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| − | =Getting Started= | + | ==Out of the box== |
| | + | The packages include the following items: |
| | + | * Nitrogen8M rev11 preloaded with Android 8.1 |
| | + | * RTC battery |
| | + | * 5v power adapter |
| | + | * Serial console cable |
| | + | * Antenna |
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| − | On this page you are going to find all the information to start from scratch. You will find information about the board and how to configure your host machine in order to customize your own images. First, a general description about the board capabilities will be shown. Next, a description about the package content and a briefly guide about how to start the board. Finally, the required steps to build a custom image will be shown.
| + | [[File:Nitrogen8MLB.jpg|700px]] |
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| − | =Key Features= | + | ==Key Features== |
| − | The Nitrogen8m has the following features: | + | The Nitrogen8M has the following features: |
| | * Processor: i.MX 8M Quad (Based on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-M4F series) | | * Processor: i.MX 8M Quad (Based on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-M4F series) |
| | * Memory RAM: 2 GB LPDDR4 | | * Memory RAM: 2 GB LPDDR4 |
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| | * Power supply: 5V | | * Power supply: 5V |
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| − | =Package Content= | + | ==Get to know Nitrogen8M== |
| − | This is a description about the Nitrogen8m accessory kit and its contents. The packages includes the following items:
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| − | * Nitrogen8M rev11 preloaded with Android 8.1
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| − | * RTC battery
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| − | * 5v power adapter
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| − | * Serial console cable
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| − | * Antenna
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| − | [[File:Nitrogen8m.jpg|800px]]
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| − | =Port description= | |
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| − | The Nitrogen8M has a few connectors in the board. The following images describe the ports available in the board. | + | The Nitrogen8M has a few connectors on the board. The following images describe the ports available on the board. |
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| − | =Boot Options=
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| − | The board is able to boot from more that one way, below you will see how to configure the boot device.
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| − | == eMMC ==
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| − | By default, the board will boot from eMMC.
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| − | Just be sure that the '''Boot Mode Switch''' is place on left side before connecting the power adapter.
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| − | == USB Boot ==
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| − | This Boot option requires a Bootable USB stick and a Serial Console Cable, refer to iMX8 Software Support section to download a prebuilt image or create your own image with the instructions provided in the Custom Image section.
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| − | Instructions to setting up the USB Boot:
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| − | * Connect the Nitrogen8m to a host machine with the Serial Console Cable.
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| − | * Start any serial console (i.e minicom or term)
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| − | * Power on the board, the console will display the U-boot start-up screen.
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| − | * Press any key on your keyboard to stop the boot sequence, this will display the U-Boot console.
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| − | * Change the Boot Device with the following command:
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| − | setenv boot_targets usb0
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| − | * If you do not want to repeat this commands, you can save the selected Boot Device with this command:
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| − | saveenv
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| − | </pre>
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| − | * Continue the Boot sequence by typing the next command:
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| − | boot
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| − | </pre>
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| − | After the previous instructions, the board will boot from the USB stick
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| − | =Custom Image=
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| − | In order to create your own image, a supported Software Development Kit will be required for your desired OS.
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| − | ==Yocto==
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| − | To create a customized image with Yocto, first install its required packages with the following commands:
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| − | * repo tool
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| − | <pre>
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| − | mkdir ~/bin
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| − | curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
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| − | chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
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| − | export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
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| − | </pre>
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| − | * Yocto dependencies
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| − | <pre>
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| − | sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib build-essential \
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| − | chrpath socat cpio python python3 python3-pip python3-pexpect xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping \
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| − | libsdl1.2-dev xterm autoconf libtool libglib2.0-dev python-git sed cvs subversion coreutils \
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| − | texi2html docbook-utils python-pysqlite2 help2man make gcc g++ desktop-file-utils libgl1-mesa-dev \
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| − | libglu1-mesa-dev mercurial automake groff curl lzop asciidoc u-boot-tools dos2unix mtd-utils pv \
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| − | libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libelf-dev zlib1g-dev
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| − | </pre>
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| − | '''NOTE:''' If you have some dependency errors, this could be the reason: [https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fix_broken_APT_after_JetPack_installation Broken APT due to ARM64 packages]
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| − | * Download the Nitrogen8m source code
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| − | <pre>
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| − | mkdir fsl-community-bsp
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| − | cd fsl-community-bsp
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| − | repo init -u https://github.com/Freescale/fsl-community-bsp-platform -b master
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| − | repo sync
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| − | </pre>
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| − | * Set up the build configuration
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| − | '''For now, only Wayland distro is supported for iMX8'''
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| − | <pre>
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| − | DISTRO=fslc-wayland MACHINE=nitrogen8m source setup-environment build
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| − | </pre>
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| − | * Start the build process
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| − | bitbake fsl-image-multimedia-full
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| − | </pre>
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| − | Other images are supported, i.e '''core-image-minimal'''
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| − | For flashing the image, refer to iMX8 Installing an Image section.
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