********************** NXP i.MX 93 FRDM board ********************** This file documents the Buildroot support for the i.MX 93 FRDM (Freedom) board. For more information on this board, see [1]. Build ===== First, configure Buildroot for the i.MX 93 FRDM board: make freescale_imx93frdm_defconfig Build all components: make When this command completes, the generated image containing everything to boot from the SD card is located in "output/images/sdcard.img". Create a bootable SD card ========================= To determine the device associated to the SD card have a look in the /proc/partitions file: cat /proc/partitions Buildroot prepares a bootable "sdcard.img" image in the output/images/ directory, ready to be dumped on a SD card. Launch the following command as root: dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/ *** WARNING! This will destroy all the card content. Use with care! *** For details about the medium image layout, see the definition in board/freescale/common/imx/genimage.cfg.template_imx9. Boot the i.MX 93 FRDM board =========================== To boot your newly created system (refer to the i.MX 93 FRDM Documentation [2] for guidance): - insert the SD card in the SD slot (P13) of the board; - Configure the SW1 boot switches as follows: SW1: 1100 SW1[1-4] ("USDHC2 4-bit SD3.0" Boot Mode) - connect a USB Type-C cable into the P16 Debug USB Port and connect using a terminal emulator at 115200 bps, 8n1; - power on the board by connecting a USB Type-C cable into the P1 Power USB Port. Note 1: the board boot switches default configuration is: SW1: 0100 SW1[1-4] ("USDHC1 8-bit eMMC 5.1" Boot Mode) and the board is also pre-flashed with a reference Linux demo image. It is important to change the boot config switches to make sure the system will boot on the SD Card. Note 2: the debug USB connector presents 2 UARTs (for example /dev/ttyACM[0-1]), the Cortex-A55 UART should be the 1st one (in the previous example, /dev/ttyACM0). Refer to the documentation [2] for more details. Enjoy! References ========== [1] https://www.nxp.com/FRDM-IMX93 [2] https://www.nxp.com/document/guide/getting-started-with-frdm-imx93:GS-FRDM-IMX93