Controlling LEDs on Alpine Linux using the command line

We have developed an embedded Raspberry Pi Compute Module carrier board for industrial use: the PCCB. As you can see, there are three (directly) user programmable LEDs on the PCCB: USER / INFO / ACT. These are defined in the device tree. For example, we can define the following in our device tree overlay: //LEDs…

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The technology & security foundations of PiCockpit

I was asked to elaborate a bit about the security & technology foundations of PiCockpit. The parts which are involved PiCockpit consists of several parts: picockpit-client picockpit-frontend picockpit-backend picockpit-api (“papi”) the database the MQTT server the picockpit Package repository The MQTT server Data between the picockpit-frontend and picockpit-client is exchanged using the MQTT server (called…

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LetsTrust TPM

LetsTrust TPM ist eine Aufsteck-Platine mit elektronischen Komponenten in den Abmessungen 12 mm x 15 mm x 5 mm. Sie ist zum Einsatz mit dem Raspberry Pi Einplatinencomputer vorgesehen. Die Hauptkomponente von LetsTrust TPM  ist ein Kryptographie-Chip, der Infineon Optiga™ SLB 9670 TPM 2.0. Die anderen Komponenten auf LetsTrust TPM sind passive Komponenten, sowie eine…

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Update picockpit-client for compatibility with v2.0

The new PiCockpit release has many new features, which require a new picockpit-client version (at least v2.0.1) for compatibility. What do you get by upgrading the picockpit-client / using PiCockpit v2.0? GPIO: control GPIO pins (input / output / software PWM to dim LEDs for example) PiControl: run commands on your Pi from the webinterface…

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PiCockpit v2.0 released – amazing new features!

Yesterday, on the 6th of October 2020, we have released the new version of PiCockpit – which has many new, exciting features. And best of all: PiCockpit continues to be free of charge (as in free beer), for up to 5 Raspberry Pis! Get started for free today. What is picockpit.com? PiCockpit is an easy…

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