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Beagle bone Black Window 10 Driver Fix

djfraz

After receiving my first beaglebone black a couple of weeks ago, I was eager to get started playing around with it.So I followed the instructions, plugged into my PC, opened the BBB as an external drive and opened the getting started page. So far so ...
- 14 Nov 2016
1-4 axis CNC Cape for Beaglebone Black

Former Member

Build a professional grade up to 4 Axis LinuxCNC control with Beaglebone Black and our CNC cape on Kickstarter. The Cape comes with pre-installed LinuxCNC Open Source Software (Machinekit) and has opto coupled inputs.For more information see:&nb...
- 16 Apr 2016
BeagleBone Black IoT Project Bundle

cstanton

Follow the steps in this guide to join the Internet of Things using NodeJS, Bluetooth and 10 powerful sensors. You will need the BeagleBone Black IoT Solution Kit Buy KitBuy Kit See All Parts What Exactly are we Using Here?You may have seen this guid...
- 14 Apr 2016
I/O Cape for the BeagleBone Black (BBB-GVS-3)

land-boards

I have a Beagebone Black I/O cape on Kickstarter. Features ListHere's the specific list of features that the card supports: (19) GPIOs GVS pins (3) UARTs GVTxRx pins (1) I2C bus GVSdaSck (8) Channels of 3.3V to 5V level translators ...
- 6 Mar 2016
could not able to build u-boot

Former Member

I am new to linux platform. Started working for beagle bone black platform development by following the steps given in the link, but i could not ale ot build u-boot to create MLO and image files. https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone...
- 6 Feb 2016
BeagleBone patchset for mainline Linux kernel

fustini

After my last post Build fbtft drivers for Linux 4.4 on BeagleBone Black, I was curious what patches are needed to run mainline Linux kernel on BeagleBoard. Here's what I've found so far: Mainline Linux kernel"Mainline" refers to Linus Tor...
- 5 Dec 2015
RFID authentication for hackerspace door

fustini

Chicago hackerspace Pumping Station: One uses BeagleBoard to control door access: There is BeagleBone Black on the Front Door and the Back Door: The BeagleBone is a connected to a Sparkfun USB RFID breakout with a ID-12 RFID Reader. T...
- 3 Dec 2015
Build fbtft drivers for Linux 4.4 on BeagleBone Black

fustini

In previous blog posts, I've showed how to use small LCD displays as a Linux framebuffer on the BeagleBone Black thanks to the fbtft drivers:BeagleBone Black LCDs with Prebuilt FBTFT drivers BeagleBone Black: build fbtft drivers for latest Linux 3.8 k...
- 24 Nov 2015
Free Online Course on Getting Started with Development on the Beaglebone Black

Former Member

There's a free online course that walks you step-by-step on how to setup the BBB and get started with embedded Linux development.Also, there are some sample application tutorials in the lectures for gathering weather information, capturing images fro...
- 23 Nov 2015
Build fbtft drivers for TI Linux 4.1 kernel

fustini

Texas Instruments has their own Linux kernel repo with branches to support their processors such as the Sitara AM3358 in the BeagleBone Black: Gitorious@TI: ti-linux-kernel This repo contains a Linux kernel that has been integrated with outstand...
- 19 Nov 2015
BeagleBone Black: build fbtft drivers for latest Linux 3.8 kernel

fustini

My previous post showed how to use small TFT LCDs as a Linux framebuffer on a BeagleBone Black: BeagleBone Black LCDs with Prebuilt FBTFT drivers I showed how to use pre-built fbtft kernel modules to provide the necessary Linux device drive...
- 19 Nov 2015
BeagleBone Black LCDs with Prebuilt FBTFT drivers

fustini

BeagleBone Black using Prebuilt FBTFT driversDebian Image: bone-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gbKernel: Linux 3.8.13-bone50Drivers: fbtft-2014-02-07-3.8.13-bone50.tar.gzDisplays that I used:Adafruit 1.8" TFT LCD (using fb_st7735r driver)Adafruit 2.2" TFT LC...
- 18 Nov 2015
Tor relay running on BeagleBone Black

