Dragonboard410c Partnership Brazil
The IoT Hardware Kit
More information available at Embarcados Brazil
Each team participating in the challenge will be able to check out one hack kit containing:
Open Forum for all participants!
The 96Boards team will be hosting a live open forum, every week until the end of the partnership program. The open forum will last from 1-2 hours each week. All are welcome to come hang out and get your questions answered!
When?
Every Thursday at 5:30pm UTC – ADD TO CALENDAR (this link will change each week)
How to Join
To join the Meeting: http://link.linaro.org/openhoursjoin
To join via phone : 1. Dial: +1.408.740.7256 or 943216362 2. Enter the meeting ID: 943216362
(More numbers +1.888.240.2560 or +1.408.317.9253)
You may also visit BlueJeans to download the application
Provided in Kit:
- DragonBoard 410c, by Arrow Electronics, featuring the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 410 processor
- Arrow LinkSpritehttps://www.96boards.org/products/mezzanine/
Optional Addons to help development:
- 96Boards LinkSprite Kit
- 96Boards Audio Mezzanine
- 96Boards Camera Mezzanine
- 96Boards Sensors Mezzanine Adapter by Seeed
- 96Boards UART Adapter Board by Seeed
- HDMI to VGA converter
- Breadboard with jumper wires: IB401 400-point Experiment Breadboard, microtivity
- Voltage-level translator: SparkFun Voltage-Level Translator Breakout – TXB0104
- Logic Level Converter Bi-Directional: SparkFun Logic Level Converter – Bi-Directional – BOB-12009
- Sensors and accessories:
- Grove 10DoF (Accel, Gyro, Mag, Pressure, Temperature) IMU
- Grove Digital Light Sensor (see Grove Digital Light i2c Sensor Application Note for tips on enabling this)
- Grove Gesture Sensor
- Grove i2c Color Sensor
- Grove Button Sensor
- Grove Buzzer Sensor
- Grove Sound Sensor
- Grove Touch Sensor
- Grove Rotary Angle Sensor
- Grove Smart Relay
- Grove Mini Servo
- Grove LCD RGB Backlight
- i2c Hub
- Grove 4-pin Male Jumper to Grove 4-pin Conversion Cable
- Wireless keyboard with touchpad: Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400
Resources
Getting started:
- DragonBoard 410c Landing page – here you will find getting started documents and more…
- Linux installation – select the Micro SD card with Linux from your hack kit and follow the instructions in the DragonBoard 410c Linux User Guide to install from a microSD card, skipping the initial download steps because we’ve done that work for you.
- Android installation – Android is preloaded on the DragonBoard 410c. If you remove Android and wish to re-install it, visit the Qualcomm table to get a Micro SD card with Android. Then follow the instructions in the DragonBoard 410c Android User Guide to install from a microSD card, skipping the initial download steps because we’ve done that work for you.
- Instructables (Previous projects)
- Workshop presentation
Connectivity:
- Instructions for internet connections over USB are available on GitHub
Peripherals access and sample code:
- A repository of sample code for sensors included in the hack kit is available on Github
- GPIO and i2c libraries and installationhttps://www.96boards.org/documentation/consumer/guides/mraa/ are available on GitHub with beginner and advanced instructions for building 96BoardsGPIO, libsoc, libmraa, and libupm. These libraries can be used for GPIO and i2c access.
- Low-speed expansion header tutorialhttps://www.96boards.org/documentation/consumer/guides/mraa/ offers a quick read about the 96Boards low-speed expansion header to get you familiar with the header and the various interfaces available on the header.
- Compact getting started blogs:
- Instructions for getting started with AT&T M2X on the DragonBoard 410c are available on GitHub
Documentation:
- Visit 96Boards.org for DragonBoard 410c documentation
- Release Notes for Linaro Linux based on Ubuntu
- Release Notes for Android
Support:
- Live chat with 96Boards and Linaro developers (you will need to create a temp user name and join channel #96boards #OpenHours)
- View the OpenHours video recordings which pair the weekly blog with a question and answer hour. The recordings review the blog, cover questions, and feature a guest developer/engineer to talk about a more advanced subject.
- Coursera training
