gpl sources, sdk

[fanoush]

Hi guys,
thanks for this hack. Not sure what is normal price but LeapTV is currently for $49 on amazon which seems to me like good price for quad core arm system with camera and bluetooth controller. I wonder if it is worth getting it just for the hackable hardware.

Did you try to ask leapfrog for linux kernel and other sources corresponding to their firmware? Or did you try to ask them for official sdk to develop educational games for kids (like doom ;-)?

Is there some sort of DRM or other obfuscation in the system like locked bootloader, automatic firmware updates to patch 'security' holes etc?

What is already known about the hardware like cpu clock, type of 3d chip etc, can you post output of 'dmesg' or /proc/kmsg after boot?

and btw, you are on hackaday http://hackaday.com/2015/12/24/hacking-t...-play-doom :-)

[Deak Phreak]

I am not sure the default price of the device, but $50 does sound decent to me and have yet to pick one up. I may have to just so I can join in on the fun.

You can download Buildroot and compile it for the device.

Target Architecture (ARM (little endian))
Target Binary Format (ELF)
Target Architecture Variant (cortext-A9)
Target ABI (EABI)
Floating point strategy (Soft float)
ARM instruction set (ARM)
Change the "C library" to "uClibc" and the change the "uClibc C library Version to (uClibc 0.0.33.x)
"GCC compiler Version" if not already set this to "gcc 4.9.x"
check the box for "Enable C++ support"
if you want to create a gfx application for the leaptv? Well we can use SDL.

Hope that helps. The cartridges just have an SD card which are ext4 so you can "make your own" if you wish.

I found some on Ebay that come with more for about the same price so I am going to try there first to snag one up.

[xboxexpert]

I am not sure the default price of the device, but $50 does sound decent to me and have yet to pick one up.  I may have to just so I can join in on the fun.

You can download Buildroot and compile it for the device.  

Target Architecture (ARM (little endian))
Target Binary Format (ELF)
Target Architecture Variant (cortext-A9)
Target ABI (EABI)
Floating point strategy (Soft float)
ARM instruction set (ARM)
Change the "C library" to "uClibc" and the change the "uClibc C library Version to (uClibc 0.0.33.x)
"GCC compiler Version" if not already set this to "gcc 4.9.x"
check the box for "Enable C++ support"
if you want to create a gfx application for the leaptv? Well we can use SDL.

Hope that helps.  The cartridges just have an SD card which are ext4 so you can "make your own" if you wish.

I found some on Ebay that come with more for about the same price so I am going to try there first to snag one up.

I grabbed one up for my daughter after my wife did some massive research. Made a SD Card Reader specifically for reading the games before I even discovered the forums. I think that FTP is awesome and telnet with superuser make it super easy to play with.