{{WarningMessage|text=This application technical note was validated against specific versions of hardware and software. It may not work with other versions.}}[[Category:MISC-AN-TN]][[Category:MISC-TN]][[Category:IoT]]
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== History ==
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|July 2019
|First public release
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|1.0.1
|October 2019
|Detailed armbian version
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In the last years, Debian-based distributions—which are very widespread in desktop/server environments—have grown in popularity in the embedded world as well. Nowadays, there are several approaches to create such a distribution for embedded targets, however. [https://elbe-rfs.org/ ELBE], [https://github.com/zuka0828/meta-eid meta-eid], and [https://www.armbian.com/ armbian] are just three examples of different tools available today [1].
This Technical Note shows how to run such a distribution on SBCSPG, a product designed and manufactured by DAVE Embedded Systems to build compact IoT gateways for industrial applications. Specifically, this example makes use of '''armbianArmbian Stretch''', which is based on Debian 9.
==The hardware platform==
As stated previously, the SBCSPG gateway is suited to implement low-cost edge computing devices.
[[File:Edge-v-cloud-computing-graphic.png|thumb|center|600px|Cloud and Edge computing in a typical IIoT scenario (image source: [https://www.openautomationsoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/edge-v-cloud-computing-graphic.png])]]
From an architectural standpoint, SBCSPG is similar to the [[:Category:SBC_Lynx|SBC Lynx]]. As such, it is powered by NXP i.MX6UL system-on-chip (SoC).
The following section shows the full boot process.
===Full bootstrap process===
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