We worked through writing our report, which took quite some time to fully flesh out every component. While working through it all and receiving more feedback from the design presentations from last week, we were able to iron out everything we’ve done so far. It was gratifying to see all the progress that we’ve made so far, and very helpful to map out exactly what we need to accomplish next. For me personally, my direction is pretty clear and will elaborate on that next.
While also working on the report, all the components needed to boot up the KRIA were finally here. Now I could finally start the setup process, which first entailed flashing the Ubuntu OS system onto a MicroSD card. I thought that my computer had a port to put in a MicroSD, and it does but for it to actually read on my computer I had to permanently be pressing the MicroSD card into the slot with my thumb. It was challenging to do for the entirety of the duration it took to flash the 10 GB Ubuntu OS onto the card, so I had to use Jimmy’s laptop (which had a wider MicroSD card adapter slot that didn’t require me to manually hold it down to connect) to successfully flash the system on. Once that was done, I could put the MicroSD into the slot, connect the display port to a monitor, connect a USB keyboard and mouse, and plug in the power to start the bootup. The first picture below showcases the bootup sequence when I first plugged it in.
(The picture is too large to include, here is the picture in google drive)
The Ubuntu OS was getting set up automatically, and it was going smoothly. Once it loaded in, I inputted the default username and password (both were “ubuntu”) and was able to login. A picture of the home screen after logging in is included below.
(Again picture too large. Second picture google drive link here)
Now that I could actually login, the next step is to continue to start the setup. Due to the fact that we were mainly working on the design report during the week before fall break, after getting this setup I focused most of the energy there.Â
For next steps on setup, Varun’s guide on setup should let me continue working. Will be consulting that guide and following along after fall break. Specifically in the guide there should be an example project which I want to try to run. Getting something to run on the board will give me the direction that I need to continue, as right now I am still a little unsure with exactly how everything runs. I know that I will be writing code on my own laptop and transferring files over via ethernet cable, and I know that there also needs to be a second MicroSD card with PetaLinux flashed onto it. Exactly how those all work together is to be figured out as next steps. Although I am a little behind where I wanted to be, I think it’s understandable and more importantly recoverable, given everything else that’s been going on for this class with the proposals and design reports, as well as out of class.