i.MX 6ULL Evaluation Kit¶

Preparation¶

Ensure you replace the <factory> placeholder below with the name of your Factory.

Download necessary files from https://app.foundries.io/factories/<factory/targets

Click the latest Target with the platform-devel trigger.
Expand the run in the Runs section (by clicking on the + sign) which corresponds with the name of the board and download the Factory image for that machine.

E.g: lmp-factory-image-imx6ullevk.wic.gz

SPL-imx6ullevkevk

u-boot-imx6ullevk.itb
Extract the file lmp-factory-image-imx6ullevk.wic.gz:
```
gunzip lmp-factory-image-imx6ullevk.wic.gz
```
Expand the run in the Runs section which corresponds with the name of the board mfgtool-files and download the tools for that machine.

E.g: imx6ullevk-mfgtools
Download and extract the file mfgtool-files-imx6ullevk.tar.gz:
```
tar -zxvf mfgtool-files-imx6ullevk.tar.gz
```

Organize all the files like the tree below:

├── lmp-factory-image-imx6ullevk.wic
├── mfgtool-files-imx6ullevk
│   ├── bootloader.uuu
│   ├── full_image.uuu
│   ├── SPL-mfgtool
│   ├── u-boot-mfgtool.itb
│   ├── uuu
│   └── uuu.exe
├── SPL-imx6ullevk
└── u-boot-imx6ullevk.itb

Hardware Preparation¶

Set up the board for updating using the manufacturing tools:

imx6ullevk¶

OPTIONAL - Only required if you have a problems and/or want to see the boot console output.
Connect the micro-B end of the USB cable into debug port J1901. Connect the other end of the cable to a PC acting as a host terminal. One UART connection will appear on the PC. On a Linux host for example:
$ ls -l /dev/serial/by-id/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 3 13:09 usb-Silicon_Labs_CP2102_USB_to_UART_Bridge_Controller_0001-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB2
Using a serial terminal program like minicom, connect to the port with if00 in the name (in this example ttyUSB2) and apply the following configuration
Baud rate: 115200

Data bits: 8

Stop bit: 1

Parity: None

Flow control: None
Ensure that the power is off (SW2001)
Put the imx6ullevk into programing mode:

Switch SW602 to boot from serial downloader by setting to OFF, ON (from 1-2 bit)

SW602 settings¶

D1/MODE1	D2/MODE0	BOOT MODE
OFF	OFF	Boot From Fuses
OFF	ON	Serial Downloader
ON	OFF	Internal Boot
ON	ON	Reserved

Switch SW601 to device microSD by setting to OFF, OFF, ON, OFF (from 1-4 bit)

SW601 settings¶

D1	D2	D3	D4	BOOT MODE
OFF	OFF	ON	OFF	MicroSD
OFF	OFF	OFF	OFF	QSPI
OFF	ON	ON	OFF	EMMC
ON	ON	OFF	ON	NAND

Connect your computer to the EVK board via the USB OTG jack.
Connect the plug of the 5V power supply to the DC power jack J2001.
Power on the EVK board by sliding power switch SW2001 to ON.

Flashing¶

Once in serial downloader mode and connected to your PC the evaluation board should show up as a Freescale USB device.

Verify target is present:
```
$ lsusb | grep Freescale
Bus 002 Device 052: ID 15a2:0080 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
```
In this mode you will use the uuu tools to program the images to the eMMC.

Run the command below to program the LmP to the EMMC:

$ sudo mfgtool-files-<machine_name>/uuu -pp 1 mfgtool-files-<machine_name>/full_image.uuu
uuu (Universal Update Utility) for nxp imx chips -- libuuu_1.4.43-0-ga9c099a

Success 1    Failure 0


1:31     3/ 3 [=================100%=================] SDPV: jump
2:31     8/ 8 [Done                                  ] FB: done

Turn off the power.
Put the board into run mode

Start the Device Manager
Select View
Select Devices by container
Verify a device like the following:

Run the command below to program the LmP to the EMMC:

C:\Users\Someone> mfgtool-files-<machine_name>\uuu.exe -pp 1 mfgtool-files-<machine_name>\full_image.uuu
uuu (Universal Update Utility) for nxp imx chips -- libuuu_1.4.43-0-ga9c099a

Success 1    Failure 0


1:31     3/ 3 [=================100%=================] SDPV: jump
2:31     8/ 8 [Done                                  ] FB: done

Turn off the power.
Put the board into run mode

To put the EVK into run mode, switch SW602 to internal boot by setting to ON, OFF (from 1-2bit). This is the opposite of programming mode described previously.

Power on the EVK board by sliding power switch SW2001 to ON.