{"id":565,"date":"2022-02-06T23:33:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T23:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/?page_id=565"},"modified":"2023-06-25T03:49:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T03:49:17","slug":"pibox-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/index.php\/pibox-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"PiBox Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"PiBox<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A PiBox System is an embedded Linux distribution suited to a specific set of hardware and designed with a specific use-case.  A PiBox System is not a general purpose Linux distribution.  It is comprised of the PiBox Development System layered with a collection of software packages in the OPKG format.<\/p>\n

There are 7 PiBox Systems currently available.<\/p>\n

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  1. PiBox Development System<\/li>\n
  2. PiBox Media System<\/li>\n
  3. PiBox Player System<\/li>\n
  4. PiBox Kiosk System<\/li>\n
  5. PiBox AutoKiosk System<\/li>\n
  6. PiBox PiSentry System<\/li>\n
  7. PiBox PiStore System<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There are other PiBox Systems in development and should be considered highly experimental, such as Xeon for the PinePhone Pro and Ironman for home automation among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PiBox Development System<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    The PiBox Development System<\/a> provides the core operating system utilities.\u00a0 By itself the PiBox Development System doesn’t do much.\u00a0 It provides base operating system facilities found on most Linux distributions but lacks many of the tools that make those distributions general purpose.\u00a0 It supports an X.org interface with limited hardware acceleration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Most developers will want to build the Development System customized to their hardware (by editing the toolchain configuration) and required core utilities (by editing the Buildroot configuration).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PiBox Media System<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    The PiBox Media System<\/a> provides tools for viewing static image collections, video and music files.\u00a0 It\u00a0 plays videos and music files from local USB sticks and can access other Media and Player systems on the network.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    The Media System also provides USB webcam support displayed either on the console or via a remote web browser.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    An added feature for some users is the SiriusXM application.\u00a0 This app can be used with an XMPCR device.\u00a0 This USB device was sold in the early part of the 2000’s and provided XM Radio for desktop computers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PiBox Player System<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    The PiBox Player System<\/a> is a smaller version of the Media System.\u00a0 It also plays videos and music files from local USB sticks and can access other Media and Player systems on the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PiBox Kiosk System<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    The PiBox Kiosk System<\/a> is akin to popular video picture frames and is designed specifically for use with the official Raspberry Pi 7″ Touchscreen display.\u00a0 It provides touch-enabled viewing and browsing of static images and videos from USB sticks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PiBox AutoKiosk System<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    The PiBox AutoKiosk System<\/a> is similar to the Kiosk System but only searches USB sticks for videos.\u00a0 It then plays the videos found automatically on the HDMI port.<\/p>\n

    There is no UI on the AutoKiosk System.\u00a0 It’s design is intended for use with projectors, such those used for holiday displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PiBox PiSentry System<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    The PiBox PiSentry System<\/a> is designed for use with a custom LCD display and associated enclosure.\u00a0 A webcam attached to the system can be positioned using a low-frame rate display on the LCD touchscreen.\u00a0 Once positioned, a higher frame rate display can be accessed via the network from a web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PiBox PiStore System<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    The PiBox PiStore System<\/a> is designed for use with the same hardware platform as the PiSentry System.\u00a0 However the software packages installed here provide a graphical display of attached USB drives.\u00a0 These drives are also exported via NFS and SMB, making them available for use on the local network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A PiBox System is an embedded Linux distribution suited to a specific set of hardware and designed with a specific use-case.  A PiBox System is not a general purpose Linux distribution.  It is comprised of the PiBox Development System layered with a collection of software packages in the OPKG format. There are 7 PiBox Systems […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-565","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8du2Y-97","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/565\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.piboxproject.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}