• Petus
• July 20 2016
• Raspberry Pi, Cubieboard, Banana Pi, BeagleBone, Orange Pi
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We flash new OS, install the python and we will blink LED.
And how do you know that CHIP computer is ready? The LED will blink.

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Flashing new FW:
What we need - http://docs.getchip.com/chip.html#flash-chip-with-an-os

Go to flash.getchip.com website
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How to blink LED after the boot boot:
https://github.com/xtacocorex/chip_boot_blink
sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git build-essential python-dev python-pip -y
git clone https://github.com/xtacocorex/chip_boot_blink.git
cd chip_boot_blink
sudo ./install.sh
cd ..
sudo rm -rf chip_boot_blink

LED blinking with python:
https://github.com/xtacocorex/CHIP_IO
sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git build-essential python-dev python-pip -y
git clone git://github.com/xtacocorex/CHIP_IO.git
cd CHIP_IO
sudo python setup.py install
cd ..
sudo rm -rf CHIP_IO

LED is connected between PWM0 and GND.

Python script: