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Version: kirkstone_1-09-00

SBC-MX6 (A62)

This page contains the instructions to flash the eMMC/internal SSD on a SBC-MX6 (A62) SECO board. This board flashing procedure follows the generic instructions, with some additional steps.

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The instructions provided below refers to the usage of UUU tool under Linux OS, the same instructions can be applied to Windows starting from uuu.exe executable.

Software Requirements

Apart from the software artifacts and tools necessary (see NXP SOC Flashing page), the user needs to download in the same folder where UUU is present:

  • flash.bin - Bootloader variant to write the emmc

Instructions

These are the instruction to be followed in order to flash Clea OS on device eMMC/internal SSD:

  • Copy the flash.bin file inside the UUU folder.

  • Decompress the .wic.bz2 image file, e.g. using $ bzip2 -d <image_name>.wic.bz2.

  • Rename the decompressed image file to wic, e.g. using $ mv <image_name>.wic wic.

  • Insert a jumper in JP1 connector in order to enable Serial Downloader boot mode.

  • Connect the USB type-A to microUSB cable to the CN3 connector of the SBC-MX6 board on one side but wait to connect the other side to the Host PC.

  • Power on the SBC-MX6 board.

  • Start flashing the image on the SBC-MX6 device via the following command:

$ sudo ./uuu flash.lst
  • Connect the USB type-A connector of the cable to the Host PC.

  • Check that the flashing procedure starts and proceeds without errors, also checking the output of the serial debug port (e.g. via minicom tool).

  • Once the flashing procedure has finished, remove the jumper from JP1 and reboot the board.