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Getting Started

• Writing A microSD Card

The easiest way to get started with ev3dev hacking is to use USB/Ethernet networking so that you can ssh directly to the brick without the need for a wifi conenction.

We're assuming that you've got:

1. A microSD card with the ev3dev image loaded
2. The USB cable that comes with the EV3
3. A Linux/OSX/Windows host computer/tablet with a free host USB port
4. The ev3dev.rc.local file on the FAT32 partition of the microSD card configured for your host machine.

Connect the USB-mini end of the cable to the EV3, and leave the host end disconnected from your computer for now. Then boot the EV3. When you see the ev3dev signon logo on the LCD, you know that the EV3 is ready to communicate with your host machine.

• Setting Up Linux USB Ethernet Networking
• Setting Up Windows Ethernet Networking
• Setting Up OSX Ethernet Networking

Next Steps

• Setting Up wifi Networking
• Set Up An nfs FileShare
• Add An Unsupported wifi Dongle
• Loading A Driver Module

Documentation on Individual Loadable EV3 Drivers

• Using the ev3dev_ui.ko Module

AM1808 Reference Docs

• AM1808 ARM® Microprocessor
• AM1808 Technical Reference Manual
• AM1808 Pinmux Utility (Windows only)

LCD Module Reference Docs

The datasheet:

• ST7586S Datasheet

And some interesting supplementary reading:

• Passing Time with the SPI Framebuffer Driver
• Matt Porter's ST7586S Board Support Changes
• Matt Porter's comments on the ST7586S Controller
• Matt Porter's Google+ Circle