Starter Kit

 

NXP 8MMNavQ Starter Kit

 

 

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 MIPI-CSI2 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, allowing for immediate development of mobile robotics applications.
  • MEDIA board is a second board in the stack, which provides various UI, multimedia and I/O interfaces.
  • Google Coral camera interfaces to the MEDIA board 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, including with drone and rover interfaces defined by the PX4 standards.


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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";
  • MIPI-CSI2 Coral camera;
  • HDMI cable.

SOM

 

i.MX 8M Mini System-on-Module

 


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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Hardware

 

Hardware Resources

 

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

 

Software

 

Software Documentation

 

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 29, 2020
Building Linux images for the i.MX 8M Mini SOM starter kit
#linux
#yocto
Jul 29, 2020
Flash SD card with Linux image
#boot
#sdcard
Jul 28, 2020
Installing Linux using USB serial downloader
#kit
#uuu
Jul 31, 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 Google Coral camera
#linux
#csi
Sep 7, 2023

Services

 

i.MX 8M Mini Engineering Services

 

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.

Order

 

Ordering Info

 

Contact Emcraft to get a quote for required configuration and quantity of the i.MX 8M Mini SOM.

Related Products


i.MX 8M Mini System-On-Module

 

The Emcraft i.MX 8M System-On-Module (SOM) provides an off-the-shelf embedded module solution using the NXP i.MX 8M Mini SOC. The SOM combines the i.MX 8M Mini multi-core application processor with 1-4GB LPDDR4, 4-64GB eMMC and a WiFi / BT module on a miniature mezzanine board (50x50mm).

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