ECE497 Tips and Tricks - Revision history

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2013-01-06T23:27:27Z

‎Connecting to RHIT wifi

Yoder: /* Backing up an SD card with dd */ Added 7z

2012-10-25T13:31:19Z

‎Backing up an SD card with dd: Added 7z

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2012-10-24T18:27:27Z

‎Setup stuff on github: Added

Shinnsm: Added connecting to RHIT wireless network

2012-09-10T21:06:21Z

Added connecting to RHIT wireless network

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‎Interesting Links: Added

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2012-08-27T00:00:28Z

‎Linux

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2012-08-17T15:21:03Z

‎Local Ubuntu Update Mirror: minor formatting

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2012-07-23T15:39:13Z

‎debugfs

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2012-07-16T18:11:37Z

‎Serial Port: Added SecureCRT

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	=== Connecting to RHIT wifi ===		=== Connecting to RHIT wifi ===
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		+	There is a discussion in the [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/beaglebone/9PEUmcsLXLU Beagle Google Group] about getting wireless working with the bone.

	Use these settings for connecting to the Rose-Hulman wireless network:		Use these settings for connecting to the Rose-Hulman wireless network:

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	It takes about 5 minutes to dd a 4G card, 1.2 minutes for md5 and bzip2 takes about 23 minutes.		It takes about 5 minutes to dd a 4G card, 1.2 minutes for md5 and bzip2 takes about 23 minutes.
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		+	It looks like the 7z compression is becoming popular. Use it via
		+	host$ ''' 7za a FIE2011.img.7z IFE2011.img
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		+	It took 16 minutes. The file size is 454M compared to 628M. Wow, faster and smaller.

	=== CSSE's Linux reference page ===		=== CSSE's Linux reference page ===

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	== Set up on the BeagleBoard ==		== Set up on the BeagleBoard ==
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		+	=== Setup stuff on github ===
		+	If you've cloned the course github site ([EBC Exercise 05 Getting Exercise Support Materials]]) you will find set up things in '''exercises/setup'''. '''install.sh''' is a list of various things I to to a fresh SD card to 'move in'. For example, the bone will mount a filesystem on the host computer if it's connected via USB. You can turn this off and have the eithernet over USB run at boot time with:
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		+	# Turn off storage gadget, turn on network at boot time.
		+	cd /lib/systemd/system/basic.target.wants
		+	rm storage-gadget-init.service
		+	ln -s ../network-gadget-init.service .

	=== Accessing the Beagle via the Serial Port ===		=== Accessing the Beagle via the Serial Port ===

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	Some useful tips and tricks for Linux and the Beagleboard.		Some useful tips and tricks for Linux and the Beagleboard.
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		+	== Interesting Links ==
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		+	Since we are working with the open source community, you need to know where the action is. Here are some useful links to what's happening in the Beagle community.
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		+	* [http://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard/browse_thread/thread/c5a631c6582119b8 State of the Beagle 2011], learn about the Beagle's past, present and future.
		+	* [http://BeagleBoard.org BeagleBoard.org], the starting point for all thing Beagle.
		+	* [http://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard Beagle Discussion Group], lot's of good information here, but you'll have to dig a bit. Subscribe and follow the discussion.
		+	* [http://beagleboard.blogspot.com/ blogspot], see what is being said about the Beagle.
		+	* [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoard eLinux], this is where this page is being hosted. It's about embedded Linux in general, not just the BeagleBoard.
		+	* [http://free-electrons.com/blog/beagle-labs/ Free Electrons Beagle Board Training], some good labs about what makes embedded Linux run.
		+	* [https://gforge.ti.com/gf/project/tiesr/ TI Embedded Speech Recognizer] (TIesr) is a fixed-point recognizer written in C++ and C.
		+	* [http://code.google.com/soc/ Google Summer of Code]. BeagleBoard is an accepted organization.
		+	* [http://www.makelinux.net/kernel_map Linux Kernel Map]
		+	* [http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Category:OMAP35x Texas Instruments Embedded Processors Wiki]

	== Linux ==		== Linux ==

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	[http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html Learn UNIX in 10 Minutes] is a quick overview of the most commonly used Linux commands.		[http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html Learn UNIX in 10 Minutes] is a quick overview of the most commonly used Linux commands.
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		+	[http://lifehacker.com/5935869/top-10-tools-that-are-better-in-the-command-line?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_twitter&utm_source=lifehacker_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow Top 10 Tools] is a nice summary of 10 of the most useful Linux commands.

	=== Quick Tips ===		=== Quick Tips ===

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 In order to get your system to point to our mirror, please copy and paste this rather lengthy command into a terminal:
-  host$ '''sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list{,.old} && \'''
+  host$ '''sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list{,.old} && \
- host$ '''sudo sh -c '\
+     sudo sh -c '\
   '''. /etc/lsb-release &&'''
   '''echo "'''

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   host$ '''cd ~'''
   host$ '''sudo umount dfs-home'''
 === Tool chain work flows ===

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 Most of the work is done under Linux; however there are some handy Windows-based tools.
-=== Tera Term ===
+=== Serial Port ===
-[http://www.tucows.com/preview/195282 Tera Term] give you access to the serial port.
+[http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/ SecureCRT] is a good program that gives you both access to a serial port and is also an ssh client. Rose has a license for [http://www.rose-hulman.edu/tsc/software/documentation/applications/securecrt-secureFX/installation/ SecureCRT].
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