Raspberry Pi MRI Controller
2018-05-06 by: mike

File under: "Things you can do with a Raspberry Pi clone". In this case, an Odroid XU4 running
Armbian (
Debian for ARM processors) controlling an SGI Octane running Irix 6.5.
Quick Summary:
On SGI/Irix
Configure
XDM to allow remote connections, configuring
xdm-config.
On Linux/Armbian
Configure SELInux and IPtables to allow remote X sessions.
Configure network to match SGI's network. Reboot.
Install Xnest and run:
Xnest :1 -query 192.168.x.x
Install "Kitty"
Basic Kitty on github. Kitty provides an interface for GPIO control. Should rewrite this as a desktop app.
Wire up controller to GPIO pins
Lots of wires and connectors, may get nice pics and document soon.