This document provides information about Digi Embedded Yocto, Digi International's professional embedded Yocto development environment.
Digi Embedded Yocto 2.4 is based on the Yocto Project(TM) 2.4 (Rocko) release.
For a full list of supported features and interfaces please refer to the online documentation.
The current release has been verified and tested with the following OS versions:
- Ubuntu 16.04
Software for the following hardware platforms is in production support:
- ConnectCore 6UL System-on-Module (SOM)
- CC-WMX-JN58-NE
- CC-MX-JN58-Z1
- CC-WMX-JN7A-NE
- ConnectCore 6UL SBC Express
- ConnectCore 6UL SBC Pro
- ConnectCore 6 System-on-Module (SOM)
- CC-WMX-J97C-TN
- CC-WMX-L96C-TE
- CC-WMX-L87C-TE
- CC-MX-L76C-Z1
- CC-MX-L86C-Z1
- CC-MX-L96C-Z1
- CC-WMX-L76C-TE
- CC-WMX-K87C-FJA
- CC-WMX-K77C-TE
- CC-WMX-L97D-TN
- CC-WMX-J98C-FJA
- CC-WMX-J98C-FJA-1
- ConnectCore 6 SBC
- ConnectCore 6 Plus System-on-Module (SOM)
- CC-WMX-KK8D-TN
- ConnectCore 6 Plus SBC
- CC-SB-WMX-KK8D
Previous versions of Digi Embedded Yocto include support for additional Digi hardware.
Digi Embedded Yocto is composed of a set of different Yocto layers that work in parallel. The layers are specified on a manifest file.
To install, please follow the instructions at the dey-manifest README
Documentation is available online on the Digi documentation site:
- Demo images: ftp://ftp1.digi.com/support/digiembeddedyocto/2.4/r1/images/
- Software Development Kit (SDK): ftp://ftp1.digi.com/support/digiembeddedyocto/2.4/r1/sdk/
- Release based on Yocto 2.4 (Rocko) including:
- New toolchain based on GCC-7.2.0 and GLIBC-2.26
- Updated Qt 5.9.4
- Package upgrades and security fixes
- Updated kernel version to v4.9 for ConnectCore 6 platform
- Updated U-Boot to version 2015.04-r12
- Updated Cryptoauthlib version to v3.0
- Added support for Goodix 10" display
- Updated documentation
This is a list of known issues and limitations at the time of release. An updated list can be found on the online documentation.
- If TrustFence (TM) image encryption support is enabled, the uSD image will boot a signed U-Boot only.
- Firmware update
- The software update package must be located in the root level of the update media (subfolders are not yet supported).
- Cloud Connector
- Remote file system management fails with long file names and paths (over 255 characters).
- For P2P connections Digi recommends "Negotiated GO" modes. The QCA6564 devices (ConnectCore 6UL and ConnectCore 6 Plus) running a 4.9 kernel version fail to join to autonomous groups.
- ConnectCore 6UL System-on-Module (SOM)
- The UART connected to the Bluetooth chip on early versions of the ConnectCore 6UL system-on-module (hardware version < 4) cannot properly execute flow control. To work around this issue, UART1 of these SOM versions has been configured to operate at 115200 bps and without hardware flow control, reducing the maximum throughput of this interface.
- When using wireless concurrent mode as the wireless interface is shared between several different functionalities performance is reduced.
- When using wireless concurrent mode Digi recommends to keep the different modes on the same frequency channels. For example, when configuring access point mode on channel 36 on band A, the recommendation would be to connect to the same channel both in station mode and WiFi direct so that the radio performance is optimized.
- When working as an access point, DFS capable channels in band A are not currently supported.
- The QCA6564 wireless chip does not support Wake On Wireless LAN.
- ConnectCore 6 System-on-Module (SOM)
- NXP i.MX6 processor has a documented errata (ERR004512) whereby the maximum performance of the Gigabit FEC is limited to 400Mbps (total for Tx and Rx).
- When using softAP mode on Band A on the Qualcomm AR6233, channels used for Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) are not supported.
- The Qualcomm AR6233 firmware does not support the following configuration
modes:
- Concurrent modes involving P2P mode, such as P2P + softAP or P2P + STA.
- Bluetooth + softAP + STA concurrent mode.
- A maximum of five clients are supported when using Qualcomm's AR6233 in softAP mode.
- A maximum of ten connected devices are supported when using Qualcomm's AR6233 Bluetooth Low Energy mode.
- ConnectCore 6 SBC
- The Micrel PHY KSZ9031 may take between five and six seconds to auto-negotiate with Gigabit switches.
- ConnectCore 6 Plus System-on-Module (SOM)
- NXP i.MX6QP processor has a documented errata (ERR004512) whereby the maximum performance of the Gigabit FEC is limited to 400Mbps (total for Tx and Rx).
- ConnectCore 6 Plus SBC
- The Micrel PHY KSZ9031 may take between five and six seconds to auto-negotiate with Gigabit switches.
For support questions please contact Digi Technical Support:
When you contact Digi Technical Support, include important system details and device information to help Digi resolve the issue more quickly.
- In the device, run the command 'sysinfo'. This generates the following file: /tmp/<current timestamp>.txt.gz.
- Attach the <current timestamp>.txt.gz file to your support ticket.