MYIR has released a cost-effective and power-efficient ARM Evaluation Kit (EVK) MYD-IMX28X for Freescale i.MX28 family of multimedia applications processors which has an ARM926EJ-S Core, with speed up to 454 MHz. The board can support running Linux operating systems, which allows developers to use it as an i.MX28 reference platform to quickly start their own design. The board takes full features of the i.MX28 ARM processor and has exposed a comprehensive set of peripherals and connectivity options to make the board suitable for smart gateways, human-machine interfaces (HMIs), handheld devices, scanners, portable medical, experimental education and more other industrial applications. The MYD-IMX28X Development Board is using the MYC-IMX28X CPU module as the heart of the system which is an ARM9-based system-on-module (SOM) integrated with the i.MX28 processor, 128MB DDR2 SDRAM, 256MB Nand Flash and Ethernet PHY. It is connected to the base board through two 1.27mm pitch 80-pin connectors. The base board has extended many peripherals and interfaces through headers and connectors, featuring 1 x RS232, 1, Debug, 2 x USB ports, up to 2 x Ethernet, 1 x CAN, 1 x RS485, TF, Audio, LCD, JTAG, etc. MYD-IMX28X Development Board MYC-IMX28X CPU Module MYIR offers the board with Freescale i.MX283 or i.MX287 ARM9 CPU by default; user can integrate a different MYC-IMX28X CPU module on the same base board, thus making two variants of i.MX28 evaluation boards. MYD-IMX283 Development Board – with MYC-IMX283 CPU Module for Freescale i.MX283 MYD-IMX287 Development Board – with MYC-IMX287 CPU Module for Freescale i.MX287 The MYD-IMX283 and MYD-IMX287 boards only have a few differences as described in below table: Model MYD-IMX283 MYD-IMX287 Processor i.MX283 i.MX287 CAN 0 2 Ethernet 1 2 The MYD-IMX28X board comes with Linux2.6.35 software packages, detailed documents, necessary cable accessories as well as optional 4.3- and 7-inch LCD (with touch screen) to provide a complete Freescale i.MX28 starter kit and enable a quickly start of evaluation of i.MX28 family applications processors.

Measuring only 70mm by 55mm, the MYS-6ULX designed by MYIR is a high-performance low-cost Single Board Computer specially designed for Industry 4.0 (Industrie 4.0) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The MYS-6ULX has DDR3, Nand Flash, USB, Ethernet, TF, LCD and more other core components and peripheral interfaces integrated on the tiny board. Furthermore, it has two 2.0mm pitch 2x20-pin headers on board to bring out as many as signals for user extensions. The MYS-6ULX single board computer has MYS-6ULX-IND and MYS-6ULX-IOT two different models, which are respectively for Industry 4.0 and IoT applications. The two boards share the same hardware circuit design and are fully compatible in software. The MYS-6ULX-IND is built around the i.MX 6UL processor family and can support -40 to +85 Celsius extended temperature operation, which makes the board more suitable for industrial control and communication applications. The MYS-6ULX-IOT is based on the i.MX 6ULL processor family and has additionally a USB based WiFi module with antenna on the board. MYIR has ported Linux 4.1.15 for the board with Debian distribution as well as Yocto project with ported QT. MYIR has also provided an interesting demo to enable customers to experience Amazon Alexa Voice Service. Additionally, MYIR has designed an expansion board MYB-6ULX to further enhance the performance of MYS-6ULX. It is connected to the MYS-6ULX board through its onboard two 2.0mm pitch 2 x 20-pin expansion headers and has extended one more Ethernet for MYS-6ULX and added CAN, RS485, Audio, RTC and Camera. MYIR also offers optional LCD modules and Camera module to add functionality to the boards, which would be a complete embedded system.                                                              MYS-6ULX-IND Single Board Computer                                                            MYS-6ULX-IOT Single Board Computer                    MYB-6ULX Expansion Board

CPU: ARM Cortex-A9,FreeScale i.MX6Q1Ghz/1.2Ghz 1024M Byte  DDR3 SDRAM,4G BYTE eMMC Flash 5 usart ， USB Host，USB OTG 124 bits TFT port ，dual LVDS output  and HDMI IIC*2，McSPI*3，CAN*2,SD card *3，6*6 keyboard 120 pin conn *2 FR4 PC size:84*55(mm)

