HCL:PandaBoard

tagline: From openSUSE

The PandaBoardis a low-power, low-cost single-board computer development platform based on the Texas Instruments OMAP4430 system on a chip (SoC). It is a community supported development platform.

[edit] Technical Data

• 1 GHz Dual core Cortex A9 Processor (OMAP 4430)
• 1 GB DDR2 RAM
• HDMI v1.3
• 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet
• 802.11 b/g/n WiFi

[edit] Installing the openSUSE 12.3 Image

1. Download the latest image at http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv7hl/distribution/openSUSE-stable/images/ and choose between:
   1. JeOS image for a minimal system openSUSE-12.3-ARM-JeOS-panda-*.raw.xz or
   2. XFCE image for a graphical system openSUSE-12.3-ARM-XFCE-panda-*.raw.xz
2. As root extract the image onto your SD-Card(replace sdX with the device name of your SD-Card). WARNING all previous data on the SD-Card will be lost.

xzcat [image].raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdX; sync

1. Insert the SD-Card with the openSUSE image into your PandaBoard.
2. Connect the PandaBoard to your PC via serial port.
3. Connect the PandaBoard to your monitor via DVI or HDMI by using the board connector labeled HDMI. (optional)
4. Power on the PandaBoard.
5. Walk through the first boot steps on the serial console.
6. Have a lot of fun...

[edit] Known Issues

• Video out only works properly on the HDMI connector
• Video is not accelerated
• The board can be unstable under high load