Linux Fox Board introduction Overview Writing Applications Interfacing hardware Loading scripts at start-up

Overview

Writing Applications ETRAX 100LX microprocessor, (100MIPS RISC CPU) by Axis (http://developer.axis.com). Web Compiler Acmesystems SDK (open source project) Fox SDK To flash new OS images Axis “Cris Cross” compiler, and resources Importing cross compiler into CodeBlocks Axis Developer Wiki Specific for the processor on board the board..

Web Compiler

FOX Software Development Kit Difficulties installing it on Ubuntu or OpenSuse

Interfacing Hardware Mounting a USB Flash Drive # mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/1 # cd /mnt/1 # ls

- Setting up the server … USB Webcam: - Setting up the server … “This article explains how to connect a cheap USB Webcam to the FOX Board and see the video stream on a remote Windows or Linux PC via Ethernet” Flash your FOX Board with this image: fimageLX832.zip After login type: [root@axis /root]106# spcaload Using /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.o Using /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/usb/spca5xx/spca5xx.o Start the streaming server typing: [root@axis /root]106# servfox -d /dev/video0 -s 640x480 -w 7070 “Waiting .... for connection. CTrl_c to stop !!!!”

USB Webcam: - Receiving Video …

Loading scripts at start up Mounting a flash drive automatically at startup: The folder /etc/init.d/boottime can be used to save bash scripts that should execute at boot time. To create an automatic mount script type: # cd /etc/init.d/boottime # echo "mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/1" > usbmount.sh # cat usbmount.sh mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/1 # chmod +x usbmount.sh

More later as progress goes on, Thanks