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The motivation behind this project is the following:\n\n* Replace some shitty consumer electronics (e.g. wireless access point, network-attached storage) with custom solutions built on better hardware and software aiming to do one thing well.\n* Do research projects like a highly available [Kubernetes](http://kubernetes.io) cluster out of 8 [Raspberry Pi](http://raspberrypi.org) or similar hardware. Or a 1024-core supercomputer for AI out of [Jetson Nano](https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/jetson-nano-developer-kit).\n* Have fun ;)\n\nI've been passionate about building embedded systems [since the year 2006](https://sourceforge.net/projects/legobsd/).\n\n## List of projects\n\n* [Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Wireless Access Point](projects/wifi-access-point/board/raspberrypi3-64/README.md)\n* [Orange Pi Zero Plus Wireless Access Point](projects/wifi-access-point/board/orangepi-zero-plus/README.md)\n\n## Usage\n\n### Build the Buildroot Docker image\n\n    docker build -t buildroot .\n\n### Build a project-specific image\n\nRun a shell within a Buildroot container\n\n    docker run -it --rm \\\n    -v `pwd`/dl:/buildroot/dl \\\n    -v `pwd`/projects:/buildroot/projects \\\n    -v `pwd`/images:/buildroot/output/images \\\n    buildroot bash\n\nand follow [project-specific instructions](#list-of-projects).\n\nOnce build is successfully done you can exit the Buildroot container. The resulting image will be within the `images` directory.\n\n### Flash the image to an SD card\n\nTo figure out an SD card disk name on macOS host run the following command:\n\n    diskutil list\n\nDouble-check the disk name and flash the image to it:\n\n    sudo dd bs=4m if=images/sdcard.img of=/dev/disk-name\n\nIf you get the following error\n\n    dd: /dev/disk-name: Resource busy\n\nunmounting the disk might help:\n\n    diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk-name\n\nOnce `dd` process is finished don't forget to eject the disk:\n\n    diskutil eject /dev/disk-name\n\n### Troubleshoot\n\nIf a board has a UART port it's convenient to use a USB to UART cable to connect to the serial port.\nPL2303HX based cable is confirmed to work on macOS. Driver can be found [here](http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=229\u0026pcid=41).\nOnce the driver is installed and a cable is connected use the following command.\n\n    sudo cu -s 115200 -l /dev/cu.usbserial\n\n## Known issues\n\nThe build is slow and eventually fails if Buildroot `output` directory is a Docker volume mounted on the macOS host.\n\n## Interesting hardware for future projects\n\n* [COMPEX embedded boards](https://compex.com.sg/embedded-board/)\n* [Banana Pi single board computers](http://www.banana-pi.org/bpi-products.html)\n* [GATEWORKS single board computers](https://www.gateworks.com/products/)\n* [VIA Embedded Pico-ITX boards](https://www.viatech.com/en/boards/pico-itx/)\n* [VIA Embedded 3.5″ boards](https://www.viatech.com/en/boards/3-5-inch-sbc/)\n* [PINE64 single board computers](https://www.pine64.org)\n* [Onion](https://onion.io)\n* [CubieBoard](http://cubieboard.org/model/)\n* [BeagleBoard](http://beagleboard.org/boards)\n* [TinyCircuits](https://tinycircuits.com)\n* [Coral](https://coral.ai)\n* [8devices](https://www.8devices.com)\n\n## Useful links\n\n* [Comparison of open-source wireless drivers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_wireless_drivers)\n* [Beginners guide to a custom 802.11ac setup](http://pisarenko.net/blog/2015/02/01/beginners-guide-to-802-dot-11ac-setup/)\n* [Cryptographic hardware accelerators](https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/hardware/cryptographic.hardware.accelerators)\n* [EROFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EROFS)\n\n## License\n\nThis project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2F31z4%2Fdiy-linux","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2F31z4%2Fdiy-linux","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2F31z4%2Fdiy-linux/lists"}