Automatically Create a User on Linux Boot

Automatically Create a User on Linux Boot

Introduction The project development requirement is to automatically create a user with a password after booting. The provided SDK only has the adduser command. This command requires terminal interaction when adding a user. It requires manually entering the password twice, so it cannot be created simply through a script. To achieve automatic password filling, we … Read more

Getting Started with Embedded Linux Using Buildroot – Part 5

Getting Started with Embedded Linux Using Buildroot - Part 5

@ Configuring QT5 in Microchip Buildroot Select Graphic Configuration File Add QT5 Configuration Modify Root Filesystem to Support QT5 Modify output/target/etc/profile Configuration File Add output/target/usr/share/X11 Configuration File Flash the Generated Linux Image Download Etcher Tool Generate Final Flashing Image Use Etcher Tool to Flash SD Card Introduction to the Partition of the Flashed SD Card … Read more

Getting Started with Embedded Linux Using Buildroot – Part 6

Getting Started with Embedded Linux Using Buildroot - Part 6

@Getting Started with Embedded Linux Using Buildroot – Part 6 Configuring QT5 for Embedded Linux in QT Creator Adding SAMA5D2 QT5 Configuration in QTCreator Simple QT5 Code Demo Adding Copilot Plugin in VSCode Using Copilot to Generate Reference Source Code Using Open Source QT Project as a Template Configuring SAMA5D2 Platform Demo of Running Effects … Read more

Getting Started with Embedded Linux Systems Using Buildroot – Part 4

Getting Started with Embedded Linux Systems Using Buildroot - Part 4

Introduction to Microchip’s Official Flattened Image Tree (FIT) Introduction to Microchip’s Official Device Tree Overlay (DT Overlay) This series of articles will create my first runnable embedded Linux system based on the Buildroot repository provided by Microchip. Basic Knowledge of FIT Why Introduce FIT in Linux Systems FIT (Flattened Image Tree) is an image format … Read more

Starting Your Embedded Linux Journey with Buildroot – Part 1

Starting Your Embedded Linux Journey with Buildroot - Part 1

When using Buildroot to create an embedded Linux development and runtime environment for Microchip MPU, pay attention to the following two websites: [Microchip Official Buildroot Tutorial](https://www.linux4sam.org/bin/view/Linux4SAM/BuildRoot) [Microchip Official Buildroot Source Code](https://github.com/linux4microchip/) This series will create my first runnable embedded Linux system based on the Buildroot repository provided by Microchip. Software Required for Installation Ensure that … Read more

Starting Embedded Linux Systems with Buildroot – Part 2

Starting Embedded Linux Systems with Buildroot - Part 2

This series will create my first runnable embedded Linux system based on the Buildroot repository provided by Microchip. Change Buildroot configuration based on target hardware This series of articles will demonstrate using the Microchip SAMA5D2-XULT development board. This chapter explains based on the buildroot-external-microchip-linux4microchip-2024.10/configs/sama5d2_xplained_headless_defconfig configuration file: Preparation – SAMA5D2 MPU Linux Boot Process Power on … Read more

My Business Card Can Run Linux

My Business Card Can Run Linux

Script Home You are with millions of developers This article is authorized to be reprinted from the public account Open Source China (ID: oschina2013) If reprinted, please contact the original public account George Hilliard is an embedded systems engineer who spends a lot of time looking for cheap Linux computers. Until one day, the idea … Read more

Create a Business Card Running Linux and Python for $20

Create a Business Card Running Linux and Python for $20

“Hello, I am George, this is my business card.”” “Oh? Does this business card have a USB port and a chip?” “Yes, this business card runs Linux. You plug it into the computer’s USB port, and Linux will boot in 6 seconds. Then you can log in through a virtual serial port and access the … Read more

My Business Card Can Run Linux

My Business Card Can Run Linux

George Hilliard is an embedded systems engineer who spends a lot of time looking for inexpensive Linux computers. One day, the idea of creating a Linux board the size of a business card came to his mind. Previously, George had seen some electronic business cards with various interesting features, including simulating USB flash drives, blinking … Read more

An Overview of Buildroot

An Overview of Buildroot

Buildroot is a tool that simplifies and automates the process of building a complete Linux system for embedded systems using cross-compilation. To achieve this, Buildroot can generate a cross-compilation toolchain, root filesystem, Linux kernel image, and bootloader for your target machine.Buildroot can be used independently for any combination of these options (for example, you can … Read more