Quick Start Guide Multisensory Enablement Kit i.MX 8QuadMax MEK CPU Board Based on i.
Quick Start Guide GET TO KNOW THE MEK BASED ON i.MX 8QUADMAX APPLICATION PROCESSOR Status LEDs (See Table 5) ON-OFF M.2 Connector Button (SW1) (J12) Reset Button (SW3 EXT 5V LED (D9) EXT 3.3V LED (D10) EXT 1.7V LED (D8) 12V Power LED (D13) 12V Power input DIN Connector (J16) HDMI TX (J6) HDMI RX (J1) MIPI CSI1 & CSI0 Mini SAS Connectors (J5 & J10) 3.
www.nxp.com Board-to-Board Connector for Interface with Base Board Part Number: MCIMX8-8X-BB Figure 2: Bottom View i.
Quick Start Guide ABOUT THE MULTISENSORY ENABLEMENT KIT BASED ON THE i.MX 8QUADMAX APPLICATION PROCESSOR. The i.MX 8QuadMax Multisensory Enablement Kit (MEK) is an evaluation platform for the i.MX 8QuadMax Application Processor. Hardware design files, software toolsand board support packages (BSPs) for Linux, Android, and FreeRTOS are available for customers to use as a reference for starting design of their products. The i.
www.nxp.com FEATURES The following featuresare available with the MEK CPU board based on the i.MX 8QuadMax application processor: • i.MX 8QuadMax processor with 9 cores (4x Arm® Cortex®-A53, 2x Cortex-A72, 2x Cortex-M4F, 1x HIFI4 DSP) • 2x 3 GB 32-bit LPDDR4 with 1.6 GHz clock • eMMC 5.0, 32 GB • 64 MB Octal SPI NOR flash • SD card Connector • USB Type-C connector • HDMI Receiver-Compatible with HDMI 2.
Quick Start Guide GETTING STARTED This section describes how to use the MEK and the required accessories to develop applications using the kit. 1 Unpacking the Kit The MEK is shipped with the itemslisted in Table 1. Ensure the itemsare available in the i.MX 8QuadMax MEK. ITEM 6 DESCRIPTION CPU board CPU board with i.MX 8QuadMax application processor, memory and PMIC Power supply Power supply , 12V DC,11.
www.nxp.com 2 Optional Accessories Table 2 lists additional equipment not included with the i.MX 8QuadMax MEK.
Quick Start Guide SETTING UP THE SYSTEM 1 SD Card 2 Connect USB Debug Cable Insert the MicroSD card into socket J19 on the MEK CPU Board. Connect the micro-B end of a USB cable into debug port, J18. Connect the other end of the cable to a PC acting as a host terminal. Open the terminal window (i.e., Hyper Terminal or Tera Term) and apply the following configuration.
www.nxp.com 6 LVDS Adapter Card and Display (optional) 7 Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Module (Optional) Connect the LVDS-to-HDMI daughter card to J2/J3/J7/J8 with the Mini SAS cable supplied in the package. Connect the M.2 form factor Wi-FiBluetooth module with E-key to the M.2 Connector J12. (Order from Murata) 8 Connect Power Supply Connect the plug of the 12V power supply to the DIN connector J16. When power is connected to the MEK, it will automatically begin the boot sequence.
Quick Start Guide BOOT PROCESS FOR LINUX IMAGE Boot Process • Switch SW2 to OFF, OFF, ON, ON, OFF, OFF (from 1-6 bit) to boot from the SD card, as shown in Figure 4. • Power on the MEK board. • During the boot process, there will be console prints on the terminal window of the PC (if connected). • To work from the terminal window on the host PC, press ‘Enter’ at the terminal window to get the command prompt. Account name: root, password none.
www.nxp.com DIP SWITCH CONFIGURATION Table 3 shows the switch (SW2) configuration of boot mode for i.MX 8QuadMax MEK. POS-6 POS-5 POS-4 POS-3 POS-2 POS-1 BOOT DEVICE 0 0 0 0 0 0 BOOT From Fuse 0 0 0 1 0 0 Serial Download 0 0 1 0 0 0 EMMC0 0 0 1 1 0 0 SD1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Octal SPI Table 3: i.
Quick Start Guide BUTTON FUNCTIONS Table 4 shows the functions of the push buttons and switches on the board. ITEM DESCRIPTION SW1 MEK ON/OFF button • Press and hold f or 0.5 sec to turn ON, press and hold f or 5 sec to turn OFF. SW2 MEK BOOT selection switch • Used f or boot conf iguration according to SCU boot mode.
www.nxp.com LED STATUS Table 5 shows the status of LEDs on the board ITEM DESCRIPTION D5 Processor RESET status • ON : i.MX 8QM is in Active State , OFF : i.
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