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Information Giving the Pine a trunk, a Playbox pedestal
Posted by: tommypine - 04-20-2017, 03:32 AM - Forum: Enclosures - Replies (7)

Hi, i designed a pedestal for the Playbox Enclosure.
Now Pine looks like a sweet tiny Desktop. Big Grin
It's 3D-Printed.

Update 22.04.2017
Version 1.0 now has a hinge to adjust the visual angle.

  • A stacker pocket is added to the base.
  • Full access to the Pine connectors.
  • The hole for the Ethernet jack is also there but closed with a very thin layer, you can cut it out for to use it.
  • An additioinal hole in the bracket, say for a power-cable jack to the Euler bus.

Update 23.04.2017
The STL's are available there:
http://repables.com/r/847

Update 26.04.2017
V2.0:
Added a version of the base which includes a holder for a Nokia MD8 active speaker box.
This speaker will be plugged in the earphone jack.

Have fun... Cool



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  PINE64 + mini OLED display + Luma.OLED = PINEimus Prime
Posted by: sgjava - 04-19-2017, 01:56 PM - Forum: Pine A64 Projects, Ideas and Tutorials - Replies (4)

First there was CHIPtimus Prime for the CHIP SBC. Then came ODROIDtimus Prime for the ODROID C series. Now there's PINEimus Prime for the PINE64. This will work for I2C displays only at this point. I wasn't able to get SPI fired up with legacy or mainline Armbian.

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Transform your PINE64 into a PINEimus Prime for projects requiring a small OLED display. Luma.OLED makes it easy to do text, graphics and video. Both displays I used to test I bought on Amazon. I already ordered some cheaper ones on EBay. I was able to get 3 SSD1306 I2C displays for under $10! I also ordered some TFT displays as well to test.

Requirements

Do the following for I2C version of SSD1306
The 4 wire DIY display can be powered by 3.3V or 5V which makes it handy if you need the other power source for something else. Wire mapping using i2c-0 (twi0):

Code:
VCC to VCC 5V   (pin 4)
GND to GND      (pin 6)
SCL to I2C1 SCL (pin 5)
SDA to I2C1 SDA (pin 3)

Configure I2C
  • Power off PINE64, wire up display and power on
  • sudo apt-get install i2c-tools
  • sudo usermod -a -G i2c username
Test I2C and display
  • i2cdetect -l
Code:
i2c-0    i2c           twi0                                I2C adapter
i2c-1    i2c           twi1                                I2C adapter
  • i2cdetect -y 1

Code:
     0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
00:          -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 3c -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --


Time to install Luma.OLED

Code:
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip libfreetype6-dev libjpeg-dev
sudo -H pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
sudo -H pip install --upgrade luma.oled


I2C hello world
  • cd
  • nano i2chello.py
Code:
import time
from luma.core.serial import i2c
from luma.core.render import canvas
from luma.oled.device import ssd1306

serial = i2c(port=1, address=0x3C)
device = ssd1306(serial)

with canvas(device) as draw:
    draw.rectangle(device.bounding_box, outline="white")
    draw.text((3, 3), "Hello", fill="white")

time.sleep(10)

  • python i2chello.py
Then install examples

Code:
cd
sudo apt-get install git-core libsdl-dev libportmidi-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev
git clone https://github.com/rm-hull/luma.examples.git
cd luma.examples
sudo -H pip install -e .

Run example on I2C display

Code:
cd
cd luma.examples
python examples/invaders.py -d ssd1306 --i2c-port 1 --i2c-address 0x3c

Information eMMC modules are available in-store
Posted by: Luke - 04-18-2017, 03:18 AM - Forum: General Discussion on Pinebook - No Replies

eMMC modules for the Pinebook and SoPine are now available in the Pine store. 

A discussion thread about eMMC modules is open in the SoPine section. This thread is locked to prevent duplicate discussion.


  Speaker at Euler Bus
Posted by: tommypine - 04-16-2017, 12:19 PM - Forum: Android on Pine A64(+) - Replies (1)

I connected a little 8Ohm Speaker between Pin 31 and 32 on Euler bus but there is no sound at all. Is there enough power on these output to drive a speaker or do i need a amplifier? Is it right connected this way?? Is there a sound output at all on android on these pins???


  Boot issues: What todo when you muck up your FSTAB file
Posted by: Dagremote - 04-16-2017, 09:08 AM - Forum: Linux on Pine A64(+) - Replies (1)

Greetings:

New Piner and forum member. Was adding an external previously formatted NTFS 1TB drive, and had issues getting read/write access. Managed to get the system into a non boot state. In the end, I managed to resolve the boot issue, but chose to switch to a new drive formatted with EXT3. No probs since.

In the interest of helping others, with a similar issue, here’s what I ended up doing. Will leave out what didn’t work, to keep the post shorter.

Didn’t have an actual spare Linux system, so I used a Vmware desktop system running Kali, running on my Win 10 laptop. The VM recognized USB devices, but didn’t recognize the larger micro USB caddy the memory card came with. Had to run out and by a new memory card that shipped with both a USB and larger memory card reader.

The Pine64 micro SD card mounted automatically on the Kali VM, and provided full access to the system folders. Ending the /etc/fstab file took seconds and Pine booted afterwards.

Thanks to some folks on the IRC channel for offering suggestions, everything came together in the end.

For those who have read this far, in the interest of sharing what my Pine is doing …

1.) Security system with Zoneminder
Running 3 cameras for now. External drive setup with symbolic links to hold the video.

2.) Local cloud with Owncloud
External drive setup as the main repository.

So far very positive things to say about the community and the product.

W.


  RPi Monitor
Posted by: connorja - 04-15-2017, 07:21 AM - Forum: Ubuntu - Replies (9)

Hi,


Is there any way to add RPi Monitor or similar onto my Pine? My pine is headless and I want to be able to monitor its performance when operating under load.

Thanks


  Show Hubpanel on pine64 display
Posted by: Beta - 04-15-2017, 05:44 AM - Forum: openHAB - No Replies

I´m just started with openhab and have a short question:

Is it possible to run openhab on the pine and use the pine touchdisplay to control the habpanel at the same time?
Or do I have to use another device to run openhab and use the pine with linux or android to show the habpanel on the display?

the backgroud is that I want to use some kind of wall-mounted display to control openhab.


  What is Pinebook shipping schedule?
Posted by: Fox7799 - 04-14-2017, 11:01 AM - Forum: General Discussion on Pinebook - Replies (13)

We had hoped to have the Pinebook running Xubuntu in time for https://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/2017 May 5-7, 2017 but time is running out. I wonder how long shipping takes. Any news would be appreciated. Thanks


  Create OMV images with Armbian
Posted by: xalius - 04-13-2017, 12:41 PM - Forum: Armbian - Replies (1)

Thanks to tkaiser to point out their work on integrating Open Media Vault into the build system, you can read more here:

https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/top...h-armbian/

I'll try and give it a spin over the long weekend...


Wink Pine64 Will support Freenas or openmediavault ?
Posted by: joe - 04-13-2017, 06:45 AM - Forum: Linux on Pine A64(+) - Replies (1)

Hi ,


I think pine64 need to support Freenas or openmediavault , this can helper new linux or bsd user no need to setup any command  can run they server !