Freescale i.MX6 Development Boards (Wandboard, Cubox-i and HummingBoard) Get Android Kitkat Firmware and SDK

Several Freescale i.MX6 development boards have gotten a KitKat treat this month with the release of Android 4.4 firmware and SDK. The boards involved include Wandboard Solo/Dual/Quad, as well as Solidrun Cubox-i boards, and the Raspberry Pi like HummingBoard.

Thanks to the “magic” of device tree, a single firmware image is now provided for all the boards provided by a given company.

For Wandboard Solo, Dual, and Quad:

• Demo firmware image –  android-4.4.2-wandboard-20140815.zip
• SDK with source code – wandboard_android-4.4.2_fullsource_20140815.tar.xz

For CuBox-i and HummingBoard:

• Firmware image – android-4.4.2-1.0.1b-ga-aaf118bb78-gapps.img.xz
• Android 4.4 KitKat souce code and build instructions are available on github.

Thanks to … Harley!

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.