Ubuntunizing i.MX6 kernels
Yes, we’re verbifying a noun here, but hope that the term is meaningful. We’ve been shipping binary images of Ubuntu for a while now, but haven’t really discussed the differences in the boot layout and...
View ArticleHacking .img/.sdcard files
We ship around lots of images for use on SD cards, SATA drives, or USB sticks. Some of them are publicly available and listed in our i.MX6 Builds page, but others are used during development and...
View ArticleU-Boot gunzip and write on i.MX6
In our never ending quest to handle the question of “How do I program this thing”, we’ve added a new tool to U-Boot. A new routine and command has just been acked by the U-Boot community, we’ll very...
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Debian Jessie images for i.MX6 boards
Debian Jessie – with XFCE4 desktop When we put together our post on use of the Debian installer, we intended it as a learning exercise as much as anything. We described the steps needed to create and...
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Gstreamer-imx plugin with Buildroot
Our i.MX6 platforms have great multimedia features and this post will describe how to leverage them using the most used multimedia framework Gstreamer along with a Buildroot filesystem. What is it?...
View Articlei.MX6 kernel 3.10.53
Sorry for the delay, but we’ve just pushed a new kernel branch for kernel version 3.10.53 for our i.MX6 boards: https://github.com/boundarydevices/linux-imx6/tree/boundary-imx_3.10.53_1.1.1_ga This...
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Boundary Devices Sponsors QT Roadshow in Houston May 5th
As a worldwide technology partner of The QT Company, we are proud to sponsor the North America QT Roadshow in Houston, TX on May 5th. This is an excellent event for companies looking at User Interface...
View ArticleReadonly root filesystem for i.MX6 boards running Debian or Ubuntu
Do your customers think of your product more like computer or a toaster? The software driving our Linux-based systems has roots in mini-computers, where the systems lived in data centers with raised...
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Android KitKat 4.4.3 ga release for i.MX6 boards
We are glad to release a new version of Android 4.4.3 (KitKat) for all our platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6x, Nitrogen6_Max, Nitrogen6_Lite and Nitrogen6_VM. We’ve done extensive testing...
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Android security part 1: application signatures & permissions
This is the first of a series of posts about Android security. This one will describe the security around the applications, their signature/certificates as well as their permissions. Introduction &...
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Android security part 2: OTA updates
This second security post will describe how to leverage the update feature available in our KitKat 4.4.3 release. Android devices in the field can receive and install over-the-air (OTA) updates to the...
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Nit6_SoloX – Freescale i.MX6 SoloX based Single Board Computer
Boundary Devices announces the availability of the new Nit6_SoloX – a Single Board Computer based on the Freescale i.MX6 SoloX processor. The i.MX6 SoloX is a multi-purpose processor based on the very...
View Articlei.MX6 Windows CE7 and CE2013 released for Nitrogen6X and BD-SL-i.MX6
GuruCE has expanded its Freescale i.MX6 support of WindowsCE7 and CE2013 to include BD-SL-i.MX6 (formerly SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6X and Nitrogen6X-SOM. The GuruCE iMX6 BSP is a high quality, well...
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Visit Boundary Devices at the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF)
We are proud to be a Silver Sponsor of the Freescale Technology Forum June 22-June 25 in Austin, TX. Come visit our booth #111 in the Technology Lab to see the latest demos of our i.MX6 SoloX design,...
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Android Lollipop 5.0.0 ga release for i.MX6 boards
We are glad to release a new version of Android 5.0.0 (Lollipop) for all our platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6x, Nitrogen6_Max, Nitrogen6_Lite and Nitrogen6_VM. This release went under...
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Android security part 3: Security-Enhanced Linux in Android
In our Lollipop release blog post, we mentioned that SELinux is now enforced for all the domains starting with Lollipop. This blog post will provide some details about the technology behind SELinux,...
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Ubuntu Trusty for i.MX6 boards – June 2015 (kernel 3.10.53)
It’s been a while since our last Ubuntu release, so it’s time for an updated image of Ubuntu Trusty for our i.MX6 boards with some nice new features. This image contains Freescale-licensed content, so...
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Android Lollipop dual display/app demo on i.MX6
Our i.MX6 boards support up to four displays, and we’ve been asked a number of times about dual display in Android. At long last, we now have a dual display demo using our latest Android Lollipop 5.0...
View ArticleGuruCE announces new, faster CE7/CE2013 for i.MX6
As discussed in a previous blog post, GuruCE has put together a CE7 and CE2013 image for the SABRE Lite/BD-SL-i.MX6, Nitrogen6X, and Nitrogen6X-SOM. They have just released the latest version of the...
View ArticleQT5.5, Computer Vision, and the Nitrogen6X Board
Boundary Devices is a partner with the QT Company. The QT company recently put together a blog post showcasing our Nitrogen6X board, 5MP MIPI camera, and 7″ LVDS display running QT 5.5. The computer...
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