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SBC-3.5-MX8 (C43)

This page contains the instructions to flash the eMMC/internal SSD on a SBC-3.5-MX8 (C43) 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.

  • Connect the USB type-A to microUSB cable to the CN44 connector of the SBC-3.5-MX8 board on one side but wait to connect the other side to the Host PC.

  • Insert jumper on 1-2 position in JP2 connector to enable Serial Downloader mode.

  • Power on the SBC-3.5-MX8 board.

  • Start flashing the image on the SBC-3.5-MX8 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).

  • Once the flashing procedure has finished, disconnect USB type-A to microUSB cable from the CN44 connector, remove the jumper from JP2 connector and reboot the board.