.. _BootingEssentials-62A:

Booting Essentials
==================

This section of the product wiki contains guides to update and boot from different boot sources on the phyCORE-AM62Ax SOM.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   sdcard.rst
   emmc.rst
   ospi.rst
   uart-boot.rst
   usb-dfu.rst
   netboot.rst
   copyingFilesToTheTarget.rst
   configuringTheBootloader.rst


Boot Modes
------------

The phyCORE-AM62Ax development kit supports booting from many different interfaces. By default, the developement kit is set to boot from the micro-SD card. To change the boot device, DIP switches S5 and S6 can be used. Boot switches should be changed with power off.

.. list-table:: Boot Settings (S7)
   :header-rows: 1

   * - ON
     - OFF
   * - Enables the DIP switches (S5, S6) to override default boot sequence
     - Disables the DIP switches (S5, S6). Allowing the SOM to boot with default boot sequence


.. list-table:: Boot Settings
   :header-rows: 1

   * - SD
     - eMMC
     - UART
     - OSPI
     - USB/DFU
     - Network
     - JTAG (No Boot)
   * - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-am62x/pb-07124_boot-sd.png
     - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-am62x/pb-07124_boot-emmc.png
     - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-am62x/pb-07124_boot-uart.png
     - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-am62x/pb-07124_boot-ospi.png
     - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-am62x/pb-07124_boot-usb.png
     - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-am62x/pb-07124_boot-network.png
     - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-am62x/pb-07124_boot-jtag.png

.. image:: ../../images/phycore-am62ax/pb-07524_bootswitch.png
   :width: 700px
   :alt: phyCORE-AM62Ax Boot