Ubuntu Trusty for i.MX6 boards – February 2016 (kernel 3.14.28)
This is a maintenance release of our last Ubuntu Trusty. Not much new content, but some minor fixes and changes, the only new package is the gstreamer-imx. We added a console image also, it was...
View ArticleCome see Boundary Devices i.MX7 and i.MX6 Quad PLUS Demos at Embedded World
Come see Boundary Devices’ recently announced Nitrogen7 and Nit6QP_MAX boards at Embedded World in the NXP booth. The Nitrogen7 is a multi-purpose i.MX7 single board computer based on the i.MX7...
View ArticleAndroid Lollipop 5.1.1 GA release for i.MX6 boards
We are glad to release a new version of Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) for all our platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6x, Nitrogen6_Max (Quad and QuadPlus), Nitrogen6_SOM, Nitrogen6_SOMv2,...
View Articlei.MX53 Android 2.3 Tablet with 7″ 1024×600 Display
7″ Android Tablet with outdoor readable Hitachi 1024×600 display. The tablet features i.MX53 processor from Freescale, 1GB DDR2 memory, 16GB eMMC, 1D Barcode scanner from Motorola, 5MP Camera,...
View Articlei.MX Linux kernel 3.14.52
We’re glad to release a new Linux kernel branch based on NXP 3.14.52-1.1.0_ga release for all our i.MX boards: https://github.com/boundarydevices/linux-imx6/tree/boundary-imx_3.14.52_1.1.0_ga What’s...
View ArticleU-Boot v2016.03
We’ve just released a new version of U-Boot based on mainline v2016.03: https://github.com/boundarydevices/u-boot-imx6/tree/boundary-v2016.03 For the impatient Our build server generates an archive...
View ArticleCrank Software demo on i.MX7 Nitrogen7
This post intends to show how the Crank application framework is well suited to run on our i.MX7 Nitrogen7 board. For the impatient You can download a pre-built image from here:...
View ArticleVisit us at NXP FTF May 16-19th to see our i.MX6 and i.MX7 Products
Boundary Devices is proud to be a Bronze Sponsor of the NXP FTF Technology Forum – pedestal #135 in Austin, Texas May 16th to May 19th. This is our 4th year sponsoring the event and we look forward to...
View ArticleAndroid Marshmallow 6.0.1 GA release
We are glad to deliver the latest Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 GA release for all our platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6x, Nitrogen6_Max (Quad and QuadPlus), Nitrogen6_SOM, Nitrogen6_SOMv2,...
View ArticleKrogoth release of Yocto
Yocto 2.1 release, Krogoth, is now available. For The Impatient For Nitrogen6x platform(nitrogen6x, sabrelite, MAX, SOM2, nitrogen6_vm): boundary-eval-image-nitrogen6x-krogoth.sdcard.gz For...
View Articlei.MX Linux kernel 4.1.15
We’re glad to release a new i.MX Linux kernel 41.15 branch based on NXP 4.1.15-1.0.0_ga branch for all our platforms: https://github.com/boundarydevices/linux-imx6/tree/boundary-imx_4.1.15_1.0.0_ga...
View ArticleUbuntu Xenial for i.MX6/7 boards – August 2016 (kernel 4.1.15)
At last the new Long Term Support Ubuntu has arrived. It’s full name Ubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS, it will be supported for 5 years by Canonical (till April 2021). This time we created a MATE...
View ArticleWriting a system image using u-boot and TFTP
Objective Many of our customers have requested help in writing an initial file system to eMMC. For a small file system, this previous post works well. programming-emmc-on-i-mx6 But for larger images,...
View ArticleFreeRTOS BSP v1.0.1 for i.MX7D/i.MX6SX
This blog post will present the architecture of the i.MX6SoloX and i.MX7D processors and explain how to build and run the FreeRTOS BSP v1.0.1 on the MCU. Both processors are coupling a Cortex-A with a...
View ArticleHigh Assurance Boot (HAB) for dummies
This post intends to provide all the information you need to understand and use the HAB on your Boundary Devices’ platform. The goal is also to provide an update on our older blog post on the subject...
View ArticleVisit us at Qt World Summit Oct 18-20th to see our i.MX6 and i.MX7 Products
Boundary Devices is proud to be a sponsor of the 2016 Qt World Summit in San Francisco, CA from October 18 to October 20. For customers considering a new embedded project with the NXP i.MX family of...
View ArticleDigital Signage with DisplayIt!Xpress
This blog post will provide some information about DisplayIt!Xpress from BestWave which is a digital signage turnkey solution. This solution is yet another example of what our platforms can offer. It...
View ArticlePengutronix Etnaviv demo on Nitrogen6x
Boundary Devices was attending the Embedded Linux Conference Europe (ELCE) 2016 in Berlin and was pleased to discover a very nice Etnaviv demo from Pengutronix running on the Nitrogen6x. Pengutronix...
View ArticleDisplay configuration from U-Boot
Starting with Linux kernel v3.14.x and above, the way to setup the display on our platforms has changed. This blog post will detail how to set the proper display configuration from U-Boot. This applies...
View ArticleKrogoth-next Yocto Release
A new Yocto 2.1 release, Krogoth-next, is now available. For The Impatient For Nitrogen6x platform(nitrogen6x, sabrelite, MAX, SOM2, nitrogen6_vm, nitrogen6QP_MAX):...
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