This post describes a project to place an Embest LCD8000-70T 7-inch display in an aluminum enclosure suitable for use with a similarly enclosed RIoTboard SBC. References Metal Enclosure for RIoTboardhttps://www.element14.com/community/commu...
This post describes a metal enclosure suitable for use with the RIoTboard provided you have some time and access to the proper tools. I have been looking for an enclosure for my RIoTboard for a number of reasons: 1. I have a tendency ...
This post documents a recent build of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean for RIoTboard on a fresh installation of openSUSE 13.2 x86_64. The build images were transferred to an SD card using Linux commands rather than using the MFGTool. HARDWARE AND BUILD OS...
This post documents a recent build of Android 4.4.2 KitKat on a fresh installation of openSUSE 13.2 x86_64 using the Element14-provided source code for RIoTboard. The build images were transferred to an SD card using Linux commands rather than using ...
This post documents a recent build of Android 4.4.2 KitKat on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS x86_64 Desktop using the Element14-provided source code for RIoTboard. The build images were transferred to an SD card using Linux commands rather than using the MFGTool...
In this small guide I will demonstrate how to integrate Riotboard with Ultrasonic sensor HC-SR04 . Step1: export ARCH & CROSS_COMPILE to environment path. in my case its like below, yours might be different.$ export ARCH=arm$...
Hi, I know that the RiotBoard provides 3,3V on the pin header and also should provide 3,3V over the LVDS connector. What is the maximal current availible ? I would like to connect older LCD fomr a laptop and would like to know if I need extra power s...
In this guide we will be controlling a tower pro sg90 servo motor using software pwm module. Step1:export ARCH & CROSS_COMPILE to environment path. in my case its like below, yours might be different.$ export ARCH=arm$ export CROS...
This post describes a procedure to generate a Linux SD card image for RIoTboard using Yocto on an openSUSE 13.2 x86_64 host. This procedure is just a clone of the excellent procedure documented by Bryan Hinton (referred to below as B.H. for bre...
Erich Styger provided an excellent description of how to connect the FTDI-based Embest UART8000-U USB-to-TTL cable to the J18 interface on the RIoTboard in order to create a system console on a Windows host in the following post http://m...
In this mini blog series we will build an IoT based intruder detection and alert system. Blogs:Part1 : Connecting Pir SensorPart2 : Capturing intruder imagePart3 : Email alert <--- this blog In previous blog we integrated a c...
In this mini blog series we will build an IoT based intruder detection and alert system. Blogs:Part1 : Connecting Pir Sensor Part2 : Capturing intruder image <--- this blogPart3 : Email Alerts In previous blog we integrated a PIR s...
In this mini blog series we will build an IoT based intruder detection and alert system. Blogs:Part1 : Connecting Pir Sensor <--- this blogPart2 : Capturing intruder imagePart3 : Email Alerts In this post we shall connect a s...
IntroI was inspired by Otto's blog series of getting Debian Linux on the RIoTboard: Linux on the RIoTBoard Part 1: U-Boot. However I need Ubuntu instead. Following are the steps to get a current Linux kernel (4.1) with Ubuntu 14.04 (should w...
It's Live! The brand new www.riotboard.org website has been released. In this new comprehensive website, you'll find much more information on your precious development board: - Home: general overview- Hardware: everything about technic...
I met Gregory from Freescale at Maker Faire Paris beginning of May after some emails going back and forth regarding another Freescale board. After having exchanged some ideas and feedback, he was kind enough to send me a RIoTboard and some accessorie...
Charlotte Godley presents the next episode of 'Circuits with Charlotte' in which she demonstrates some of the features of the RIoTboard by Freescale. See the product here: http://bit.ly/1Ci1A3Awww.youtube.com/watch
In a previous blog series we have build u-boot, kernel and packages for Riotboard using Yocto. This time we shall use the Yocto Gui based BSP and QT to create a simple camera application. Hardware Requirements:1. RIoTboardRIoTboard2. ...
If you are looking for an inexpensive way to connect your Riotboard to Android then this guide will help you. The Internet is packed with tutorials explaining how to connect various SBC & Arduino to Android handhelds. Here we interface ...
The Riotboard already has support for RT5370RT5370 WiFi dongle on Android and Yocto Platforms. A quick check to confirm the dongle product, vendor and model info . This post will guide you on setting USB RT5370 on Ubuntu Platform. 1. S...
The RIoTboard is a fully-featured development platform with just the right peripherals, expandability and processor power to run your open source project.To enter the game proposed by Electronics Magazine, you simply need to explain the project you’d...
Previously we managed to measure the inclination angle and calculated pitch and roll of xtrinsic mma8491q .In the guide we will be measuring the 45 degree tilt detection using the dedicated pin-outs in xtrinsic. Before moving o...
In the previous blog we setup the xtrinsic board to read accelerometer registers.However the raw register values doesn't mean anything by itself. It needs to be converted to suitable human readable format to be useful in measurement applications.&nbs...
Earlier we have used xtrinsic as a temperature measuring module.This time we shall use it as an accelerometer. The Xtrinsic Sensor BoardXtrinsic Sensor Board comes bundled with multiple sensors & is arduino compatible.The Xtrinsic module sup...
