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Backup Scripts: Keep your data safe for your peace of mind

May 1, 2018

To save yourself from future trouble, it's always a good idea to make a backup!

Android Auto

Android Auto: Take Your ODROID On The Road

May 1, 2018

Android Auto is a Google application that allows an ODROID-C2/C1+ to function as an in-dash car computer to support navigation, audio, and hands-free operation.

ODROID-C2 Kodi Media Center: Build Your Own Entertainment System With A Custom LED-enabled Case

May 1, 2018

I am one that likes my movies, and also one that likes to fiddle and make, so the two came together in wanting an easy way to play things from my movie/music collection. It had to be simple to use, reliable and look good too. My movie / music collection  ▶

Home NAS and Media Player: Building The Perfect Entertainment System

May 1, 2018

If you are old enough, you may remember and even relate. Picture this: Early 2000s; DivX--and later, its rival XviD--on the software side, and Pentium 4 and Athlons on the hardware side have finally made video compression a thing; no more bulky, moldy VHS tapes; Napster in its best days,  ▶

Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM2)

May 1, 2018

The Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is software system designed for adding a layer between real disks and the operating system’s view of them to make them easier to manage, replace, and extend. It is used in data centers to use upgrade disk hardware as well to mirror data to  ▶

USB 3.0 eMMC Reader

May 1, 2018

Hardkernel’s ODROID platform has a unique advantage over other similar Single Board Computers (SBCs) that they allow the eMMC module to be removed and reflashes using an external USB adapter. All of Hardkernel’s eMMC modules ship with an SD card adapter that allow the user to flash an operating system  ▶

UPS with ODROID-HC2

Affordable UPS Solution: Ensure That Your ODROID-HC2 Has 100% Uptime

May 1, 2018

A lot of NAS systems have an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) to protect their valuable data from accidental corruption due to loss in main power. This article helps you build an UPS for the ODROID-HC2 using some off-the-shelf parts. It is based on an inexpensive mini DC UPS, which I  ▶

Fan Control: Tailor the ODROID-XU4 To Your Perfect Settings

May 1, 2018

The ODROID-XU4 supports 3 cooling levels for the thermal control, and on this article you will learn to tailor it to suit your cooling and noise needs.

Minecraft Client on ODROID

May 1, 2018

Minecraft can now be played on the ODROID! Installation is pretty easy, thanks to the packaging skills of Tobias aka @meveric.

ODROID-XU4 Cluster

May 1, 2018

In the past few years, the topics of big data and data science have grown into mainstream prominence across countless industries. No longer are high tech companies in Silicon Valley the sole purveyors of topics like Hadoop, logistic regression, and machine learning. Being familiar with big data technologies is becoming  ▶

BASH Basics: Introduction to BASH

May 1, 2018

This guide is a beginner-friendly introduction to the BASH shell

Android Oreo: Get The Latest Version of Android For Your ODROID-XU4

May 1, 2018

ODROID Forum user voodik has been porting Android 8.1 (based on LineageOS 15.1) for ODROID-XU4 since last October. He recently released the first alpha version for community debugging.

crypto-currency mining

Prospectors, Miners and 49er's - Part 3: Operation and Maintenance of Crypto-Currency Mining Systems

May 1, 2018

In the last two articles for the Prospectors, Miners and 49er's series, I introduced dual CPU/GPU Mining with sgminer-arm-5.5.6-RC and briefly examined system thermal trends and GPU tuning. In this third article, we'll take a look at the broader operational issues of crypto-currency mining and its system and maintenance ramifications,  ▶

The Yocto Project: Up and running on the ODROID-C2

May 1, 2018

This article describes the fundamental building blocks and process for building a custom ODROID-C2 Linux image. The same steps can be used for other ODROID machines. Yocto is the industry standard tool for building custom, complex Embedded Linux systems using the latest Open Source technologies such as Qt5, QtWebEngine, and  ▶

Meet An ODROIDian: Matthew Kinderwater (WebClaw)

May 1, 2018

I am the Director of IT Services at a company called iCube Development which is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. My role is typically involves data recovery cases, working in a clean lab performing tasks such as replacing heads, electrical repairs, and recovering data from RAID volumes.

