HummingBoard IIOT & i.MX8M Plus SOM Quick Start Guide

Introduction

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

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
Jan 21, 2024	Yazan Shhady	1.0	Initial release
Dec 3, 2024	Yazan Shhady	1.1	Add instructions to program eMMC
Dec 31, 2024	Yazan Shhady	1.2	Provide more detailed instructions for programming MAC addresses.
Table of Contents	1 Introduction 2 Revision and Notes 3 Hardware Setup 3.1 Product specifications 3.2 HummingBoard IIOT 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 Boot Select 7.1 Final stages 8 Programming eMMC 9 More Features 9.1 Internet 9.1.1 WiFi 9.2 Bluetooth 9.3 Cellular Modem 9.4 SPI 9.5 Basler Camera 10 TLV EEPROM Support 11 MAC Address 12 List Of Supported OS 13 Build from source 14 Documentation 15 Related Articles

Hardware Setup

Product specifications

Model	HummingBoard IIOT

Model	HummingBoard IIOT
SOM Model	NXP i.MX8M Plus Dual / Quad core Arm Cortex A53 up to 1.8GHz (with Arm M7 GPP)
Memory & Storage	Up to 4GB LPDDR4 eMMC MicroSD
Network	2 x Ethernet RJ45 10/100/1000 1 x 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac WiFi and Bluetooth (2.4/5 GHz)
Connectivity	1 x USB3.0 (OTG) 2 x USB3.0 ( Host) M.2 B-Key LTE modem (eSIM, NanoSim) M.2 M-Key - NVMe or AI accelerator Additional addon cards are supported* SIM card slot
Media	LVDS MIPI-DSI 2x MIPI-CSI 4 lanes (1 MIPI-CSI on the SoM, 2 on the carrier)
I/O	1 x Reset button 1 x ON/OFF button 1 x Configurable push button 1 x RGB LED 2 x CAN-FD 2x RS232 or 2x RS485, or RS232 + RS485 (SW Configuration) 1 x I/O Digital Input 1 x I/O Digital output
Misc	TPM2.0 RTC EEPROM
OS Support	Linux
Environment	Commercial: 0°C to 70°C Industrial: -40°C to 85°C
Dimensions	PCBA: 140 x 90mm Enclosure : <TBD>
Power	7V – 28V wide range PoE sink support 802.3af Class 0
Enclosure	Optional extruded aluminum (IP32) enclosure