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• Omega Talk
  

  A place to talk about anything and everything Omega related

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  The news is true, Onion is discontinuing the following products:

  Relay Expansion (SKU: OM-E-RLY) GPS Expansion (SKU: OM-UE-GPS) Bluetooth Expansion (SKU: OM-UE-BLE) Omega2 Collector’s Kit (SKU: OM-K-COL)

  They will continue to be sold on the Onion store and by other retailers until inventory runs out.

  Blog post here: https://onion.io/discontinuing-3-expansion-and-a-kit/

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  Re: Print Server
  i feel like i did a pretty good ob of reading everyting i found here on setting up a print server. i get through most of it pretty well, seem to get good results with a minor exception or 2, but by going through the rest of the thread(s), i wonder if i need to be taking another approach (since i cannot get through from anything else on my network). ie, in reading about setting up a laserjet 1600c from hp, they say to download and install their hplip, but i dont see that is how it gets done on the omega. i am sure there is something i'm missing, so could use some direction. i am not unfamiliar w/ tech, but linux def isnt my strong suit.

• Technical FAQs
  

  Go-to resource for frequently asked technical questions

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  The Omega2 was designed with the goals of:

  maximizing functionality minimizing the size of the device making it easy to access the I/Os

  A 2mm pitch for the headers was used to fit 32 pins on the tiny 42 x 26mm footprint.

  We did not want to compromise on the size or the I/Os offered, and by extension the functionality of the device.

  If the pin spacing is an issue for you, we have a few recommendations based on your goals:

  If you're looking to connect your Omega2 directly to a 2.54mm pitch breadboard, we recommend our Breadboard Dock. If you just need to wire out a few pins to an external circuit, any of the Omega2 Docks with an Expansion Header will be work This includes the Expansion Dock, Power Dock, Arduino Dock, even the Breadboard Dock if you have male-female jumpers. If you're looking to use the Omega2 with your own custom hardware, we recommend the surface-mount Omega2S
• Beta Lab
  

  A place to work on pre-release Onion products

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  The Omega2 Dash is a touch screen device based on the Omega2 platform.
  This topic is for Omega2 Dash beta testers to track progress and share ideas.

  Get Started

  Follow instructions on the following GitHub repo to get started on using the Omega2 Dash
  https://github.com/OnionIoT/Omega2-Dash

  Bug report & Feature suggestions

  Use the GitHub Issues page to report bugs or suggest features
  https://github.com/OnionIoT/Omega2-Dash/issues

  Become Beta Tester

  If you would like to participate in beta testing this project you can apply here

  Updates Dec 6 2019 - Official Firmware Available

  Official firmware for the Omega2 Dash is now available!

  If you have a beta unit, follow these instructions to upgrade to the official firmware:

  Make sure your Omega2 Dash is connected to the internet Back up any files that you don't want to lose! The upgrade will erase everything on the filesystem Run the following commands: cd /tmp wget http://repo.onioniot.com/omega2/images/omega2dash-v0.3.2-b233.bin sysupgrade -F -n -v omega2dash-v0.3.2-b233.bin Dec 6 2019

  We've put together an program that can serve as the starting for Omega2 Dash programs using the LittleV Graphics Library.

  Learn more about the example program here: https://github.com/OnionIoT/Omega2-Dash#littlevgl-example-program See the repo here: https://github.com/OnionIoT/lv_example

  Out of the box it supports:

  The Linux Framebuffer - will draw to the Omega2 Dash display The XPT7603 touch input device on the Omega2 Dash A makefile and instructions to build it as an OpenWRT package A small demo

  Use this to get started with your own lvgl programs!

  Dec 5 2019

  Displaying image files on the Omega2 Dash. Learn more here

  
  

  Nov 6 2019

  Compiled demo of LittleV Graphics Library with touch input. See how to run it on your Omega2 Dash [here]
  (https://github.com/OnionIoT/Omega2-Dash#littlevgl-ui-demo)

  Nov 4 2019

  Running the Omega's terminal on the display:

  Run sh > /dev/tty0 on your Omega2 Dash. Everything you type from then on will show up on the display and not in your terminal window.
  Hit ctrl+c to exit.