Updating ALSA on Raspbian Stretch

This post shows how to update ALSA [1] on Raspberry Pi running Raspbian Stretch. As of writing this post (Dec. 9th 2018) the latest ALSA version is 1.1.7.   Setup (parentheses indicate my environment) Raspberry Pi (Raspberry Pi 3 B+) running Raspbian Stretch (Nov. 2018) Speaker connected to Raspberry Pi’s 3.5 mm audio jack  … Continue reading “Updating ALSA on Raspbian Stretch”

Qt Creator Cross Compiling Environment for Raspbian Stretch using QtRpi

This post shows how to create Qt Creator cross development environment on Ubuntu PC for Raspbian Stretch by using QtRpi. Although QtRpi does not officially support Raspbian Stretch [1], additional few steps make it possible to create the cross development environment for Stretch. (For Raspbian Jessie, please see this post.)   Contents – Assumptions – Steps 1. Host Preparation (Ubuntu) 2.… Continue reading “Qt Creator Cross Compiling Environment for Raspbian Stretch using QtRpi”

Updating BlueZ on Raspberry Pi (5.43 to 5.48)

Update (Jul 9, 2019): Now, Raspbian Buster, released on 6/20/2019, has bluez 5.50 by default! Update (March 3, 2019): Please see this post to update BlueZ to 5.50.   This post shows how to update BlueZ from 5.43 (the default version comes with Raspbian Stretch November 2017 version) to 5.48 (the latest as of 2/14/2018)… Continue reading “Updating BlueZ on Raspberry Pi (5.43 to 5.48)”

Silent boot on Raspbian Stretch in Console Mode

Update (May 22, 2019): Step 5 has been updated to adopt the latest version of Raspbian (2019-04-08). The purpose of the steps here is to remove Rainbow image, Raspberry Pi Logo, login messages, etc. from Raspberry Pi boot up process when it’s in console autologin mode. For silent boot in desktop mode, please see this… Continue reading “Silent boot on Raspbian Stretch in Console Mode”

Setting Up Raspberry Pi Web Kiosk

This post shows steps to setup a web kiosk using Raspberry Pi. The goal is to load a web page using a browser in full-screen kiosk mode directly after boot up. I tested it with Raspberry Pi 3 B+ running Raspbian Stretch (November 2017 version) with Raspberry Pi official 7″ display. I used Chromium as browser. Also,… Continue reading “Setting Up Raspberry Pi Web Kiosk”