We’ve received many requests for Yocto support on our Nitrogen8M SBC. Although this Yocto release isn’t tied to a specific version (Thud 2.6 not released yet), we believe it is still beneficial to release details on building a Yocto image…
FreeRTOS SDK v2.3 for i.MX8MQ
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-M4 core. As such, we have had questions about how to run FreeRTOS…
Debian 9.5 Stretch for Nitrogen8M board – October 2018 (kernel 4.9.x)
We’re glad to release our first Debian Stretch 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, later…
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 LTS for Nitrogen8M board – September 2018 (kernel 4.9.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, later…
U-Boot v2018.07 for i.MX platforms
Boundary Devices is happy to release the latest U-Boot v2018.07 with support for all our Nitrogen Families of SBCs and SOMs. The new update includes support for the Nitrogen8M (i.MX8), MIPI display support, as well as Driver improvements: https://github.com/boundarydevices/u-boot-imx6/tree/boundary-v2018.07 For the impatient…
Nitrogen8M Featuring Crank Software Demo
With the recent wide release of our i.MX 8M based SBC, Nitrogen8M, we wanted to release another demonstration of the board running a different UI. In this demo post we will show off Nitrogen8M running a Crank Software Demo, which is one…
Android Oreo 8.1.0 release for Nitrogen8M
We are glad to deliver the latest Android Oreo 8.1 GA release for most our i.MX8MQ Nitrogen8M platform. For the impatient You can download the Android Oreo images from here: o810-nitrogen8m-20181120.zip Update 20181120 changelog: Update Kernel/U-Boot to latest Fixes for bootaux LTK0680YTMDB mipi…
Nitrogen8M – Yocto GPU Demo
The latest addition to our Nitrogen family, the Nitrogen8M, based on the NXP i.MX8MQ processor, is now available online. To help further development with this new board we are releasing demos and documentation to help you get started. Here is…
Nitrogen8M – Android Benchmark
Since the Nitrogen8M leverages the new NXP i.MX8MQ processor we thought providing a benchmark would be useful for those unfamiliar with the new CPU features. For this exercise we settled on AnTuTu Benchmark on Android. Benchmark When it comes to benchmarking, many options…
Introducing the First MIPI Display Designed for i.MX8M
Boundary Devices is excited to release the first commercially available MIPI Display designed for NXP’s i.MX8M family of processors. Product Resolution Brightness Interface Screen Size BD080MCC1 1200×1920 400 cd/m² MIPI (4-Lane) 8-inch Overview The BD080MCC1 is an 8″ MIPI…
