We are glad to deliver the latest Android 13 release for Tungsten700 SMARC device. For the impatient You can download the Android 13 image from here: https://boundarydevices.com/eula/?file=20240110-boundary-tungsten700-t-aiot-V5.166.zip Flashing instructions The .zip archives include all the files to be flashed using SP Flash Tool that can downloaded here: https://boundarydevices.com/eula/?file=SP_Flash_Tool_V6.zip for Linux OS https://boundarydevices.com/eula/?file=SP_Flash_Tool_V6_Windows.zip for Windows OS Then you can follow the instructions below: Unpack both archive (SP Flash Tool ..read more

Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish 22.04 LTS Weston/Wayland Compositor Boundary Devices is proud to release our new Ubuntu Jammy image for our Tungsten700 SMARC board! This image uses Weston which is the reference Wayland compositor. This image boots up the Weston compositor at start. This can be changed by disabling the service autostart, as described later in this post. This system contains MediaTek licensed content, so you will need to register on our website and log in before you can accept the license agreement and download the Ubuntu Jammy images for Tungsten700 SMARC from here: 20240108-tungsten70 ..read more

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In this post, we will show how to recover a Tungsten700 SMARC System-On-Module so that the device can get up in running in fastboot mode and be flashed with software OS images. The Tungsten700 has a DIP switch (SW1) which allows for overriding the normal boot flow and force a boot to the USB recovery mode (OTG/TypeC port). Modify its setting to match the picture below: Procedure After putting the SW1 Dip Switch to the ON position and powering on the board, you should see a “Mediatek” device show up in “lsusb” ~$ lsusb ... Bus 001 Device 059: ID 0e8d:0003 MediaTek Inc. MT6227 phone ... Now t ..read more

We are pleased to announce a Yocto Release for our new Tungsten700 SMARC! This release is based upon the Mediatek iot-yocto-v23.1 (Kirkstone) release and includes our 5.15 kernel. Below you will find a download link for the image as well as detailed instructions for building including a features set. Prebuilt Image You can download the Yocto image from here: 20231113-tungsten-700-smarc-yocto-kirkstone.zip How to Burn The .zip archive include all the files to be flashed using fastboot. First you need to enter fastboot mode from U-Boot prompt: => fastboot 0 If you are unable to get into f ..read more

Boundary Devices is proud to release our new Debian Bookworm image for all our Nitrogen8 boards! This image uses Weston which is the reference Wayland compositor. This image boots up the Weston compositor at start. This can be changed by disabling the service autostart, as described later in this post. This system contains NXP licensed content, so you will need to register on our website and log in before you can accept the license agreement and download the Debian Bookworm images for Nitrogen8 from here: For Nitrogen8M, Nitrogen8M SOM, Nitrogen8M Mini, Nitrogen8M Mini SOM, Nitrogen8M Nano SO ..read more

In this post we will provide instructions on how to create and use the Yocto SDK. The Yocto SDK is extremely useful as it allows for quick application development without having to build and maintain massive yocto builds.  It provides a cross-development toolchain and also libraries that are specific to a particular yocto image i.e. a specific hardware architecture. 1- Building the SDK Installer In this example, we will use our boundary-image-multimedia-full image to base the SDK on. First, follow the instructions in the “Build Procedure” section of our latest Yocto Mickledore release, bu ..read more

Buildroot 2023.08 has been published and we’re excited to share new images!  This release includes our latest 6.1 kernel, as well as support for our new Nitrogen8M Plus SMARC platform! For the impatient You can download pre-built Buildroot 2023.08 images from here: 20230920-br2023.08-nitrogen8m_qt5_gst1.img.gz for Nitrogen8M SBC & SOM 20230920-br2023.08-nitrogen8mm_qt5_gst1.img.gz for Nitrogen8M Mini SBC & SOM 20230920-br2023.08-nitrogen8mn_qt5_gst1.img.gz for Nitrogen8M Nano SBC & SOM 20230920-br2023.08-nitrogen8mp_qt5_gst1.img.gz for Nitrogen8M Plus SBC & ..read more

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