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.
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USB-UART driver

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

Booting

After connecting the micro USB 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.

Go to: Yocto Guide

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