Install your own controller on cheap android tvbox

[mrendu43]

hello ppl

i have few android tvboxes that can be buyed from all over the interne for very low price.

i was experimenting with linux distros for similar hardware devices and i managed to install frw of them with success.

my goal was to make chep homeautomation controller, with software allredy prvided.

i was sucesful of running agocontroll, jeedom, fhem and domotiga. on this devices without to much problem
http://linux-sunxi.org/Sunchip_SDK-758

If anyone is interested i could share my experiance

[hek]

@mrendu43

Interesting. What kind of processor are they equipped with?

[tbowmo]

@hek

My bet it's an A20 allwinner SOC, like all the other cheap android things that comes from china.

(and no.. I haven't looked at the link, that @mrendu43 had provided in his post, where the processor is mentioned in the facts box on the right ;))

[hek]

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[funky81]

Please share it with us...

[msamy.earth]

I found this one, it costs about 28$
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/TV-Box-android-box-smart-box-tvbox-dvb-box-android-receiver-smartbox-RK3188-amlogic-stb-ip/32213496276.html

[mrendu43]

@msamy.earth
bad choice.
you will not finde any linux distro for that chip set.
just go with A20
tey have many distrol allredy made for them

[mrendu43]

here are little more info

https://domotiga.nl/projects/domotiga/wiki/Hardware_A20_TVBox

similar with agocontroll, and fhem , and jeedom
when you have linux up and running , and working just follow rocedure for instaling controller from the site you chose (controller)

[virgus1970]

Does A20 TV Box with DomoTiga on board work with MySensors sensors?
I read this page, but didn't receive clear answer

[nomanni]

http://www.pbcheap.com/beelink-s82-plus-smart-h265-4k2k-tv-box-amlogic-s812-android-44-quad-core-wifi-bluetooth-40-2gb-ram-16gb-rom-support-rj45-hdmi-tf-card-av-spdif-usb-input-ac-100-240v-eu-plug-1
i want buy this, but i never bought from this website, does anyone shopped from here beforem？

[andriej]

I've bought OrangePi and it works well as RPi alternative.

[Mike Cayouette]

The TV box you are talking about is pretty much like the Cubieboard2, which is also an A20 processor, except the cubieboard2 has 1GB of DDR3 memory. I use a Cubieboard3, also known as a Cubietruck, which is an A20 dual core 1Ghz with 2GB of DDR3 memory. The Cubietruck runs Cubuntu server, on this I run openHAB, Node,js, Node-RED and Mosquitto server. I have the MySensor serial Gateway connected to the USB port of my Cubietruck and node-red handles all the incoming serial messages and parses them to an MQTT format, and the other way around it takes MQTT message and parses them to a MySensor serial format and sends it the serial gateway. I also have a 128GB SSD attached to it and use it as a NAS for my 3 OpenELEC media center servers running on Raspberry Pi's and I also have some Raspberry Pi's with PiCams that stream mjpeg videos to the NAS. It works like a charm all in one little package.

I have been documenting my installation and configuration progress, one day when I have more time I will put it up somewhere.

Regards,

Mike