PHYTEC phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus Development Kit phyBOARD Pollux or SBC Kit User Guide

PHYTEC phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus Development Kit phyBOARD Pollux or SBC Kit

PREPARING THE HARDWARE

1. Have the included connection cables at hand: You need a USB-A to USB-B micro cable, a standard Ethernet cable, and the power adapter (+24 V / 1 A).
2. Connect the USB cable to your host PC and the Debug FTDI (X1).
3. Set the Boot Mode DIP Switch (S3) to SD Card (Figure 1).
4. Insert the USB drive into the host PC.
5. Power up the phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus. Connect the power adapter (+24 V DC) to the power supply connector (X23).
6. Turn your power supply on.

Boot Mode DIP Switch (S3) SD Card Setting

Kit Contents

phyBOARD-Pollux with phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus PB-03123-001.Ax

Optional Accessories

• Display Kit 10“ LVDS Direct Connection

KLCD-AC168.A0

• Display Kit 7“ LVDS A/V Adapter Connection • Heatspreader XK048

KPEB-AV-10

• Sterling WIFI-Bluetooth Expansion Board (2.4GHz/5GHz)

PEB-WLBT-05

• Heatspreader XK048
• Heatsink XK049

PREPARING AND STARTING THE VIRTUAL MACHINE

To follow this QuickStart and the descriptions in the Development Environment Guide you need our compressed phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus virtual machine hard disc image (SO-558vl.zip). The hard disk image includes all software installations and configurations (e.g. Toolchain, Eclipse, Qt Creator) necessary for a successful start-up of the PHYcore-i.MX 8M Plus. The virtual machine hard disk image (.vmdk) is suitable for most virtualization software and can be mounted to an appropriate virtual machine (tested with VMware Player and Virtualbox).

1. If no USB flash drive is included, please refer to the download section under https://www.phytec.de/produkte/system-on-modules/phycore-imx-8m-plus/#downloads and download the virtual machine hard disk image. Otherwise, plugin the USB flash drive which includes the required file.
2. Unpack the compressed file with an appropriate tool to your local hard drive to get the included .vmdk file.
3. Follow the instructions of your virtualization software to create a new virtual machine. Pay regard to the following settings required to obtain a correctly working virtual machine:
   • Choose Linux-Ubuntu 64-bit version as the operating system.
   • Use the unpacked file XX-XXXX.vmdk as an existing hard disk.
   • An Ethernet adapter, as well as a serial interface, or the USB controller must be available to connect to the phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus.
4. Start the virtual machine with our hard disk image. You will see the modified Ubuntu desktop (A). For further use of the virtual machine, the pre-created login data is: username: phyvm – password: phytec Now you are ready to connect your PC with the phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus.

GETTING CONNECTED — SERIAL CONNECTION

1. Connect one end of the USB cable to the FTDI Debug port (X1).

2. Connect the other end to the first USB interface of your PC.

3. Click the Microcom_ttyS0 icon (B) on the Ubuntu desktop (for direct serial interface connection) or click the Microcom_ttyUSB0 icon if you are using a USB to DB-9 dongle.
   By default, every input and output is transmitted over the serial connection with a baud rate of 115200.

4. Click the reset button S1 on the board (or power cycle the board). A serial console has been started within your Live System. You should see a boot message and the login prompt on this console (C). Congratulations!
   If you do not see any output in the Microcom window, check the serial connection between the target and your host. By default Microcom uses /dev/ttyS0. If you want to use another port you can click on the Microcom Icon at your desktop with your right mouse button and select Properties. A window opens in which you can change the properties of the Microcom icon. Click in the Command field and search for „-p/dev/ttyS0“. Change it for example to /dev/ttyS1 and so on if you have more than one serial port. If the Microcom window does not open, one reason could be a lock file that was created when Microcom was not correctly terminated. Delete this file by opening a terminal and typing: Sudo rm /var/lock/LCK..*

5. Use “root” as the login name on the serial console (and press enter).

6. As a good example (and helpful for understanding the next step) enter if config. You will get information about the configuration of the Ethernet interface of the target (D).

ETHERNET CONNECTION

We recommend disconnecting your host PC from any other network because of a peer-to-peer connection from your PC to the phyCORE-i.MX 8M Mini Plus will be established.

1. Connect your preferred Ethernet interface on your PC with RJ45 connector X8 (ETH1) on the phyCORE-i.MX 8M Plus using the included Ethernet cable.

2. Configure the IP settings on your host platform in Ubuntu:

   • In the Unity panel (left side of your desktop) click on the Ubuntu logo (topmost icon).
   • The Ubuntu dashboard will open; enter System Settings in the search field (you will see the corresponding icon showing up already during typing of the search string).
   • Open System Settings and click on the Network icon.
   • Select the physical interface to which you have connected the Ethernet cable (if you have more than one network in the list) and click on Options.
   • Select the IPv4Settings (E) tab and choose Manual (F) in the Method drop-down box.
   • Click Add (G) and enter the IP address 192.168.3.10 (H) and 255.255.255.0 as subnet mask (I) and 192.168.3.10 as a gateway (J).
   • Last, click on Save (K) to save these connection settings and close the windows.
     You are now ready to test the Ethernet network connection.

3. Click on the SSH for Target icon (L) on your desktop. A console window will open and you will see an authentication question. Type yes and press Enter. You are now connected to the target (M). Congratulations!
   If you do not see the user login, check the Ethernet connection between the target and the host. Be sure that you have configured the network adapter in the virtual machine configuration correct.

YOUR POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS

• Please read our Development Environment Guide on the desktop of the VM to learn how to use the advantages of the virtual machine image.
• Please check our page https://www.phytec.de/p/som/phycore-imx-8m-plus for the latest documentation, downloads & FAQs.
• Please feel free to contact our support team if you have any questions about getting the board up and running.

Support

Germany
PHYTEC Messtechnik GmbH D-55129 Mainz
t +49 6131 9221-32
f +49 6131 9221-33
www.phytec.de
www.phytec.eu
USA
PHYTEC America LLC Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
t +1 206 780 9047
f +1 206 780 9135
www.phytec.com

References

• ARM核心板-Linux核心板-ARM开发板-hmi设计-phytec官网
• Home - PHYTEC
• PHYTEC: ✔ Embedded Komponenten ✔ Individuelle Elektronik
• PHYTEC: ✔ Embedded components ✔ Individual electronics
• Fabricant de modules processeurs pour l'embarqué | PHYTEC
• System on Modules | Single Board Computers | CPU Module | PHYTEC
• i.MX 8M Plus Cortex-A53/M7 System on Module | PHYTEC
• i.MX 8M Plus Cortex-A53/M7 System on Module | PHYTEC

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