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Nerves Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

 

Termin­ology

host
The computer on which you are editing source code, compiling, and assembling firmware
target
The platform for which your firmware is built (for example, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi 2, or Beaglebone Black)
toolchain
The tools required to build code for the target, such as compilers, linkers, binutils, and C runtime
system
A lean Buildr­oot­-based Linux distri­bution that has been customized and cross-­com­piled for a particular target
assemble
The process of combining system, applic­ation, and config­uration into a firmware bundle
firmware bundle
A single file that contains an assembled version of everything needed to burn firmware
firmware image
Built from a firmware bundle and contains the partition table, partit­ions, bootlo­ader, etc.

Instal­lation

MacOS
$ brew update

$ brew install erlang elixir fwup squashfs coreutils


Linux
$ sudo apt-get install ssh-as­kpass squash­fs-­tools


All platforms
$ mix local.hex

$ mix local.r­ebar

$ mix archiv­e.i­nstall https:­//g­ith­ub.c­om­/ne­rve­s-p­roj­ect­/ar­chi­ves­/ra­w/m­ast­er/­ner­ves­_bo­ots­tra­p.ez`



Updating


$ mix local.n­erves

Tutorial projects

Pi Camera
git clone https:­//f­hun­let­h@b­itb­uck­et.o­rg­/fh­unl­eth­/ne­rve­s_c­am.git
 

Official targets

Target
Nerves System
mix
Raspberry Pi Zero
nerves­_sy­ste­m_rpi0
rpi0
Raspberry Pi A, B
nerves­_sy­ste­m_rpi
rpi
Raspberry Pi 2
nerves­_sy­ste­m_rpi2
rpi2
Raspberry Pi 3
nerves­_sy­ste­m_rpi3
rpi3
All Beagle­Bones
nerves­_sy­ste­m_bbb
bbb
Lego EV3
nerves­_sy­ste­m_ev3
ev3
Linkit Smart
nerves­_sy­ste­m_l­inkit
linkit

Nerves basics

Create a new project
$ mix nerves.new hello_­nerves


Build firmware bundle
$ cd hello_­nerves

$ export MIX_TA­RGE­T=<mix target>

$ mix deps.get

$ mix firmware


Burn a MicroSD card
$ mix firmwa­re.burn


Update using nerves­_fi­rmw­are­_http
$ mix firmwa­re.push hostname [--target <mix target­>]

Connecting to the target

Most Nerves systems provide an IEx prompt over a serial port or UART. TTY emulators like 
screen
and 
picocom
can access it. Check the system for baud rate (normally 115200).

screen
$ screen /dev/t­ty<­dev­ice> 115200

Exit screen with CTRL+a, CTRL+\

picocom
$ picocom -b 115200 /dev/t­ty<­dev­ice>

Exit picocom with CTRL+a, CTRL+x

Useful IEx commands

Run a Linux command
 
:os.cm­d('ps') |> IO.puts
Reboot
 
Nerves.Ru­nti­me.r­eboot
Shell
 
<CT­RL+­g>s sh<­Ent­er>c 1