Starter Kit
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NXP 8M Plus NavQ+ Starter Kit
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The NXP 8M Plus NavQ+ starter kit is assembled as a two-board stack. This kit, when assembled together, presents an i.MX 8M Plus-based embedded computer with MIPI-CSI2 vision, composed of the following stacked hardware modules:
- Emcraft i.MX 8M Plus System-On-Module (SOM), in the following configuration: i.MX 8M Plus Quad, 8GB LPDDR4, 32GB eMMC, 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.
- The NAVQ+ base board is a second board in the stack, which provides various UI, multimedia and I/O interfaces, specifically: 2 USB 3.0, WiFi/BT, Gigabit Ethernet, 2 MIPI CSI, MIPI DSI, 2 LVDS, PCIe, 2 CAN, HDMI,100BASE-T1 Automotive Ethernet, NFC.
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The following additional items are included in the kit:
- USB-to-UART converter "dongle";
- WiFi Antenna;
- USB Type-C to USB Type-A cable;
- Power Input cable, SYR 2 Pins to GHR 5 pins;
- IX Industrial IP20 to IX RJ45 acble;
- 2 CAN cables;
- 2wire Data cable.
SOM
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i.MX 8M Plus System-on-Module
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The Emcraft i.MX 8M Plus System-On-Module (SOM) is a miniature mezzanine module (58.4mm x 58.4mm) that combines the NXP i.MX 8M Plus multi-core application processor with 4-8GB LPDDR4, 32GB eMMC on a single board. The i.MX 8M Plus features up to four Cortex-A53 processor cores running at 1.8GHz and a Cortex-M7 core at 800MHz 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 Plus processor I/O interfaces are available for a carrier board on the two board-to-board connectors.
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The following is the high-level diagram of the i.MX 8M Plus SOM:
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Hardware
Here you will find hardware specifications, design files and various hardware materials describing the i.MX 8M Plus SOM and the starter kit.
| i.MX 8M Plus SOM Resources |
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| Photos |
| i.MX 8M Plus SOM top view |
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1A
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Jun 2, 2023
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| i.MX 8M Plus SOM bottom view |
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1A
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Jun 2, 2023
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| i.MX 8M Plus SOM plugged into carrier board |
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1A/2A
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Jun 2, 2023
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| High-Level Diagrams |
| i.MX 8M Plus SOM high-level diagram |
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1A
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Jun 2, 2023
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| i.MX 8M Plus BSB block-diagram |
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2A
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Jun 26, 2023
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| Hardware Documentation |
| i.MX 8M Plus SOM hardware architecture specification |
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1.0 |
Jun 21, 2023
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i.MX 8M Plus SOM pin-out
(requires registration and login) |
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1A
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Jun 21, 2023
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| i.MX 8M Plus SOM environmental specification |
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1A |
Jun 19, 2023
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| i.MX 8M Plus SOM power consumption |
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1A |
Aug 23, 2023
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| i.MX 8M Plus SOM thermal management |
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1A |
Aug 23, 2023
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| i.MX 8M Plus SOM CE certificate |
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1A
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Jun 21, 2023
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| Hardware Materials |
i.MX 8M Plus SOM 3D model (Step file)
(requires registration and login) |
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1A
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Jun 26, 2023
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i.MX 8M Plus SOM mechanical drawing
(requires registration and login) |
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1A
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Jun 21, 2023
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NAVQ+ I/O board schematics
(requires registration and login) |
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2A
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Jun 2, 2023
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Releases
This page provides access to the Emcraft software releases:
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Release 1.1.13-443
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Apr 3, 2024
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Release 1.1.12-437
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Jan 19, 2024
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Release 1.1.11-426
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Nov 27, 2023
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Release 1.1.10-421
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Nov 10, 2023
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Release 1.1.9-417
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Oct 27, 2023
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Release 1.1.8-409
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Oct 16, 2023 |
Release 1.1.7-387
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Sep 26, 2023 |
Release 1.1.6-363
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Aug 31, 2023 |
Release 1.1.5-359
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Jul 20, 2023 |
Release 1.1.4-336
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Jun 8, 2023 |
Release 1.1.3-332
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May 10, 2023 |
Release 1.1.2-323
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Apr 7, 2023 |
Release 1.1.1-307
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Mar 1, 2023 |
Release 1.1.0-297
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Feb 10, 2023 |
Release 1.0.9-290
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Jan 27, 2023 |
Release 1.0.8-273
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Jan 14, 2023 |
Release 1.0.7-242
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Dec 23, 2022 |
Release 1.0.6-228
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Dec 9, 2022 |
Release 1.0.5-213
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Nov 25, 2022 |
Release 1.0.4-197
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Nov 16, 2022 |
Release 1.0.3-155
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Oct 30, 2022 |
Release 1.0.2-128
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Oct 14, 2022 |
Release 1.0.1-106
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Sep 30, 2022 |
Software
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Software Documentation
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This page provides various documentation materials describing set up of the starter kit and use of the software distribution.
