Introduction
I recently purchased a cheap camera module off Aliexpress based on the HI3518 and the AR0130 image sensor. I plan for this post to be the first of a series covering this module. This post will cover how to build a basic Linux image and boot it. This will serve as the starting point for further exploring what the module has to offer and the quality of the images it produces. The aim is to build an image that can be booted without having to overwrite the existing OS (stored in flash), making the changes non-permanent and allowing you to boot back into the original OS at any point.
