AdvaBoard RPi1 software

Documentation

• AdvaBoard RPi1 http://www.advamation.com/products/embeddedpc/advaboard_rpi1/
• TFT-displays: http://www.advamation.com/products/embeddedpc/tft/
• Users manual incl. getting started (currently only in German): http://www.advamation.de/produkte/embeddedpc/advaboard_rpi1/anleitung.html
• Software-documentation: see doc/
• Framebuffer- and touchpanel-documentation: see doc/ and users manual

Included Files

Installation

1. Copy the software to the Raspberry Pi (or its SD-card) and unpack it (replace VERSION by your used version-number):

   tar -xzf advaboard_rpi-VERSION.tar.gz
   

2. Install the software:

   • Run the setup-script on the Raspberry Pi and answer all questions:

     cd advaboard_rpi-VERSION
     cd tools/advaboard_rpi1_setup
     ./advaboard_rpi1_setup.sh
     

     You can also run the script with preset default values for Raspbian:

     ./advaboard_rpi1_setup.sh -i advaboard_rpi1_setup.default
     

   • Alternatively, you can compile and install the C-libraries manually:

     1. Install necessary software (glib-2.0-dev, gdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev, cmake >=2.6, gcc), e.g. for Debian/Raspbian:

        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev cmake
        

     2. Compile the libraries and commandline-tools:

        make
        

     3. Install the libraries, commandline-tools, language-bindings etc.:

        make install
        make install_sysvinit
        

        Afterwards, make clean can be used to remove the built files. If the software should later be removed again, you can use make uninstall.

     4. For the installation/configuration of the SysVinit-scripts, and the framebuffer- and touchpanel-drivers, use the appropriate README-files and/or documentation-pages.

3. Test the software (if not already done with the setup-script):

   • First test with an connected AdvaBoard RPi1:

     sudo am_rpi_advaboard_tool -m init
     sudo am_rpi_advaboard_tool -m info
     

   • Now, you can use the commandline-programs, e.g.:

     sudo am_rpi_advaboard_tool -m LED 2
     

     to make the LED on the AdvaBoard RPi1 blink.

   • For the first tests, we also recommend to use:

     • the AdvaBoard GUI in tools/advaboard_gui/
     • the shell-examples in examples/sh/

4. Use the software:

   Now, you can use the libraries in your programs. As starting-point for your own programs, you can use the included examples and the sourcecode of the commandline-programs.

   If the system does not find the Advamation libraries, you may need to set the path manually:

   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/