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BeagleBone boards discussion

koudelad — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:45:05 GMT

Hello,

do you use BeagleBone boards personally or professionally?

I have a few boards in my electronics box, but haven't used them for a few years (or ever).

Looking at the beagleboard.org website, it somehow got more confusing than it used to be. It is hard to find software images and later I realized why - the OS is not compatible with all boards they way Raspberry Pi OS is.

BeagleBone Blue (ready to be used with various motors), Green, White, XM disappeared. BeagleBone Black has more than a year old OS images (Debian Buster), only newer boards have Debian Bookworm.

It is great that the boards are open-source, but with uncertain SW support, I wouldn't used them professionally. I do use Raspberry Pi professionally, because the compatibility and OS support is excellent.

What do you think?

David

Can a BBB run Debian 11.7 GUI?

landolfi — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:40:36 GMT

I inherited an Element14 Beaglebone Black from my grandson and tried to install the latest Debian 11.7 GUI software image on it from https://www.beagleboard.org/distros/am335x-11-7-2023-09-02-4gb-emmc-xfce-flasher.

The GUI loads the first time I boot after flashing, but subsequent boots go to a command prompt, and when I try to install anything it says "no space left on device", leading me to think the only way to run a GUI is off SD even though I got the image directly from the BBB software images. Any other ideas?

I don't have a specific application for this, just wanted to use the UI to play around with it. I've also noticed from previous times I had a UI running, my 802.11n Edimax USB wifi module and browser are incredibly resource intensive and slow even with the router only 20 feet away. Would an older, non-GUI OS solve the slow wifi performance?

Thanks,
Bob

Free e-book today: Building a Home Security System with BeagleBone

misaz — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 12:41:01 GMT

Book "Building a Home Security System with BeagleBone" by Bill Pretty is freely avalaible today at publisher site: https://www.packtpub.com/free-learning. You need to claim it today and you get access to it forever. I have not read it, but written reviews on Amazon are quite positive. There are few negative ratings, but reviewers did not write textual review, so it is not clear what's wrong with book (if any). It is about 11 years old, but still may be interesting because electronics does not date so quickly (in comparison with computer science, for example). In comparison with other paid books, it is not that long (120 pgs).

Welcome the BeagleY-AI !

cstanton — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:14:43 GMT

Beagleboard have brought out a new single-board computer aimed at artificial intelligence and it's in a form factor that's very different to its previous offerings:

Find out more here BeagleY-AI

The BeagleY-AI is available to pre-order from our online stores and I'm told we will have stock from June/July time, if not earlier. Meanwhile, the documentation is being fleshed out more than it is already, so we could consider this a 'soft launch'.

Full schematics and details are on their github page, and all relevant links are on our product pages as I receive them.

This beagleboard intends to be an affordable Ai accelerated board compared to other offerings, and at about £57 the price is rather nice!

FTDI to USB cable for BeagleBone

Coder — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 00:34:15 GMT

Hello Guys ,

I have seen some wide extremes in price for the FTDI to USB cable for the BeagleBone - online . I have noted that element14 store price is close to $ 50 CAD then you have to add shipping.

Do these cables perform differently based on price ?

Thanks

Forget my beaglebone password - unable to login

Coder — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 02:43:20 GMT

Hello guys - I forgot my Beaglebone password so I am unable to login in .Help would be appreciated.

This Beagle's on Fire

cstanton — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:51:43 GMT

https://docs.beagleboard.org/latest/boards/beaglev/fire/

Feature	Description
Processor	MPFS025T-FCVG484E
Memory	2GB (1Gb x 16)- 1866MHz 3733Mbps, LPDDR4
Storage	Kingston 16GB eMMC
Wireless	1x M.2 Key E, support 2.4GHz/5GHz WiFi module
Ethernet	PHY: Realtek RTL8211F-VD-CG Gigabit Ethernet phy Connector: integrated magnetics RJ-45
USB C	Connectivity: Flash/programming support Power: Input: 5V @ <To-Do>
Other connectors	1x SYZYGY High speed connector microSD card slot CSI connector compatible with BeagleBone AI-64, BeagleV-Ahead, Raspberry Pi Zero / CM4 (22-pin)

This product information should be treat as 'preliminary' and 'draft' - I'm definitely hoping for documentation 🙂 I wasn't aware microchip made RISC processors though, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised?

Beaglebone Black Industrial conformal coating

eduG — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 06:06:59 GMT

Hi all,

Has the BBBI any conformal coating? The reference manual states "The element14 BeagleBone Black Industrial is based on the BeagleBone Black Rev C design and supports a wider operating temperature range and is conformally coated", but there is no reference about the coating used (brand/model)

As well, looking at a board, we cannot see clearly if there is any coating, and using an UV lamp does not show anything else (some coatings have UV markers that shine under UV lamp for visual inspection).