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| Getting Started |
Setting up the i.MX 8M Plus SOM Starter Kit
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#kit |
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Jun 2, 2023 |
Linux Host Specification
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#build
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Jun 2, 2023 |
Building Linux Images for the i.MX 8M Plus SOM Starter Kit
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#build
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Jun 2, 2023 |
| Flash SD Card with Linux Image |
#sdcard
#uuu |
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Jun 2, 2023 |
Installing Linux to the EMMC Using USB Serial Downloader
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#emmc
#uuu
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Jun 2, 2023 |
| Software How-To’s |
| Setting up Ethernet Link |
#ethernet |
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Jun 2, 2023 |
| Setting up WiFi |
#wifi |
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Jun 2, 2023 |
| Setting up Bluetooth |
#bt |
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Sep 11, 2023 |
| Using Persistent User Storage |
#emmc
#sdcard |
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Oct 12, 2023
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| Controlling Status LED from Linux |
#led
#linux |
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Jun 2, 2023 |
| Using Google Coral Camera |
#camera |
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Oct 2, 2023 |
| Using Emcraft OV5640 Camera |
#camera |
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Oct 16, 2023 |
| Using Emcraft OV5647 Camera |
#camera |
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Oct 16, 2023 |
| Using Emcraft IMX219 Camera |
#camera |
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Jan 24, 2024
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| Using Obsidian Thermal Camera with NAVQ+ |
#camera |
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Oct 16, 2023 |
| Using HDMI |
#hdmi |
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Jun 2, 2023 |
| Running Docker on i.MX 8M Plus |
#docker |
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Jul 17, 2023 |
| Integrating a USB Camera and Telemetry Sensors with Foxglove Studio |
#camera |
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Apr 3, 2024
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Platform
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NAVQ+ Platform Materials
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Emcraft supports a number of platform solutions based on the i.MX 8M Plus SOM and the NAVQ+ embedded computer. This page provides user materials (Application Notes, Demos, etc) for some of those platform solutions. Contact us to discuss details.
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| Navigation and SLAM |
| Introduction to ROS2 navigation and SLAM |
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Sep 4, 2023 |
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| iRobot Create3 SLAM setup |
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Oct 12, 2023
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| Setup Linux host for running Rviz |
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Oct 12, 2023
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| PMD Flexx2 SLAM setup |
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Oct 13, 2023
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| Launching SLAM |
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Sep 4, 2023 |
| Enhanced object avoidance in SLAM using PMD USB Flexx2 camera |
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Sep 5, 2023 |
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| Ethernet 3D Camera |
Using PMD flexx2 3D camera with local UI (Royalviewer) running natively on i.MX 8M Plus
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Oct 27, 2023
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Using PMD flexx2 3D Camera in TCP Streaming Mode on i.MX 8M Plus
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Oct 27, 2023
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| Zigbee, Matter and Thread Connectivity |
| Using Zigbee on NAVQ Plus |
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Nov 2, 2023
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| Connecting Aqara devices using the Matter protocol |
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Nov 2, 2023
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| Setting up OpenThread border router on NAVQ Plus |
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Nov 2, 2023
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| Connecting Eve Energy with NAVQ Plus using Matter protocol |
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Nov 2, 2023
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| Running Matter device on NAVQ Plus |
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Nov 13, 2023
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| Setting up Home Assistant with Matter plugin on NAVQ Plus |
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Nov 13, 2023
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| BLE Connectivity |
| Building and running AZ-N1 RISC-V BLE BSP |
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Jun 2, 2023 |
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| Using BLE demo with the NAVQ+ Linux BSP |
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Jun 2, 2023 |
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Services
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i.MX 8M Plus Engineering Services
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Emcraft provides software development services for the NXP i.MX 8M Plus:
- 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 Plus:
- Development of custom i.MX 8M Plus boards based on the Emcraft i.MX 8M Plus reference design;
- Review of custom carrier boards for the Emcraft i.MX 8M Plus SOM.
Order
Contact Emcraft to get a quote for required configuration and quantity of the i.MX 8M Plus SOM and the NXP NavQ+ starter kit.
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