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  • BBB - USB I/O with FTDI FT2232H

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Introduction - why would you want to extend I/O over USB?The Beaglebone Black's PRU allows very high speed I/O capabilities with guaranteed timing while Linux applications continue to run. As useful as this is, occasionally there may be a need to use...
    • 15 Jul 2013
  • BBB - Building a DAC

    shabaz
    shabaz
    IntroductionThis project was about getting audio out of the BeagleBone Black. The aim was to have stereo audio, at least as good as an iPod. See further below for the circuit, and also a video showing it working.Later, this project was used to build ...
    • 6 Jul 2013
  • Rock Climbing Wall – Illuminated Routes

    oneleggedredcow
    oneleggedredcow
    IntroductionOne of my good friends and I were at the local climbing gym staring at a moon board, when we (and by we, I mean he) had a great idea.  What if the climbing holds were lit up by LEDs to indicate which ones were fair game? This would e...
    • 3 Jul 2013
  • HackerSpace Challenge - Leeds, Week 3

    stanto
    stanto
    So after breaking a BeagleBone Black by putting 5v onto the breakout pin on the P8 side... we were supplied with a new one! (thanks!). This meant that I could go back to coding for the scoring system. After working out the pinmux, from various c...
    • 29 Jun 2013
  • Hackerspace challenge: PnP at PS1 (Chicago)

    fustini
    fustini
    Howdy!  I'm a member of Chicago's hackerspace, The specified item was not found. (website), and we are competing in element14's BeagleBone Black Hackerspace Challenge.Who?We are a federally-recognized non-profit organization with over 200 member...
    • 26 Jun 2013
  • HackerSpace Challenge - Leeds, Week 2 (and a bit)

    stanto
    stanto
    This week I intended on blogging about working and programming for the PRU in assembly and working with the GPIO. Until I bricked the Beaglebone Black we were given. Usually when you brick a device you can get it back up. Typically, it is t...
    • 25 Jun 2013
  • HackerSpace Challenge - Leeds, Week 2

    stanto
    stanto
    We were not sure whom had time to work on the challenge, the majority of the members have full time jobs and other obligations, so evenings on weekdays and some weekends are often the best bet. Paul Brook (pbrook) decided to head the challenge p...
    • 21 Jun 2013
  • HackerSpace Challenge - Leeds, Week 1 (and a bit)

    stanto
    stanto
    Some have think tanks or mind maps, we just threw around ideas until something stuck over the course of a few days/weeks. Of course for a while we were introducing members of the space to what the BeagleBone Black actually was: "Well, what can i...
    • 18 Jun 2013
  • BBB - Getting ACE working

    shabaz
    shabaz
    IntroductionThe Beaglebone Black PRU cores are great for high speed operations. The AM3359 chip on the BBB contains an ARM core and two PRU cores amongst other modules. They run as independent CPUs at 200MHz, freeing up the ARM core for continuing to...
    • 16 Jun 2013
  • BBB - Building a thermal imaging camera

    shabaz
    shabaz
    IntroductionThis was a quick, fun exercise, to build a complete thermal camera using the Beaglebone Black, a small LCD and a thermal array sensor.It was really more of a consolidation, combining some earlier experiements. The setupThe image here...
    • 7 Jun 2013
  • BeagleBone Black - The 2013 Hackerspace Challenge

    Stuartsjones
    Stuartsjones
    2 Hackspaces... 2 BeagleBone Blacks... 1 Winner! We're pleased to announce a month long challenge that will pit two transatlantic hackspaces against each other to create a fantastic project using the awesome BeagleBone Black! Each hackspace ...
    • 6 Jun 2013
  • BBB, NEON and making Tintin bigger

