uConsole Linux kernel and system support

What you’re building

ClockworkPi’s uConsole repository distributes first-party OS images and hardware-support material for CM4, A06, and R01 uConsole variants, including kernel versions, checksums, keyboard firmware, schematics, and image-building wiki pages. For the CM4 kit represented in Flashable, writing the matching image to removable storage produces a handheld Linux environment configured for the uConsole display, keyboard, and board hardware. The repository also provides a separate DFU-based keyboard updater for A06 or CM4 units. The important constraint is variant matching: CM4, A06, and R01 images are not interchangeable, and the repository is not a single generic kernel build recipe. Downloads must be decompressed and checksum-checked before flashing; replacing the storage image erases its existing contents.

Key steps

1. Identify whether the assembled uConsole uses CM4, A06, or R01 and select only the corresponding official image.
2. Download and decompress the image, then compare its MD5 checksum with the value published in the repository.
3. Write the image to microSD with Etcher on macOS or Windows, or dd on Linux, accepting that the card will be erased.
4. Insert the card, boot uConsole, and verify its display, keyboard, networking, and reported kernel version.
5. If keyboard firmware requires updating, install dfu-util, extract the repository’s keyboard flash archive, and run its flash script on a supported Linux host.