.. _BootingEssentials-8X:

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

This section of the product wiki contains guides to update and boot from different boot sources on the phyCORE-i.MX8X SOM.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   sdcard.rst
   emmc.rst
   copyingFilesToTheTarget.rst


Boot Modes
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The phyCORE-i.MX8X 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 S2, S5 and S10 can be used. Boot switches should be changed with power off.

.. list-table:: Boot Settings (S2 & S5)
   :header-rows: 1

   * - ON
     - OFF
   * - Enables S10 to override default boot sequence
     - Disables S10. Allowing the SOM to boot with default boot sequence


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

   * - SD
     - eMMC
     - UART
     - Flex SPI
   * - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-imx8x/pcm-065-sd-bootswitch.webp
     - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-imx8x/pcm-065_emmc-bootswitch.webp
     - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-imx8x/pcm-065_uart_bootswitch.webp
     - .. image:: ../../images/phycore-imx8x/pcm-065_flex_spi_bootswitch.webp