IMX8/sandbox

Welcome to Ridgerun's guide to NXP's i.MX 8 The advanced series of Application processors from NXP.		i.MX8 Introduction SoC Overview Carrier Boards i.MX6 vs i.MX8 iMX8M Evaluation Kit (EVK) Overview Getting Started Selecting Boot Mode System Setup Software Support Android_SD_Partitions_RidgeRun_Script Loading pre-built images Yocto Support Building Yocto Installing an Image Alternative image loading Android Support Building Android Installing an Image System Recovery Nitrogen8M Overview Getting Started Selecting Boot Mode System Setup Software Support Loading pre-built images Yocto Support Building Yocto Installing an Image Alternative image loading Customizing Boot Sequence Android Support Building Android Installing an image System Recovery Multimedia GPU OpenGL OpenCL OpenVX OpenVG Vulkan VPU Encoding System Decoding System ISP Support V4L2 Drivers Porting Guide GStreamer Support Package Installation Pipeline Examples Hardware-accelerated plugins RidgeRun Products GstRtspSink GstWebRTC GstPTZR GstQtOverlay Reference Documentation Contact Us
NXP i.MX 8
The i.MX8 processor series, the latest addition to the i.MX of SoC family from NXP Semiconductors. Taking advantage of a multicore architecture, great perf/watt and heterogeneous processing. These highly integrated devices are well suited for the next generation of IoT devices, bringing up a stable, widely supported and scalable platform for your embedded products focused in advanced media processing, healthcare, automotive industry, domotics, etc.
RidgeRun support
RidgeRun provides support for embedded Linux development for NXP's platforms, specializing in the use of hardware accelerators in multimedia applications. RidgeRun's products take full advantage of the accelerators that NXP exposes to perform transformations on the video streams achieving great performance on complex processes. This page contains detailed guides and information on how to get started with the i.MX 8 and start using its full capabilities. To get up-to-speed with your i.MX 8 board, start by clicking below: For more advanced and custom support, please contact Ridgerun support at support@ridgerun.com.