Difference between revisions of "iMX6 OpenRex Production"

Latest revision as of 16:50, 23 April 2022

Disclaimer of caution

This procedure is intended for manufacturing and virgin SBCs only and should be never applied for shipped iMX6 OpenRex Single Board Computers.

BE AWARE THAT E-FUSES PROGRAMMING IS A NON REVERSAL PROCESS!
WARRANTY CLAIM CAUSED BY IMPROPER E-FUSES PROGRAMMING WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!

Information

This procedure will enforce loading firmware from SPI3 port and will set a unique MAC address.

Description

Production procedure consists of following steps:

Short BOOT_MODE jumper JP2 on iMX6 OpenRex SBC
Connect UART port to serial terminal (Settings: 115200 8n1)
Connect USB_OTG port to host PC utilising microUSB-USB cable
Power on iMX6 iMX6 OpenRex SBC
Execute Manufacturing toolkit at host PC
Press Start button (iMX6 OpenRex SBC will boot firmware loaded over USB)
Wait until firmware (U-Boot) is booted (serial terminal)
Burn eFuses over serial terminal
Remove BOOT_MODE jumper JP2
Power off iMX6 OpenRex SBC

Requirements

microUSB-USB cable
UART cable
5V Power supply
iMX6 OpenRex SBC
Windows PC equipped with MfgTool feature and serial line terminal

Configurations

Production-OpenRex-basic.bat  # Production i.mx6s  512MB
Production-OpenRex-max.bat    # Production i.mx6q  2GB
Production-OpenRex-max4g.bat  # Production i.mx6q  4GB
Production-OpenRex-ultra.bat  # Production i.mx6qp 4GB

Procedure

Select appropriate BAT file and start the bootloader transfer over USB OTG interface:

Wait until the process is finished:

The board boots from the loaded firmware:

E-Fuses

This operation is not reversible and should be executed carefully! i.MX6 processor must be replaced in the case of error.

Boot From SPI3

fuse prog 0 5 0x2A000030
fuse prog 0 6 0x00000010

Boot From SATA

fuse prog 0 5 0x00001020
fuse prog 0 6 0x00000010

MAC Address

For example address 00:0D:15:00:D1:75 is used:

fuse prog 4 3 0x000d
fuse prog 4 2 0x1500d175

Testing configuration

To check if E-Fuses were setup correctly, test procedure consists of following steps:

Ensure that BOOT_MODE jumper JP2 is not present
Plug micro SD card with valid testing firmware (or plug SATA disk if SATA booting was selected)
Power on iMX6 OpenRex SBC
On-board red LED must start flashing automatically (bootloader was executed and kernel loaded)
Power off iMX6 OpenRex SBC

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 This procedure is intended for manufacturing and virgin SBCs only and should be never applied for shipped iMX6 OpenRex Single Board Computers.<br /><br />
-'''''BE AWARE THAT E-FUSES PROGRAMMING IS A NON REVERSAL PROCESS! WARRANTY CLAIM CAUSED BY IMPROPER E-FUSES PROGRAMMING WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!'''''
+'''''BE AWARE THAT E-FUSES PROGRAMMING IS A NON REVERSAL PROCESS!<br>WARRANTY CLAIM CAUSED BY IMPROPER E-FUSES PROGRAMMING WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!'''''
 == Information ==
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 * Execute Manufacturing toolkit at host PC
 * Press Start button (iMX6 OpenRex SBC will boot firmware loaded over USB)
-* Wait until firmware (u-boot) is booted (serial terminal)
+* Wait until firmware (U-Boot) is booted (serial terminal)
 * Burn eFuses over serial terminal
 * Remove BOOT_MODE jumper JP2
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 == Procedure ==
 Select appropriate BAT file and start the bootloader transfer over USB OTG interface:<br />
-[[image:iMX6_OpenRex_SBC-MfgTool_production_start.jpg|600px]]<br /><br />
+[[image:iMX6_OpenRex_SBC-MfgTool_production_start.png|580px]]<br /><br />
 Wait until the process is finished:<br />
-[[image:iMX6_OpenRex_SBC-MfgTool_production_success.jpg|600px]]<br /><br />
+[[image:iMX6_OpenRex_SBC-MfgTool_production_success.png|430px]]<br /><br />
 The board boots from the loaded firmware:<br />
-[[image:iMX6_OpenRex_SBC-Serial_console_production.jpg|600px]]<br /><br />
+[[image:iMX6_OpenRex_SBC-Serial_console_production.png|580px]]<br /><br />
 == E-Fuses ==