HummingBoard Pulse & i.MX8M Plus SOM Quick Start Guide

Introduction

The following quick start guide provides background information about the HummingBoard Pulse.

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.

Revision and Notes

Date	Owner	Revision	Notes

Date	Owner	Revision	Notes
Oct 28, 2021	Yazan Shhady	1.0	Initial release
Dec 4, 2023	Yazan Shhady	1.1	Add More Features
Dec 29, 2024	Yazan Shhady	1.2	Provide more detailed instructions for programming MAC addresses.
Dec 31, 2024	Yazan Shhady	1.3	Add instructions for programming the eMMC.
Table of Contents	1 Introduction 2 Revision and Notes 3 Hardware Setup 3.1 Product specifications 3.2 HummingBoard Pulse 3.3 Block Diagram 3.4 Visual features overview 4 Software Setup 4.1 Cable setup and prerequisites 5 Boot Select 6 Booting from SD card 7 Programming eMMC 7.1 Final stages 8 More Features 8.1 Internet 8.1.1 WiFi 8.2 Bluetooth 8.3 GPIO Pins Control 8.4 Enable the MINI-PCIe slot ‘J20’ 8.5 Cellular Modem 8.6 Enable the M.2 slot ‘M1’ 8.7 SPI 8.8 Audio 8.9 Basler Camera 9 TLV EEPROM Support 10 MAC Address 11 List Of Supported OS 12 Build from source 13 Documentation 14 Related Articles

Hardware Setup

Product specifications

Model	HummingBoard Pulse

Model	HummingBoard Pulse
SOM Model	NXP i.MX8M Dual / Quad core Arm Cortex A53 up to 1.5GHz (with Arm M4 GPP) NXP i.MX8M Mini Single to Quad core Arm Cortex A53 up to 1.8GHz (with Arm M4 GPP)
Memory & Storage	Up to 4GB LPDDR4 eMMC MicroSD
Network	2 x RJ45
Connectivity	2 x USB 3.0 * Mini PCIe M.2 SIM card slot
Media	HDMI 2.0 out MIPI-DSI 2 x MIPI-CSI * Digital audio (Riser interface FPC connector) Onboard audio codec
I/O	1 x Reset button 1 x Configurable push button MikroBus click interface 3 x LED indicators RTC
OS Support	Linux
Environment	Commercial: Ambient temp.: 0°C to 70°C Enclosed ambient temp.: 0°C to 40°C CPU max die: 105°C Industrial: Ambient temp.: -40°C to 85°C Enclosed Ambient temp.: -25°C to 65°C CPU max die: 105°C Humidity (non-condensing): 10% – 90%
Dimensions	Board: 102mm x 69mm Enclosed: 141.5 x 78 x 30mm
Power	7V – 28V wide range PoE sink support
Enclosure	Optional extruded aluminum (IP32) enclosure