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
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i.MX 8M Mini System-on-Module
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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
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 |
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Date |
| Photos |
| i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM top view |
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2A
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Jan 27, 2021
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| i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM bottom view |
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2A
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Jan 27, 2021
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| i.MX 8M Mini SOM being plugged into carrier board |
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1A
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May 26, 2020
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| Liteon A65 PMD camera module and CSI-to-A65 adapter board |
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1A
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Dec 17, 2020
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| LiteOn A65 PMD camera module plugged onto CSI-to-A65 adapter board |
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1A
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Dec 17, 2020
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| Sunny TOF camera module and MTP006 adapter board |
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1A
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Feb 28, 2021
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| Sunny TOF camera module plugged onto MTP006 adapter board |
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1A
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Feb 28, 2021
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| High-Level Diagrams |
| i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM high-level diagram |
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1A
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May 19, 2020
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| i.MX 8M Mini kit block-diagram |
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1A
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Coming soon |
| Hardware Documentation |
| i.MX 8M Mini SOM hardware architecture specification |
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1.0 |
Jan 27, 2021
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i.MX 8M Mini SOM pin-out
(requires registration and login) |
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1A
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May 19, 2020
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| i.MX 8M Mini SOM environmental specification |
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1A |
Coming soon |
| i.MX 8M Mini SOM power consumption |
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1A |
Coming soon |
| i.MX 8M Mini SOM thermal management |
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1A |
Coming soon |
| i.MX 8M Mini SOM CE certificate |
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1A
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May 25, 2020
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| Hardware Materials |
i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM 3D model (Step file)
(requires registration and login) |
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2A
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Jan 27, 2021
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i.MX 8M Mini SOM mechanical drawing
(requires registration and login) |
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1A
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Oct 29, 2020
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i.MX 8M Mini LPDDR4 SOM 3D PDF view
Please use 3D PDF viewer
(requires registration and login) |
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2A
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Jan 27, 2021
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MEDIA I/O board schematics
(requires registration and login) |
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1A |
May 21, 2020
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MEDIA I/O board to Liteon A65 camera adapter schematics
(requires registration and login) |
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1A |
May 21, 2020
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MEDIA I/O board to Sunny MTP006 TOF camera adapter schematics
(requires registration and login) |
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1A |
Feb 28, 2021
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HGI (HoverGamesInterposer) I/O board schematics
(requires registration and login) |
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1A |
May 21, 2020
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MIPI-DSI-to-HDMI add-on board schematics
(requires registration and login) |
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1A |
Jun 5, 2020
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Ethernet and MIPI-FRIDA interface schematics add-on board
(requires registration and login) |
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1A |
May 21, 2020
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LCD-FRD55 schematics
(requires registration and login) |
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1A |
Nov 27, 2018
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LCD-FRD55 Bill-Of-Materials (BOM)
(requires registration and login) |
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1A |
Nov 27, 2018
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| PMD ToF Camera |
LiteOn A65X1.2 PMD ToF module depth performance
(requires registration and login) |
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Jul 2, 2021
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Sunny MTP006 PMD ToF module depth performance
(requires registration and login) |
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Mar 23, 2021
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Software
This page provides various documentation materials describing set up of the Starter Kit and use of the software distribution.
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Subject
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Date
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Setting up the i.MX 8M Mini SOM starter kit
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#kit |
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Jul 29, 2020
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Building Linux images for the i.MX 8M Mini SOM starter kit
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#linux
#yocto |
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Jul 29, 2020
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Flash SD card with Linux image
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#boot
#sdcard |
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Jul 28, 2020
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Installing Linux using USB serial downloader
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#kit
#uuu |
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Jul 31, 2020
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Setting up Ethernet link
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#linux
#ether |
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Jun 2, 2020
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Setting up WiFi
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#linux
#wifi |
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Jun 30, 2020
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Setting up Bluetooth
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#linux
#bt |
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Jun 26, 2020
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Using Google Coral camera
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#linux
#csi |
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Jul 17, 2020
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Services
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i.MX 8M Mini Engineering Services
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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
Contact Emcraft to get a quote for required configuration and quantity of the i.MX 8M Mini SOM.
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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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