We are glad to deliver the latest Android Nougat 7.1.1 GA release for most our i.MX platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite) Nitrogen6x Nitrogen6_Max (Quad and QuadPlus) Nitrogen6_SOM Nitrogen6_SOMv2 Nitrogen6_Lite Nit6_SoloX Nitrogen6_VM We now recommend this release for new designs. For the impatient You can download the…
Compiling latest U-Boot for i.MX6 (2015 edition)
If you’ve updated to our most recent kernel >= 3.14.28_1.0.0_ga then you’ll be needing our new u-boot to accompany it. This will require you to pull and compile our u-boot branch and deploy it to your board. Please take your…
Android Lollipop 5.1.1 BETA 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, Nitrogen6_Lite and Nitrogen6_VM. This release is a BETA release meant for testing and evaluation of the latest features and security enhancements of the…
What is a Yocto recipe and how can I make one?
This is a continuation of a previous blog post. Here I will show how to add your own content to an existing image. Recipe Making Guide The Yocto manual covers how to make a recipe very well. So well, in…
What is a Yocto image and how can I modify it?
This is a continuation of a previous blog post. Here I will add some things to the image and modify existing elements of the image. If you’re brand new at this Yocto thing and are completely overwhelmed with documentation to…
What is Yocto and how can I start?
Update as of August 8th, 2015: You’ll need to update your u-boot if you’re building from scratch or using the newly provided images. See the post here with instructions on how to do it. This is one of the more…
Nitrogen6_MAX with i.MX6 Quad PLUS Processor
Boundary Devices will soon be releasing a version of the Nitrogen6_MAX with the Quad Plus processor. The Nitrogen6_MAX is a good fit for the Quad Plus Processor because it offers the full 4GB DDR3 memory as well as other…
QT5.5, 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 vision demo shows off the capabilities…
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 release that shows separate applications on…
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 the same testing as our KitKat release. We now recommend either KitKat 4.4.3 or Lollipop…
