This article describes how to build and install a Debian 8 (Jessie) Linux distribution on a Direct Insight Triton TX6 i.MX6 based SOM using Debian Debootstrap. You can find more information on debootstrap here: https://wiki.debian.org/EmDebian/CrossDebootstrap. This is an ideal platform for evaluation purposes because you can very easily install any Debian packages using the Debian Advanced [...]
We often get asked about Qt licensing, so here is my personal take/explanation on the whole commercial vs open-source issue. Just my opinion - does not constitute legal advice or company policy... Can I use the open-source Qt license in a commercial project? Many of our customers use Qt, which is a great product for [...]
Does it matter what type of Flash is used for a SoM eMMC? It's very common for a large (4 or 8GB) eMMC Flash device to be offered as an alternative to a small NAND device, or an SD card, for storage of the (compressed) boot image, or other non-volatile storage requirements. But although these devices [...]
Application note: i.MX6 TRITON-TX module Yocto setup how-to Setting up with a Yocto build is a frequently asked question, and so I've compiled the steps into an Application Note. The first paragraphs are below, but you need to go to our Application Notes page to read in full or download... Requirements For Yocto a Linux [...]
Our recently-announced quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 module, the A31-uQ7 is based on a standard Qseven pinout - something we've not felt necessary over the last 15 years of pioneering the system-on-module market. So has something changed? While standard pinouts find good use in the x86 world, there have been 3 reasons why they are less prevalent on [...]
i.MX6 module with mainline Linux and Yocto support The Linux kernel supporting the TRITON-TX pin-compatible range of system-on-modules is substantially mainline - i.e. being maintained to keep as close as possible to the current Linux kernel version. This has obvious advantages. But it has also resulted in the assumption that we don't support Yocto [...]
