# Consumer Reference Platform - Documentation

The Consumer Reference Platform aims to enable the latest software on a series of embedded hardware platforms. Open source boot firmware and a unified Linux kernel delivers an excellent starting point for your next embedded product. High level components such as ROS, and a standard GPIO library are included to help accelerate robotic enthusiasts and makers. The consumer software stack provides two builds based on Debian and OpenEmbedded. A graphic user interface is included for each variant, and both are validated to ensure quality and a great user experience. 

## Features
 - Unified Linux Kernel
 - Open Boot Firmware
 - Debian and OpenEmbedded Builds
 - Desktop Enviroment
 - ROS (Robot OS)
 - Standard GPIO Library

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## Contents

- [Getting Started](GettingStarted/README.md)
   - Learn more about the Consumer Reference Platform, this is an ideal place to start.
- [Installation](Installation/README.md)
   - Installation and build instructions for a variety of your Reference Platform components
- [Downloads](Downloads/README.md)
   - Skip straight to your Reference Platform downloads
- [Hardware](HardwareDocs/README.md)
   - Explore the Reference Platform from a Hardware perspective
- [Troubleshooting](Troubleshooting/README.md)
   - From bug reports and current issues, to forum access and other useful resources, we want to help you find answers   

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#### Resources

- [Previous Releases](PreviousReleases/README.md)
- [Document Contribution Policy](../ContributionPolicy.md)