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TGIF - share your weekend plans for the BeagleBone Black!

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Howdy - I was quite pleased to get a groovy BeagleBone BlackBeagleBone Black t-shirt at The specified item was not found. and couldn't resist wearing it for TGIF.  Boris looks so classy!

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For those that have already have a BeagleBone BlackBeagleBone Black, do you have any new projects you are going to start this weekend?  And for those that are waiting, is there a project idea that has got you excited?

 

I'm hoping to get RTLizer (an RF spectrum analyzer powered by a USB DVB receiver) to run on the BeagleBone BlackBeagleBone Black using the HDMI output and GPIO inputs for controls.  Here's what it looks like running on my original Boneoriginal Bone with a LCD3 capeLCD3 cape and battery capebattery cape:

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I'm planning to finsih reading the in-depth System Reference Manual [PDF] which I found in BeagleBone Black article on the CircuitCo wiki.  I can't wait for my order for Bad to the Bone to arrive:

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If you've not had the pleasure of meeting the brains behind Beagle, Jason Kridner & Gerald Coley, then I recommend checking out this video where cliff ortmeyer of Newark element14 interviews them about the new BeagleBone BlackBeagleBone Black.  You'll also get a glimpse of the BaconCape (yum!) and a demonstration of how BoneScript makes it simple to interface web apps with the physical world:

 

And since it's now happy hour on Friday, this video on brewing beer with the BeagleBone BlackBeagleBone Black would seem to be an appropriate chaser:

 

Cheers,

Drew

http://twitter.com/pdp7

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  • My weekend plans are to hunt down the postman and to pry my BBB out of his hands image   I'll work on the rest if that's successful.

  • in reply to Former Member

    it looks like from your recent posts you were successful in that first task? image

  • in reply to morgaine

    Yes I think the early Farnell numbers were wishful thinking...

     

    The Circuitco WIKI for the BBB says "We have shipped a total 12,439 boards to date" (dated 10 May @ 23:43)

     

    Yet Farnell UK said  18588 will be available for delivery on 3 May, 2013

     

    Engineers also want accurate data.image

  • in reply to bwelsby

    Brian Welsby wrote:

     

    The Circuitco WIKI for the BBB says "We have shipped a total 12,439 boards to date" (dated 10 May @ 23:43)

    6789 on 29th April @ 16:03. Assuming they only work Monday to Friday, that's 9 working days for 5650 boards, or ~628 per day which really isn't a lot for a fairly simple board like this. So hopefully they'll continue to ramp up production.

     

    Engineers also want accurate data.image

    but would prefer to have boards in their hands image

  • in reply to Former Member

    selsinork wrote:

     

    but would prefer to have boards in their hands image

     

    Seconded. image

     

    Unfortunately, BBB ex-stock at Farnell seems about as likely as Pi ex stock at RS, ie. not likely in 2013.  There is no hint yet that Beagleboard.org and CircuitCo are even considering high volume production.

     

    At this point in time, there is little doubt that the BBB back-order list is growing at a huge rate, and possibly exponentially as more people hear about it and social networking applies positive feedback.

  • in reply to morgaine

    I ordered one from Newark when they said they had 0 in stock with an estimate of more in July. I received it about 10 days ago. I don't think their tallys are correct.

     

     

    Mike

  • in reply to mconners

    I think my guess about "You'll get what you get" may have some substance, in light of today's new info:

     

    Farnell UK lists Availability today as:

     

      178 will be available for delivery on 18 May, 2013

      500 will be available for delivery on 27 May, 2013

    5000 will be available for delivery on 2 Jun, 2013

    1500 will be available for delivery on 3 Jun, 2013

     

    The very specific "178" seems unlikely to be an estimate nor a bulk pre-order size.

     

    My take on it --- this is the tiny trickle that CircuitCo is releasing to this mass preordering site at this specific time, and bears almost no relationship to preorder volumes.  It's simply what's available in light of CircuitCo's very small production rate, given that everyone in the world deserves a few for fairness.

  • in reply to morgaine

    I went to newark this morning and there was a banner ad "In Stock Now" for the BBB

     

    Bottom line, If you want one, order it, it doesn't seem to be like the Pi list where you get one 4 months after you order. I like it better this way image

     

     

    Mike

  • in reply to bwelsby

    Brian Welsby wrote:

     

    Further to notification from our supplier we write to advise that the expected delivery of items listed in bold has been amended.

     

    2291620 BEAGLEBONE BLACK, CORTEX A8, D 1 1 W/C 13/05/2013

    Got one of these this morning too. My order went in on the 12th. Makes me wonder if either the backorder queue isn't as big as we assumed or they're getting a reasonable shipment in. The availability dates random number generator has changed again today, so I suppose we just have to wait for the postman to knock

  • in reply to Former Member

    What this tells me is that they are not processing back orders in order. You ordered on the 12th and received on the 14th. I ordered on the 30 April and I have just (timed at 12:18) received notification that it has been shipped today the 14th.

     

    That's just not fair so I am going to sulk and throw my toys out of the pram till I finally get it. image

     

    On the other hand I did have to wait a lot longer for my first RPi.

  • in reply to bwelsby

    Sorry Brian, I should have been clearer. All I got today was the email with the updated date estimate.

     

    No clue when it'll actually ship.

     

    I was incredibly lucky to get my first RPi out of the very first batch in mid April last year, my long wait was for the second one.

  • in reply to Former Member

    Apologies are all mine after re-reading your post I can see I got the wrong end of the stick.

    I have stopped sulking and picked up all my toys. 

    I will be spending the morning watching out for the postman tomorrow though image

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