Re: [yocto] Looking for Yocto-supported Reference Design

Dave,

I couldn't get a Yocto (scarthgap) to work with the platform completely out
of the box. I had to create a series of my own patches and I still haven't
gotten the bluetooth to work. However I do have it booting, and all the
usual support services are working. The wifi works as well. I need the
bluetooth since I of course, need an audio output and I want to use a
bluetooth headset.

Again, stay in touch and I'm glad to share my work. I'm not looking to make
money here, just have a device that people can use and find helpful and
enjoy life as it should be. With Books!

Cheers!!

On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM <[email protected]> wrote:

> Raj, Richard, John,
>
>                Thank you for the excellent suggestions! John, It’s good to
> know that you are working on a similar project. I will run these ideas down.
>
>                David
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> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On
> Behalf Of *John
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 12, 2026 6:12 AM
> *To:* [email protected]; [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [yocto] Looking for Yocto-supported Reference Design
>
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> David,
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> I've started on exactly the same kind of project for my own purposes. I've
> been using a Raspberry Pi 0 2W for my development. I needed the wifi and BT
> connectivity so I started with it. Please feel free to get in touch if you
> have any questions.
>
>
>
> Cheers!!
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM Richard Purdie via lists.yoctoproject.org
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> On Mon, 2026-05-11 at 13:53 -0700, dave via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> >       My name is David Richards and I am blind. I am new to Yocto. I
> would
> > like to build a portable talking e-book reader. The goal is to support
> > DAISY, Audible, Kindle, and epub books. In addition, I would like to be
> able
> > to stream MP3 content. To that end, I am looking for a reference design
> to
> > base the project on. It does not require/use a display or touchpad. The
> user
> > interface will utilize buttons and speech output. The design should have
> > existing Yocto support, if possible.
> >       Does anyone have any pointers for a reference design I could start
> > with?
>
> There are many boards with OE/Yocto Project support. You can get an
> idea of them all from the layer index's list of machines which is
> showing 22 pages of them!
>
>
> https://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/master/machines/?q=&browse=1
>
> Some have better support than others, we've had the Beagle devices like
> the BeaglePlay and earlier devices like the BeagleBone and BeagleBoard
> supported as one of our test platforms for a long time. That has basic
> support in meta-yocto with beaglebone-yocto and a full BSP from TI as
> well. There are others like the various RaspberryPis and may more,
> including more experimental ones with RISC-V processors.
>
> It sounds like the audio output might be important to you and however
> you plan to interface the buttons to the system so that may be
> something to factor in. You might need USB? That might narrow down your
> choice. I'd probably try and find a board which holds interest to you
> as well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
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> --
>
> "To err is human, to forgive is not company policy."
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>
> John Dowd
>
> Contract - Software Developer
>
> Cell: (613)316-7884
>


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