fustini

My Tor relay running on a BeagleBone Black is even faster after upgrading to Debian 8 (Jessie) and TorProject.org tor 0.2.6 package for Jessie:Thanks to Alison Macrina of the Library Freedom Project for the motivation to upgrade after watching her in...
- 12 Nov 2015
OpenHAB on Beaglebone Black (with SensorTag 2.0)

fvan

In some previous posts, I first set up Bluetooth on the Beaglebone Black and then set up Node-Red to convert the Bluetooth data to MQTT messages. In this third post, I'll be using OpenHAB to receive the MQTT messages, process them and use them for no...
- 29 Sep 2015
Beagle Bone Black with IBM cloud and TI Sensor Tag

Former Member

IOT setup using a bluetooth sensor streaming data to the Beaglebone which submits it to the IBM cloud Note: This blog post is being superceded with updates here: BeagleBone Black IoT Project Bundle This is forked from a project HERE, but c...
- 26 Aug 2015
embedded.fm Podcast this week: Jason Kridner of BeagleBone

Jan Cumps

This week's embedded.fm episode features Jason of BB: 110: Happiness Is a Warm Puppy — Embedded
- 23 Jul 2015
Node-RED on Beaglebone Black (with SensorTag 2.0)

fvan

In my previous post, I was able to retrieve data from the SensorTag 2.0 on the Beaglebone Black using command line tools such as "hcitool" and "gatttool". For this post, I'll be setting up Node-RED to collect the SensorTag dat...
- 16 Jul 2015
BLE on Beaglebone Black (with SensorTag 2.0)

fvan

This post is part of my RoadTest review for the TI CC2650STK SimpleLink IoT SensorTag. As I plan to use the BeagleBoard for data collection, I thought I'd blog about how to get BLE to work on it first.Here we go ... Preparing the BBB Be...
- 15 Jul 2015
Which BeagleBone Black OS is best?

mraureliusr

I have always wanted to get my hands on a BeagleBoneBlack (BBB), and it seems that I chose the right time to do so. It hasn't been long now since the new spin of the BeagleBoneBlack started shipping with Debian pre-installed onto the board's permane...
- 14 Jul 2015
NASA Space Rover Under Alaskan Ice

fustini

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory prototyped a new rover design with the BeagleBone Black! "Testing a Space Rover Under Alaskan Ice" www.youtube.com/watch Here's a screenshot of the BeagleBone:
- 16 Jun 2015
BeagleBone Black Aluminium Enclosure

shabaz

I use the BeagleBone BlackBeagleBone Black for many projects, often they are bare but my latest BBB is housed in a very nice case from TEM Products.This case is ideal if a project is going to be visible to an audience.The case is quite different from...
- 16 Jun 2015
Beaglebone Black with the BBView and the new Beaglebone Debian image

Former Member

Fixing the problems with the BBView and the latest Beaglebone Debian image. So since the new Debian update for the Beaglebone some problems have surfaced with using the BBView. Here I hope to help people fix those errors and get full use of thei...
- 20 May 2015
Make your own BeagleBot

Former Member

The BeagleBot How to make your own Beaglebone black bot that you can control over WiFi. So I've just done a project with the Beaglebone Black and I've managed to make a little robot car that can be controlled via WiFi from any browser on th...
- 11 May 2015
Restoring the Espruino bootloader using a Beaglebone Black's serial UART

Former Member

Restoring the Espruino bootloader using a Beaglebone Black's serial UART I recently damaged the firmware and the USB bootloader on my Espruino, remembering that the STM32 which is at the core of the Espruino has a hardcoded bootloader that ...
- 20 Mar 2015
Getting Started with the BeagleBone Black

RuiPT

Hello everyone,I've been playing with the BeagleBone Black for a long time now.If you're just getting started I've created a 4 part series on how to get started with the BeagleBone Black. You can access the complete list of tutorials here: http:...
- 7 Mar 2015