We have received many requests about temperature monitoring on our NXP i.MX based Nitrogen platforms. This blog post aims to answer the most common questions and help you get the most out of your Nitrogen device. Temperature Monitoring principle All…
Ubuntu Focal 20.04 unified image for Nitrogen8 boards
Boundary Devices is proud to release our new Ubuntu Focal image for all our Nitrogen8 boards! This image uses Weston which is the reference Wayland compositor. This image boots up the Weston compositor at start. This can be changed…
FreeRTOS SDK v2.9 release for i.MX 8M platforms
One of the many advantages of developing with NXP’s i.MX 8M Family of application processors is the ability to utilize both the Cortex-A53 as well as the Cortex-M core. This blog post will first present the architecture of the i.MX 8M…
Ubuntu Focal 20.04 LTS for Nitrogen8M and Nitrogen8M Mini boards – August 2020 (kernel 5.4.x)
We’re glad to release our first Ubuntu Focal image for Nitrogen8MQ and Nitrogen8M Mini 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…
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…
BD-SDMAC Bluetooth Update – Now BT 5.0 Compatible
We are pleased to announce that our BD-SDMAC Wifi + BT module is now Bluetooth 5.0 Compatible! We have updated our qcacld-2.0 driver and qca-firmware in order to support this. Our latest Yocto Zeus images already have this support included….
Using an SSD via mPCIe on our i.MX8 Nitrogen boards
We would like to share some basic instructions for using an SSD via the mPCIe interface on one of our i.MX8 based Nitrogen boards. This has been tested on our Nitrogen8M and Nitrogen8M MINI SBCs. We officially support the…
eDP Display Support on Nitrogen8M
We are pleased to announce support for eDP Displays on Nitrogen8M. Note however that it requires both hardware and software modifications, so please contact us for more details. Find below a video demo of an eDP display in action….
HDMI Input for i.MX8 boards via MIPI-CSI
We are pleased to announce support for the BD_HDMI_MIPI on our i.MX8 based Nitrogen boards. Although the i.MX8M and i.MX8M Mini processors do not natively support HDMI input, the Toshiba TC358743XBG HDMI to MIPI-CSI bridge enables this feature. You can…
Boot2Qt Embedded Qt5 Image and Toolchain Zeus Release
We are pleased to announce a new Boot2Qt Embedded Qt5 image and toolchain using Yocto 3.0, Zeus. Below you will find the download links for the images as well as detailed instructions for the build. You can view a demo…
