Balloonboard Wiki

This is the Balloon Project Wiki

HomePage

• BalloonNews

• Hardware

• Software

• BalloonContactChannels

• BalloonOrdering

• BalloonHistory

• BalloonPeople

• BalloonFuture

• Balloon2

Here's a bit of an index so you can find either the info you want or the place to fill it in.

All developers working on or with balloon feel free to edit away. See HelpForBeginners for details of how to use it if you haven't done the Wiki thing before.

Balloon3 info

• Balloon3Status

• OpenHardwareLicense (Draft for Discussion)

• Hardware info

  • HardwareStatus Status of peripherals

  • BalloonPowerOptions

  • Balloon3BuildVariants

  • Balloon3Audio

  • Balloon3HoppyUSB: Hoppy's Balloon 3 USB breakout board

  • Balloon3ConnectorLocations

  • Balloon3RunSpartanMod

• Software/Use info

  • BalloonBoardType: Telling the bootloader which hardware you have present.

  • BalloonSoftwareLoading: Taking a naked balloon board and getting it to boot Linux.

  • Balloon3SingleSidedRootFS: Getting a Debian root filesystem onto a single-sided Balloon 3 board.

    • SavingYourRootFS: How to save a root FS image from your Balloon 3 board.

    • LoadingYourRootFS: How to manually load a root FS image into your Balloon 3 board.

    • LoadRootFSfromUSBStick: How to load a root filesystem from a USB stick

  • BalloonGettingStarted: 'Getting started' info - what to plug in where - what you should see if it's working.

  • BalloonJTAGing: Hardware and software for using JTAG to initially program boards.

    • Balloon3OpenOCD: using OpenOCD with Balloon 3

    • BalloonBootLoaderJtaging: programming bootloader on FPGA variants

    • Balloon3CreateXSVF: how to create the XSVF file for programming the CPLD

  • BalloonBinaryLoader: Tool providing all the software you need to program a blank balloon.

  • BootLoaderInfo: Useful bootload commands, and how to update it.

  • ChainBooting: Chain booting your Balloon, the new approach as of March 2011

  • BalloonArmLinux: kernel versions and distributions available.

  • FileSystemImages: Bootloader, Kernel and Root images to download.

  • USBNetworking: Using the USB client connection to network your Balloon.

  • BalloonCFLinux: Using the CF slot under Linux.

  • BalloonNFS: Setting up NFS on the Ballon and Host.

  • SoftwareBuilding - compiling the world for your balloon.

    • QuiltHowto: Using quilt to manage kernel patches

    • Menuconfig2: using the menuconfig2 software branch to build a chain-booting system

    • Menuconfig2HowItWorks: The menuconfig2 build system does various clever things to build the Balloon software distribution. Here's how it works.

    • Menuconfig2KernelDevelopment: How to develop modifications to the kernel inside the menuconfig2 build system

  • BalloonI2C: I2C Support on Balloon 2.

  • BalloonRealtime: Realtime Linux options for the Balloon.

  • DistroV02Tips: Wrinkles that Chris Jones discovered about binary distro V0.2

  • BalloonUsers: Projects using balloons, and details on config

• BalloonPics

Admin info

• ToDoList: for coordinating development activity (Updated with November 2006 Meeting Actions)

• MeetingNov2006: Meeting Minutes.

Background info on this wiki:

• RecentChanges: see where people are currently working

• WikiSandBox: feel free to change this page and experiment with editing

• FindPage: search or browse the database in various ways

• SyntaxReference: quick access to wiki syntax

• SiteNavigation: get an overview over this site and what it contains

• WikiNode: a brief overview of the Balloon board project, and links to related wiki.

How to use this site

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