# SolidRun Community Forum

> Official community forum for SolidRun customers, engineers, and embedded developers. Technical Q&A, troubleshooting, BSP discussions, and hardware/software integration support for SolidRun's System-on-Module (SoM) and Single Board Computer (SBC) product lines based on NXP i.MX, NXP Layerscape, Marvell OCTEON, Marvell ARMADA, TI Sitara, and Renesas RZ processors.

This forum is the primary public technical discussion venue for SolidRun's embedded computing ecosystem. Content is contributed by SolidRun engineers and the developer community, intended for engineers integrating SolidRun hardware into industrial IoT, networking, edge AI, V2X automotive, and embedded compute applications.

## About SolidRun

- [SolidRun company site](https://www.solid-run.com/): Official corporate site, product catalog, and company information
- [SolidRun Developer Center](https://dev.solid-run.com/): Official technical documentation — hardware manuals, software guides, and how-to articles organized by vendor → SoC family → product
- [SolidRun developer docs llms.txt](https://dev.solid-run.com/llms.txt): Curated AI index of the official developer documentation
- [SolidRun Shop](https://shop.solid-run.com/): Online store for SolidRun SoMs, SBCs, and accessories
- [GitHub: SolidRun](https://github.com/SolidRun): Open-source repositories including BSPs, build scripts, and developer documentation source

## Forum categories

Categories are organized by SoC platform. Topic counts reflect the depth of community discussion available for each platform.

- [NXP LX2160](https://community.solid-run.com/c/nxp-lx2160/6) (252 topics): SolidRun's LX2160A Computer-on-Module based on the COM Express type 7 form factor — a modular networking compute platform. Most active category on the forum.
- [NXP i.MX8M Plus](https://community.solid-run.com/c/i-mx8m-plus/5) (139 topics): SolidRun's i.MX8M Plus Computer-on-Module for edge AI and power-efficient embedded applications. Heavy discussion of mainline Linux support, Yocto BSPs, AI accelerator integration, and carrier board design.
- [OCTEON CN9130](https://community.solid-run.com/c/octeon-cn9130/7) (73 topics): Marvell CN9130 SOM for next-generation intelligent networking, security, and edge computing applications.
- [i.MX6](https://community.solid-run.com/c/i-mx6/8) (37 topics): NXP i.MX 6 series — scalable single/dual/quad-core ARM Cortex platforms. Long-running category covering legacy and current i.MX6 deployments.
- [ARMADA A388](https://community.solid-run.com/c/armada-a388/10) (14 topics): Marvell ARMADA A388 single-board computers for headless data processing, networking, and storage.
- [General Discussion](https://community.solid-run.com/c/general-discussion/15) (11 topics): Open discussion about embedded computing, SolidRun products, and topics that don't fit other categories.
- [TI AM64X](https://community.solid-run.com/c/ti-am64x-sitara-system-on-module/12) (4 topics): TI Sitara AM64x SOM with Cortex-R5F real-time cores and Cortex-A53 application cores, designed for industrial control, servo drive, robot motion, and factory automation workloads.
- [Renesas RZ](https://community.solid-run.com/c/rzg2lc-rzg2l-rzv2l-rzg2ul/11) (3 topics): SolidRun's Renesas RZ family of SOMs (RZ/G2L, RZ/G2LC, RZ/V2L, RZ/G2UL) for IoT and industrial applications.
- [SolidRun DevCuts](https://community.solid-run.com/c/solidrun-devcuts/9) (3 topics): Companion discussions for SolidRun's DevCuts video series — blog posts, code snippets, and source code links from each video release.
- [NXP i.MX 8XLite](https://community.solid-run.com/c/nxp-imx-8xlite/14) (1 topic): NXP i.MX 8XLite SOM based on ARM Cortex-A35 for V2X (vehicle-to-everything) networking and smart-city applications. Available in 1- and 2-core configurations.

## Common topics discussed on this forum

- Bootloaders and firmware: U-Boot configuration, recovery procedures, secure boot
- Linux distributions: Yocto, Buildroot, Debian, Ubuntu, and Armbian on SolidRun hardware
- Mainline Linux kernel support and BSP integration across product families
- Device tree configuration, kernel drivers, and peripheral enablement
- PCIe, USB, Ethernet, SerDes, and high-speed interface bring-up
- Hardware integration: carrier board design, schematics, signal integrity, power sequencing
- AI acceleration on i.MX8M Plus NPU and edge inference workflows
- Industrial IoT, edge networking, and V2X deployments
- Long-term availability, EOL planning, and product lifecycle
- Operating temperature ranges, certifications, and compliance
- Real-time control workloads on TI Sitara R5F cores
- Multi-core networking and packet processing on Marvell platforms

## How to use this forum

Search before posting — many common questions have detailed answers in existing threads, particularly in the LX2160 and i.MX8M Plus categories. When posting a technical issue, include: exact product model and revision, OS and kernel version, BSP version, full error logs, and steps to reproduce. SolidRun engineers and community members actively respond to well-formed technical questions.