IMX6UL TAMPER pins as GPIOs

[forumuser]

I have a custom board using MCIMX6G3CVM05AA and would like to use the TAMPER pins as GPIOs.

According to IMX6ULRM the TAMPER_PIN_DISABLE[1:0] fuse has to be set to 0x3.

Trying to do this using uboot fails as following:

=>fuse read 0 3
Reading bank 0:

Word 0x00000003: 0001006b
=>
=> fuse prog 0 3 0x0031006b
Programming bank 0 word 0x00000003 to 0x0031006b...
Warning: Programming fuses is an irreversible operation!
         This may brick your system.
         Use this command only if you are sure of what you are doing!

Really perform this fuse programming? <y/N>
y
mxc_ocotp fuse_prog(): Access protect error
ERROR
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According to similar threads on this forum this is not possible in the G3 version as the TAMPER_PIN_DISABLE[1:0] fuses are factory programmed.

Please help me clarify the following questions:

1. Are the G3 fuses pre-programmed? If yes, where do i find this information?

2. How exactly does "fuse prog" in uboot work, does it program fuses from '1' to '0' or from '0' to '1'?

BTW: According to the provided schematics the IMX6ULEVK has a MCIMX6G3CVM05AA using TAMPER pins as GPIOs while it is actually populated with an MCIMX6G2CVM05AA.

[Yuri · Accepted solution]

Hello,

  The tamper fuses of the i.MX6UL G3 are pre-programmed and cannot be changed 

by customers. Fuse Map of i.MX6UL is not publicly available.

Have a great day,

Yuri

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[forumuser]

In other words the G3 is a G2 with fuses pre-programmed in an undisclosed way, which is not documented and customers are meant to find out about it only after they manufactured and debugged a custom board based on the eval kit and finally ask in this forum?

Am i the only one who thinks this would be worth mentioning on the website and in the documentation (and i'm talking big red letters)?

Best regards,

Ralf

[Yuri]

Hello,

  Please create request (ticket) or apply to NXP distributors to get information about i.MX6 UL fuses.

Sales and Support|NXP 

Regards,

Yuri.