PermeAgility on the CHIP 9$ computer

The CHIP computer is an amazing device for its price.  I have been able to get a few alpha models and PermeAgility runs very nicely on it using the standard SDK buildroot.

Here are the steps to follow:

• • Flash the standard Debian image onto your CHIP (new CHIP should not need flashing) See: instructions

  • Set up the wireless to connect to your network.  See: instructions

  • ssh to your CHIP   ssh chip@192.168.1.??    or use the connection within Vagrant via USB  cu -l /dev/ttyACM0 -s 115200

  • install Java8 on your chip (See below for details)

  • follow the standard Linux deployment instructions

Installing Java 8 on the CHIP computer (Open JDK)

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

• • You can now follow the standard linux deployment instructions for PermeAgility

or:

Installing Java 8 (1.8) on the CHIP computer (Oracle's JDK)

• • get Java8 (1.8) from Oracle - Download latest version for ARM v6/v7   http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads  unfortunately a license must be agreed to so this can't be done with wget which would be nice

  • get the downloaded file to your CHIP    scp jdk.....  chip@192.168.1.??:~  <- you will need to edit this line with appropriate filename and ip address of your CHIP

  • unpack it (you can put it in a directory like /usr/local if you want or just leave it in the chip user's directory)

  • (in the segment below, replace ... with the file name you downloaded - or use Tab key)

gzip -d jdk.....gz

tar -xf jdk.....

• Add the JDK to your path:   vi ~/.profile   and add the line (edit if necessary)    export PATH=/home/chip/jdk1.8.0_65/bin:$PATH

  • run the updated profile    source .profile 

  • Test it    java -version  and check that it returns version 1.8

  • You can now follow the standard linux deployment instructions for PermeAgility