GS-SBC-S32V234: Get Started with the SBC-S32V234

The two most important software components for S32V2 devices are Linux and the Vision SDK:

• Linux runs on the S32V2 vision processor and supports various NXP development boards. NXP uses the Yocto project to create a custom Linux BSP.
• Vision SDK is the collection of libraries that can be used to create Vision specific programs. It includes libraries for Image Signal Processor (ISP), Image Cognition Processor (APEX), IOs, MIPI-CSI2, display, and others. Also includes useful utilities and third party software to aid development, like OpenCV, FFmpeg, Pthreads, and more.

2.1 Download the SBC-S32V234 Quick Start Package (QSP)

2.2 Download the latest Linux BSP

2.3 Extract the compressed Linux files

2.4 Flash the SD card

Use the .Sdcard image to flash the SD card.
NOTE: You can use tools like the "Win32 Disk Imager”

2.5 Download the Vision SDK

2.6 Create a Linux BSP that supports VSDK

The Linux BSP that came with the SBC-S32V234 is generic; it DOES NOT support Vision SDK out-of-the-box.
NXP provides the precompiled Linux BSP binaries with all VSDK specific modifications.
NOTE: Alternatively, you can follow the “section 17 ADAS/Vision Yocto Layer” of the Linux User Manual to create these binaries from scratch using Yocto.

2.7 Download the pre-compiled binaries

2.8 Extract the compressed file

2.9 Format the SD card and create the partitions:

Insert the card into the card reader of your PC.
Using a Linux Machine, get the name of SD card by using "cat /proc/partitions"
NOTE: the device is called /dev/sdb in this example. Change the name in all lines below accordingly
Sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
d [repeat this until no partition is reported by the 'p' command]
n [create a new partition]
p [create a primary partition]
1 [the first partition]
[enter] [using the default value will create a partition that starts at offset 2048]
+255M [size of the actual partition = 255 MB]

n [create a new partition]
p [create a primary partition]
2 [the second partition]
[enter] [using the default value will create a partition that starts at offset 67584]
[enter] [using the default value will create a partition that uses the remaining space on the card]

t [set partition type]
1 [partition #1]
c [FAT32]
t [set partition type]
2 [partition #2]
83 [Linux]

w [this writes the partition table to the medium and fdisk exits]

Remove the SD card from the slot and put it back again.
sudo mkfs.vfat -n boot /dev/sdb1
sudo mkfs.ext3 -L rootfs /dev/sdb2

Remove the SD card from the slot and put it back again.

2.10 Load the content onto the SD card

cd path_to_fsl-auto-yocto-bsp/build_s32v234sbc/tmp/deploy/images/s32v234sbc
sudo dd if=u-boot.s32 of=/dev/sdb bs=512 seek=8 conv=fsync
sudo cp Image /media/boot
sudo cp s32v234sbc.dtb /media/boot
cd /media/rootfs
sudo tar xvf path_to_fsl-auto-yocto-bsp/build_s32v234sbc/tmp/deploy/images/s32v234sbc/fslimage-vsdk-s32v234sbc-xx.rootfs.tar.gz
Sync

2.11 Boot the SBC-S32V234 board

Insert the SD card into the board and turn the power supply on.
The UART is running on 115200 baud.
The Linux will boot into command line and automatically loads OAL, APEX, CSI, FDMA, and other drivers.