Roku LT Operating System
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Roku has released the LT Operating System as an open source distribution, supporting ESP32 and Linux platforms. The page provides build and flash instructions for developers.
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rokudev/lt-sdk
Source: https://github.com/rokudev/lt-sdk
Welcome to the Roku LT Operating System open source distribution.
You may view the LT Open Source instructional videos and read the LT Open Source announcement to learn more.
To build LT OS for ESP32:
% cd /path-to-lt-sdk/lt-firmware-example
% source build-setup.sh
% espshell
% build
% make quiet
To flash, clean:
% make FlashFirmware
% make clean
To perform first time initialziation of all partitions of the Flash (build first):
% LT_FLASH=all make FlashFirmware
To build LT OS for Linux:
% cd /path-to-lt-sdk/lt-firmware-example
% source build-setup.sh
% linuxshell
% build
% make quiet
To run Linux build:
% bin
% export LT_LIBRARY_PATH=.
% sudo ./ltrun LTSystemShell
To obtain an inexpensive ESP32 development platform, go to amazon.com and search “ESP32 Cam”. They are available in 2-packs for ~$20.00.
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