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VAR-SOM-MX6

Supported hardware and features

Feature
 Description
SOM support
 VAR-SOM-MX6 V2
VAR-SOM-SOLO
VAR-SOM-DUAL
DART-MX6
Carrier Board support
 VAR-MX6CustomBoard
VAR-SOLOCustomBoard
VAR-DVK-DT6
CPU

i.MX6 Quad Plus
i.MX6 Quad
i.MX6 Dual
i.MX6 Dual lite
i.MX6 Solo

NAND flash size support
 128MB and up
eMMC
 up to 64GB
DDR size support configuration
 Solo:up to 1GB. DualLite, Dual, Quad: up to 4GB
SD card
 +
Wired Network
 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Wireless Network
 Support for Wilink8, 802.11abgn STA, AP, & Wi-Fi Direct Mode SmartConfig Wilink8 page
Bluetooth
 +
SPI
 +
I2C
 +
Canbus
 +
USB host
 +
USB OTG
 Host and Device
Uarts
 x3, up to 3.6 Mbps.
RTC
 +
Display HDMI: 720P,1080P
LVDS0 (On board LVDS-to-RGB bridge, 800x480 resolution), LVDS1 external display
Audio Line IN/ Line out and Audio over HDMI
Camera ov5640 camera sensor. CB402 board can be ordered separately at : sales@variscite.com
PCIE +
SATA +


SD card image file tree

/opt/images/
├── Android
│   ├── SPL-mmc
│   ├── SPL-nand
│   ├── boot-imx6q-var-dart.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6dl-c.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6dl-r.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6q-c.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6q-r.img
│   ├── boot-som-mx6q-vsc.img
│   ├── boot-som-solo-c.img
│   ├── boot-som-solo-r.img
│   ├── boot-som-solo-vsc.img
│   ├── boot-som-solo-vsc.img
│   ├── recovery-imx6q-var-dart.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6dl-c.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6dl-r.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6q-c.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6q-r.img
│   ├── recovery-som-mx6q-vsc.img
│   ├── recovery-som-solo-c.img
│   ├── recovery-som-solo-r.img
│   ├── recovery-som-solo-vsc.img
│   ├── system.img
│   ├── u-boot-var-imx6-mmc.img
│   └── u-boot-var-imx6-nand.img
└── Yocto
    ├── SPL-nand
    ├── SPL-sd
    ├── imx6dl-var-som-cap.dtb
    ├── imx6dl-var-som-res.dtb
    ├── imx6dl-var-som-solo-cap.dtb
    ├── imx6dl-var-som-solo-res.dtb
    ├── imx6dl-var-som-solo-vsc.dtb
    ├── imx6dl-var-som-vsc.dtb
    ├── imx6q-var-dart.dtb
    ├── imx6q-var-som-cap.dtb
    ├── imx6q-var-som-res.dtb
    ├── imx6q-var-som-vsc.dtb
    ├── rootfs.tar.bz2
    ├── rootfs_128kbpeb.ubi
    ├── rootfs_256kbpeb.ubi
    ├── u-boot.img-nand
    ├── u-boot.img-sd
    └── uImage


Flash Recovery SD from GUI

VAR-SOM-MX6 Android Recovery.png

Click on the appropriate icon:

  • Install Android SOLOCustomBoard: Install Android on eMMC, on VAR-SOLOCustomBoard
  • Install Android MX6CB Cap: Install Android with Capacitive touch panel support on eMMC, on VAR-MX6CustomBoard
  • Install Android MX6CB Res: Install Android with Resistive touch panel support on eMMC, on VAR-MX6CustomBoard
  • Install Android DART: Install Android on eMMC, on VAR-DT6CustomBoard


  • Install Yocto SOLOCB NAND: Install Yocto on NAND flash, on VAR-SOLOCustomBoard
  • Install Yocto SOLOCB eMMC: Install Yocto on eMMC, on VAR-SOLOCustomBoard
  • Install Yocto MX6CB Res NAND: Install Yocto with Resistive touch panel support on NAND flash, on VAR-MX6CustomBoard
  • Install Yocto MX6CB Cap NAND: Install Yocto with Capacitive touch panel support on NAND flash, on VAR-MX6CustomBoard
  • Install Yocto MX6CB Res eMMC: Install Yocto with Resistive touch panel support on eMMC, on VAR-MX6CustomBoard
  • Install Yocto MX6CB Cap eMMC: Install Yocto with Capacitive touch panel support on eMMC, on VAR-MX6CustomBoard.
  • Install Yocto DART (eMMC): Install Yocto on eMMC, on VAR-DT6CustomBoard