23 February 2016, Nürnberg, Germany: Toradex is pleased to announce a new member of its System on Module (SOM) product line based on the NXP i.MX 7 series applications processors. The processors offer an excellent performance/power ratio, advanced security features, and a heterogeneous multicore architecture based on ARM ® Cortex-A7 and Cortex-M4 cores, which make the platform a perfect fit for products targeting the rapidly growing IoT market. Some of the features of new SOMs: Colibri iMX7S and Colibri iMX7D are; NXP i.MX 7Solo and i.MX 7Dual applications processors 1x/2x ARM ® Cortex-A7 up to 1GHz & 1x Cortex-M4 at 200MHz 256MB/512MB RAM, 512MB on-board Flash Asymmetric/ Heterogeneous multicore processing Low power consumption/ high efficiency Advanced security features Connectivity: CAN, Ethernet, USB, I2C, UART, etc. Multimedia: Touch, RGB, Camera Parallel Interface, Analog Audio, etc. Temperature range -20° to 85° C The additional Cortex-M4 core is tailored for time-critical applications. This unique heterogeneous multicore architecture allows to clearly separate real time tasks from any server or GUI-related applications. The i.MX 7 processor also includes many additional security features such as secure boot, cryptographic acceleration and tamper detection, which are of high value for the IoT market. Toradex's internal benchmarks prove the effectiveness of the new architecture used for i.MX 7 processors. While the performance is comparable to the very successful i.MX 6Solo processor (ARM ® Cortex-A9 1GHz) SoC, the power consumption in operating mode is in the range of the Colibri VF61 (ARM ® Cortex-A5 500MHz) or less than 75% of the power consumption of i.MX 6Solo. When looking at the standby mode, i.MX 7 requires even less than a third compared to the power consumption of i.MX 6Solo.                                                                                                       *Results are based on nbench benchmarking, which uses a single-core, so performance & power consumption figures                                                                                                                 are comparable between dual-core i.MX 7Dual and single-core SoCs such as i.MX 6Solo, VF61 & VF50 The Colibri iMX7S/D SOMs are an extension to the robust and compact Toradex embedded computing SOMs and customized Single Board Computers (SBC), which are used in variety of industries such as industrial automation, medical, automotive, robotics and many more. Toradex’s products are ideal for quickly creating proof-of-concepts as well as scaling seamlessly from prototypes to tens of thousands of devices, without the need to redesign the embedded computer. “We are happy to be one of the first companies in the world providing a product based on the NXP ® i.MX 7 series. This processor offers an upgrade path from our pin-compatible VFxx-based platforms while retaining the unique combination of two different cores on the same die. By controlling sensors and actuators through the Cortex-M4 core and running non-time critical tasks on the Cortex-A7 core, many customers can massively reduce both the system complexity and the BOM cost. This great product is another result of a longstanding and strong partnership between Toradex and NXP,” said Stephan Dubach, CEO, Toradex. “NXP is looking to drive wide adoption of the i.MX7, critical to our success are system level board designs from our partners that enable our customers to effectively accelerate time to market. Toradex’s Colibri i.MX7 SOM is a highly efficient, powerful module that offers advanced security features in a small form factor. This combined with an extensive ecosystem, will allow customers to immediate start development and shorten time to market,” said Robert Thompson, Chief Enablement Architect for i.MX applications processors, NXP Semiconductors. Technical Specifications: Technical details of Colibri iMX7 SOMs can be found at https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/colibri-arm-family/nxp-freescale-imx7 Availability: Toradex’s Colibri iMX7 SOMs will be available for sales from 23 February 2016 on the Toradex webshop. Webinar: Toradex is hosting a webinar on 09 March 2016 with NXP. Register now: Introducing the i.MX 7 System-on-Chip - presented by Toradex and NXP About Toradex: Toradex is a Swiss based company with offices around the world, offering ARM ® -based System on Modules (SOMs) and Customized SBCs. Powered by NXP ® i.MX 6, i.MX 7 & Vybrid, and NVIDIA ® Tegra processors, the pin compatible SOMs offer scalability in terms of price, performance, power consumption, and I/Os. Complemented with direct online sales and long-term product availability, Toradex offers direct premium support and ex-stock availability with local warehouses. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/

Hi,      I want to expand another 1000M/s ethernet using EIM or PCIE of i.mx6Q，is that ok? How I can do that?

