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NXP i.MX95

Table of Contents [Sticky]

• Introduction
  • What is i.MX95?
  • Why choosing RidgeRun for your i.MX95 software?
• Carrier Boards
  • Verdin Development Board
    • Yocto Support
      • Setup Yocto Environment
      • Building an image
      • Flashing the Board
      • Getting into the Board
    • Toradex Easy Installer
      • Hardware Setup
      • Installing a pre-built image using GUI
      • Offline Installation of a pre-built image using GUI
      • Re-Installing Toradex Easy Installer
• Torizon OS
  • Overview
  • Installing Torizon OS Pre-Built Image
  • Containers in Torizon OS
  • Torizon Core Builder
  • Customizing an image with Torizon Core Builder
• GStreamer Support
  • Example Pipelines
• Multimedia Support
  • Audio
  • Streaming
    • RTSP Streaming
    • UDP Streaming
  • Video Capture
    • Capture Subsystem
    • Testing Camera Capture
  • Video Processing Unit-VPU
• Neural Processing Unit-NPU
  • eIQ Neutron NPU overview
  • Machine Learning Software Stack
  • Enabling NPU software with Yocto
  • Testing ML demos
• Contact Us

Toradex Easy Installer comes pre-installed in all Toradex SoMs (if it is not pre-installed, jump to Re-Installing Toradex Easy Installer section). The first time the board is powered on, it should show on screen the Toradex Easy Installer. It looks like the following:

Enable internet connection on the board via Ethernet. This allows the Toradex Easy Installer to look for available pre-built images online.

If there are no pre-built images on screen, click on the refresh button in the top left.

We can see there are four possible options. Each with its own purpose and capabilities. Check Available Pre-Built Images on Toradex Easy Installer section for a summary about each pre-built image.

For a start, we are going to install Toradex Embedded Linux Reference Minimal Image. To do so, click once on the pre-built image to select it:

Then click on the install button on the top left. A warning message pops up. This warning message lets the user know that all the data will be deleted to install the new image. Click yes to confirm.

After confirming the desire to flash the selected image, the NXP Software License Agreement will show up on screen. Read it carefully and click I Accept on the bottom left if you wish to proceed.

After accepting the NXP Software License Agreement, the Installing screen will come up with the progress bar:

Once the Installation is finished, you can turn off the i.MX95, reboot it or go back to the Toradex Easy Installer. The next time the board boots up, it will load the Toradex Embedded Linux Reference Minimal Image.

When the board boots up, the login message should come up. Use the root user to login

verdin-imx95-12594515 login: root
root@verdin-imx95-12594515:~#

Finally, select the correct device tree for the board. Since this guide is intended for a Verdin i.MX95, run the following command:

sudo fw_setenv fdtfile imx95-verdin-nonwifi-dev.dtb

Done! the image is all set to start using it. The Toradex Embedded Linux Reference Minimal Image, as its name suggests, is a very limited image. It does not provide a GUI. Its purpose is to provide a very light image to build from the bottom up.

Available Pre-Built Images on Toradex Easy Installer

As shown previously, Toradex Easy Installer shows 4 available pre-built images, each with its own purpose. Below is a summary of each:

Torizon OS Easy Pairing

This image is an special version of Torizon OS. Torizon OS is a ready-to-use Linux system that lets you run your applications inside Docker containers. This image allows the user to easily and securely pair the Toradex device to a Toradex Cloud account. This allows the user to handle the device remotely. Its features are described below:

• Boots into Torizon OS with support for Docker containers.
• Helps you connect (pair) your device with Toradex Cloud services.
• Simplifies remote device management and updates.
• Prepares the system for container-based application deployment.

It is a good image for container-based systems.

Toradex Easy Installer

This is the installer itself packaged as an installable image. It enables the user to:

• Reinstall or update the Toradex Easy Installer in the recovery partition.

• Restore the module’s ability to flash other images.

When to use it:

• If TEZI becomes corrupted or needs updating.

• If you want to restore the recovery environment.

Important note: This is not a normal operating system. It’s only the recovery/installation tool.

Toradex Embedded Linux Reference Multimedia Image

The Toradex Embedded Linux Reference Multimedia Image is a prebuilt Yocto-based Linux image that includes multimedia support for its System on Modules. As a ready-to-use reference image, it allows developers to quickly evaluate and develop applications that require video capture, streaming, playback, graphical user interfaces, and real-time media processing while taking advantage of the module’s hardware acceleration capabilities. Some of its features:

• Linux OS built with Yocto.

• Graphics stack (Wayland/Weston depending on platform).

• GStreamer multimedia framework.

• Audio and video playback/encoding support.

• GPU acceleration.

Toradex Embedded Linux Reference Minimal Image

The Toradex Embedded Linux Reference Minimal Image is a prebuilt Yocto-based Linux image that provides a lightweight and streamlined Linux environment for Toradex System on Modules. As a ready-to-use reference image, it is designed for developers who need a small footprint system or want to build and customize their software stack from the ground up. It includes only the essential components required to boot and run Linux, making it ideal for headless systems, industrial controllers, and applications that do not require multimedia or graphical interfaces.

Some of its features:

• Linux OS built with Yocto.

• Basic system utilities and core drivers.

• Networking support (Ethernet and other supported interfaces).

• Command-line interface (no graphical desktop environment).

• Minimal package set for reduced storage and memory usage.

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