AVR-Live-CD/en

The Labor-AVR-Live-CD is a Linux distribution based on Archlinux. It is intended to give first-time users a quick and easy start into microcontroller development, as it comes with all software needed, so you can start to code immediately: just download it, burn it to a CD and boot it or just start it in your favorite virtualization environment.

When running the live system, you can also use /opt/larchin/run/larchin.py to install the distribution to your harddrive or a USB stick.

Download

• Torrent
• Via HTTP Here Alternative

Features

• most the embedded systems related source code ever produced by das Labor - build upon it even in an offline environment where you cannot just go 'svn co ...' (or ignore it and build your own stuff from scratch)
• AVR-specific software
  • AVR toolchain
  • kontrollerlab (a GUI for avrdude & Co)
• Tools for viewing and editing circuit board layouts
  • kicat
  • eagle
• Text editors:
  • nano
  • vim
  • gedit
• Browser
  • Firefox
• Desktop environment
  • Xfce4
• Misc
  • larch tools
  • various WLAN firmwares & drivers
  • yaourt (in addition to th packman packet management system. To install additional software from the AUR)

Changelog

• laborliveavrtest1:
  • Initial release
• laborliveavr20090325:
  • new software
    • kicad
    • gedit
  • removed:
    • kwrite
  • Fixes:
    • kontrollerlab dependency bug
      • kdelibs3 installed
      • kdebase 4 removed
  • Laborlogo as desktop background
  • created laborsvn in /usr/bin
  • svn/microcontroller checkout from 24.03.2009 to /home/laborant/laborsvn
• laborliveavr20090630build4.iso
  • complete rebuild (as the author forgot about the importance of backups)
  • still lacks GUI customization
  • still lacks script for checkout of the Labor-SVN checkout
  • find a svn checkout from 30.06.2009 in /home/laborant/svn
• laborliveavr20090706.iso
  • added kicad und eagle
• laborliveavr20090707build4.iso
  • added Labor artwork
    • Bootsplash
    • Wallpaper
  • created laborsvn in /usr/bin/ (downloads or updates the sections microcontroller und microcontroller-2 from the Labor-SVN to /home/laborant/svn/)
• laborliveavr20090708.iso
  • Bootlogo fixed
  • installed bc
  • removed user "laborant"
    • user root will now autologin
• laborliveavr20090802.iso
  • removed Eagle --> redundant
  • new svn-checkout
• laborliveavr20091029.iso
  • installed geany
  • updated the svn checkout script to cover fpga as well
  • current svn co
  • Fixed the max res = 800x600 bug
  • 64bit bug fixed itself, it seems...

Support

Questions? Join our conference on jabber: labor@conference.das-labor.org or write an email to jan[at]das-labor[REMOVETHIS].org

Known Bugs

• Virtualization with qemu on a 64bit host does not work
• VirtualBox on a 64bit host crashes while booting

Remarks

• At the time being we only offer the most recent version for download
• This is a so-called release candidate (RC), i.e. the software installed in the live system as well as the rest of the configuration may be subject to changes in future versions
• To obtain a current SVN-Checkout just run "larorsvn"
• To install the system on a harddisk or USB stick run "/opt/larchin/run/larchin.py"