Working with SECO Amston Lake platform
The SECO Amston Lake platform uses many of the same sources and binaries provided for the generic BSP, with a few differences. This BSP was developed and validated on the SECO Amston Lake SOM-SMARC-ASL (CSE08REVB - L1 config) with Carrier-SM-B79 (CSB79REVB), using UEFI firmware - version 1.00.00.
- For information about carrier, hardware setup and BIOS, see
Using SECO Amston Lake (SOM-SMARC-ASL) on Carrier-SM-B79 platform
. - For connecting power, see
Connecting power supply to SECO Amston Lake (SOM-SMARC-ASL) on Carrier-SM-B79 platform
. - For connecting serial, see
Connecting UART port to SECO Amston Lake (SOM-SMARC-ASL) on Carrier-SM-B79 platform
. - There's a separate buildfile, and separate a image is built for SECO Amston Lake
platform. For more information, see
Modifying the IFS for SECO Amston Lake platform
. - You can boot the board with a QNX IFS image from an USB device. For more information, see
Boot SECO Amston Lake board
.
Using SECO Amston Lake (SOM-SMARC-ASL) on Carrier-SM-B79 platform
For information about the hardware setup, updating the BIOS, documentation, and so on, refer to SOM-SMARC-ASL and Carrier-SM-B79.
Connecting power supply to SECO Carrier-SM-B79 platform
Connect the power supply to the CN3 power connector.
Connecting UART port to SECO Amston Lake (SOM-SMARC-ASL) on Carrier-SM-B79 platform
Use the provided 9-pin to DB9 splitter with a DB9 female serial cable to connect the CN25 Feature Header on the CSM-B79 to your host machine. Make sure that SW7 [1-3] is in OFF position.
On your host machine, using terminal software and an appropriate COM port, typical settings for use with SECO Amston Lake (SOM-SMARC-ASL) on CSM-B79 board would be:
- Baud rate: 115200
- Data: 8 bit
- Stop: 1 bit
- Parity: no
- Flow control: none
Modifying the QNX IFS image for SECO Amston Lake platform
By default, the x86_64-seco-amstonlake-uefi.build buildfile generates an IFS image that can be used to boot SECO Amston Lake board. The x86_64-seco-amstonlake-uefi.efi IFS image is found in the $BSP_ROOT_DIR/images/amston-lake directory. To see what's included in the default IFS images, you can view the buildfiles.
Boot SECO Amston Lake (SOM-SMARC-ASL) on CSM-B79 board
- Copy the QNX IFS image x86_64-seco-amstonlake-uefi.build to a DOS-formatted USB stick as the file name /EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI.
- Insert the USB stick to any USB port on the target board.
- Turn on the power and configure the BIOS to boot from UEFI USB device.
- You should see the prompt on your serial terminal after QNX system up.