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Setting up the ODROID-H2+: Installing the H2+ NIC Driver

July 1, 2020 0

The original H2 and H2 REV.B carried two 1GbE NIC whose driver is included in both Windows 10 and recent Linux distributions. On the other hand the ODROID H2+ is equipped with two 2.5GbE NIC based on the Realtek 8125B chipset. This chipset is rather recent and its support in  ▶

ODROID-H2+

ODROID-H2+: The New And Enhanced X86 Platform

July 1, 2020 0

The ODROID-H2 is back, this time in a slightly upgraded form - named aptly, the ODROID-H2+! Accordingly the board revision code is REV-B+ (while the previous production batch was REV-B). We announced the original ODROID-H2 back in November 2018, as a new generation of single board computer (SBC) - an  ▶

ODROID-GO Advance

ODROID-GO Advance Black Edition

June 1, 2020 0

The GO-Advance on a spiffy new version!  ▶

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Selfhosting with ODROID-XU4 CloudShell2: From hardware setup to up and running with Docker

June 1, 2020 0

Easy to spin up and try out new applications, conversely its equally trivial to completely remove applications one may no longer interested in.  ▶

ODROID-GO Advance

ODROID-GO Advance Cell Phone: A Custom Built and Coded Cell Phone

May 1, 2020 0

Recently, I decided to build my own cell phone out of an ODROID-GO Advance using a SIM800L module which included a speaker and mic. Thanks to the ample space inside the case, this hardware installation was pretty easy. For this build, I used a Debian Buster image with the SIM880L connected to the ODROID-GO Advance’s UART2.  ▶

Linux

Assist With Coronavirus Research: Using Rosetta@home To Help Find A Cure

May 1, 2020 0

It is now possible to use your 64bit ODROID to assist with Coronavirus Research. Thanks to a new application update for Rosetta@home, made possible by the Arm development community.  ▶

Linux

Multi Screen Desktop Using VNC - Part 2: An Improved And Simplified Version

May 1, 2020 0

Looks to me everyone has been stuck indoors for longer than they desired. Some of us had to work during this time too. Working on a small laptop screen is no fun task, and using HDMI cables while kids run around is not fun either. So, how about we use an ODROID as a secondary screen?  ▶

ODROID-C4

Introducing the New ODROID-C4: A New Generation Single Board Computer

May 1, 2020 0

The ODROID-C4 is a new generation single board computer that is more energy efficient and has higher performance than the ODROID-C2 which was introduced over four years ago, as the world's first affordable ARM 64-bit computer. The ODROID-C4 features an Amlogic S905X3 CPU which is a quad-core Cortex-A55 cluster with a new generation Mali-G31 GPU. The A55 cores run at 2.0Ghz without thermal throttling using the stock heat sink, allowing a robust and quiet computer. The multi-core performance is around 40% faster, and the system DRAM performance is 50% faster than the ODROID-C2.  ▶

Gaming

ODROID-GO Advance Tips And Tricks: Unzip ROMs While Maintaining Box Art And Game List

May 1, 2020 0

This is a short tutorial to help you with your ROM sets and the ODROID-GO Advance. Many of us have ROM sets with accompanying media files like box art, screen shots, logos, etc. Sometimes these ROM sets have compressed files. Now do we really want to be using up precious battery power to decompress games before we load them up?  ▶

Gaming

Shall We Play a Game? – Play the Promise of Google Stadia, At a More Practical Bandwidth

May 1, 2020 0

The lackluster launch of Google Stadia left many gamers in the lurch. Sure the lure of playing AAA games inside your browser sounded very attractive, but bandwidth became a bugbear which could not be overcome, yet.  ▶

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