Supported Software

Software available for NavQPlus

NavQPlus Enablement

NavQPlus has specific enablement that is not typically found in generic EVK's from NXP. The Ubuntu POC , ROS2 and other software has been enabled in order to work with robotics development systems. Consider using the a pre-built binary or following the 3rd party reference on building from source using a Docker image.

Opensource Community

While our team may have used and tested this software, the enablement is under continual development and is expected to change regularly. Where this software is application level (I.e ROS2), and not hardware device level (i.e gstreamer) you should look for opensource ommunity support for that application and not directly from NXP

Guidance

Elsewhere in this "engineering notebook" GitBook you will find specific guidance on how some of this software may be used. Specific software used in these examples will be noted.

OS/Software

Example NavQPlus typical OS images may include the following. (note that this configuration changes regularly and may be updated/upgraded to newer versions.)

NXP Yocto Linux 5.15 kernel
- gstreamer
- eIQ AI/ML tools
- Ethernet over USB-C Gadget mode (SSH connection to laptop using USB cable)
Ubuntu 22.04 built on top of NXP Yocto 5.15
- ROS2 Humble enabled

Yocto Linux

NXP i.MX 8M Plus Linux is a Yocto build plus Desktop image layer. Refer to the NXP GIT repo and NXP documentation when building from source.

Linux on NavQPlus is based on the EVK Yocto image, but has board specific DTS changes made and additioanl packages prepared for use as a robotics development tool. These have not made their way back into the NXP Yocto source tree. Building from scratch with Yocto will therefore be a more complex process.

To maintain the functionality of the NavQPlus as provided, please refer to one of the 3rd party images/source trees.

https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/user-guide/IMX_YOCTO_PROJECT_USERS_GUIDE.pdf

https://www.nxp.com/design/software/embedded-software/nxp-github:NXP-GITHUB/www.nxp.com