HummingBoard Pulse/Ripple/Pro & i.MX8M Plus - Basler Camera Quick Start Guide
Revision and Notes
Date
Owner
Revision
Notes
17 Feb 2022
1.0
Initial release
08 Jun 2025
1.1
Update for new BSP
Introduction
The following provides a quick guide to start using the Camera Module on your HummingBoard Pulse and i.MX8M Plus SOM.
For more information, please visit i.MX8M PLUS SOM.
Software Setup
Cable setup and prerequisites
Here are the additional cables and prerequisites you will need for being able to get started with your Camera:
HDMI / micro - HDMI cable.
Camera kit ( see our i.MX8M Plus - Camera Kit ).
Image download and SD card preparation
1. Downloading the Yocto image:
Find the latest imx-image-full-*.wic.{zst,bmap} targeting the i.MX8M Plus SoM at images.solid-run.com - e.g. at the time of writing:
2. Writing the image to the SD card
Use the following commands for writing the image to an SD card:
For more information, please visit Flashing an SD Card .
Note: Plug a micro SD into your Linux PC, the following assumes that the micro SD is added as /dev/sdX and all it’s partitions are unmounted.
3. SD card insertion
Please Insert the SD card into your device.
4. Power connection
Connect your power adaptor to the DC jack, and then connect the adaptor to mains supply.
5. Serial Connection
Please insert the micro USB into your device, then you can refer to Serial Connection for installing necessary serial connection software in Linux/Windows.
Once you installed the necessary serial connection software, reboot your device and you should be able to see the following:

Please inset ‘root’ as a username for being able to log in as shown in the above picture.
Camera Test
Enable Basler Cameras in Software: Edit file
extlinux.confon the first partition of the board adding the line starting with “FDTOVERLAYS” - either from a PC, or from the device serial console, then reboot. The resulting file should look similar to the example below (line 5 is the important addition):
For editing on device can use nano text editor:
Connect your HDMI cable.
Note: The camera preview only works when a monitor is connected to your Board.
Connect your Camera to the CSI 2.0 of the carrier as shown in the picture below:

A green LED will light up at the back panel of your camera. This is an indication of Camera is operating. See the following figure:

Check available devices by running the following on your monitor:
The relevant capture devices associated with the cameras are the ones named “VIV (platform:vivX)”:
- “VIV (platform:viv0)” (/dev/video3): Camera Connector on HummingBoard
- “VIV (platform:viv1)” (/dev/video4): Camera Connector on System on Module
If the numbering changed, substitute the video device numbers (3,4) accordingly in the following steps. 5. Render from Camera to HDMI Display with gstreamer:
Run NXP Video Demo to render from Camera to HDMI Display:
Once you run the previous commands, you can direct your camera to an object and start monitoring as shown in the following figure:

The following is an implementation of what the camera displays on the monitor screen.

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