Finally, the new GuruCE iMX6 BSP release is out!

Let's call this the mystical release! It's taken much longer than planned to get this BSP release out due to a number of factors. Our last release was almost exactly 1.5 years ago, so what does 1.5 years of development bring?

Some highlights:

• Support for UL & ULL
• Display clone
• CE Updater (update firmware from within CE)
• Multi-touch
• Super fast and reliable USB RNDIS and USB Serial for KITL
• Simplified use of hive-based registry (no need to pre-format disks anymore)
• Completely verified clock tree code
• Gigabit Ethernet (on selected boards and with limitations due to NDIS)
• Easy switch USB function
• Copy/update firmware from SD to eMMC
• Keep track of reason of last reset (power-on reset, software reset, watchdog reset, etc)
• Many improvements to our BSP catalog to make working with our BSP even easier
• And many more improvements, fixes and new features!

Further details in the release notes.

DVFS

We'd like to hear if you are interested in DVFS functionality (including full suspend-resume). Please contact us if you want this so we can gauge interest and prioritize this work accordingly.

TLS 1.2

Microsoft has recently added TLS 1.2 functionality to WEC7. When we asked Microsoft when this functionality would be added to WEC2013 the answer was that this was not planned at all. After a bit more push from our side, Microsoft is now willing to consider bringing TLS 1.2 also to WEC2013 and they have asked us to gauge interest and gather company names and contacts for them so they can justify the investment. Please contact us if you want TLS 1.2 on WEC2013 now or you think you may need it in the future.

UPDATE: Microsoft has now added support for TLS 1.2 to WEC2013, see this blogpost.

Our promise

We will keep improving our iMX6 BSP, adding new features and we will be supporting our customers for many years to come, at the very least until the end of Microsoft's extended support end date of 10 October 2023.

Even though the GuruCE i.MX6 BSP is already the best performing, 100% OAL stable and most feature-rich i.MX6 BSP on the market today, there are always things to improve or fix and new features to implement.

Here's our wishlist:

• Bring hardware accelerated H.264 video codecs to WEC2013 (not just WEC7)
• Improve Gigabit network performance
• Animated GIF bootsplash support
• Create a solid solution for multi-display touch

As always; if you have anything you want us to add to the list or you want us to prioritize an item on the list: contact us and we'll make it happen.

Don't forget to check our Testimonials page to see what some of our customers have to say about the GuruCE i.MX6 BSP.

Don't believe the hype? Try it yourself!

We've got free downloadable evaluation kernels for the Element14 RIoTboard, the Boundary Devices SABRE-Lite, Nitrogen6X and Nitrogen6_VM, the Device Solutions Opal6 (all variants), the Digi ConnectCore6, the NXP SDP (DualLite & Quad), the SDB-QP (QuadPlus), the NXP MCIMX6ULL EVK (ULL), the Toradex Colibri and the Variscite VAR-SOM_MX6 (Dual/Quad) Starter Kit.

GuruCE website: https://guruce.com
iMX6 landing page: https://guruce.com/imx6
Latest iMX6 BSP release: https://guruce.com/imx6/latest