We’re proud to release our new Debian Buster images for Nitrogen8 boards! These boards support only the Wayland graphical backend. We use Weston, the reference Wayland compositor, in this system. This image boots up the Weston compositor at start. This…
Using the OptConnect ema Modem with Nitrogen8M
We are pleased to announce support for the OptConnect ema Smart Embedded Modem on our Nitrogen8M board! We will discuss how to connect the modem via USB to the Nitrogen8M using a mPCIe adapter card, as well as instructions on…
i.MX 8M Plus SoM Demos – Machine Learning and Multiple Displays
The i.MX 8M Plus processor from NXP contains some notable differences from the i.MX 8M and i.MX8M Mini predecessors: Integrated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) LVDS display support Integrated CAN Built-in Dual Camera ISP The Nitrogen8M Plus System on Module was…
Buildroot 2020.08 release for i.MX platforms
Buildroot 2020.08 has just been published and we’re glad to provide new images! It has been a long time since our last release due to missing i.MX 8M features but today marks the first of many releases for all our…
High Assurance Boot (HAB) – i.MX8M edition
This post intends to provide all the information you need to understand and use the HAB (High Assurance Boot) on your Boundary Devices Nitrogen8 platform. The goal is also to provide an update to our HAB for Dummies blog post…
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04.3 LTS for i.MX6 boards with etnaviv GPU acceleration – January 2020 (mainline kernel 5.4.6)
We are glad to offer our new special images of Ubuntu Bionic for i.MX6 Nitrogen boards with the most recent mainline 5.4.6 kernel and without NXP/IMX BSP. The mainline kernel supports the GPU acceleration with the etnaviv driver, and…
Debian Buster 10.2 for i.MX6/7 boards – December 2019 (kernel 4.14.x)
As it happens every other year, Debian released a new version of its distribution named Buster. We are glad to offer new images for i.MX6/7 boards with the current 4.14.98 kernel. As earlier, we used XFCE4 desktop since it offers…
Debian 10 Buster for Nitrogen8M board – (kernel 4.14.x)
We’re glad to release our first Debian Buster image for Nitrogen8M board. Since this board supports only Wayland graphical backend, the system is simpler than earlier systems with i.MX6. We use Weston, the reference Wayland compositor in this system. This…
Cellular modems on i.MX8 boards, Nitrogen8M and Nitrogen8M Mini under Ubuntu
In this post, we’ll walk through all of the steps needed to configure a specific set of modems under Ubuntu as a reference. We’ll use Quectel EC25 modem in this showcase, if you’re using another modem or another userspace, the…
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04.3 LTS for i.MX6/7 boards – August 2019 (kernel 4.14.x)
We are glad to offer our new images of Ubuntu Bionic for i.MX6 and i.MX7 Nitrogen boards with the newest 4.14.x_2.0.1 kernel and 4.14.98_2.0.1_ga BSP. These systems contain NXP/Freescale licensed content, so you will need to register on our…
