Mender Kirkstone Release for i.MX8 platforms

  1. What is Mender?
  2. How to Use Mender with Nitrogen8M
    1. Setup Mender trial server on hosted.mender.io
    2. Grab Organization token
    3. Build Procedure
    4. Flash image
    5. Boot device and upgrade uboot
    6. Accept Pending device in Mender Dashboard
    7. Prepare a release artifact
    8. Upload release artifact
    9. Deploy release artifact
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We are pleased to announce a new Mender Kirkstone release for our Nitrogen8 family of SBCs and SOMs based on i.MX 8 processors. Previously, we only had support on our Nitrogen8M and Nitrogen8M Mini platforms, but this release now includes support for our Nitrogen8M Nano and Nitrogen8M Plus platforms as well!

What is Mender?

Mender.io is a secure, robust and efficient end-to-end over-the-air (OTA) software update manager for embedded devices. It is open source with an active community supporting a large number of different hardware and operating systems. Visit Mender.io and Mender Hub community to learn more.

How to Use Mender with Nitrogen8M

In this post, we will be using Mender in conjunction with Yocto to demonstrate a simple OTA update on our Nitrogen8M platform.  We will be using Nitrogen8M as an example, but the same applies for all of the Nitrogen8 family.

Setup Mender trial server on hosted.mender.io

Sign up for a trial here

Grab Organization token

After signing up and logging in, click your email at the top right and then "My organization": Then click "COPY TO CLIPBOARD" next to Organization token. Temporarily copy this somewhere, as we will be using it in next step:

Build Procedure

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