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Introduction
This guide contains tips and resources for a quick start with IMX8MP HummingBoard Pulse Extended Pro and Hailo-8 AI accelerator.
Revision and Notes
Date | Owner | Revision | Notes | ||||||
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| Mikhail Anikin | 1 | Initial release | ||||||
| Josua Mayer | 2 | Fix boot select switch setting for microSD | ||||||
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Setup
Cable setup and prerequisites
Here is what you will need to power up and use the board:
Linux or Windows PC
HummingBoard Pulse Extended Pro with IMX.8MP SOM and Hailo-8 M.2 B+M module (hummingBoard 8P EDGE AI kit)
12V Power adapter (HummingBoard Pulse Pro has wide range input of 7V-28V), alternatively you can use a PoE injector to power the device.
Micro USB to USB cable.
HDMI Cable and monitor
MicroSD Card
Preparing a boot SD card
To start the IMX.8 HummingBoard Pulse Extended Pro with Hailo-8, download the prebuilt demo image or build the demo image from the sources.
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Note: Plug a micro SD into your Linux PC, the following assumes that the micro SD is added as /dev/sdX and all its partitions are unmounted.
Boot Select
Before powering up the board for the first time , it is recommended to select the boot media. To configure the boot mediaOn first use microSD is recommended source, configure dip switch S3 as follows:
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microSD | ON | ON | X | X | X | X |
“X” means don’t care, leave as is.
For additional options, please refer to HummingBoard Pulse and Ripple i.MX8M Series HummingBoard Boot Select page.
Here is the correct DIP switch position for SD boot:
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Booting from SD card
The following shows how to set the switches on the boot source selector:
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Note: The black rectangle represents the switch position. |
Once you set the switches, you can apply the following for booting from an SD card.
Preparing the board
Ensure the Hailo-8 M.2 module with a heatsink is installed into the M.2 connector on the bottom of the board.
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Connect an HDMI and micro USB cable.
Insert an SD card into the board.
[optional] Connect the MIPI camera to the MIPI interface.
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Boot
Please refer to Serial Connection for installing the necessary serial connection software in Linux/Windows. You are ready to boot the board once you have installed the required serial connection software. Plug the DC power supply. The board will start booting, and you will see the boot log in your terminal.
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Also, you will see a Weston desktop environment on the monitor screen:
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Launching demo applications
By default, there are three demo applications included in the imx-hailo-demo-image.
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For more info about the hailo devices, libraries, and network training, please refer to the Hailo Developer Zone.
Additional autostart demos
It is possible to include additional demos into the image that will be running at the start.
To enable additional demos, add the following line to your local.conf
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CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "hailo-detection-demo" |
By default, the service starts the general detection demo.
To change it, add the following line to your local.conf
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HAILO_DEMO_APP = "lpr_loop.sh" |
Available demos:
general_detection.sh - Live stream from MIPI-CSI camera with general object detection.
lpr_loop.sh - Looped license plate recognition demo.
multistream_detection.sh - Live stream from two MIPI-CSI cameras with general object detection.
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Note: these demos are tested only with imx-hailo-demo-image. |