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reviving my Siemens Simatic IOT2000

Jan Cumps
Jan Cumps over 2 years ago

I have a Siemens single-board device, based on Intel's Quark (RIP) series. After years of not using it, I'm going to revive it. It can run a recent Linux, is DIN rail mountable and well built

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I neglected it once Intel gave up on Quark, but in essence that doesn't matter to me. I'm developing Linux applications for it, so the mcu isn't that significant. I'm going to avoid using bespoke libraries, but it can be a good edge device.

I was rather fluent with its software - built my own Linux from source. But all that knowledge has been lost. I guess I will not invest the same time anymore to study the platform - use it more as a service. Let's see.

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  • scottiebabe
    scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps +3
    got root?
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago +3
    Solved by using an older Ubuntu (20) with Python 3.8. The source base isn't compatible with Python 10: AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'MutableSet'
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago +2
    Aah, it's been a while
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to DAB

    It's newer than most Raspberry and BB SBCs I use. 

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  • ntewinkel
    ntewinkel over 2 years ago

    I still have an IOT2020 sitting here somewhere - I thought they were only for Arduino type sketches Confused   Are they able to run things MQTT and databases ?

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  • BigG
    BigG over 2 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    Does it have eMMC or does it use an SD card? What size flash and RAM.

    I've a couple of old Raspberry Pi's and BB's so wondered if Yocto could work here too with the size limits etc.

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to BigG

    There are recent how-tos for building yocto for BB, Pi 3+ and 4

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to ntewinkel

    They are. MQTT is preinstalled, switched off but easy to enable. For a database, you'd have to build the OS from source, with one of the database options configured.

    Yocto is a Linux. But different nature in the way you select functionality, compared to Debian, ...
    And the OS size reflects it. It's only what your embedded system needs.
    A reasonable intro: https://www.nwengineeringllc.com/article/yocto-vs-debian-for-embedded-systems-design-and-iot.php

    I'll try to find the article back where I documented my own build.

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    IOT2020 Linux Image with CRON, SUDO, NTP from Source

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago

    Recreating the yocto from source:

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    If that works, I'll add some software to it, to make it act as an edge gateway. Then try if I can recreate the SDK and compile some home-made services for it ...

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago

    First issues related to Intel abandoning the Quark: Node-js current (V8) will no longer compile for this family. They stopped support. 

    Even though Linux still runs on the architecture, I've hit the first package that will not compile for the platform.

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    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago

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    When excluding node-js V8, image build works. It's expected that V6 still supports the quark architecture ...

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    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago

    Solved by using an older Ubuntu (20) with Python 3.8.

    The source base isn't compatible with Python 10: 

    AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'MutableSet'

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