target hibernate.target hybrid-sleep.target // re-enable sleep 9. reboot the system： $ reboot You will see the log as bellow: ... [ 57.855988] bash[1492]: +----------+-----------------+ [ 57.856188] bash[1492]: | Product | Current Version | [ 57.856297] bash[1492]: +----------+-----------------+ [ 57.856397] bash[1492]: | firmware | 1.1.2.0 | [ 57.856501] bash[1492]: | proxy | 1.3.0.0 | [ 57.856593] bash[1492]: | sysapi | 1.1.61.0 | [ 57.856695] bash[1492]: +----------+-----------------+ [ 57.856788] bash[1492]: [I:20260109:09:02:44:636750] [DeviceManager] [kinara_main_1479][DeviceManager] [ 57.856894] bash[1492]: +------------+--------------------+ [ 57.857019] bash[1492]: | Product | Supported Versions | [ 57.857124] bash[1492]: +------------+--------------------+ [ 57.857227] bash[1492]: | client_lib | 1.0.0.0 | [ 57.857327] bash[1492]: | client_lib | 1.1.1.0 | [ 57.857419] bash[1492]: | client_lib | 1.1.2.0 | [ 57.857525] bash[1492]: | client_lib | 1.3.0.0 | [ 57.857642] bash[1492]: | cnn_model | 2.0.0.0 | [ 57.857741] bash[1492]: | cnn_model | 2.1.0.0 | [ 57.857833] bash[1492]: | firmware | 0.5.2.0 | [ 57.857931] bash[1492]: | firmware | 1.1.2.0 | [ 57.858030] bash[1492]: | llm_model | 3.0.0.0 | [ 57.858129] bash[1492]: | llm_model | 3.1.0.0 | [ 57.858222] bash[1492]: | pci_driver | 1.0.4.0 | [ 57.858322] bash[1492]: | pci_driver | 1.0.6.6 | [ 57.858421] bash[1492]: | proxy | 0.8.0.0 | [ 57.858533] bash[1492]: | proxy | 0.9.0.0 | [ 57.858633] bash[1492]: | proxy | 1.1.1.0 | [ 57.858732] bash[1492]: | proxy | 1.3.0.0 | [ 57.858823] bash[1492]: +------------+--------------------+ [ 57.858930] bash[1492]: 2026-01-09 09:02:44 - Proxy launched succesfully [ 58.752944] bash[1514]: 2026-01-09 09:02:45 - Hardware bringup is done (1 device(s) configured) and proxy is launched successfully in the background. [ 58.755142] bash[392]: Logs saved in: /root/kinara/rt_sdk_r1.3/saved_logs/rt-sdk-ara2_logs.txt Now, enjoy your AI journey.

In some applications, we need to shift frequencies to avoid interference from certain frequencies, such as shifting to avoid Wi-Fi interference. The document is a guide for shifting DDR3 frequency. The document uses the iMX8M Nano DDR3 as an example, but the process is the same for the iMX8M mini, iMX8M Plus, LPDDR4, etc. The main issue is resolving the DDR pll configuration. Before reading this article, we assume you are already familiar with using the DDR stress tool and DDR config rpa, or the DDR tool of the config tools. pll_to_table_entry_rates.py can help you to find the settings.

