December 2020
Rolling your own minimal embedded Linux for the Raspberry Pi -- part four: audioThis article is part of a series on building a customer Linux installation for a Raspberry Pi-based appliance. It explains how to install and set up the minimum software to get audio playback working.
Categories: Raspberry Pi, Linux, embedded computing
Rolling your own minimal embedded Linux for the Raspberry Pi -- part two: early initializationThis article is part of a series on building a customer Linux installation for a Raspberry Pi-based appliance. It explains how to obtain and install fundamental utilities for use in a system with a read-only filesystem, and no package manager.
Categories: Raspberry Pi, Linux, embedded computing
Switching a couple of amps with a Raspberry Pi and a relaySwitching loads of an amp or two with a Raspberry Pi or a microcontroller can be accomplished using a small number of inexpensive components. Suitable circuits are widely published, but the details of operation are not always described.
Categories: Raspberry Pi, electronics, embedded computing
Rolling your own minimal embedded Linux for the Raspberry Pi -- part three: services and remote accessThis article is part of a series on building a customer Linux installation for a Raspberry Pi-based appliance. It explains how to set up a system which hitherto only boots to a root shell, to a network-aware installation with service management.
Categories: Raspberry Pi, Linux, embedded computing
Rolling your own minimal embedded Linux for the Raspberry Pi -- part five: XIt's entirely possible to run simple, X-based applications in an appliance-based Linux installation: you just have to dispense with the graphical desktop and all its baggage. This article explains how.
Categories: Raspberry Pi, Linux, embedded computing