In this post we have a brief introduction of Android Lock Task Mode. When the device is in this mode, it can be locked to a single app or a set of apps. Overview Android can run tasks in…
Android Pie 9.0.0 release for i.MX8MQ
We are glad to deliver the latest Android Pie 9.0 GA release for our i.MX8MQ Nitrogen8M platform. This image is an evaluation image which demonstrates the main functions of the board. Thanks to our Android software partner, Kynetics, for their help…
Android Pie 9.0.0 release for i.MX8M Mini
We are glad to deliver the latest Android Pie 9.0 GA release for our i.MX8M MINI Nitrogen8M Mini platform. This image is an evaluation image which demonstrates the main functions of the board. Thanks to our Android software partner, Kynetics, for…
Android Oreo 8.0.0 release for i.MX6 boards
We are glad to deliver the latest Android Oreo 8.0.0 GA release for most our i.MX6 platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite) Nitrogen6x Nitrogen6_Max (Quad and QuadPlus) Nitrogen6_SOM Nitrogen6_SOMv2 Nitrogen6_Lite Nit6_SoloX Nitrogen6_VM For the impatient You can download the Android Oreo images from here: o800-nitrogen6x-20180907.zip for…
Android Oreo 8.1.0 release for Nitrogen8M
We are glad to deliver the latest Android Oreo 8.1 GA release for most our i.MX8MQ Nitrogen8M platform. For the impatient You can download the Android Oreo images from here: o810-nitrogen8m-20181120.zip Update 20181120 changelog: Update Kernel/U-Boot to latest Fixes for bootaux LTK0680YTMDB mipi…
Nitrogen8M – Android Benchmark
Since the Nitrogen8M leverages the new NXP i.MX8MQ processor we thought providing a benchmark would be useful for those unfamiliar with the new CPU features. For this exercise we settled on AnTuTu Benchmark on Android. Benchmark When it comes to benchmarking, many options…
Nitrogen8M – Android and Qt Demo
The latest addition to our Nitrogen family, the Nitrogen8M, based on the NXP i.MX8MQ processor, will start shipping soon so it is time to show some demos of it. The Setup For this demo, we simply use: A Nitrogen8M platform…
Android Tools Windows Support for Nitrogen Platforms
Many topics in our Android Getting Started Guide rely on Android Tools such as ADB for application debugging or Fastboot for image flashing. Unfortunately, the guide assumed that the user was using a Linux distribution for all the commands involving Android…
Update Factory for i.MX platforms
Our partner Kynetics released an OTA update solution for IoT platforms named Update Factory. This solution leverages SWUpdate, which we talked about in a previous post, using its Suricatta feature to connect to a nice and easy-to-use web interface to manage all your…
Update on BD-SDMAC WiFi/BT module
We introduced the Silex QCA9377-based BD-SDMAC few months ago and have some updates to provide. First, it is recommended to read our previous blog post which gives all the module details: https://boundarydevices.com/new-silex-wifi-802-11ac-bt4-1-module/ As a reminder, the module is supported in…
