8
SETTING UP THE SYSTEM
The following will describe how to run a Linux image on the i.MX 8XLite EVK.
1
Confirm Boot
Switches
The boot switches should be set to boot
from the SD Card. See table below and
configure the Boot switch SW1:
BOOT DEVICE
SW1
USHD1 SD
BOOT_
MODE[2]
BOOT_
MODE[1]
BOOT_
MODE[0]
0
1
1
1=ON 0=OFF
2
Setting up the System
SD Card
Insert the MicroSD card into socket J6 on
the EVK CPU Board.
3
Connect USB
Debug Cable
Connect the micro-B end of a USB cable
into debug port J19. Connect the other
end of the cable to a PC acting as a
host terminal. On Windows, 2 UART
connections will appear on the PC. The
console print will output on “Enhanced
COM port,” which can be found in
“Device Manager” of the PC. On Linux,
4 UART connections will appear. Two of
them are used as serial console. The serial
port drivers for the debug port connection
can be found on this webpage:
https://
www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
.
Open the terminal window (i.e., Hyper
Terminal or Tera Term), choose the COM
port number that corresponds to the
“Enhanced COM port” on Windows or
the ttyUSBx for Linux which corresponds
to the serial console, and apply the
following configuration.
• Data bits: 8
• Baud rate: 115200
• Stop bit: 1
• Parity: None
• Flow control: None