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BeagleBone Black First Boot with Touchscreen LCD Cape

bltsandwich1
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7 Aug 2013

I'm co-founder of a non-profit named Project LEAD (Learn Everything Applying DIY), and last month I met the venerable Drew Fustini (AKA pdp7) when I spoke at an event held at Google's Chicago HQ. Since then I've gotten a ton of E14's leftovers from Maker-Faires, events, Etc. This includes a BBB and (more importantly) a BBB touchscreen cape. Needless to say I was very excited to get a hold of these as normally they aren't things I would actively go out an purchase.

 

Project LEAD focuses on producing digital content mainly on YouTube and Facebook. Videos were the obvious thing to do. At the advice of Drew I'm going to share some of those videos.

 

A quick intro of the first start that is reccomended on the little sheet of paper provided w/ the BBB:

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The BBB with its 3.5" LCD Touchscreen Cape:

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And finally the BBB booting from a Mobile Power Pack (making it completely mobile)

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Hopefully you enjoy these videos, and if you have any questions about how anything performed feel free to ask. Also, if you have any suggestions for future Project LEAD videos let me know.

 

John Moosemiller

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  • bwelsby
    bwelsby over 12 years ago in reply to fustini +3
    Yes you can use the LCD Cape touch screen in Ubuntu, you may have to add these to /etc/modules :- fbcon ti_tscadc then apt-get install libts-bin so you can calibrate the screen with ts_calibrate. Bria…
  • bwelsby
    bwelsby over 12 years ago in reply to fustini

    Yes you can use the LCD Cape touch screen in Ubuntu, you may have to add these to /etc/modules :-

    fbcon

    ti_tscadc

     

    then apt-get install libts-bin so you can calibrate the screen with ts_calibrate.

     

    Brian

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  • bltsandwich1
    bltsandwich1 over 12 years ago in reply to fustini

    Alright, looks like those might be my next projects. Also does the hardware of the BBB make it imposible to get Ubuntu Touch to run... This would be an interesting feat.

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  • fustini
    fustini over 12 years ago

    Another idea: Adafruit has written Python I/O library for the BeagleBone Black's pins.  They have excellent lessons you could try and then video.  To start off:

     

    http://learn.adafruit.com/blinking-an-led-with-beaglebone-black

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    fustini over 12 years ago in reply to bltsandwich1

    not sure about that, but I think it should.  worked with the Debian image from armhf.com once I apt-get install lxde.

     

    http://www.armhf.com/index.php/boards/beaglebone-black/

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    fustini over 12 years ago in reply to fustini

    It's based on the TI Android JP Dev Kit:    http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/sdo_tii/TI_Android_DevKit/TI_Android_JB_4_1_2_DevKit_4_0_1/index_FDS.html. The kernel they use is 3.2. But Chipsee provides source code of their hardware specific components on the CD so it should be possible to build a version with 3.8.

    from: https://plus.google.com/117542001281850354871/posts/28r8tXdAq8Q

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