It sounds almost like a tale: Every Year again all the Experts of the Embedded Market meet in a little old Town in the Forrest of Bavaria. They are coming from all nations in flying machines to see the latest inovation and talk to each other in a language filled with Buzz words only few might understand if they not belong to this totally Engineering group.... Also this Year Embedded World took place like always in end of February. I have been on a few times on Embedded Worlds now, but it is always great to go again. Every year there is something new to spot and I also enjoy to meet old friends and silicon vendors to discuss about the latest evolution/revolution. This Year I attended the Show for TechNexion and we showed our latest Products based on NXP's ARM chips, like our tiny PICO Modules which are also available with NXP i.MX6UL now and the ideal choice for multimedia applications or where not much space is available. With i.MX6 and i.MX7 options it ofers a nice scalability. Not to forget the fitting baseboard which makes us the HW provider of choice for NXP and Google for the Brillo OS Of Course we also showed our EDM Modules, the work horse of the industry. Reliable. Rugged. Open Source Standard. With 82mm x 60mm it's a small formfactor with a great scalability from Single to DualLite or Quad core. And of course also available with i.MX7 New have been our TEK-Series, a Series of ruggedized, fan-less, cable-less BoxPC's with a Modular approach so Customer can choose the right configuration from off-the-shelf components Also new have been our TEP-Seriees, which is a Series of HMI's ranging from 7" to 10" and 15", also based on the same modular, cable-free- fan-less approach like the TEK-Series. Embedded World has been very busy for us, but never less we found the time to record a video, introducing our Company (for the few who don't know about us yet..) and in the second half of the video having a detailed introduction of our new products. You can watch the video here: TechNexion Company Introduction (@Embedded-News.TV) or directly on YouTube here: TechNexion Company Introduction and Product presentation (@YouTube) Thanks all our visitors and Looking forward to see you again next year!! Any Questions in the meantime? Contact us!​

