NXP Semiconductors Android i.MX 8M Mini, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...ements for using this release package are as follows Supported system on chips SoCs i MX 8M Mini i MX 8M Quad i MX 8QuadMax i MX 8QuadXPlus Supported boards EVK board and Platform MEK board and Platfo...

Page 2: ...1 Board hardware The figures below show the different components of the i MX 8M Mini EVK board Figure 1 i MX 8M Mini EVK board Working with the i MX 8M Mini EVK Board Android Quick Start Guide Rev P9...

Page 3: ...2 i MX 8M Mini EVK with audio board Figure 3 i MX 8M Mini SAS cable with DSI to HDMI adapter Working with the i MX 8M Mini EVK Board Android Quick Start Guide Rev P9 0 0_2 0 0 ga 04 2019 NXP Semicondu...

Page 4: ...display conect the i MX MIPI panel to the HDMI DSI port To test the camera connect the i MX CSI MIPI Camera to the Camera port The QCOM 1PJ Wi Fi Bluetooth module is used on the i MX 8M Mini EVK LPDDR...

Page 5: ...mm img vbmeta_a and vbmeta_b partitions to support LPDDR4 and MIPI to HDMI output and Direct Stream Digital DSD playback vbmeta imx8mm ddr4 img vbmeta_a and vbmeta_b partitions to support DDR4 and MIP...

Page 6: ...tool 5 Execute the uuu_imx_android_flash tool to flash images The uuu_imx_android_flash tool can be executed with options to get help information and specify the images to be flashed For i MX 8M Mini...

Page 7: ...to use c option If your SD card is 32 GB execute the tool with c 28 If your SD card is 8 GB execute the tool with c 7 To test MIPI DSI to HDMI output with LPDDR4 on board it does not need to use d opt...

Page 8: ...transparent_hugepage never androidboot wifivendor bcm androidboot wificountrycode CN U Boot saveenv With the settings above the Android platform does not start the shell console To disable selinux ap...

Page 9: ...e Android platform does not start the shell console To disable selinux append androidboot selinux permissive to the U Boot s bootargs Boot environment variables are as follows U Boot setenv append_boo...

Page 10: ...figures below show the different components of the i MX 8M Quad EVK board Figure 7 i MX 8M Quad EVK board Working with the i MX 8M Quad EVK Board Android Quick Start Guide Rev P9 0 0_2 0 0 ga 04 2019...

Page 11: ...8 i MX 8M Quad EVK with audio board Figure 9 i MX mini SAS cable with DSI to HDMI adapter Working with the i MX 8M Quad EVK Board Android Quick Start Guide Rev P9 0 0_2 0 0 ga 04 2019 NXP Semiconduct...

Page 12: ...el display conect the i MX MIPI panel to the HDMI DSI port To test the camera connect the i MX CSI MIPI Camera to the Camera port The QCOM 1CQ Wi Fi Bluetooth module is used on the i MX 8MQuad Rev B3...

Page 13: ...a_a and vbmeta_b partitions to support i MX 8M Quad B4 board MIPI panel output vbmeta imx8mq b3 img vbmeta_a and vbmeta_b partitions to support i MX 8M Quad B3 board HDMI output and DSD playback vbmet...

Page 14: ...SB 3 0 port to connect your PC with the board NOTE There are two USB ports on the i MX 8M Quad EVK board USB to UART USB 3 0 The USB to UART port can be referenced as debug UART and the USB 3 0 port c...

Page 15: ...For example you can execute a command as follows sudo uuu_imx_android_flash sh f imx8mq a e On Windows system open the command line interface in administrator mode The corresponding command is as foll...

Page 16: ...Boot setenv bootargs console ttymxc0 115200 earlycon imxuart 0x30860000 115200 init init androidboot gui_resolution 1080p androidboot console ttymxc0 consoleblank 0 androidboot hardware freescale cma...

Page 17: ...oidboot gui_resolution 1080p androidboot console ttymxc0 consoleblank 0 androidboot hardware freescale cma 1280M androidboot primary_display imx drm firmware_class path vendor firmware transparent_hug...

Page 18: ...start the shell console To disable selinux append androidboot selinux permissive to the U Boot s bootargs Boot environment variables are as follows U Boot setenv append_bootargs androidboot selinux pe...

Page 19: ...rd Figure 14 i MX mini SAS cable with DSI to HDMI adapter Figure 15 i MX mini SAS cable with LVDS to HDMI adapter Working with the i MX 8QuadMax MEK Board Android Quick Start Guide Rev P9 0 0_2 0 0 ga...

Page 20: ...LVDS to HDMI adapter to the LVDS0 LVDS1 port To test the camera connect two i MX MIPI cameras to the MIPI Camera0 and MIPI Camera1 ports To test the MIPI panel display conect the i MX MIPI panel to th...

Page 21: ...nd vbmeta_b partitions to support MIPI panel display system img system_a and system_b partitions vendor img vendor_a and vendor_b partitions dtbo imx8qm img dtbo_a and dtbo_b partitions to support LVD...

Page 22: ...formation of this tool f soc_name Specifies the SoC information For 8QuadMax it should be imx8qm This option is mandatory a Only flashes slot a If this option and b option are not used slots a and b a...

Page 23: ...u need to map the remote resource to the local environment first Take the following command as an example net use z 10 193 108 179 daily_images z in the command represents an available drive letter It...

Page 24: ...androidboot fbTileSupport enable cma 1184M 0x960M 0xe00M androidboot primary_display imx drm firmware_class path vendor firmware transparent_hugepage never androidboot wificountrycode CN U Boot saveen...

Page 25: ...elow show the different components of the i MX 8QuadXPlus MEK board Figure 19 i MX 8QuadXPlus MEK board Figure 20 i MX mini SAS cable with DSI to HDMI adapter Working with the i MX 8QuadXPlus MEK Boar...

Page 26: ...mek uuu imx Bootloader used by UUU for the i MX 8QuadMax MEK board It is not flashed to MMC partition table img Program to the first 17 KB and then back up to the last 17 KB of the boot storage GPT t...

Page 27: ...the system environment variable of PATH 2 Make the board enter serial download mode Change the board s SW2 boot mode to 1000 from 1 4 bit to enter serial download mode 3 Power on the board Use the USB...

Page 28: ...erminal For example you can execute a command as follows sudo uuu_imx_android_flash sh f imx8qxp a e On Windows system open the command line interface in administrator mode The corresponding command i...

Page 29: ...gs console ttyLP0 115200 earlycon lpuart32 0x5a060000 115200 init init androidboot console ttyLP0 consoleblank 0 androidboot hardware freescale androidboot fbTileSupport enable cma 800M 0x960M 0xe00M...

Page 30: ...tantive changes P9 0 0_1 0 0 beta 11 2018 Initial release P9 0 0_1 0 0 ga 01 2019 i MX 8M i MX 8QuadMax i MX 8QuadXPlus GA release P9 0 0_2 0 0 ga 04 2019 i MX 8M i MX 8QuadMax i MX 8QuadXPlus GA rele...

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