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Former Member over 11 years ago

This thread has been closed to new questions.

However, we welcome you to Post Your Question about RIoTboard in the element14 Community RIoTboard group.  You'll find many fellow members and experts who have just the answer you're looking to find! 

 

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John McLellan is a hardware hacker, maker, and embedded systems guy with more than 10 years semiconductor experience at Freescale.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member +2
    Hello Selsinork (a great name, by the way) Thanks for the response. I guess others share my frustration. You are correct - it definitely needs an easy-to-install SD image for those who like me don't have…
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to shabaz +2
    Other than http://www.element14.com/community/message/102310/l/where-does-riot-fit no, not really. At the point I wrote that I wasn't convinced the RIoT had a niche to call it's own. What caused me to…
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member +1
    kas671 wrote: ... and if there will be an actual linux kernel: will we have an SD Card Image total boot from? there appears to be a non-e14 effort to get mainline u-boot support, see mainline u-boot…
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    Former Member over 11 years ago

    1. I installed a 10inch LVDS NEC screen on the Riot, with Ubuntu, and it boot fine into the standard 'windows'. However I would like to use this with QT embedded and thus does not need a GUI, how does one boot in console mode, as the Ubuntu image is 'non-standard' and normal Googling solutions does no seem applicable.

     

    2. Where can I get a 'How to' to access the I/O on the Riot?

     

    Thanks in advance

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    tusharp over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

    how does one boot in console mode

    If you are using a linux machine:

    to get into console mode you need to have a serial cable, you can get  UART8000-UUART8000-U cable if you don't have one.

     

    next, you need to connect the UART RX,TX,GND exactly to J18 as shown here

    next, install a terminal program to access Riot as shown here

     

    If you accessing from windows pc check here

     

    access the I/O on the Riot

    I guess you are looking out for GPIO access methods.

    check this gpio thread here , it has a good discussion on how-to use GPIO on Riotboard.

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    tusharp over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

    how does one boot in console mode

    If you are using a linux machine:

    to get into console mode you need to have a serial cable, you can get  UART8000-UUART8000-U cable if you don't have one.

     

    next, you need to connect the UART RX,TX,GND exactly to J18 as shown here

    next, install a terminal program to access Riot as shown here

     

    If you accessing from windows pc check here

     

    access the I/O on the Riot

    I guess you are looking out for GPIO access methods.

    check this gpio thread here , it has a good discussion on how-to use GPIO on Riotboard.

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    Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to tusharp

    Thanks for the quick reply, I do have a TTL 'RS232' connected and it works as a debug console, but the screen still boots in GUI, I am attempting to use QT with -qws without a windows manager, thus need to disable the GUI on bootup, and boot the LVDS screen in console mode.

     

    I will follow up on the GPIO, Thanks

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