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc_YFQ5v_w0 iWave Systems Technologies, an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, established in the year 1999, offers Product Engineering services from concept to market. Today, iWave is one of the leading design houses for Embedded Systems, basically focuses on providing the featured services for Hardware, FPGA and Software, which made this company to deliver the turn-key embedded solutions under one roof. Being in this particular business for long years, iWave has developed rich expertise on ARM architecture based processor platforms and has delivered the robust designs for exciting embedded applications in Industrial, Automotive and Medical domains. Being a certified Silver Partner of Microsoft, iWave provides Windows Embedded Compact BSP to its customers for catering high-end applications.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 iWave has been an innovator in developing highly integrated, high performance, low power and low cost System-On-Modules (SOM) and Development Platforms. The company designs and develops advanced cutting edge products & solutions for its customers using SOMs in the shortest possible time at the most optimized design cost. iWave’s flexible business models for onsite and offshore design support will enable the clients to go for their choice of trade.  Being partnered with the silicon provider Freescale, iWave has worked on many of the ARM based Processors designed by Freescale in its timeline. iWave systems offers Freescale processor based Standard and Proprietory SOMs to meet the market needs for creating innovative end-applications. Also For each of the modules, iWave provides the Development Platforms to facilitate quick software prototyping associated with the Board Support Packages (BSPs) especially for the Linux, Windows Embedded, Android, QNX, VxWorks and iTRON operating systems. Today, we are going to discuss about iWave’s expertise on Freescale processor based products. From the time initial Qseven draft specification was announced, iWave Systems has worked on typical Qseven standard modules based on Freescale processors with generic Qseven carrier board targeting Industrial, Automotive IVI and Medical Applications. i.MX processor based Qseven SOMs: iWave has worked on Freescale’s latest i.MX6 processor based Qseven SOM, with 1GB DDR3 RAM, 2MB SPI flash, 4GB NAND flash and 4GB eMMC flash. It supports Linux, WEC7, and Android operating systems. Freescale’s i.MX51 processor based Qseven SOM from iWave is provided with 128MB DDR2 SDRAM Expandable up to 512MB, NAND Flash of 128MB and supports Linux, Android & WINCE 6.0. Moreover, iWave’s Qseven expertise ranges in delivering the high class Development Platforms like i.MX6 Qseven Development Kit and i.MX51 Qseven development kit. iWave’s Qseven modules offers the best cost & performance solution for many Mobile and Handheld applications. Also, iWave’s Qseven modules provide wide range of features and functions for designing any kind of embedded applications. iWave’s Qseven form factor modules provide fast serial interfaces like PCIe Express, SATA, USB Port, HDMI Display Port, Gigabit Ethernet etc for the high-end developments in designing a product. i.MX processor based MXM System on Modules: Freescale’s latest i.MX6 processor based MXM SOM from iWave comes with a ruggedized MXM connector which provides the carrier board interface to carry all the I/O signals. This module functions with 1GB DDR3 RAM, 2MB SPI flash, 4GB eMMC flash and NAND Flash. It supports Linux and Android operating systems.            iWave has also worked on Freescale's i.MX53 processor based MXM system on module with the automotive temperature grade. This module is provided with 512MB DDR2 RAM, 4GB eMMC Flash, 16MB SPI NOR Flash and supports Linux, Android and WEC7 BSP. With the support for numerous essential interfaces and diverse features, and keeping the main focus on automotive, industrial and medical sectors, these MXM modules are tailored to excel in the performance. i.MX processor based Single Board Computers: The Freescale processor family in iWave has got bigger with the addition of Single Board Computers (SBCs). iWave has developed SBCs based on various Freescale application processors like i.MX6, i.MX50 and i.MX27. They are equipped with all the necessary functions that the embedded world demands on a single board and readily available to deploy in product design. iWave’s i.MX6 Pico ITX SBC measuring just 10cm x 7.2cm, is the industry’s latest Single Board Computer around Freescale’s i.MX6 processor that includes single, dual, and quad-core families based on the ARM Cortex-A9 architecture. This product is iWave’s 4th i.MX6 processor based design and is supplied with 512MB DDR3 RAM, On-board MicroSD slot, Standard SD/SDIO slot, eMMC support, SPI flash etc. It supports Linux, Android and WEC7 BSP. The i.MX50 Quick Start Board (QSB) is a low cost development platform based on Freescale’s i.MX50 processor, which incorporates high performance 800MHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor Electronic Paper Display (EPD) Controller and numerous connectivity options. The i.MX27/ARM9 processor based SBC and Development Platform, helps developers to prototype their applications on Windows CE 6.0, Android and Linux. Around this platform, about 15+ designs have been developed. The SBCs integrate all standard interfaces into a single board providing ultra-compact yet highly integrated platform that can be utilized across multiple embedded PC, system and industrial designs. Apart from these products, iWave specializes in providing complete turnkey design services for system engineering and product development including all hardware and software customized for your applications. iWave has provided complete customized solutions with end applications to several customers and these accomplished projects are successfully serving the purpose of their requirements. iWave’s i.MX SOM modules/services are already being used for variety of applications in focused domains. The company has worked on plenty of fully integrated systems like Digital Signage, Driver Console System, ECG Product Development, Automobile Infotainment, Industrial HMI, Skin Analyser, Video Phone, Quad Display System etc. For more details on all these products and services, kindly visit our website www.iwavesystems.com OR E-mail us on mktg@iwavesystems.com..... Thank you!!

