NXP MCIMX8M-EVKB
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This article describes specifics for the NXP MCIMX8M-EVKB evaluation board. It can be used to test & verify NXP iMX 8M device support for Cortex-A53 and Cortex-M4.
Minimum requirements
- J-Link software V7.98c or later
- Micro SD card
- Official U-Boot/Linux image from NXP
Preparing for J-Link
Connection Cortex-M4
- Write the U-Boot/Linux image from NXP's web-site on the SD card.
- Insert SD card in the card slot
- According to the board manual set boot from SD card
- Connect the J-Link to JTAG connector (J401).
- Connect the onboard USB-UART debug interface to host computer (J1701).
- Open a serial interface communication via terminal application(PuTTY).
- Power the board via USB Type-C Power connector (J901).
- Turn on the power switch (SW701).
- Wait until the bootloader is started and interrupt the loading of the operating system(Linux Kernel). The output should look as follows:
- Verify the Connection with e.g. J-Link Commander. The output should look as follows:
Connection Cortex-A53
- Write the following boot image on the SD card skipping first 32KB:
File:NXP iMX8MQ flash.bin
For example:
dd if=NXP_iMX8MQ_flash.bin of=/dev/sdb bs=1k seek=33; sync
- Insert SD card in the card slot
- According to the board manual set boot from SD card
- Connect the J-Link to JTAG connector (J401).
- Power the board via USB Type-C Power connector (J901).
- Turn on the power switch (SW701).
- Verify the Connection with e.g. J-Link Commander. The output should look as follows:
Example Projects
The following example projects were created with the SEGGER Embedded Studio project wizard and run out-of-the-box on the NXP MCIMX8M-EVKB.
These are simple Hello World samples linked into the internal RAM.
SETUP
- J-Link software: V7.98c
- Embedded Studio: V8.14
- Hardware: NXP MCIMX8M-EVKB