DART-MX8M

Supported hardware and features

Feature
 Description
SOM support
 DART-MX8M
Carrier Board support
 VAR-DT8MCustomBoard
CPU

i.MX8M

eMMC
 up to 64GB
DDR size support configuration
 up to 4GB
SD card
 +
Wired Network
 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Wireless Network
 Support for LWB5, 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n STA, AP, & Wi-Fi Direct Mode SmartConfig
Bluetooth
 4.2 / BLE
SPI
 +
I2C
 +
USB host
 +
USB OTG
 Host and Device
Uarts
 x4, up to 4 Mbps.
RTC
 +
Display HDMI: V2.0a up to 4Kp60
LVDS Dual 1920×1080 24-bit
MIPI-DSI 1920×1080 24-bit
Audio Line IN / HP
Camera 2x MIPI-CSI2
PCIE +


SD card image file tree

/opt/images/
├── Android
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-dcss-lvds.img
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-dual-display.img
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-hdmi-4k.img
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-hdmi.img
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-lcdif-lvds.img
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-dcss-lvds.img
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-dual-display.img
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-hdmi-4k.img
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-hdmi.img
│   ├── boot-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-lcdif-lvds.img
│   ├── system_raw.img
│   ├── u-boot-imx8m-var-dart.imx
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-dcss-lvds.img
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-dual-display.img
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-hdmi-4k.img
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-hdmi.img
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-lcdif-lvds.img
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-dcss-lvds.img
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-dual-display.img
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-hdmi-4k.img
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-hdmi.img
│   ├── vbmeta-imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-lcdif-lvds.img
│   └── vendor_raw.img
└── Yocto
    ├── rootfs.tar.bz2
    └── imx-boot-sd.bin


Android 8 images

If you do ls out/target/product/dart_mx8m/

Image
 Description
u-boot-imx8m-var-dart.imx U-Boot for eMMC/SD card boot.
SOM agnostics.
system.img Android system image file.
SOM agnostics.
vendor.img Android vendor image file.
SOM agnostics.
boot-<name>.img
vbmeta-<name>.img 		configuration dependent
<name> is one of: imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-dcss-lvds - Supports LVDS (via DCSS) / WiFi
imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-dual-display - Supports HDMI (via DCSS) / LVDS (via LCDIF) / WiFi
imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-hdmi-4k - Supports HDMI-4k / WiFi
imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-hdmi - Supports HDMI / WiFi
imx8m-var-dart-emmc-wifi-lcdif-lvds - Supports LVDS (via LCDIF) / WiFi
imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-dcss-lvds - Supports LVDS (via DCSS) / SD
imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-dual-display - Supports HDMI (via DCSS) / LVDS (via LCDIF) / SD
imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-hdmi-4k - Supports HDMI-4k (via DCSS) / SD
imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-hdmi - Supports HDMI (via DCSS) / SD
imx8m-var-dart-sd-emmc-lcdif-lvds - Supports LVDS (via LCDIF) / SD


Android 9 images

If you do ls out/target/product/dart_mx8m/

Image
 Description
u-boot-imx8m-var-dart.imx U-Boot for eMMC/SD card boot.
SOM agnostics.
boot.img Android kernel image file.
SOM agnostics.
system.img Android system image file.
SOM agnostics.
vendor.img Android vendor image file.
SOM agnostics.
dtbo-<name>.img
vbmeta-<name>.img 		configuration dependent
<name> is one of: imx8mq-var-dart-emmc-wifi-lvds - Supports LVDS (via DCSS) / WiFi
imx8mq-var-dart-emmc-wifi-dual-display - Supports HDMI (via DCSS) / LVDS (via LCDIF) / WiFi
imx8mq-var-dart-emmc-wifi-hdmi - Supports HDMI / WiFi
imx8mq-var-dart-sd-emmc-lvds - Supports LVDS (via DCSS) / SD
imx8mq-var-dart-sd-emmc-dual-display - Supports HDMI (via DCSS) / LVDS (via LCDIF) / SD
imx8mq-var-dart-sd-emmc-hdmi - Supports HDMI (via DCSS) / SD


Flash Recovery SD from GUI

Currently no GUI is available for flashing, use command line.


