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:
DDR 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, iMX8MN, iMX8MP and LX2160A
- DDR configuration UI using the tokenized RPA tool
- PHY initialization using dynamic library
- Import the output of the RPA tool will bypass UI configuration
- Support for multiple PHY firmware version including fw2020.06
- Diagnostic fw2020.06
- DDR PHY support for DDR3, DDR4, and LPDDR4
- Cell color code
- 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)
- DQ ODT and driver strength test
- vTSA (Virtual Timing Signal Analysis) support - RX data eye, TX data eye
- Stress tests support
- Export vTSA results in JPEG format
- Static Code generation in Uboot style
- Command line posibility
PBL Tool
PBL tool helps you create and modify pre-boot initialization data used for configuring LX2 devices.
Features:
- Support for LX2160A
- Configure reset configuration word (RCW), which is 1024 bits of information
- Optional configure pre-boot initialization (PBI) command sequence
- Allow user to have full access to configuration by using Skip error checking and Display all fields
- Option to directly modify the configuration from RCW registers
- Import different formats of input
- Generate different types of output, including a binary file
SerDes Tool
The SerDes tool allows you to configure the SerDes block and provides you with a GUI application to validate the configuration
Features:
- Support for LX2160A
- UI for SerDes blocks configuration
- Per lane tests
- Bist, Power Transmitter/Receiver, Reset Transmitter/Receiver tests
- Jitter scope, Pattern Independent Jitter scope, Start/Stop Tx Patter generation tests
- Read a configuration from the target
Trusted Execution Environment Configuration tool
The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) tool facilitates the protection and isolation of the sensitive parts of the code.
Features:
- Graphical display of memory layout and resulting access to memory regions
- Configuration of access policies for memory areas, bus masters, and peripherals
- Configuration of pin and interrupt masking and security, as well as general features related to the ARMv8 core security
- Configuration of MPU
- Validation of settings
- Generation of configuration files (C code or ROM preset data)
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:
- 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 v12.1
- Pins tool
- Deinit function now sets also the routing and direction to it's default state. It also tries to route the original peripheral signal to it's default pin.
