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Introduction
Part 1. Making a PocketBone Case from an Altoids Smalls Tin
Laser Printing
Cut Hole in Case
Producing Vinyl Inset
Finished Case
Part 2. Flashing the Firmware onto the PocketBone & Starting Debian
Read moreIn this post we make a small enclosure out of an Altoids Smalls tin for PocketBone. Part 1 will primarily be images as they should speak for themselves.
PocketBone is a miniature Linux SoM designed by Jason Kridner of BeagleBone.org and Michael Welling of QWERTY Embedded Design and features the Octavo Systems OSD3558 SiP, aka the ‘BeagleBone chip’. Please note that this is not an official BeagleBone product. We recently did a small limited group buy for this kit: https://groupgets.com/campaigns/327-pocketbone-dev-kit. For anyone who missed it or is interested, here's how we made it after getting the boards from Circuit Hub.
PCB Top Layer
A Universal Laser Systems PLS6.75
Altoids Smalls Tin (wintergreen flavor) in position in the laser
Aligning the laser to the tin
Rastering the GroupGets logo onto Altoids mini tin with a laser
After being laser rasterized
Keeping the mint tin from escaping the Dremel
Cutting Micro USB and Micro SD Card Holes with a Dremel
Finished the main cuts
After a bit of sanding and filing
Setting up the vector in VinylMaster
Inserted and aligned the vinyl into the machine
Cutting Vinyl inserts to protect the PocketBone from the Metal of the Tin
Finished cuts
Stuck inside the tin
PocketBone inside the tin
Other side
All plugged in and ready to go!
Downloads:
Required Hardware:- 1 x PocketBone
- 1-2 x MicroSD Cards (faster with 2)
- 1 x MicroUSB Cable
- 1 x Computer
- After downloading and extracting the EEPROM install it onto a micro-SD card using a utility such as Win32 Disk Imager or similar.
- Next insert the micro-SD card into the PocketBone and plug in the micro-usb cable into port 2 (top port when micro-SD slot is to the left). Port 2 is the console interface.
- On the bottom of the board connect the GND and WP pads together using a jumper wire, paperclip, or other conductive material. Keep them connect for about 30-60 seconds, until the strip of LED indicators stop blinking and go to 1 single lit LED (not the power LED). If you loose continuity between WP and the GND pad on the bottom of the board, just start over, no need to cycle the power.
- Next insert the micro-SD card containing the OS.
- Unplug and Plug back in the PocketBone
- Wait about 60 seconds.
- It should be possible to connect to the PocketBone now, either from the COM port on P2 or if you have a micro-usb to Ethernet adapter you can connect to it via a browser like a normal BeagleBone.
Don't mistake your mints for your computer!
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