Config Tools for i.MX Applications Processors 26.06 documentation

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Available tools

The following tools are currently available:

• DDR tool

  The DDR Configuration and Validation tool allows you to create a configuration for the DDR component and to validate the DDR configuration using various validation scenarios.

  Features:

  • Support for i.MX 8M, i.MX 8MM, i.MX 8MN, i.MX 8MP, i.MX 91, i.MX 93, i.MX 943, i.MX 95

  • DDR configuration UI using the tokenized RPA tool

  • PHY initialization using dynamic library

  • Import the output of the RPA tool bypasses UI configuration

  • DDR PHY support for DDR3, DDR4, LPDDR4, LPDDR4x, and LPDDR5

  • Cell color code

  • Basic/Advanced user mode

  • DDR controller Registers View support

  • Auto-detect of available COM ports

  • USB target connection

  • Basic validation tests support (Write-Read-Compare, Walking Ones, Walking Zeros, Quick ECC)

  • BIST tests for i.MX 93, i.MX 943 and i.MX 95

  • Inline ECC support for i.MX 8MP, i.MX 91, i.MX 93, i.MX943 and i.MX 95

  • DQ ODT and driver strength test

  • CA bus signals margin for LPDDR4 and LPDDR4x

  • VrefDQ optimizer for DDR4, LPDDR4, LPDDR4x, and LPDDR5

  • VrefCA optimizer for LPDDR4, LPDDR4x, and LPDDR5

  • vTSA (Virtual Timing Signal Analysis) support - RX data eye, TX data eye, CA bus signals margin, CA eye

  • Stress tests support

  • Export vTSA results in JPEG format

  • Export test and PHY logs to files

  • High-level root cause advisor

  • Code generation for U-Boot or OEI

  • Command line possibility

  • Smart way to update the DDR tool main framework

• SerDes tool

  The SerDes tool allows you to configure the SerDes block and provides you with a GUI application to validate the configuration.

  Features:

  • Support for i.MX 943 (Beta), i.MX 95

  • UI for SerDes blocks configuration

  • Per lane tests

  • Bist, TX Pattern Generator, RX Pattern Checker tests

• Trusted Execution Environment Configuration tool

  The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) tool facilitates the protection and isolation of the sensitive parts of the code.

  Features:

  • Graphical display of memory layout and resulting access to memory regions

  • Configuration of access policies for memory areas, bus masters, and peripherals

  • Configuration of pin and interrupt masking and security, as well as general features related to the ARMv8 core security

  • Configuration of MPU

  • Validation of settings

  • Generation of configuration files (C code or ROM preset data)

• Pins tool

  The Pins tool is used for pin routing configuration, validation, and code generation, including pin functional/electrical properties, power rails, runtime configurations.

  Features:

  • Desktop application

  • Muxing and pin configuration with consistency checking

  • Multicore support

  • Localized for English and Simplified Chinese

  • Mostly Connected: On-Demand device data download

  • Integrates with any compiler and IDE

  • Supports English and Chinese (simplified) languages, based on locale settings. Refer to the User Guide for Config Tools for i.MX (document IMXUG) for details.

  • ANSI-C initialization code

  • Graphical processor package view

  • Multiple configuration blocks/functions

  • Easy-to-use device configuration

    • Selection of Pins and Peripherals

    • Package with IP blocks

    • Routed pins with electrical characteristics

    • Registers with configured and reset values

    • Power Groups with assigned voltage levels

    • Source code for C/C++ applications

  • Documented and easy-to-understand source code

  • CSV Report and Device Tree File

• System Manager tool

  The System Manager (SM) tool allows you to configure the project with the System Manager application on i.MX 9 series processors. Configuration of the SM determines how the device (SoC) will be divided between Logical Machines (LM) and specifies the ownership of peripherals and memory.

  Features:

  • System View - overview of configurable elements of the SM project

  • Resource View - overview of resources assigned to the resource owners (DOM, LM, Agent)

    • Filtration of resource owners

    • Filtration and search bar of resources

  • Boot View - overview of independent lifecycle execution of LMs and configuration of boot mode select (mSel) options

  • Configuration Details View - displays SM selected element settings information and allows real-time modification of them

  • Validation of settings

  • Generation of SM configuration source files

  • Generation of SM database and user configuration JSON files

  • SM project configuration wizard