SW : uboot-imx lf_v2025.04 HW : i.MX 8MP EVK board, Oscilloscope 1. Introduction This guide explains the concept of DDR clock spread spectrum on the i.MX 8MP EVK platform. Note that the official NXP BSP does not enable this feature by default. Additionally, this guide provides an example code patch and verification steps to enable the LPDDR4 clock spread spectrum feature on the NXP i.MX 8MP EVK board. 2. What is Spread Spectrum? Spread Spectrum (SS) is a technique used to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) by slightly modulating the clock frequency around its nominal value. Instead of operating at a fixed frequency (e.g., 800 MHz), the clock signal is varied within a small range (e.g., ±0.5%). This modulation spreads the energy of the clock signal over a wider frequency band, reducing the peak energy at any single frequency. In other words, SS does not change the average clock speed significantly, but it helps to distribute the spectral energy, making the system less likely to violate EMI regulations. 3. Why Enable Spread Spectrum on DDR Clock? Enabling Spread Spectrum on the DDR clock helps reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) by slightly modulating the clock frequency, lowering peak emissions and making it easier to meet regulatory standards such as FCC and CE. This approach improves system reliability by minimizing interference with other components, offers a cost-effective alternative to hardware changes like shielding or PCB redesign, and is widely adopted in high-speed interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, and SATA to ensure compliance without additional hardware complexity. 4. Related registers CCM_ANALOG_DRAM_PLL_SSCG_CTRL Note : PLL_MFREQ_CTL[19 : 12] : Value of modulation frequency control The larger the mfr value, the lower the MF value (the slower the modulation); the smaller the mfr value, the higher the MF value. MF : The frequency of spread spectrum modulation is the speed at which the triangular/sawtooth modulated wave travels back and forth once per second, measured in Hz (commonly in the tens of kHz range). The speed of the spread spectrum "jitter" is determined. Usually, around 20–50 kHz is chosen to make the energy "swipe evenly" within the bandwidth of the EMI test receiver, thereby reducing the peak radiation at a certain frequency point. PLL_MRAT_CTL[9 : 4] : Value of modulation rate control The larger mrr is, the larger MR is (the wider the range); similarly, MR is also directly proportional to mfr and inversely proportional to m. MR : Peak-to-peak percentage of spread spectrum (the percentage of the total range of the clock frequency swinging around the center value). For example, MR = 0.5% means that the frequency swings around the center value by a total of 0.5% (if it is center-spread spectrum, it is usually ±0.25%).The MR determines the depth (width) of the spread spectrum. The larger the MR, the wider the spectral energy distribution and the lower the peak value, but it comes at the cost of jitter/timing margin (timing should be carefully selected for DDR, SerDes, etc.). 5. About Uboot code patch. Please refer the attachment patch file. At high DRAM frequency, Enable SS may cause not stable problem. So, in this case, I will choose 2400Mbps data clock run the test. Firstly, we should make sure that our code include the 2400Mbps PLL setting. DRAM data speed is 2400Mbps, the DRAM clock is 1200MHz. So the DDRC PLL clock should set up with 600MHz. For example, refer the below code. static struct imx_int_pll_rate_table imx8mm_fracpll_tbl[] = { PLL_1443X_RATE(1000000000U, 250, 3, 1, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(933000000U, 311, 4, 1, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(900000000U, 300, 2, 2, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(800000000U, 200, 3, 1, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(750000000U, 250, 2, 2, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(650000000U, 325, 3, 2, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(600000000U, 300, 3, 2, 0), // 2400Mbps PLL_1443X_RATE(594000000U, 99, 1, 2, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(400000000U, 400, 3, 3, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(266000000U, 266, 3, 3, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(167000000U, 334, 3, 4, 0), PLL_1443X_RATE(100000000U, 200, 3, 4, 0), }; PLL output calculator formula is : PLL_out = 24MHz*mdiv/pdiv/(2^sdiv) So, 2400MHz * 300 / 3 / 2^2 = 600MHz 6. Test result Non Enable SS Enable SS with 1% MR and Down spread Enable SS with 2% MR and Down spread Enable SS with 2% MR and Center spread

We are pleased to announce that Config Tools for i.MX v25.12 are now available. Downloads & links To download the installer for all platforms, please login to our download site via: https://www.nxp.com/design/designs/config-tools-for-i-mx-applications-processors:CONFIG-TOOLS-IMX Please refer to Documentation for installation and quick start guides. For further information about DDR config and validation, please go to this blog post. Release Notes Full details on the release (features, known issues...) DDR tool – Support for detecting multiple boards connected to the host system is added. – Automatic detection and selection of newly connected COM ports is implemented. – A Connection Test option to validate connectivity before running tests on the target is introduced. – i.MX 93 EVK LP4 configuration is added. – Training execution time information for i.MX 95 and i.MX 943 is included in logs. – Bus signal naming in the UI to align with i.MX pin naming conventions is consolidated. – CA bus values for i.MX943 with LPDDR4 are updated. – DRAM density calculation for i.MX 95 and i.MX 943 with LP4/4x is corrected. – Incorrect calculation of number of banks for i.MX 8M with DDR3L is fixed. – CS1_BNDs calculation for i.MX 91 is corrected. SerDes tool – i.MX 943 RFP support is added. System Manager – The ability to export user configuration in the CFG format is added. – Information about atomic resources to the Details view is added. – Generation and configuration of the config_fusa.h file is supported. – Resource and template assignment is improved. – Grayed-out resource assignments for unavailable configuration parameters in the Resources view are implemented. – Validation of configuration and user input is improved. – Problem decorators to the System and Boot view are added. – Design of the Boot and Details view is improved. – 5600 MT/s for i.MX 95 and i.MX 943 with LPDDR5 is enabled. – LP4/4x settings for DDR_SDRAM_ZQ_CNTL for i.MX 95 and i.MX 943 are updated. – Dual-rank configurations for i.MX 91 and i.MX 93 are updated. – LP4/4x configuration to support non-binary densities for i.MX 95 and i.MX 943 is updated. – Support for non-binary aligned LP4 density for i.MX 91 is added. – FRDM board support (LPDDR4X 15x15 at 4000 MT/s) for i.MX 95 is added. – Timing file discrepancies for i.MX 8MN with DDR3L are fixed. – Issue where changing PHY log level did not update generated code is fixed.

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