Vonger’s blog can be little overwhelming to navigate, specially for newbies, who are trying to get started with IoT modules. In this post I will give pointers for most common ‘How to’ queries related to VoCore module, which is suitable for building IOT (Internet of Things) products.

1) Where to find VoCore schematics and Layout?
http://vocore.io/wiki/index/id:11

2) How to connect UART Serial cable to VoCore?
a) See the location of UART pins in the following diagram
http://vocore.io/images/wiki.env_.mac2_.jpg

b) Solder small (less than 10 inch) wires to VoCore board and to your USB-to-Serial converter. Note: TX-RX pin connections. TX of USB-to-Serial is connected to RX of VoCore.
c) Download terminal client (e.g.: Putty)
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
d) Use COM port settings of 57600 baud, 8 data, no parity bits and no flow control. Connect to COM port. Note: You will have to find out your com port number from device manager (of windows).
e) Power up VoCore, messages will start appearing on Putty’s console.
f) After boot up is complete (It take approx. 30 sec), press any key on keyboard to activate Linux console.

3) How to compile OpenWRT for VoCore ?
(If you already have Linux machine skip steps a,b and c)
a) Download latest version of VirtualBox for your OS from here and install it.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
b) Download Ubuntu installer ISO image from here. Prefer 32 bit image.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
c) Install Ubuntu on Virtual Box virtual machine. Instructions are here:
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Ubuntu-on-VirtualBox
d) Follow instructions given on:
http://vocore.io/wiki/index/id:15

4) How to upload new Firmware to VoCore ?
If your VoCore is working and accessible through Serial Port, go straight for method 4 described in the following page:
http://vocore.io/wiki/index/id:14