Platform Customizations

VAR-SOM-MX6



DART-MX8M

RELEASE_O8.1.0_1.3.0_8M_DART-MX8M


  • RELEASE_NAME = morty-imx-4.9.51-v1.0
  • RELEASE_LINK = RELEASE_O8.1.0_1.3.0_8M_DART-MX8M
  • ANDROID_NAME = Oreo
  • ANDROID_VERSION = O8.1.0_r14
  • NXP_BSP_VERSION = imx_8.1.0_1.3.0_8m_ANDROID
  • RECOVERY_SD_NAME = dart-mx8m-recovery-sd.v14.img.gz
  • RECOVERY_SD_URL = ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/DART-MX8M/Software/
  • RELEASE_NOTES_LINK = TBD
  • MACHINE_NAME = imx8m-var-dart
  • KERNEL_GIT = https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx
  • KERNEL_BRANCH = o8.1.0_1.3.0_8m-ga_var01
  • KERNEL_IMAGE = zImage
  • KERNEL_DEFCONFIG = imx8m_var_dart_android_defconfig
  • U-BOOT_GIT = https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx.git
  • U-BOOT_BRANCH = imx_v2017.03_4.9.51_imx8m_ga_var01
  • U-BOOT_SD_DEFCONFIG = imx8m_var_dart_config
  • U-BOOT_SD_IMAGE_NAME = u-boot-imx8m-var-dart.imx
  • YOCTO_BUILD_RESULTS_SECTION = DART-MX8M_BUILD_RESULTS
  • YOCTO_BOOT_BOARD_SECTION = DART-MX8M_BOOT_BOARD
  • KERNEL_DTB_SECTION = DART-MX8M_DTB
  • SD_TREE_SECTION = DART-MX8M_SD_TREE
  • EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV = mmcblk0
  • EMMC_ROOTFS_PARTITION_NUM = p0
  • UBOOT_CONFIG_FILE = include/configs/imx8m_var_dart.h


RELEASE_P9.0.0_1.0.0_GA_DART-MX8M


  • RELEASE_NAME = morty-imx-4.9.51-v1.0
  • RELEASE_LINK = RELEASE_P9.0.0_1.0.0_GA_DART-MX8M
  • ANDROID_NAME = Pie
  • ANDROID_VERSION = P9.0.0_r01
  • NXP_BSP_VERSION = imx_9.0.0_1.0.0_ga_ANDROID
  • RECOVERY_SD_NAME = dart-mx8m-recovery-sd.v20.img.gz
  • RECOVERY_SD_URL = ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/DART-MX8M/Software/
  • RELEASE_NOTES_LINK = TBD
  • MACHINE_NAME = imx8m-var-dart
  • KERNEL_GIT = https://github.com/varigit/linux-imx
  • KERNEL_BRANCH = p9.0.0_1.0.0-ga_var01
  • KERNEL_IMAGE = zImage
  • KERNEL_DEFCONFIG = imx8m_var_dart_android_defconfig
  • U-BOOT_GIT = https://github.com/varigit/uboot-imx.git
  • U-BOOT_BRANCH = imx_v2018.03_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga_var01
  • U-BOOT_SD_DEFCONFIG = imx8m_var_dart_config
  • U-BOOT_SD_IMAGE_NAME = u-boot-imx8m-var-dart.imx
  • YOCTO_BUILD_RESULTS_SECTION = DART-MX8M_BUILD_RESULTS
  • YOCTO_BOOT_BOARD_SECTION = DART-MX8M_BOOT_BOARD
  • KERNEL_DTB_SECTION = DART-MX8M_DTB
  • SD_TREE_SECTION = DART-MX8M_SD_TREE
  • EMMC_ROOTFS_DEV = mmcblk0
  • EMMC_ROOTFS_PARTITION_NUM = p0
  • UBOOT_CONFIG_FILE = include/configs/imx8m_var_dart.h
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