In my Cubieboard2 I use Lubuntu. Since I have connected barometer and arduino to my cubieboard, I read data from that devices and store it to cubieboard2 filesystem. Since NAND memory is not quite suitable for such[…]
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DLNA media server on Cubieboard with Lubuntu
I have installed Lubuntu on my new Cubieboard 2. I have also attached HDD to SATA so I have more space to store my media. This posts describes the steps needed to install and configure[…]
Mount SATA drive in Cubieboard with Lubuntu
The main advantage of cubieboard is it’s SATA connector. I have old HDD from notebook, so I wanted to use it as a media server. This post has 3 parts related to HDD connected to[…]
I2C on Cubieboard with Lubuntu
I2C bus is used by many integrated circuits and is simple to implement. Any microcontroller can communicate with I2C devices even if it has no special I2C interface so I wanted to enable I2C also[…]
Apache+PHP on Cubieboard with Lubuntu
I executed the following steps to install apache with PHP on my cubieboard2 with lubuntu. Lets start with installation that will take about 25MB: sudo apt-get install apache2 sudo apt-get install php5 sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart[…]
Cubieboard2 – Lubuntu – Enabling Print Screen
When I installed Lubuntu on my new Cubieboard2, the print screen was not working. When I hit the “Print Screen” button I got this message: I’ve fixed it by installing the scrot application: sudo apt-get install scrot[…]
Cubieboard2 – Lubundu – Extending NAND from 2GB to 4GB
When I install new Lubuntu NAND image to my new Cubieboard2 I had only 2GB of space out of 4GB available. I followed this forum to expand the filesystem to 4GB. sudo nand-part In my[…]
Lubuntu – installing VNC server
I use vnc to access graphic interface from my PC to cubieboard that runs on lubuntu. I have chosen tightvncserver and spent some time to configure and run it. Also to my surprise it took me[…]
Turn blue/green led off on cubieboard
If you have your cubieboard stable and do not like the led to blink, you can turn it off.
Enable UART on Cubieboard with Lubuntu
I wanted to connect my cubieboard with lubuntu to my arduino via serial communication. For that I had to enable a UART and connect pins to my arduino (only RX/TX is needed). I have arduino[…]