Difference between revisions of "iMX6 TinyRex UltraPlus Creating Bootable microSD Card"

Revision as of 21:53, 26 October 2021

The recommended procedure for creating a micro SD card contained with the required firmware and software is shown. The following example shows steps used for iMX6 TinyRex UltraPlus Module.

Recommended HW:

PC with microSD port (or an external SD reader)
microSD card

Recommended SW:

Windows

Using USBWriter feature

Some images need to be unpacked first. GZ files can be opened using Total Commander or by installing TAR-GZ file extension.

Open USBWriter. Browse source file (appropriate fsl-image). Select target device:

Click on Write button and confirm the procedure:

Bootable microSD Card is now created and prepared for use:

Linux

Downloading image

mkdir -pv ~/workdir/imx6/rootfs/yocto
cd ~/workdir/imx6/rootfs/yocto
wget http://downloads.voipac.com/files/iMX6_TinyRex_Development_Kit/module/software/yocto/binaries/fsl-image-gui-imx6-tinyrexultra-2.3.sdcard.gz

Extracting binary files

gunzip -c fsl-image-gui-imx6-tinyrexultra-2.3.sdcard.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 conv=sync bs=64K

or

sudo dd if=fsl-image-gui-imx6-tinyrexultra-1.3.sdcard of=/dev/mmcblk0 conv=sync bs=64K

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-The recommended procedure for creating a micro SD card contained with the required firmware and software is shown here. The following example shows steps used for iMX6 TinyRex UltraPlus Module.<br /><br />
+The recommended procedure for creating a micro SD card contained with the required firmware and software is shown. The following example shows steps used for iMX6 TinyRex UltraPlus Module.<br /><br />
 ''''' Recommended HW: '''''
 * PC with microSD port (or an external SD reader)