The Sunny MTP006 camera starter kit provides a modular hardware platform enabling development of embedded ToF applications using the NXP i.MX 8M Mini SOM and the Sunny MTP006 TOF camera.

The starter kit is assembled as a miniature multi-layer "Cube". This "Cube", when assembled together, presents an i.MX 8M Mini-based embedded computer with ToF vision, composed of the following stacked hardware modules:

• Emcraft i.MX 8M Mini System-On-Module (SOM), in the following configuration: i.MX 8M Mini Quad, 2GB LPDDR4, 16GB eMMC, WiFi/BT, Commercial Temp range. The SOM is an off-the-shelf embedded computer module, which comes pre-loaded with Linux and binary PMD Roayle/Spectre ToF software stack, allowing for immediate development of ToF camera applications.
• MEDIA board is a second board in the stack, which provides various UI, multimedia and I/O interfaces.
• PMD TOF camera with the adapter board interfaces to the MEDIA board. Specific TOF camera included with the kit has the following parameters: Sunny MTP006, Infineon IRS2381C, HQVGA 224x172 (38K) pixels, 60x40 FOV, 18.93x18.6x5.33 mm, 0.1-4m, average 300mW, up to 60FPS (3D frames). The camera interfaces to the i.MX 8M Mini via 2-lane MIPI-CSI2 and I2C interfaces.
• HGI board is a third board in the stack, which provides additional connectivity and I/O interfaces.

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The following additional items are included in the kit:

• USB-to-UART converter "dongle";
• USB Type-C to USB Type-A cable;
• Ethernet cable;
• MIPI-DSI-to-HDMI converter "dongle";
• HDMI cable.

The Emcraft i.MX 8M Mini System-On-Module (SOM) is a miniature mezzanine module (50mm x 50mm) that combines the NXP i.MX 8M Mini multi-core application processor with 1-4GB LPDDR4, 4-64GB eMMC and a WiFi / BT module on a single board. The i.MX 8M Mini features up to four Cortex-A53 processor cores running at 2GHz and a Cortex-M4 core at 400MHz for low-power and real-time operation, with 1080p video encode and decode, 2D and 3D graphics, display and camera interfaces, multi-channel audio and advanced I/O connectivity. The i.MX 8M Mini processor I/O interfaces are available for a carrier board on the three board-to-board connectors.

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The following is the high-level diagram of the i.MX 8M Mini SOM:

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Here you will find hardware specifications, design files and various hardware materials describing the i.MX 8M Mini SOM and the Starter Kit.

i.MX 8M Mini SOM Resources	Download	Version #	Date
Photos
i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM top view		2A	Jan 27, 2021
i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM bottom view		2A	Jan 27, 2021
i.MX 8M Mini SOM being plugged into carrier board		1A	May 26, 2020
Liteon A65 PMD camera module and CSI-to-A65 adapter board		1A	Dec 17, 2020
LiteOn A65 PMD camera module plugged onto CSI-to-A65 adapter board		1A	Dec 17, 2020
Sunny TOF camera module and MTP006 adapter board		1A	Feb 28, 2021
Sunny TOF camera module plugged onto MTP006 adapter board		1A	Feb 28, 2021
High-Level Diagrams
i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM high-level diagram		1A	May 19, 2020
i.MX 8M Mini kit block-diagram		1A	Coming soon
Hardware Documentation
i.MX 8M Mini SOM hardware architecture specification		1.0	Jan 27, 2021
i.MX 8M Mini SOM pin-out (requires registration and login)		1A	May 19, 2020
i.MX 8M Mini SOM environmental specification		1A	Coming soon
i.MX 8M Mini SOM power consumption		1A	Coming soon
i.MX 8M Mini SOM thermal management		1A	Coming soon
i.MX 8M Mini SOM CE certificate		1A	May 25, 2020
Hardware Materials
i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM 3D model (Step file) (requires registration and login)		2A	Jan 27, 2021
i.MX 8M Mini SOM mechanical drawing (requires registration and login)		1A	Oct 29, 2020
i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM 3D PDF view Please use 3D PDF viewer (requires registration and login)		2A	Jan 27, 2021
MEDIA I/O board schematics (requires registration and login)		1A	May 21, 2020
MEDIA I/O board to Liteon A65 camera adapter schematics (requires registration and login)		1A	May 21, 2020
MEDIA I/O board to Sunny MTP006 TOF camera adapter schematics (requires registration and login)		1A	Feb 28, 2021
HGI (HoverGamesInterposer) I/O board schematics (requires registration and  login)		1A	May 21, 2020
MIPI-DSI-to-HDMI add-on board schematics (requires registration and login)		1A	Jun 5, 2020
Ethernet and MIPI-FRIDA interface schematics add-on board (requires registration and login)		1A	May 21, 2020
LCD-FRD55 schematics (requires registration and login)		1A	Nov 27, 2018
LCD-FRD55 Bill-Of-Materials (BOM) (requires registration and login)		1A	Nov 27, 2018
PMD ToF Camera
LiteOn A65X1.2 PMD ToF module depth performance (requires registration and login)			Jul 2, 2021
Sunny MTP006 PMD ToF module depth performance (requires registration and login)			Mar 23, 2021

This page provides various documentation materials describing set up of the Starter Kit and use of the software distribution.

Resource	Subject	Download	Date
Application Notes
Setting up the i.MX 8M Mini SOM starter kit	#kit		Jul 17, 2020
Understanding and running Yocto build	#linux #yocto		Jul 17, 2020
Prebuilt target images (requires registration and login) Release 5.4.3	#linux #yocto		Mar 28, 2021
Understanding boot devices	#kit #boot		Aug 5, 2020
Installing Linux using USB serial downloader	#kit #uuu		Jul 17, 2020
Booting from eMMC	#kit #emmc		Aug 5, 2020
Booting Linux from SD card	#kit #sdcard		Aug 5, 2020
Setting up Ethernet link	#linux #ether		Jun 2, 2020
Setting up WiFi	#linux #wifi		Jun 30, 2020
Setting up Bluetooth	#linux #bt		Jun 26, 2020
Using Liteon A65 camera	#linux #csi		Jul 17, 2020
Using Sunny MTP006 camera	#linux #csi		Mar 5, 2021
Developing standalone Linux applications	#linux #tools		Aug 5, 2020
Understanding Royale API	#linux #tof		Feb 24, 2021
Understanding PMD Royale viewer rendering tool	#linux #tof		Aug 3, 2020
Understanding performance of Royale APIs on i.MX 8M Mini	#linux #tof		Sep 3, 2020
Developing standalone Royale client application	#linux #tof		Sep 8, 2020
Integrating Royale with a ROS application	#linux #tof		Jun 20, 2024

Emcraft provides software development services for the NXP i.MX 8M Mini:

• Customization of Yocto build and meta-layer for custom requirements
• Portation of Linux and FreeRTOS BSPs to custom hardware boards
• Development, validation and integration of Linux and FreeRTOS device drivers
• OTA software updates, with support for redundant boot images and fail-back to previous boot set on update failure
• Secure boot, using the NXP HAB (Hardware-Assisted Boot) capability
• Boot time optimizations
• Power consumption optimizations
• Customization of SDP-based (uuu manufacturing tool) software load and test.

Emcraft provides hardware development services for the NXP i.MX 8M Mini:

• Development of custom i.MX 8M Mini boards based on the Emcraft i.MX 8M Mini reference design
• Review of custom carrier boards for the Emcraft i.MX 8M Mini SOM.

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