IdeaBoxx
™
Product Manual – © 2015
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Trying Out Other Demos
The demos are located in the folder
/prebuilt_demos
on the USB drive. Use the directions below to run demos on the
IdeaBoxx board.
1.
Slide the power switch to OFF.
2.
Remove the microSD card from the IdeaBoxx board.
3.
Insert the microSD card into the computer.
4.
Delete all the files on the microSD card. Note that if the microSD card is reformatted, it must be formatted as a FAT32
drive.
5.
Copy all the files from the demo folder of the user’s choice to the microSD card. For example, to put the scale demo
on the microSD card, copy all the files under
/prebuilt_demos/scale/
. Do NOT copy the folder
scale
.
6.
Copy all the files from the
/prebuilt_demos/common
folder to the microSD card. Do NOT copy the folder
common
.
7.
Safely remove the microSD card from the computer.
8.
Insert the microSD card back into the IdeaBoxx board.
9.
Turn on power to the IdeaBoxx board by sliding the power switch to ON.
Software Development in a Linux Environment
Import the Linux Appliance into VirtualBox
To use VirtualBox:
1.
Select and launch VirtualBox.
2.
Select File | Import Appliance.
3.
Select the appliance (demonstration file) from the USB drive.
4.
Select OK.
5.
Select “Yes” to accept all the settings.
6.
Click “start” to import the file into VirtualBox.
7.
Run the software.
Starting the Linux Appliance with VirtualBox
1.
Click on the Appliance image in the left-hand pane.
2.
Click Start (button at the top, changes to “show” when VM is running). The VirtualBox splash screen will appear
momentarily. Once the VM boots up, a login screen will appear.
3.
At the login screen, enter the user ID “jade” and the password “jade” (all lower case).
4.
Open a terminal window by doing one of the following:
•
Click Start | Accessories | Terminal
•
Double-click on the LXTerminal icon on the Linux desktop
•
Press F12 to open up the guake terminal.
Building the Bootloader, Linux Kernel, and Root Filesystem
The three major things an engineer might need to rebuild in Linux are the bootloader, Linux kernel and root filesystem.
Each can be rebuilt using the build.sh script in its respective folder.
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