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- January 24, 2025

Case Study
Linux porting and Board Bring up on custom i.MX6 Platform

Client
Linux Image based on Yocto for a Startup Company introducing a new product in the IoT space
Challenges
▪ Architect the various SW components for the Solution. Choosing relevant SW components.
▪ Bring up uboot and Linux kernel on a custom IoT board based on NXP i.MX6 SoC
▪ Design and Develop V4L compatible driver for an Omnivision Camera module
▪ Support for custom Wifi modules on the board
▪ Development of Bootloader, replicating the Kernel and adding the recipes for custom build
▪ Low level driver architecture to support multiple video applications.
Solution
▪ The solution involves bringing up the software stack.
▪ Writing Camera driver which is compatible with V4L
▪ API implementation to give maximum flexibility to the user application. Support for Banding, Brightness, Contrast, streaming modes
▪ Support for Dual boot, NAND and external SD card
▪ OS bring up and customization of kernel
▪ Validation of drivers and common interfaces
▪ Video sample Application for showcasing the features of the driver.

Tools/Technologies
▪ Low level Driver development, uboot, kernel
▪ Design and Implementation of V4L camera driver
▪ Support for IOCTL for configuration of devices