Bitcraze virtual machine V0.2

[arnaud]

Hi all,

I finally got time to post the virtual machine . This is a very early version and all feedback are welcome. I made a torrent for the image available there: http://tracker.bitcraze.se/torrents/Ubu ... va.torrent

To install the virtual machine you need to have virtualbox installed (https://www.virtualbox.org/) and then you can import the machine and run it.

Username is bitcraze (it logs-in automatically) and password is crazyflie. A keyboard configuration widget is present on the menu bar (shows "us" by default), right click on it to add your local keyboard layout.

The machine includes:
- pre-cloned version of the public bicraze projects from bitbucket (software and firmware)
- All development tools to compile Crazyflie firmware and bootloader, Crazyradio firmware
- All python lib to run the Crazyflie PC client
- Eclipse pre-configured to develop on Crazyflie firmware and PC-Client + QtDesigner to edit the GUI files
- A readme that explains how to start

Todo for the next vesion:
- Hardware dev tools
- Tool and configuration to debug the Crazyflie (currently only tools to compile are present)
- Reduce the image size (it is currently 2.2GB which I find quite big, I should be able to cut a lot of useless stuff by starting from a minimal install)
- More documentation in the VM and on the Wiki (I am thinking of cloning a static version of the wiki in the VM, not sure if it is usefull but it would be fun to do )
- You name it ....

[Tuxx]

I run your VM with VMWare Workstation 9, it works perfect!
Thanks a lot for the VM.

Alex

[tobias]

Great job Arnaud! Is there a good way too keep configurations between VM versions we make? Maybe we should look into making a script that save configuration files for most common applications such as eclipse etc.

[alex]

Thanks for the Bitcraze virtual machine. I'd like to download it, but my router doesn't like port forwarding due to a bug. Is there a way for you to host the file without BitTorrent?

Update: Downloading at the moment, no need for alternative hosting of the file. It was my fault - just messed up port forwarding.

[mrb0y]

I just attempted to import the .ova into Vmware Player 4.0 and it does not work. I installed in Virtual Box and it does work as expected. Looks like the virtual appliance import doesn't for work on vmware player 4.0. Just a heads up for any one else who tries.

[DesTinY]

Hi arnaud,

i tried the VM good job! I have may be two more things. First can you prepare Eclipse for the CF Android development too. And second i found a video instruction to use the PS3 controller over bluetooth in Ubuntu. Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yKiMxisM0

PS3 controller over bluetooth worked fine for me in the VM with the CF client

[marcus]

Hi arnaud,

i tried the VM good job! I have may be two more things. First can you prepare Eclipse for the CF Android development too. And second i found a video instruction to use the PS3 controller over bluetooth in Ubuntu. Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yKiMxisM0

PS3 controller over bluetooth worked fine for me in the VM with the CF client

Thanks for the tip about the video! I'll give it a try since I've never actually gotten the BT to work very well... still use USB cable.

[alex]

Amazing guys! See here: http://forum.bitcraze.se/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=57#p191

[alex]

Hi arnaud,

i tried the VM good job! I have may be two more things. First can you prepare Eclipse for the CF Android development too. And second i found a video instruction to use the PS3 controller over bluetooth in Ubuntu. Check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2yKiMxisM0

PS3 controller over bluetooth worked fine for me in the VM with the CF client

Wow, it works! Getting better each time I start the VM. Getting in touch with Linux a the same time. Love this project so far. The PS3 controller device and your external/internal bluetooth device has to be activated in the VM specific settings, of course.

[Daniel]

Hello everyone,

is it possible to use Parallels for this virtual machine?

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EDIT: Problem solved i found a way to convert ova to vmx and vmx can be converted to pvm
this is the tutorial --> http://aspyct.org/blog/2012/08/17/open- ... parallels/
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Greets

Daniel