Table of Contents
Advertisement
Quick Links
Advertisement
Table of Contents
Subscribe to Our Youtube Channel
Summary of Contents for Voipac iMX6 OpenRex SBC
-
Page 1: Quick Guide
OpenRex SBC QUICK GUIDE... - Page 2 Last updated: June 26, 2017...
-
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Connecting the Components and Cables The First Steps Controlling iMX6 OpenRex SBC Over Serial Line Using External Monitor and USB Keyboard Controlling iMX6 OpenRex SBC Over Ethernet (telnet, ssh, ftp, sftp) MfgTool for Booting by USB OTG MfgTool SPI Bootloader How to Flash SPI Bootloader (u-boot-imx6-openrex .imx) -
Page 4: About Voipac Imx6 Openrex Single Board Computer (Sbc)
About Voipac iMX6 OpenRex Single Board Computer (SBC) iMX6 OpenRex Single Board Computer (SBC) a completely open source SBC powered by NXP/Freescale i.MX6 ARM® Cortex® A9 multicore CPU. The board further features NXP LPC1345 ARM® Cortex® M3 microcontroller, multiple camera inputs, and a series of built-in sensors including compass &... -
Page 5: Connectors Locations
Connectors Locations - 5 -... -
Page 6: Connecting The Components And Cables
Connecting the components and cables Prepare iMX6 OpenRex SBC and plug in (bootable) microSD card, TTL-232R-3V3 FTDI cable, Ethernet cable, HDMI cable and other devices or interfaces you need. Plug the power supply connector in. IMPORTANT! Be careful when connecting TTL-232R FTDI cable to the board. -
Page 7: The First Steps
The First Steps Voipac iMX6 OpenRex SBC is supplied with bootloader and Yocto Project Linux distribution preinstalled on microSD card by default. The SBC can be controlled over: Controlling iMX6 OpenRex SBC over serial line Recommended HW: a) PC with USB port... -
Page 8: Using External Monitor And Usb Keyboard
HDMI High Speed cable d) USB keyboard and USB mouse Controlling the SBC using external monitor and USB keyboard Illustration Photo Controlling iMX6 OpenRex SBC over Ethernet (telnet, ssh, ftp, sftp) Recommended HW: Recommended SW: a) PC with Ethernet - Telnet client (Telnet, PUTTY, …) b) Voipac iMX6 OpenRex SBC - SSH client (SSH,PUTTY, …) - Page 9 Controlling iMX6 OpenRex SBC using PUTTY connected to Serial Line. Controlling iMX6 OpenRex SBC using PUTTY SSH client. Controlling iMX6 OpenRex SBC using WinSCP. - 9 -...
-
Page 10: Mfgtool For Booting By Usb Otg
MfgTool for booting by USB OTG MfgTool U-boot is a bootloader responsible for hardware initialization, loading and booting linux kernel. It is also used for module flashing. Following example is for iMX6 OpenRex SBC in Ultra configuration. Recommended HW: Recommended SW:... - Page 11 Press Start button (iMX6 OpenRex SBC will boot firmware loaded over USB OTG). Wait until firmware (u-boot) is booted (serial terminal). - 11 -...
- Page 12 These additional steps are not required for the boards supplied as standard ! Burn efuses over serial terminal. Only for “VIRGIN” OpenRex SBC ! Efuses Boot From SPI: fuse prog 0 5 0x2A000030 fuse prog 0 6 0x00000010 MAC Address (For example 00:0D:15:00:D1:75): fuse prog 4 3 0x000d fuse prog 4 2 0x1500d175 - 12 -...
-
Page 13: Spi Bootloader
How to flash SPI bootloader (u-boot-imx6-openrex .imx) This part of QuickGuide shows how to flash u-boot and configure the module to run, in addition to the SD card, from iMX6 OpenRex SBC SPI flash. Updating of existing modules with burned efuses possible. Recommended HW:... - Page 14 192.168.1.75 mw.b 0x10800000 0xFF 0x80000 tftp 0x10800000 u-boot-imx6-openrexultra-2.3.imx; sf probe;sf erase 0x0 0x80000 sf write 0x10800000 0x400 0x7fc00 The bootloader is written to iMX6 OpenRex SBC SPI Flash after automatic download from the TFTP Server. - 14 -...
- Page 15 Reset the board. iMX6 OpenRex SBC will start booting from SPI Flash. The bootloader will defaultly start to download Image from TFTP Server. To change bootloader environment, stop autobooting. - 15 -...
-
Page 16: Creating Bootable Microsd Card
Creating Bootable microSD card USB Writer Following example is for iMX6 OpenRex SBC in Ultra configuration. Recommended HW: Recommended SW: a) PC with microSD port USBWriter b) microSD card Appropriate Image files 1. Open USBWriter. Browse source file (appropriate fsl-image). Select target device. - Page 17 Bootable microSD Card is now created and prepared for use. - 17 -...
- Page 18 Notes - 18 -...
-
Page 19: Important And Usefull Information
Board Computers (SBC), because these are not used as stand-alone devices by the general public. To make sure that Voipac COMs and SBCs can be used in CE marked devices, they are designed to obey the EC directives and the standard configuration COMs and SBCs manufactured by Voipac are tested for Electromagnetic Interference and operating temperature ranges. - Page 20 WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Disclaimer: VOIPAC TECHNOLOGIES s.r.o. reserves the right to make changes, without notice, to any product, including circuits and/or software described or contained in this datasheet. VOIPAC TECHNOLOGIES s.r.o. assumes no responsibility or...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the iMX6 OpenRex SBC and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers