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…
i.MX Linux kernel 4.9 for Nitrogen platforms
We’re glad to release a new i.MX Linux kernel 4.9.x based on imx_4.9.11_1.0.0_ga branch for all our platforms: https://github.com/boundarydevices/linux-imx6/tree/boundary-imx_4.9.x_1.0.0_ga What’s new? This Linux kernel 4.9.x contains the same features as the previous 4.1.15 kernel, the rest of the new features can be found on NXP Release Notes:…
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…
Debian Stretch 9.2 for i.MX6/7 boards – October 2017 (kernel 4.1.15/4.9.x)
As it happens every other year, Debian released a new version of its distribution named Stretch. We are glad to offer new images for i.MX6/7 boards with the current 4.1.15 kernel. As earlier, we used XFCE4 desktop since it offers…
Buildroot 2017.08 for i.MX platforms
Buildroot 2017.08 has just been released and we’re glad to provide new images for it. This release brings some new features that will be discussed in this blog post as well as some news of our own. For the impatient…
U-Boot v2017.07 for i.MX platforms
We’re glad to release the latest U-Boot v2017.07 with support for all our platforms: https://github.com/boundarydevices/u-boot-imx6/tree/boundary-v2017.07 For the impatient Our build server automatically generates and uploads all the latest binaries to this address: http://linode.boundarydevices.com/u-boot-images-2017.07/ The README file contains the exact commit ID of this…
Pyro Yocto Release
A new Yocto 2.3 release, Pyro, is now available for the i.MX series platform from NXP. For the Impatient For Nitrogen6x platform(nitrogen6x, sabrelite, MAX, SOM2, SOM2_QP, nitrogen6_vm, nitrogen6QP_MAX): boundary-eval-image-nitrogen6x-pyro.sdcard.gz For Nitrogen6x-lite platform: boundary-eval-image-nitrogen6x-lite-pyro.sdcard.gz For Nitrogen6_SoloX platform: boundary-eval-image-nitrogen6sx-pyro.sdcard.gz For Nitrogen7 platform:…
Customizing Ubuntu/Debian kernels on i.MX6/7 boards
This post is an update to our previous Ubuntunizing i.MX6 kernels in order to allow you to customize your image. Also I try to give you a guide how to modify and customize the system image on the host PC before installing…
Webinar – Qt for Device Creation on i.MX6 and i.MX7 platforms
https://www.qt.io/event/webinar-qt-device-creation-boundary-device/ Kick-start your embedded project with Qt for Device Creation and Boundary Devices. WEBINAR JUNE 7th, 2017 at 9AM PST Attendees will learn how to leverage the latest Qt to create beautiful cross-platform applications and embedded devices including NXP i.MX…
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…
