Firmware to use Pico as WiFi router

2024-01-24 21:31

I'd like to use Pico as a router between a PC connected through USB WiFi dongle, security cameras DVR connected through Ethernet, and a controller connected through UART. What's the easiest way to do that? Is there a ready to use firmware for it?

2024-01-25 1:20

Hello,

Currently, there isn't a ready-made firmware available for this purpose. However, you can refer to the following tutorials to achieve your desired functionality:

1. Connecting to Wi-Fi:
https://wiki.luckfox.com/Luckfox-Pico/L ... RTL8723bs/
2. Using the CSI Camera:
https://wiki.luckfox.com/Luckfox-Pico/CSI-Camera/
3. UART Usage:
https://wiki.luckfox.com/Luckfox-Pico/L ... Pico-UART/

2024-01-25 7:41

Thanks for the advise, but the links you provided are not going to help much. I need to use RTL8812AU dongle in broadcast mode (as in OpenHD, see https://openhd.gitbook.io/open-hd/hardw ... i-adapters), so I need to connect to USB port, not SD card slot.
And I don't need the CSI camera at all; video from multiple AHD cameras is going to be encoded by DVR. I need Pico to only WiFi broadcast the video stream with as little latency as possible and the CSI camera encoding would just slow it down (a lot, I think).
If no one has better suggestion, I am going to use OpenWRT (https://openwrt.org/star) to build the firmware for Pico.

2024-01-25 12:50

Many of Realtek's WiFi drivers may be temporarily incompatible with certain kernel versions, and it may take some time to debug the issue.

2024-05-19 1:33

https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-sup ... ter/198404