Building a Custom Rock Pi 4 Image with Yocto: CUPS, Docker, and SBOM Generation

2025-02-21
Building a Custom Rock Pi 4 Image with Yocto: CUPS, Docker, and SBOM Generation

This article details the author's experience building a custom disk image for a Rock Pi 4 using the Yocto Project. The image includes CUPS print services and Docker, leveraging Yocto's robust SBOM generation capabilities to create a Software Bill of Materials. The author chose Yocto due to outdated official Rock Pi 4 images, as Yocto enables building highly customized and reproducible embedded Linux systems. The article details key Yocto terminology, the build process, and how to locate SBOMs, while noting current image limitations and future improvements.

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My Home Assistant Journey in 2025

2025-01-24
My Home Assistant Journey in 2025

This blog post details the author's seven-year journey with Home Assistant, starting from a simple setup with IKEA smart bulbs in a small apartment to a sprawling smart home with over 100 devices. The core of the post focuses on using Home Assistant's Adaptive Lighting for sophisticated light control and leveraging an AI coding assistant, Cursor, to streamline YAML configuration and debugging. The author shares optimized Adaptive Lighting configurations for various IKEA bulb types and outlines plans to integrate smart radiator valves for more precise room temperature control.

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