NXP Semiconductors UM11483 - 1 About this Document; Purpose and Audience; Scope; Considerations

NXP Semiconductors
UM11483
Getting Started with NXP Wireless Modules for i.MX 8M-Quad Platforms
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User manual Rev. 1 — 28 September 2020
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1 About this document
1.1 Purpose and audience
This document details the enabling of wireless solutions on i.MX 8M Quad platforms.
The manual also covers the bring-up of i.MX 8M Quad platform, how to set up the
configurations for the build of BSP image from source and the hardware connection
with the 88W8987-based wireless module. The later chapters describe how to initialize/
configure the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth interface. The document is intended for the software,
hardware, and system engineers who are planning to use the product, and for anyone
willing to learn more about the product.
Table 1. Targeted audience
Audience Purpose
Software engineers To design and develop software
Product architect To prepare the integration
1.2 Scope
This document specifies the hardware interconnection and software support for the
i.MX 8M Quad and AzureWave AW-CM358-uSD/AW-CM358MA module to enable
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth functionality. The content includes how to access the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth
features on NXP 88W8987-based wireless modules, as well the hardware architecture
information of i.MX 8M Quad platform and 88W8987 wireless module. In this document,
the Azurewave module AW-CM358-uSD only supports the Wi-Fi with i.MX 8M Quad
platform.
1.3 Considerations
The i.MX 8M Quad is powered by Linux and the NXP Linux drivers added to support
88W8987 wireless device. This document does not provide a detailed description of the
i.MX 8M Quad BSP nor how to run and generate an image, and generate a rootfs as
these are covered in the i.MX Yocto Project User's Guide.
1.4 References
Table 2. Reference documents
Document type Document title
Datasheet NXP – DS – 88W8987 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band 1x1 Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5 Solution
User Manual NXP – UM - i.MX Yocto Project User's Guide
This document describes how to build an image for an i.MX board by using a Yocto Project
build environment. Read more at link
User manual NXP – UM - i.MX Linux
®
User's Guide
This document describes how to build and install the i.MX Linux
®
OS BSP. Read more at
link
User Guide AzureWave – UG - uSD-1212 Adapter Board for AW-AM281-uSD and AW-CM358-uSD
(link)