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title: Mender OTA integrated with Toradex Verdin iMX8M Plus SOM and Yocto | Mender
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# [Mender OTA integrated with Toradex Verdin iMX8M Plus SOM and Yocto | Mender](https://mender.io/blog/mender-ota-integrated-with-toradex-verdin-imx8m-plus-som-and-yocto)

 Written by [Stephen Cawley](https://mender.io/blog/author/stephen-cawley) | Jan 3, 2023 5:00:00 AM

The embedded engineering experts at Mender’s partner [Konsulko](https://www.konsulko.com) have completed a reference integration project: it ports [Mender](https://mender.io/how-it-works) to the Toradex Verdin iMX8M Plus SoM and the exact steps to build images for it and the Dahlia carrier board using the long-term support release of the Yocto Project and the Toradex BSP.

Konsulko software engineer [Leon Anavi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonanavi/) led the integration project and he presented the full integration at the November 2022 [Yocto Project Summit](https://www.konsulko.com/portfolio-item/porting-mender-to-new-i-mx-8m-plus-machine-with-toradex-bsp/).

## Hardware specifications of Toradex Verdin iMX8M

The [Toradex Verdin iMX8M](https://www.toradex.com/computer-on-modules/verdin-arm-family/nxp-imx-8m-plus) comes with powerful specifications including an NXP i.MX 8M Plus applications processor, 4 Gbytes of RAM, 16 Gbytes of Flash and integrated connectivity in the forms of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It also comes with the Toradex Easy Installer pre-installed. This is a Linux-based application with a GUI to support the installation of images on the internal flash memory of Toradex SOMs from USB keys or over a network. The GUI can be accessed directly with a keyboard, a mouse and a monitor, or remotely via VNC.

### How does the integration work?

Three Yocto / Open Embedded BSP layers were used to make the integration:

Meta-toradex-nxp Meta-mender Meta-mender-toradex-nxp (with u-boot patches for each supported device)

Meta-mender and Meta-mender-toradex-nxp are used in combination and the [Mender integration checklist](https://docs.mender.io/client-installation/integration-checklist) is tested and performed. A Github pull request is then submitted to the meta-mender-community and then the exact steps on how to build a demo image for the new board integration using the Yocto Project and Open Embedded are shared in a step by step integration tutorial can be accessed here in the board integrations section of the [Mender Hub](https://hub.mender.io/t/toradex-verdin-imx8m-plus/5026)

Leon sent special thanks to the meta-mender-community maintainers [Josef Holzmayr](https://www.linkedin.com/in/josef-holzmayr/), Head of Developer Relations at Mender and [Drew Moseley](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewmoseley), Technical Solutions Architect, Toradex.

## About Konsulko

Headquartered in San Jose, California, [Konsulko](https://www.konsulko.com) is a leading services company in embedded Linux and open source software, specializing in build, design, development and training services. The company has a distributed engineering presence across the World.

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