NXP i.MX 8M Mini DDR4 EVK

The i.MX 8M Mini is an applications processor from NXP featuring quad Arm Cortex-A53 cores and a Cortex-M4 core. The DDR4 EVK is NXP’s evaluation kit for this SoC using DDR4 memory.

Key Features

• Quad Arm Cortex-A53 up to 1.8 GHz
• Arm Cortex-M4 up to 400 MHz
• 2 GB DDR4 RAM
• GPU (GC NanoUltra / GCNanoLite)
• 1080p video decode
• Dual camera input (MIPI CSI-2)
• MIPI DSI display interface
• Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, PCIe, UART, SPI, I2C

Building/installing an image

1. git clone https://github.com/YoeDistro/yoe-distro.git
2. cd yoe-distro
3. . ./envsetup.sh imx8mm-ddr4-evk
4. yoe_setup
5. bitbake yoe-simple-image
6. Insert SD card
7. lsblk (note SD card device, and substitute for /dev/sdX below)
8. yoe_install_image /dev/sdX yoe-simple-image
9. sudo eject /dev/sdX
10. Install SD card in the EVK and apply power

Serial Console

The debug UART is exposed via the micro-USB connector on the board. It will appear as /dev/ttyUSB0 (or similar) on a Linux host. Connect at 115200 baud, 8N1.

References

• i.MX 8M Mini EVK Product Page
• BSP Layer