You can use your CTT SensorStation
to burn a new operating system onto the compute module using a micro USB cable attached to your computer. Here is an article on raspbian’s website with general instructions: Flashing the Compute Module eMMC. This page will summarize the steps needed to burn a New CTT SensorStation image to your compute module using the SensorStation hardware.
While CTT offers many over-the-air updates to your CTT SensorStation
sometimes you just need a fresh start, or maybe you haven’t been incrementally updating the source code and want to do so after a full stable release. You’ve found the right place to learn how!
V1 SensorStation Current Stable Image OTA Update enabled. Station health reports. RTL-SDR support. Pickup new Nodes / Tags with updated protocol. Download Station Image
V2 SensorStation Current Stable Image Records Tag, GPS, SensorGnome, and Telemetry data. Monthly reboot on the 3rd of the month. Download Station Image
You will need drivers for your computer to recognize the module as a new drive, and software to burn new images to disk.
rpiboot.exe
.Linux / MAC users will have to clone the rpiboot source code, compile and run the rpiboot.exe file that is generated. Detailed instructions for Linux here.
For Mac, follow these directions:
Homebrew
, which is a package installer for Mac.
Terminal
:/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
Terminal
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/usbboot
cd usbboot
Then install the libusb libraries:
brew install libusb
Then make the rpiboot installer:
make
Then run rpiboot:
./rpiboot
At this point you should see a message in your terminal that says something to the effect of:
Waiting for BCM2835/6/7/2711...
This indicates that the USB port has been opened, and your computer is waiting to see a Raspberry Pi on that port. Now complete Steps 1 and 2 below, and skip steps 3 and 4.
OFF
ENABLED
position (to the left
1 pin, for horizontally placed pins, or down
1 pin for vertically placed pins).