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Firefox OS is | [[File:Fxpi.png|250px|thumbnail|right]] | ||
Firefox OS is now on '''Raspberry Pi''' | |||
We are looking to demonstrate that Firefox OS can be a viable and valuable operating system for | We are looking to demonstrate that Firefox OS can be a viable and valuable operating system for a range of hardware, and for a wide variety of use cases that are being imagined for connected devices. | ||
Our initial goal was to release a downloadable or flashable version of Firefox OS for Raspberry Pi boards in conjunction with the Mozilla Festival (October 24-26 2014), which we did. Now we're looking to extend the functionality and practicality. | |||
== How to Get Firefox OS onto Your Raspberry Pi device == | |||
[[File:Get started FxOS on rpi.png|600px]] | |||
* be at parity with Raspbian/RPi as a hobbyist environment. Users will be able to read from sensors | 1. Check out this outstanding how-to video from our good friends at Bunny & Boar [http://youtu.be/U467HSjuFOs] | ||
2. To flash an early demo version of Firefox OS for your Raspberry Pi device, follow the [[Foxberry Pi Demo]] instructions. | |||
3. To stay informed of the project's progress, [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-raspberry-pi please join the mailing list]. Some developers hang out in the #raspberrypi channel on irc.mozilla.org and are happy to answer any questions you have. | |||
4. To get involved in the main bring-up project (it needs your participation!), see [[Hacking b2g on Raspberry Pi]]. | |||
== What We'd Like To See Happen in 2015 == | |||
Following MozFest, we are looking for the '''amazing ideas and physical applications''' that creative or practical people have developed on FxOS enabled Raspberry Pi platforms. More details to follow about a 2015 Challenge! | |||
We are actively seeking - and would welcome - the development contributions that can extend FxOS functionality on Raspberry Pi devices to | |||
* be at parity with Raspbian/RPi as a hobbyist environment. Users will be able to read from sensors & control motors, LEDs, solenoids, slave boards, etc. A modified FxOS for Raspberry Pi will be able to fly a drone. | |||
* be competitive with other media player OSes available for RPi. | * be competitive with other media player OSes available for RPi. | ||
* be competitive with other IDEs for FxOS on Raspberry Pi targeted at beginning programmers, like IDLE and Scratch. | * be competitive with other IDEs for FxOS on Raspberry Pi targeted at beginning programmers, like IDLE and Scratch. | ||
* enable programmers (via DOM/CSS) to develop robotics etc. by building a declarative model of a reactive system. With one type of output device, the actual electronics could be interfaced with. With another type of output device, the model could be simulated on a client computer. | * enable programmers (via DOM/CSS) to develop robotics etc. by building a declarative model of a reactive system. With one type of output device, the actual electronics could be interfaced with. With another type of output device, the model could be simulated on a client computer. | ||
== 2015 Development Sprints / Challenges for | == 2015 Development Sprints / Challenges for FxOS on Raspberry Pi (and other boards) == | ||
=== Development Sprint A === | === Development Sprint A === | ||
After this appendix, PiFxOS will be at parity with Raspbian/RPi as a hobbyist environment. Users will be able to read from sensors and control motors, LEDs, solenoids, slave boards, etc. PiFxOS will be able to fly a drone.) | After this appendix, PiFxOS will be at parity with Raspbian/RPi as a hobbyist environment. Users will be able to read from sensors and control motors, LEDs, solenoids, slave boards, etc. PiFxOS will be able to fly a drone.) | ||
* develop web API for general-purpose analog/digital IO pins (GPIOs) | * develop web API for general-purpose analog/digital IO pins (GPIOs) {{bug|1087955}} | ||
* develop web API for SPI | * develop web API for SPI | ||
* develop web API for i2c (optional) | * develop web API for i2c (optional) | ||
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After this appendix, DOM/CSS would enable programmers to develop robotics etc. by building a declarative model of a reactive system. With one type of output device, the actual electronics could be interfaced with. With another type of output device, the model could be simulated on a client computer. This is a very large and open-ended project. This is a research programming-languages project. | After this appendix, DOM/CSS would enable programmers to develop robotics etc. by building a declarative model of a reactive system. With one type of output device, the actual electronics could be interfaced with. With another type of output device, the model could be simulated on a client computer. This is a very large and open-ended project. This is a research programming-languages project. | ||
*create a new CSS output class for | *create a new CSS output class for micro electrical systems | ||
*create a new CSS output class for simulating | *create a new CSS output class for simulating micro electrical systems | ||
[https://github.com/bmidgley/flamebot flamebot] is a reactive self-modifying hierarchical state machine for FxOS. The flamebot experiment might be useful in modeling something for RPi. | |||
== Platform projects == | == Platform projects == | ||
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These are smaller-scale projects that require some gecko expertise in getting some cool new hardware or software working on the Raspberry Pi (or other boards). | These are smaller-scale projects that require some gecko expertise in getting some cool new hardware or software working on the Raspberry Pi (or other boards). | ||
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id= | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1088099 Get touch events on PiTFT touchscreen working reliably/smoothly] | ||
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1085542 Write a gonk camera HAL for RPi's camera] | |||
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072499 Get audio working] | |||
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1083596 Investigate importing OpenH264 decoder backend] | |||
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1084624 Start the switch to mesa/gallium upstream gfx stack] | [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1084624 Start the switch to mesa/gallium upstream gfx stack] | ||
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1141021 New API for low level file system access (think of interacting with the GPIO ports)] | |||
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