SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in OSX

2016-06-17 admin

First operation to do in order to use Openelec on Orange PI PC is the micro sd preparation.

It is advisable to use a micro SD class 10 to gain better performances.

As first step we proceed to the Openelec image download from the link specified in Orange PI PC forum

paying attention to choose the opipc version.

We choose the latest image in .gz format. After the file download in a directory, we open a shell command window in this directory and unzip the content

gunzip -d imagename.img.gz

1	gunzip -d imagename.img.gz

Then we plug the micro sd card and find this device

diskutil list

1	diskutil list

In our case we have the following output

#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *7.9 GB     disk2
1:                 DOS_FAT_32 NEW VOLUME              7.9 GB     disk2s1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: FDisk_partition_scheme *7.9 GB disk2

1: DOS_FAT_32 NEW VOLUME 7.9 GB disk2s1

We proceed to the device unmout; in our case the command is

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

1	diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2

WARNING: Be sure that the device is the micro sd card and not the internal disk. The next operation imply the complete rewriting of the device with the loss of all data on it.

We can now write the image into the micro sd card, using the correct device, that in our case is /dev/disk2

sudo dd if=./imagename.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

1	sudo dd if=./imagename.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

WARNING: This operation wipes all data on the micro sd card.

After a while we have the micro sd card ready to be used in the Orange PI PC board.

Installation, Software

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in Linux

2016-06-16 admin

First operation to do in order to use Openelec on Orange PI PC is the micro sd preparation.

It is advisable to use a micro SD class 10 to gain better performances.

As first step we proceed to the Openelec image download from the link specified in Orange PI PC forum

Openelec Images

paying attention to choose the opipc version.

We choose the latest image in .gz format. After the file download in a directory, we open a shell command window in this directory and unzip the content

gunzip -d imagename.img.gz

1	gunzip -d imagename.img.gz

Then we plug the micro sd card and check this device

sudo fdisk -l

1	sudo fdisk -l

In our case we have the following output

Disk /dev/sdb: 7,3 GiB, 7860125696 bytes, 15351808 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos

Disk /dev/sdb: 7,3 GiB, 7860125696 bytes, 15351808 sectors

Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disklabel type: dos

We check if this device is umounted

df

In the case we have the device in the output response, as in our case

/dev/sdb2           27633       395     26583   2% /media/user/16b66669-8789-473e-8982-302dd958a2fe
/dev/sdb1          524008         0    524008   0% /media/user/E0A4-FDB1

1 2	/dev/sdb2 27633 395 26583 2% /media/user/16b66669-8789-473e-8982-302dd958a2fe /dev/sdb1 524008 0 524008 0% /media/user/E0A4-FDB1

we proceed to the unmount

umount /dev/sdb1
umount /dev/sdb2

1 2	umount /dev/sdb1 umount /dev/sdb2

WARNING: Be sure that the device is the micro sd card and not the internal disk. The next operation imply the complete rewriting of the device with the loss of all data on it.

We can now write the image into the micro sd card, using the correct device, that in our case is /dev/sdb

sudo dd if=./imagename.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

1	sudo dd if=./imagename.img of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

WARNING: This operation wipes all data on the micro sd card.

After a while we have the micro sd card ready to be used in the Orange PI PC board.

Installation, Software

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in Windows

2016-06-14 admin

First operation to do in order to use Openelec on Orange PI PC is the micro sd preparation.

It is advisable to use a micro SD class 10 to gain better performances.

As first step we proceed to the Openelec image download from the link specified in Orange PI PC forum

Openelec Images

paying attention to choose the opipc version.

We choose the latest image in .gz format. We expand the content using a compression software, as 7-zip, obtainig one file having .img extension.

In windows operating system we can trasfer this image to the micro sd card by using a specific sotware. We used Win32 Disk Imager, available from the following link

Win32 Disk Imager

After the Win32 Disk Imager installazion we are able to write the micro sd card, i.e E disk in our case. We choose as input the image expanded in the step above

ScritturaSchedaSDEN

Press Write to transfer the image on the sd card.

WARNING: This operation wipes all data on the micro sd card.

After a while we have the micro sd card ready to be used in the Orange PI PC board.

Hardware

Orange PI PC board

2016-06-12 admin

In this article we describe an ARM mini pc, similar to Rasperry PI, but cheaper.

Looking at the manufacturer website

http://www.orangepi.org/

we put in evidence the main features of the board:

CPU	H3 Quad-core Cortex-A7 H.265/HEVC 4K
GPU	Mali400MP2 GPU @600MHz·Supports OpenGL ES 2.0
RAM	1GB DDR3 (shared with GPU)
Storage	TF card (Max. 64GB)
Network	10/100M Ethernet RJ45
Audio Input	Microphone
Audio Output	Jack 3.5 mm and HDMI
USB ports	Three USB 2.0 HOST, one USB 2.0 OTG
Low level Periphericals	40 Pins Header,compatibile with layout Raspberry Pi B+
GPIO(1x3) pin	UART, ground
LED	Power Led and Status Led
Key	IR input, POWER

This board belongs to a products family using the same soc, but with different accessories (mmc, ram, network, etc). This model is available for the purchase also from the manufacturer site.

For this device we have various Linux distribution, available from the manufacturer site, but we focus on the following flavours:

Openelec : Media center usage linux distribution.
Armbian: Server/desktop Linux image.

About point 1 informations are available at the following web site:

http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php

while from Armbian site we can dowload the Armbian Orange PI image:

http://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-pc/

In next blogs we’ll treat the installation, compilation of these Linux images on Orange PI PC board.

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SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in OSX

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in Linux

SD card setup for Orange PI PC Openelec in Windows

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