2015-04-05, 23:25
Since the case is pretty much complete now, it is time to take a look at the software. I finally decided to run Raspian on the PIs and Lubuntu on the Banana Pi. While there may be other (maybe even more suitable) OSes available I think is the best starting point for my project. The Banana Pi is equipped with Lubuntu.
After booting the Banana Pi I switched to the German keyboard layout (unfortunately the corresponding GUI is horrible). Afterwards the usual apt-get update and apt-get upgrade took care of software updates.
The next steps are the configuration of a static IP as well as the installation of the SSH demon and samba.
EDIT
I just learnt about Bananian which is based on Debian 7. It does not provide a desktop environment, so a 2 GB SD card is said to be sufficient. Since I just want the Bananapi to act as samba server all the Lubuntu features are pretty irrelevant for me.
It also has a sshd running
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2015-03-22, 17:53
Just putting 6 microcontrollers on the table won’t work long (low WAF) so I decided to use the vast amount of my Lego Technic components to build a suitable case. In the future I might switch to a custom-made Acryl case (I could use the Dingfabrik’s laser cutter) but for quick prototyping nothing beats LEGO. For this project I had to buy a few extra components, among them two dozen LEGO 55615 which drove the costs a little.
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