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Metal Enclosure for LCD8000-70T

2018-01-09T01:53:13Z

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...(read more)

Metal Enclosure for RIoTboard

2017-05-13T22:34:37Z

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 ...(read more)

RIoTboard - Android Jelly Bean Build on openSUSE 13.2 x86_64

2017-04-14T01:46:38Z

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...(read more)

RIoTboard - Android KitKat Build on openSUSE 13.2 x86_64

2017-04-06T18:26:09Z

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 ...(read more)

RIoTboard - Android KitKat Build on Ubuntu 12.04.5/14.04.5 LTS

2017-04-04T03:20:02Z

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...(read more)

Riotboard and Ultrasonic Sensor (HC-SR04)

2016-03-31T11:24:24Z

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$...(read more)

What's the maximum amount of current which I can draw from the 3,3V line on RiotBoard

2016-03-10T17:01:51Z

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...(read more)

Riotboard: Control servo using pwm

2016-02-29T08:37:51Z

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...(read more)

RIoTboard Yocto Build on openSUSE 13.2 x86_64 Host

2016-02-16T13:47:32Z

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...(read more)

JBtek Serial TTY to USB Cable Setup on RIoTboard

2016-02-14T17:00:39Z

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...(read more)

Riotboard: IoT based intrusion detection & alert system: Part3 : Email alerts

2015-10-29T07:32:58Z

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...(read more)

Riotboard: IoT based intrusion detection & alert system: Part2 : Capturing image

2015-10-28T09:49:37Z

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...(read more)

Riotboard: IoT based intrusion detection & alert system: Part1 : Connecting Pir Sensor

2015-09-28T12:20:40Z

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...(read more)

Linux 4.1 + Ubuntu 14.04 on RIoTboard

2015-09-13T05:15:46Z

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...(read more)

Getting close to the Marine Aquarium Interface DreamBoard with RIoTBoard + Wifi

2015-07-31T13:56:36Z

This blog post describes how I set up my RioTBoard RioTBoard to be a media center. I was inspired by brixtonian1970's Marine Aquarium Interface DreamBoard, and I decided to basically copy it with a RIoTBoard running Android and a compatible WiFi modu...(read more)