What does it take to use the Atom chips (or modules) with Linux ?
Thank You,
Michael Miller
It would depend what you mean by “use with Linux”… The Basic Micro Studio that’s used to program the Basic Atom chips is only available for Windows, so you can’t really program the chips with Linux.
But the chips do have a serial port that could communicate with a Linux computer. If you’re using the Bot Board II, then you can connect it your computer with a serial cable or a USB-to-serial adapter and just open the corresponding TTY port in the /dev/ tree and send data.
You can also do this without the Bot Board II board if you have the other parts necessary.