APEX AD10 Firmware Flash#

Operation Instructions for Entering the Programming Mode#

  • Connect the 48PIN IO Jumper Cable

  • While pressing the Recovery KEY, power off/power on the device

  • Use a USB cable to connect both Flash-M and Flash-S to the PC for programming.

On the PC for programming, confirm that the device has entered the recovery mode

Execute the following commands.

lsusb
#If the device is in recovery state
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 0955:7023 NVidia Corp

Please note that after the AGX Orin enters the recovery mode, if the burning port is not connected to a PC within 60 seconds, it will automatically start. Therefore, please ensure that the PC is connected within 60 seconds.

Function Introduction:#

  • The Miivii Flashing Tool is applicable to Miivii series products. This tool is a software provided to facilitate the flashing, cloning, and small - batch

  • production of Miivii devices. Its core functions include:

  • Automatically detect the usage environment

  • Automatically detect the latest image

  • Built - in image downloader, no need to manually download the image

  • Support batch flashing

  • Support image cloning (note that after cloning, flashing requires the use of the same bootloader version)

Preparatory Work#

Hardware Preparation#

Flashing Host#

Hardware Requirements: The flashing host needs to be connected to the Miivii device to flash the image. The recommended configuration of the flashing host is as follows:

  • CPU: Intel Core series processor, 4 cores, main frequency of 1.7GHz or higher

  • Memory: 8GB or higher

System Requirements:

  • The file system is EXT4

  • Free hard disk capacity of 40G or more

  • The system is Ubuntu x64 LTS 20.04 or LTS 22.04

Miivii device and power supply, USB data cable (with data transfer function)

Software Preparation:#

Download and install the miivii - ftool software in the host.

sudo apt install python3 python2.7
sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 05BE38FE8ADA7CD12E3281B52FC7A8453C3B8F24
sudo sh -c ’echo “deb http://upgrade.miivii.com/miiviitools/ mvtools main” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/miivii-l4t-apt-source.list’
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install miivii-ftool

Start flashing the device.#

Confirm that the device has entered the flashing mode.#

(Refer to the illustrated operation introduction at the beginning of the document.)

Open the flashing software#

  • In the Ubuntu system, you can click “Activities” in the lower left corner of the screen to display your software page. You can search for miivii-ftool in the search bar at the top, and you will find the following software.

You can also enter “gtk-launch miivii-ftool” in the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) to open it quickly.

  • Click to open the software and enter the password: your sudo password (PC host startup password).

  • If you have downloaded the flashing tool before and have not updated it for a while, please click “Update” in the upper right corner to update to the latest version so that you can flash the latest Mivins mirror.

  • Display the device selection interface as shown. Select your device (note the distinction between different memory versions).