Transforming UNIHIKER M10 into an AIoT Device with PicoClaw

Introduction

This project add MCP feature to the graphical dashboard for PicoClaw, running on the UNIHIKER M10 SBC.

Before starting, ensure that dashboard for PicoClaw is properly set up and running on the UNIHIKER M10. For detailed instructions, please refer to Dashboard of running PicoClaw on UNIHIKER M10

pin assignment

PicoClaw setup

- Refer to Running PicoClaw on UNIHIKER M10 to ensure PicoClaw is operating correctly.

- edit ~/.picoclaw/config.json, add MCP settings with port 5005 (This value MUST match "MCP_PORT" specified in config.py)

"mcp": {

"enabled": true,

"servers": {

"lamp": {

"enabled": true,

"url": "http://127.0.0.1:5005/mcp",

"protocol": "http"

}

},

"discovery": {

"enabled": true,

"ttl": 5,

"max_search_results": 5,

"use_bm25": true,

"use_regex": false

}

},

Software setup

Run the following commands to clone the project repository and install the required libraries.

git clone https://github.com/teamprof/unihiker-picoclaw.git

cd unihiker-picoclaw/dashboard

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run app

- Ensure that the PicoClaw binary file is located at "/root/picoclaw/picoclaw", or update "config.py" to set the correct path

- Define “MCP_PORT” and ensure that "MCP_PORT" in config.py matches the servers-lamp port number specified in ~/.picoclaw/config.json

PATH_PICOCLAW = "/root/picoclaw/picoclaw"

MCP_PORT = 5005

- Launch the dashboard by executing the following command.

python main.py

If everything goes smoothly, you should see the following screen.

Notice that startup time takes around 1 minute.

PicoClaw is now successfully running on your UNIHIKER M10.

Test

- Send the message "turn the red lamp on" on Telegram.

- Wait to receive the response.

- Send the message "make the yellow lamp brightere" on Telegram.

- Wait to receive the response.

- Send the message "turn off the red lamp" on Telegram.

- Wait to receive the response.

Exit dashboard app

click the exit icon or press the Button B to exit the dashboard

Video demo

Video demo is available on video demo

License

- The project is licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3

Copyright

- Copyright 2026 [email protected]. All rights reserved.