QSBASE93

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This guide will help new users to quickly setup our QSBASE93 Linux Development Kit.

Detailed information about the QS93 solder-in module itself is available on our website.

Unboxing

When opening the package of the Development Kit you should find the following components inside:

  1. The evaluation board “QSBASE93”.

  1. An USB-C cable which is used for power-connection and flashing.

  2. An Micro USB-B cable which is used for debugging.

  1. Our catalog.
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Wiring

Connect the QSBASE93 board as shown in the image below.

  1. Connect the USB-C to the board. The other side is also connected with your host computer.

  1. Verify the Bootmode-jumper is not in Download-Mode. You can also remove it. For help see Enabling USB-Bootmode.

  1. Connect the Micro USB cable to the DEBUG port on the board. The other side is also connected with your host computer.

This USB connection is used for both power supply and programming.

This USB connection is used for the terminal
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The board may require more current than a standard USB 2.0 port can deliver.

USB-UART driver

Download and Install USB to UART Bridge Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers

Booting

After connecting the power supply your board will boot.

U-Boot 2022.04-lf_v2022.04-karo-karo+g4acff84453 (Aug 08 2023 - 12:15:28 +0000)

CPU:   i.MX93(52) rev1.0 1700 MHz (running at 1692 MHz)
CPU:   Consumer temperature grade (0C to 95C) at 48C
Reset cause: POR (0x1)
Model: Ka-Ro electronics GmbH QS93-5210 (NXP i.MX93) solder-in module on QSBASE93 baseboard
DRAM:  1 GiB
Core:  198 devices, 20 uclasses, devicetree: separate
MMC:   fsl_esdhc mmc@42860000: no card present
FSL_SDHC: 0 (eMMC), FSL_SDHC: 1

Fail to setup video link
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial

BuildInfo:
  - ELE firmware version 0.0.9-9df0f503

UID: 0x3055d860 0x2a445916 0x3153d19a 0x112e8e41
loading FDT from mmc 0:1 'imx93-qs93-5210.dtb'
loading FDT overlay for 'karo-gpu' from mmc 0:1 'imx93-karo-gpu.dtb'
loading FDT overlay for 'qs93-eqos-lan8710' from mmc 0:1 'imx93-qs93-eqos-lan8710.dtb'
loading FDT overlay for 'qs93-fec-lan8710' from mmc 0:1 'imx93-qs93-fec-lan8710.dtb'
loading FDT overlay for 'qs93-qsbase93' from mmc 0:1 'imx93-qs93-qsbase93.dtb'
Net:   Using MAC addr from fuse
MAC addr: 00:0c:c6:0c:8d:e0
Using MAC addr from fuse
MAC addr: 00:0c:c6:0c:8d:e1
eth1: ethernet@42890000, eth0: ethernet@428a0000
Normal Boot
14473224 bytes read in 311 ms (44.4 MiB/s)
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 83000000
   Booting using the fdt blob at 0x83000000
   Loading Device Tree to 00000000a2fef000, end 00000000a2ffffff ... OK
serial-number: 112e8e413055d860
switching usbotg interface to peripheral mode

Starting kernel ...

[    0.067989] imx-drm display-subsystem: no available port
[    0.073647] panel-lvds lvds-panel: /lvds-panel: problems parsing panel-timing (-2)
INIT: version 3.04 booting
Initializing /var... Done.
Starting udev
fsck from util-linux 2.38.1
e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
/dev/mmcblk0p2: clean, 3439/32768 files, 69327/131072 blocks
fsck from util-linux 2.38.1
e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
bootfs: clean, 30/16384 files, 22696/65536 blocks
ALSA: Restoring mixer settings...
INIT: Entering runlevel: 2
Configuring network interfaces... dhcpcd-9.4.1 starting
eth0: waiting for carrier
eth0: carrier acquired
eth0: soliciting a DHCP lease
eth0: offered 192.168.101.198 from 192.168.100.1
eth0: probing address 192.168.101.198/22
eth0: leased 192.168.101.198 for 600 seconds
eth0: adding route to 192.168.100.0/22
eth0: adding default route via 192.168.100.1
forked to background, child pid 187
done.
Starting internet superserver: inetd.
Starting rpcbind daemon...done.
starting statd: done
starting Busybox HTTP Daemon: httpd... done.
NFS daemon support not enabled in kernel
Starting ntpd: done
Starting syslogd/klogd: done

karo-minimal (Ka-Ro Linux BSP with minimal read-only rootfs) 6.1-langdale qs93-5210 /dev/ttyLP0

qs93-5210 login:

Your module is pre-programmed with our karo-image-minimal headless Linux.

Next Steps Usage

Topic

Description

Re-installing the OS

  • The pre-compiled image files to flash the QS93 Development Kit are located in our Download Area.

  • They contain different environments, e.g. a minimal and a desktop environment.

  • Download the images and proceed with the UUU - Universal Update Utility.

Display support

The QSBASE93 Development Kit supports different LVDS displays.

We also provide a Ready To Use weston image to flash your QS module in our Download Area.

Next Steps Software

Topic

Description

Linux Guide

Go to: Software Documentation

WiFi Guide

To enable WiFi support.

Go to: Software Documentation -> WiFi/BT Guide

Machine Learning

Using NPU and starting ML Demos.

Go to: Software Documentation -> Machine Learning Guide

QT6 Development

Develop a QT6 app for your customers.

Go to: Software Documentation -> QT Guide

Electron Development

Develop an Electron app for your customers.

Go to: Software Documentation -> Electron

Customizing the BSP

If you want to use our Yocto Layer, or want to create your own customized Linux distribution, have a look at our yocto-guide-index.

Go to: yocto-guide-index

Next Steps Hardware

Topic

Description

QSBASE93 Pinouts

Connector pinouts can be found in the Hardware Documentation.

Go to: Hardware Documentation -> Pinouts -> QSBASE93

QS Developers Guide

QS-Standard pinout, description and layout guidelines.

Go to: Hardware Documentation -> QS-GUIDE