We’re happy to release our Debian 10 Buster image for Nitrogen8M_Mini board. Since this board supports only Wayland graphical backend, the system is simpler than earlier systems with i.MX6, similar to i.MX8M system. We use Weston, the reference Wayland…
Debian 10 Buster for Nitrogen8M board – October 2019 (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…
Programming eMMC on i.MX8
This post intends to answer the question of programming the eMMC memory you can find on our Nitrogen8m and Nitrogen8m mini devices. Although there are many different approaches available based on Linux or the MFG Tools, this post will focus on…
How to Upgrade U-Boot
Please follow the following steps to upgrade u-boot on your board: 1- First download “6x_upgrade” and “upgrade.scr” from the following link: http://linode.boundarydevices.com/u-boot-images-2018.07/ 2- (if you already have a u-boot file of your own that you want to upgrade to,…
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…
Introduction to Android Lock Task Mode (Kiosk Mode)
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…
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04.2 LTS for Nitrogen8M_Mini board – June 2019 (kernel 4.14.x)
We’re happy to release our Ubuntu Bionic image for Nitrogen8M_Mini board. Since this board supports only Wayland graphical backend, the system is simpler than earlier systems with i.MX6, similar to i.MX8M system. We use Weston, the reference Wayland compositor…
GuruCE iMX6 WinCE Release
GuruCE has a new i.MX6 release of WinCE. This release adds some great new features, like High Assurance Boot and 100% flicker-free transition from bootloader splash to the CE desktop or your application, new drivers for displays, touch controllers, and…
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 LTS for Nitrogen8M board – June 2019 (kernel 4.14.x)
We’re glad to release our first Ubuntu Bionic 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…
