NXP Semiconductors UM11483 User Manual

UM11483
Getting Started with NXP-based Wireless Modules on i.MX 8M
Quad EVK Running Linux OS
Rev. 2 — 21 January 2021 User manual
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Keywords i.MX 8M Quad Evaluation Kit (EVK), 88W8987-based wireless module,
88W8997-based wireless module
Abstract Details the bring-up of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on NXP-based wirelesss modules
connected with i.MX 8M Quad EVK running on Linux OS

NXP Semiconductors UM11483 Specifications

General

Brand	NXP Semiconductors
Model	UM11483
Category	Microcontrollers
Language	English

Summary

i.MX 8M Quad Evaluation Kit (EVK)

i.MX 8M Quad evaluation board interfaces

i.MX 8M Quad switch settings

NXP-based Wireless Modules

Wi-Fi Layer Interfaces

Explains the Wi-Fi driver, its interfaces (IOCTL, Wext, CFG80211), and user space applications.

Bluetooth Layer Interfaces

88W8987-based Azurewave AW-CM358-USD Module

88W8987-based Azure Wave AW-CM358MA Module

88W8997-based AzureWave AW-CM276MA Module

i.MX 8M EVK Linux Image Setup

Using the Pre-built Image

Setting up the Host

Building the Image

Provides instructions for building a Linux image using the Yocto Project and bitbake command.

Flashing the Image to eMMC

Explains how to use the Universal Update Utility (UUU) to flash images to the eMMC.

Booting from eMMC

Bring-up of Wi-Fi Interfaces

Bring-up of 88W8987-based Wireless Module (AW-CM358MA)

Steps to load driver modules and bring up the 88W8987-based wireless module.

Bring-up of 88W8997-based Wireless Module (AW-CM276MA)

Steps to load driver modules and bring up the 88W8997-based wireless module.

Bring up the Wi-Fi Interface

Provides steps to bring up the Wi-Fi interfaces using ifconfig commands.

Bring-up of Bluetooth Interfaces