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I.MX6 GK802/Hi802 - A working Kernel with Ubuntu
The Hi802/GK802 mini-pcs are interesting devices because of the vast reference documentation available for the IMX6Q processor. Freescale are also providing a HDMI TV Dongle reference design complete...
View ArticleGK802 - Ubuntu Update 1 (GPU/VPU Acceleration)
Since my last post, we have made rapid progress in getting a functional kernel working on the GK802. This couldn't have been done without the invaluable contributions from rz2k (aka Dmitriy ) and...
View ArticleGK802 - Ubuntu oneiric preview image
For those of you waiting for a pre-built image, here goes!If you want to find out more about our development efforts or want to contribute 1. irc channel  #imx6-dongle on freenode2. Kernel/Uboot Source...
View ArticleI.MX6 GK802 - Ubuntu 12.04 preview image
Following on from the oneiric preview image, I've put together a rootfs based on Linaro 12.04. Thanks to the Otavio from the yocto project for help building the gpu drivers. It should be possible to...
View ArticleI.MX6 GK802 Xubuntu 12.04
This is an attempt at producing at fast and lightweight desktop release based upon xfce. Given that the majority of the Debian based ARM desktop distros still rely on Open GL Window Managers, the...
View ArticleI.MX6 GK802 - Uboot multi-boot
I spent some re-factoring the current uboot to enable the possibility of booting a roofs located on either:1. Internal SD2. External SD3. Usb driveHere's how it works, the new boot searches for a uboot...
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Mixtile - Exynos 4412 Development Board
As most of you are aware there are plenty of ARM development boards to choose from, well here is a another one to add to the growing list. It's known as Mixtile (Chinese name: m too)  and is promoted...
View ArticleI.MX6 - Ubuntu 13.04 with GPU acceleration
One of the main drawbacks with the existing freescale BSP releases (up to 4.1.0) was the lack of support beyond xorg-server version 11. This was due to lack of support within the Vivante GPU libraries....
View ArticleI.MX6 Ubuntu 13.04 Debugging GPU Acceleration
You've probably reached here because your having problems getting the rootfs in my previous post to work for X11. So here some debugging tips to help you out:1. The kernel I used is 4.1.0 Â and can be...
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I.MX6 Debian Jessie (GPU/VPU) 3.10.9-1.0.0
Following on from the Xubuntu 13.04 rootfs which previewed GPU acceleration beyond Xorg 11, here is a Debian Jessie/Sid rootfs which has support for both GPU and VPU acceleration using the alpha...
View ArticleI.MX6 Wayland/Weston (3.10.17_beta)
Among the many items on my to do list was to determine how complete the Wayland support was in latest 3.10.17_beta BSP release. A complete description of Wayland and Weston can be found here. In short,...
View ArticleI.MX6 Debian Jessie (GPU/VPU) 3.10.17_beta
Following on from the previous jessie rootfs, this is an updated version with the 3.10.17_beta BSP libraries deployed. It should work on most i.mx6 devices providing you have a valid uboot and kernel....
View ArticleI.MX6 - gstreamer-imx
gstreamer-imx is set of gstreamer 1.0 imx6 video plugins principally developed by Carlos Giani a.k.a dv_ (great work!). Once stable these plugins "hopefully" will supersede the Freescale BSP gstreamers...
View ArticleI.MX6 - gstreamer-imx and usb webcam support
Following on from my previous post about gstreamer-imx, this blog covers hooking a usb webcam using the gstreamer-imx plugins. It starts with creating simple pipeline for screen output, next is a...
View ArticleI.MX6 Debian Jessie (GPU/VPU) 3.10.17_GA
Given that we a finally have a GA release of the 3.10.17 kernel and BSP from Freescale (although there also is a 3.10.31 alpha release in the pipleline). Here is an upgraded the Debian Jessie rootfs....
View ArticleI.MX6 Developing with WebGL
On the new features in BSP 3.10.17 was support for WebGL. In a nutshell WebGL is javascript API supporting 3D and 2D graphics rendering, more about WebGL can be found here. WebGL is based on Open GL ES...
View Articlei.MX6 Efficient font rendering and smoothing scrolling
Here is a short video demonstrating efficient font rendering and smoothing scrolling using OpenGL ES.You may be forced to adopt this approach if your finding alternatives routes such as Qt5, HTML 5 or...
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Intel BayTrail - J1900
On of the main challengers to the current generation of ARM SOCs are the Intel BayTrail range. For me the interesting part of the family are E38XX (atom) and J1X00 (celeron) processors which boast...
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RK3288 - Firefly development board
I received this board just over a month ago from the Firefly team and have been keen to assess it development capabilities given its hosts a quad core Cortex A17 (or technically a Cortex A12)...
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IOT - ESP8266 (ESP-201) + CC1110 (XRF)
Overall past few months there has been a huge amount of interest in the ESP8266 which offers a low cost Serial to WIFI solution. The introduction of the ESP8266 by Espressif coincidences with the...
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