Dear Toradex,
We’re developing a secure kernel that runs together with Linux and the iMX7 colibri is one of the board we support. We’re currently setting up a test framework to automatically run tests of our kernel on boards and for that purpose we need to be able to remotely reboot boards, even when our kernel or Linux fails to boot. For other boards (such as iMX6 UL) we use remotely controlled power, just turning power OFF and ON again.
However, with the carrier board we have for our iMX7 (picture attached), power is controlled by a push down/pull up button; hence remote controlled power doesn’t work: even after switching it OFF/ON we need to press the board’s button. Is there a way we could send a signal to the board to emulate pressing the reboot button ? I’d rather avoid adding a remotely controlled robotic arm just to press it