ODROID-N2

Mobile Workstation: Using An ODROID-N2 To Create A Full-Featured Computing Experience

Because I somehow managed to lose my BIOS password and lock myself out, I had to part with my old and beloved laptop, the one running Debian, but instead of just jumping to the latest Thinkpad, I wanted to see if I could somehow mix those cravings mentioned above: a deconstructed “mobile” ARM-based workstation where I could choose all the parts, without solder or duct-tape, just off-the-shelf components. Let's look at it!  ▶

ODROID-GO Advance

How To Assemble The ODROID-GO Advance

One of the best features of the ODROID-GO Advance is that you can build it yourself, since it comes in kit form. This means that you can learn how the pieces fit together, do it as a project with your siblings, friends, or children, and have the satisfaction of playing  ▶

Boombox: Building a Better Stereo Boom Bonnet
Tinkering

Boom Box: Sound Engineering a Better Speaker

To improve the sound of Hardkernel’s Stereo Boom Bonnet (https://goo.gl/TrDU8u), I went to my local hobby shop and got an “assortment pack” of styrene which happened to have some .080mil sheets and some tubing in it. I also purchased a little styrene solvent for welding. I did everything by eye,  ▶

ODROID-XU4

Mali GPU accelerated Qt5: Running on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic comes with Qt 5.9.5 by default. However, Canonical has built it without considering the ARM Mali GPU detection, and Qt5 doesn’t work on Ubuntu 18.04 at all. So, we have to build Qt5 from source code manually. This is a quick and dirty build guide, that I  ▶