The ConnectCore 6 Plus is shipped without a default operating system loaded. Only U-Boot is flashed in the device. This step demonstrates how to install Yocto in your ConnectCore 6 Plus.

1. Establish a serial connection with your device

Before you start programming the firmware, you must open a serial connection with the device. You can use any serial terminal program such as Tera Term, Minicom, CoolTerm, or HyperTerminal.

Open a serial connection with the following settings:

Parameter Value

Port

Serial port where the device is connected

Baud rate

115200

Data bits

8

Parity

None

Stop bits

1

Flow control

None

2. Program the firmware

Once you have established the serial connection, you can start the firmware update process. Follow these steps to install Yocto in the device:

  1. Download the firmware images from this location: https://ftp1.digi.com/support/digiembeddedyocto/2.4/r3/images/ccimx6qpsbc-installer.zip

  2. Decompress ccimx6qpsbc-installer.zip.

  3. Place the decompressed files in the root of a FAT-formatted microSD card and insert it in the microSD socket of the ConnectCore 6 Plus SBC (bottom side).

  4. Reset the device by pressing the reset button on the board and immediately press any key in the serial terminal to stop the auto-boot process. The U-Boot bootloader prompt displays:

    U-Boot dub-2017.03-r2.1-git+g3e65181 (Nov 05 2018 - 03:53:30 +0000)

CPU:   Freescale i.MX6QP rev1.0 996 MHz (running at 792 MHz)
CPU:   Automotive temperature grade (-40C to 125C) at 44C
Reset cause: POR
I2C:   ready
DRAM:  2 GiB
MMC:   FSL_SDHC: 0 (eMMC), FSL_SDHC: 1
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Model: Digi International ConnectCore 6 QuadPlus Single Board Computer.
ConnectCore 6 Plus SOM variant 0x01: Industrial QuadPlus-core 1GHz, 8GB eMMC, 2GB DDR3, -40/+85C, Wireless, Bluetooth, Kinetis
Board: ConnectCore 6 Plus SBC, version 3, ID 160
Boot device: MMC4
PMIC:  DA9063, Device: 0x61, Variant: 0x60, Customer: 0x00, Config: 0x56
Net:   FEC [PRIME]
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
=>

  5. Install the firmware into the internal eMMC, executing the following command:

    => run install_linux_fw_sd

  6. Once the firmware is installed, the device boots automatically. The default username is root with no password.

During installation, error messages appear when the installation process attempts to override MAC addresses. These messages are expected.

## Resetting to default environment
oldval: 00:40:9D:7D:17:9A  defval: 00:04:f3:ff:ff:fa
## Error: Can't overwrite "ethaddr"
himport_r: can't insert "ethaddr=00:04:f3:ff:ff:fa" into hash table
oldval: 00:40:9D:7D:17:9B  defval: 00:04:f3:ff:ff:fb
## Error: Can't overwrite "eth1addr"
himport_r: can't insert "eth1addr=00:04:f3:ff:ff:fb" into hash table
oldval: 00:40:9D:7D:17:9C  defval: 00:04:f3:ff:ff:fc
## Error: Can't overwrite "wlanaddr"
himport_r: can't insert "wlanaddr=00:04:f3:ff:ff:fc" into hash table
oldval: 00:40:9D:7D:17:9D  defval: 00:04:f3:ff:ff:fd
## Error: Can't overwrite "btaddr"
himport_r: can't insert "btaddr=00:04:f3:ff:ff:fd" into hash table