SBC-3.5-MX8X (C57)
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Depending on the configuration and following revisions, the board's features are subject to change. For detailed information on hardware specifications, please visit www.seco.com.
SBC-3.5-MX8X is a 3.5" SBC with NXP i.MX 8X family of SoCs, featuring Dual or Quad Arm Cortex®-A35 Cores + 1x Cortex® M4F core for real-time processing. It comes with an embedded GC7000Lite GPU with up to 16 Execution Units, together with and embedded VPU, and its range of networking and connectivity interfaces is impressive. SBC-3.5-MX8X Single Board Computer is ideal for certified performance requirements and safety efficient, and it's well suited for industrial automation and control, robotics, transportation, in-vehicle infotainment systems.
For ordering purposes, the SBC-3.5-MX8X is referred to by its base code, "C57".
How can I power on my module?
What will I find in my module?
Off-the-shelf products are shipped with a standard in-house-developed software. The definition of standard, in this case, is "the environment which SECO adopts for validation". Anyway, custom in-house-developed __ software with different defaults can be built. Contact your reference sales for further information.
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Downloads
Clea OS
Clea OS is a versatile and robust Linux Operating System framework designed specifically for industrial embedded devices. Based on the open source Yocto Project, Clea OS offers a flexible and customizable platform that can be tailored to meet the specific needs of various hardware architectures and applications.
Starting with Linux Kernel 5.10, the Board Support Package (BSP) for this board is fully integrated into Clea OS. It ensures high security and stability through features like OTA (Over-the-Air) updates, dual partitions, and fallback procedures. Additionally, Clea OS includes a complete device manager for seamless cloud communication, enabling centralized management of product fleets.
Documentation
For a complete explanation of Clea OS and detailed installation instructions, refer to the official documentation:
Download Clea OS Images
To quickly get started, download the latest complete prebuild Clea OS images (or other binaries like U-Boot, Linux Kernel, SDKs) from the official release page:
Download Clea OS images here - Release Page
Installation instructions for SBC-3.5-MX8X (C57)
Build Clea OS
The source code for Clea OS can be found at the following Gitlab organization. To build a complete BSP image from source you can check the Get Started pages of the documentation.
Legacy Software (not recommended)
Source code:
Source code for linux kernel, u-boot and yocto seco layers is available here.
Binaries:
Here you can find the latest binaries available
| Board configuration | Version | image | filesystem | u-boot | kernel |
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| All | 4.19.35 - 3.8.0 | seco-image-base seco-image-test | seco-image-base seco-image-test | u-boot | kernel |
Known Issues
| Issue ID | Description | Impacted HW Revision | Impacted SW Version | Fix |
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| C57-ISS-1 | Wi-Fi hangs with Scan command timeout (0x107) if the scan occurs at the same time as A2DP streaming and BLE scanning. | ALL | ALL | Workaround: don't perform Wi-Fi scan, BLE scan and A2DP streaming simultaneously. |