i.MX515 Project
Linux Platform Support and Application Development on Efika MXin category Industrial
proposed by micken on 20th December 2009 (accepted on 1st September 2010)
Project Summary
I am going to support the work to implement linux and other systems on the Efika MX.I also plan to develop custom applications for different needs in the thin client situations.
Project Blog Entries
I was at Atea last thursday and had a workshop with Atea:s top linux consultants. I showed them how to use a Efika MX and showed various technologies like Qt. I also talked about the coming Aura.
Below is a few photos of Atea consultants in action with ARM technology from Genesi.
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Today Android booted on my hdmi Efika MX. Here is a video showing Android
booting and running on a Efika MX
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In three seconds from poweron you can browse the world wide web with a decent
WebKit browser. Perfect for kiosk applications.
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I am going to do a demonstration of the Efika MX system and I needed something that could show my presentations.
Thanks to Qt and Poppler , a PDF library based on Xpdf , this was easy.
You can see it running in the photo below:
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I have QtCreator and A terminal program running on the native Qt display.
It is fun to be able to develop Qt applications in a native Qt environment.
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If you want to try out Qt Everywhere on your Efika MX you need to build it.
It requires a lot of dependencis so I sugest that you do it ON your Efika MX.
You will need some extra storage like a USB disk or a NFS mount.
Building it:
Download the latest Qt Everywhere sources from , http://qt.nokia.com/
Unpack it and configure it with: -embedded --prefix==yourstorage
This will not give you GL functionality but the software screen driver is very fast.
Build it with : make ;make install
To run something:
Add the -qws flag to the first app you intend to run on the framebuffer
Good luck !
I am working on a new gfxplugin for Qt Everywhere. I want to get as much performance I can get out of the Efika MX.
Stay tuned for a release of the updated Xqt.
This is a screenshot of the hello_es demo running in 720p resolution.
The average fps is 30.
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