NXP i.MX 8X SoC, quad-core ARM Cortex-A35, 1.2GHz Integrated 2D/3D GPU and 4K VPU Up to 4GB LPDDR4 and 64GB eMMC 2x MIPI-DSI / LVDS, up-to 1080p60 Certified dual-band WiFi 802.11ac, BT 4.2 2x GbE, PCIe, 4x USB, 3x CAN-FD, 96x GPIO Yocto Linux - BSP and ready-to-run images Industrial temperature range: -40° to 85° C 10-year availability CompuLab's CL-SOM-iMX8X is a miniature System-on-Module board designed for integration into industrial embedded applications. Bringing out the full capabilities of the NXP i.MX8X SoC, CL-SOM-iMX8X provides high performance and versatile connectivity in a miniature (36 x 68 mm) form-factor. CL-SOM-iMX8X Detailed Spec CL-SOM-iMX8X Development Kit CL-SOM-iMX8X Online Pricing

Since the launch of i.MX6 application processors, iWave Systems, one of the global leading SOM suppliers has launched many variations of i.MX6 CPU modules and an SBC boards catering to Industrial, automotive and medical applications.@ ! Complying with the Qseven R2.0 specification, the i.MX6 Q7 SOM supports industrial grade operation with 70mmx70mm size. The i.MX6 MXM SOMsupports automotive grade i.MX6 CPU and the automotive specific interfaces with 314 pin MXM2 connector pinout in 85mmx85mm form factor. The recently launched i.MX6 SODIMM SOM module supports both commercial & industrial operating temperature with very compact form factor of 67.6mmx37mm. Measuring 100mmx70mm, the Pico ITX size i.MX6 SBC board supports on-board connectors for all the i.MX6 interfaces with option to expand IOs through expansion connector. All these three different form factor SOMs and SBCs are supported with different i.MX6 CPU variations such as Quad, Dual, Dual Lite & Solo. Besides this i.MX6 Qseven modules also supports i.MX6 Quad Plus and i.MX6 Dual plus CPU configurations. Besides the main i.MX6 CPU portfolio, iWave Systems also launched the i.MX6UL SOM in very small SODIMM form factor with 67.6mmx29mm size for the power & cost constrained commercial & Industrial applications. Both the I.MX6 & i.MX6UL SODIMM SOMs are made pin compatible so that the customers can leverage scalability & software compatibility of the wide range of i.MX6 products. To enable quick prototyping of these different form factor SOMs, iWave Systems supports independent development kit variation for each form factor SOMs with Linux, Android and WEC7* BSP support. These development kits help customer to save up to 60% of new product development cycle so that the quick time to market can be achieved. iWave Systems also offers custom SOM & SBC development with turnkey manufacturing services based on its wide range of i.MX6 product development expertise. Please contact iWave Systems for additional details.

This post is about adding cellular modem support on the Boundary Devices i.MX6 boards under Ubuntu.  Many customers have requested cellular modem support on our i.MX6 boards (BD-SL-i.MX6, Nitrogen6X, Nitrogen6_Lite and Nitrogen6_MAX).  Since most cell modems are USB or PCIe devices, configuration is a software task, and mostly done in userspace. The steps are also different for Android, embedded Linux and desktop distributions.  In other words, its complicated. In this post, we’ll walk through all of the steps needed to configure a specific set of modems under Ubuntu as a reference. If you’re using another modem or another userspace, the details may be different, but the fundamentals will be the same. We used the Huawei E3131 USB dongle , and Huawei MU609 Mini-PCIe during this process, and will be adding them to our default kernels going forward. As you can see in this patch, we did have to add some USB device ids and make minor updates to the kernel as provided by the vendor. In the process, we should now also support the following Huawei models for various regions and carriers: MC323   CDMA: Downlink:153.6 kbps, Uplink: 153.6 kbps MU509   WDCMA: Downlink:3.6 Mbps, Uplink: 384 kbps MC509   EVDO: Downlink:3.1 Mbps, Uplink: 1.8 Mbps MU609   HSPA+: Downlink:14.4 Mbps, Uplink: 5.76 Mbps MU709   HSPA+: Downlink:21.6 Mbps, Uplink: 5.76 Mbps ME906   LTE: Downlink:100 Mbps, Uplink: 50 Mbps ME909   LTE: Downlink:100 Mbps, Uplink: 50 Mbps ME936   LTE: Downlink:100 Mbps, Uplink: 50 Mbps For more details including links to images as well as detailed descriptions on how to implement, please visit this blog post:  http://boundarydevices.com/cellular-modems-on-i-mx6-boards/