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Disclaimer1: Apologies for the length - These notes are a record of experiments on the BBB, so I was verbose while it was still fresh in my head.Disclaimer 2: I'm a beginner with ARM and NEON assembler, so some of the information here may be obvious ...
    • 1 Jun 2013
  • BoothStache: Facial hair fun with BeagleBone Black

    fustini
    fustini
    BoothStache is a version of BeagleStache by jkridner optimized for an expo hall booth at a conference (like The specified item was not found.).  Instead of a LCD cape, BoothStache uses the BeagleBone Black's HDMI port to display the webcam feed...
    • 31 May 2013
  • BBB - Audio notes

    shabaz
    shabaz
    EDIT: See here for details on how to build a DAC:  BBB - Building a DAC  The BBB, unlike the RPi, does not have an in-built analog audio output*. However, there is a USB port for a soundcard, and a HDMI interface. The nice thing about the l...
    • 28 May 2013
  • BBB - Connecting up an LCD

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Now that the BBB is becoming useful, it would be good to have some libraries of code and schematics to interwork it to a few popular sized displays. The BBB has a built-in LCD interface, i.e. a parallel high speed bus that can directly write to TFT d...
    • 27 May 2013
  • BBB - HDMI and mouse

    shabaz
    shabaz
    Out of curiosity I tried plugging in a HDMI cable (£2.29 from e-bay with free postage) into an out-of-the-box BBB (I didn't upgrade the image first) and it seemed to work fine with a several-year old TV. Audio didn't work, but I understand that is a ...
    • 23 May 2013
  • Some quick-start things to do for developing on the BBB

    shabaz
    shabaz
    This post is just to list some example initial things to do with the BBB, to prepare it for development. Others may have different suggestions to suit various working methods. The official getting started page is here.Powering up the board for the fi...
    • 22 May 2013
  • BBB - Working with the PRU-ICSS/PRUSSv2

    shabaz
    shabaz
    (Disclaimer - this is some experimentation, so the information here may not be the best way of doing things.Also, please read the comments below, which have recent information as people discover things)17th March 2013 - Anything old is now in purple....
    • 22 May 2013
  • Playing with DS-5 CE and BeagleBone Black

    Former Member
    Former Member
    I’ve put together a blog that shows how to debug a Linux application running on BeagleBone Black, using the free “Community Edition” of ARM’s DS-5 toolkit.  This uses DS-5 Debugger for debug, and Streamline performance analyzer to profile the en...
    • 21 May 2013
  • Beagle Bone Black: Black Ops! (no not the game)

    interested1
    interested1
    Background:I have been enjoying my Beagle Bone Black for a few days now, but have been ready to take the beagle for a walk off the officially supported hardware path.  My mission: could I get the unsupported Camera Cape working despite no offici...
    • 15 May 2013
  • BeagleBone: Getting Started

    oneleggedredcow
    oneleggedredcow
    Installing SoftwareConnecting to the BeagleBone board is pretty easy, here’s the quick run down of how to do it: 1) Download and install the driver: 32 bit64 bit 2) Download and install putty: PuTTY ConnectingNow that you hav...
    • 14 May 2013
  • Superhero strength with the BeagleBone

    fustini
    fustini
    From the Make: Blog,  Using the BeagleBone to Control a Powerful Upper Body Exoskeletonhttp://blog.makezine.com/2013/05/04/using-the-beaglebone-to-control-a-powerful-upper-body-exoskeleton/Nick McGill is a senior Mechanical and Electrical Engine...
    • 9 May 2013
  • "Where's Boris" Beaglebone Black Photo Hunt Competions - The Winners

    Stuartsjones
    Stuartsjones
    Thank you to everyone who entered our fun Beaglebone photo hunt competion which was running across Facebook, Twitter and Google+ pages last week.  We can now confirm that boris was hiding on the the following blogs: In the Raspberry Pi grou...
    • 7 May 2013
  • Hangin' with Mr Kridner.

    Stuartsjones
    Stuartsjones
    It's been a heck of a week for Beaglebone, after launching at Design West, so we are grateful to jkridner from Beagleboard.org for taking the time to speak to our community members and element14 people on a Google hangout today. Jason explained in de...
    • 30 Apr 2013
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