CuBox-i Quick Start Guide

Revision and Notes

Date	Owner	Revision	Notes

Date	Owner	Revision	Notes
Sep 26, 2021		1.0	Initial release
Table of Contents	1 Revision and Notes 2 Introduction 3 Hardware Setup 3.1 Product Specifications 3.2 Block Diagram 3.3 Visual features overview 4 Software Setup 4.1 Cable setup and prerequisites 5 Booting form an SD card 6 More Features 6.1 Internet 6.1.1 Wi-fi 6.2 Bluetooth 7 List Of Supported OS 8 Build U-Boot & Kernel from sources 9 Documentation 10 Related Articles

Introduction

The following quick start guide provides background information about the CuBox-i.

The guide will give a technical overview about the product and by the end of it you should be able to boot an operating system and begin testing your application.

Hardware Setup

Product Specifications

Model	CuBox i1	CuBox i2	CuBox i2eX	CuBox i4P
I/Os	2 x USB 2.0 1 x eSATA	2 x USB 2.0 1 x eSATA	2 x USB 2.0 1 x eSATA	2 x USB 2.0 1 x eSATA
Networking	1 x Ethernet RJ45 10/100/1000 (max 470 MB/s) 1 x 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth (2.4 GHz)	1 x Ethernet RJ45 10/100/1000 (max 470 MB/s) 1 x 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth (2.4 GHz)	1 x Ethernet RJ45 10/100/1000 (max 470 MB/s) 1 x 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth (2.4 GHz)	1 x Ethernet RJ45 10/100/1000 (max 470 MB/s) 1 x 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth (2.4 GHz)
Processor	NXP i.MX 6 Single core Arm Cortex A9 up to 1GHz	NXP i.MX 6 Dual Lite core Arm Cortex A9 up to 1GHz	NXP i.MX 6 Dual core Arm Cortex A9 up to 1GHz	NXP i.MX 6 Quad core Arm Cortex A9 up to 1GHz
Memory & Storage	512MB DDR3 8GB eMMC MicroSD	1GB DDR3 8GB eMMC MicroSD	1GB DDR3 8GB eMMC MicroSD	2GB DDR3 8GB eMMC MicroSD
Display	HDMI	HDMI	HDMI	HDMI
Misc.	Reset button RTC IR reciver	Reset button RTC IR reciver	Reset button RTC IR reciver	Reset button RTC IR reciver
Development and Debug interfaces	Micro USB	Micro USB	Micro USB	Micro USB
Power	5V	5V	5V	5V
Expansion card I/Os	None	None	None	None
Temperature	Commercial: 0°C to 40°C	Commercial: 0°C to 40°C	Commercial: 0°C to 40°C	Commercial: 0°C to 40°C
Dimensions	50 x 50 x 50mm	50 x 50 x 50mm	50 x 50 x 50mm	50 x 50 x 50mm
Enclosure	ABS Plastic	ABS Plastic	ABS Plastic	ABS Plastic

Supported with i.MX6 SOM. For more detailed information about our SOM-i.MX6 series please visit this user manual : i.MX6 SOM Hardware User Manual.

Block Diagram

The following figure describes the i.MX6 Block Diagram.

Visual features overview

Back HW interfaces

Top Hardware View

A demonstration of how to connect your cables and other peripherals to your CuBox-i can be found here : How to connect cables and peripherals to your CuBox-i

Software Setup

Cable setup and prerequisites

Micro USB cable
Power supplier : regulated 5V supply with 2A source capacity (3A for CuBox-i4pro)
Micro SD card
Linux or Windows PC
Router or switch with Ethernet cable

Note that using an adaptor with an output voltage which is higher than 5V will damage your device and possibly other connected USB devices.

Booting form an SD card

1. Downloading the Yocto image