Thanks!!!!

Just created my first production BeagleBone design

Fred27 — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 11:06:14 GMT

It's still difficult getting hold of a Raspberry Pi - especially if you need a Pi 3 for an existing design. So, on my recommendation the company I work for have switched a design to use BeagleBone Black instead. It seems to be going OK so far. This sort of hardware is not our core business and it's not a particularly demanding application, but it'll be interesting to see how it goes.

As our development team are very familiar with Microsoft's .NET, it'll be running a .NET Core - which works surprisingly well if you want cross-platform (i.e. Windows and Linux) stuff.

Another board - BeagleV-Ahead

Fred27 — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:13:02 GMT

Hot on the heel of the BeaglePlay, it seems there's another new BeagleBoard offering - the BeagleV-Ahead.

https://beagleboard.org/beaglev-ahead
https://forum.beagleboard.org/t/beaglev-ahead-new-risc-v-computer-from-beagleboard-org-is-broadly-available-now-around-150/35317

Personally, I feel that whilst it's great that they're producing new boards, it would be even better if the existing ones were "finished" (i.e. documentation and example code) before things move on to the latest shiny thing.

Welcome to the BeagleV Ahead! The RISC based single board computer.

cstanton — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:10:05 GMT

RISC-V CPU: Alibaba T-Head TH1520 quad-core RISC-V Xuantie C910 (RV64GCV) processor, Xuantie C906 audio DSP, low power Xuantie E902 core, 50 GFLOPS Imagination 3D GPU, and 4 TOPS NPU
Storage: 4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 16GB eMMC storage, and microSD expansion slot.
Networking: 2.4GHz/5GHz WiFi, Bluetooth 5.2, and Gigabit Ethernet.
Connectivity: microHDMI, USB3 (5Gbps) microAB (host/device), and Serial debug.
Add-on board expansion: mikroBUS shuttle (UART/I2C/SPI/ADC/PWM/GPIO), 2xCSI, DSI, and BeagleBone compatible 92-pin cape header pins.
Open-Source Design: BeagleV® Ahead follows the principles of open-source hardware, allowing users to access and modify the board's design and firmware, promoting collaboration and innovation within the RISC-V community.

You can find more information here: BeagleV Ahead

www.youtube.com/watch

There's also some documentation appearing here: https://beaglev-ahead.beagleboard.io/docs/latest/boards/beaglev/ahead/01-introduction.html

I'm not sure what to make of it, a replacement for the BeagleBone Black yet?

BB Blue JST polarity

agentsimon — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:17:02 GMT

I cannot find details on the three pin JST battery connectors layout apart from it's positive, sensing and earth. My question is which pin is the positive, is it the one nearest the edge of the board or is this the earth pin?

I've got a 2P lipo battery but when I plug it into the board all the LEDs flash on and off together. I'm pretty certain that's not meant to happen but can't find any information on what it indicates.

Any help greatly appreciated.

BeagleBone Blue battery

agentsimon — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:19:07 GMT

Hello

I have a question about powering my BB Blue via the 12V DC jack input with a battery pack. Do I need to check the battery level so that I can power down the BB Blue gracefully with a shutdown command? If so how do I do this?

BB-CAPE-DISP-CT43 LCD not working with customized kernel on BBB

Sreekanth — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:40:58 GMT

Hi,

We have tested the BB-CAPE-DISP-CT43 LCD with the default image and is working fine. However, when we customize the kernel the LCD is not working, its showing white screen.

Can you please suggested the steps to add the LCD and kernel customization for BBB.

Thanks,

Sreekanth

Embedded World 2023 - BeaglePlay Give Away, Meet & Greet with Jason Kridner

e14phil — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:12:42 GMT

At Embedded World 2023 we are Giving Away up to 10 BeaglePlay®︎

Are you attending Embedded World 2023 in person?

We are hosting a giveaway of limited number of BeaglePlay on Wednesday 15th March with the Chance to Meet Jason Kridner, co-founder of the BeagleBoard.org project (https://beagleboard.org/about/jkridner)

BeaglePlay is an open-source single board computer designed to simplify the process of adding sensors, actuators, indicators, human interfaces, and connectivity to a reliable embedded system. It features a powerful 64-bit, quad-core processor and innovative connectivity options, including Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet, sub-GHz wireless, and single-pair Ethernet with power-over-data-line.

With compatibility with 1,000s of off-the-shelf add-ons and a customized Debian Linux image,

BeaglePlay makes expansion and customization easy. It also includes ribbon-cable connections for cameras and touch-screen displays, and a socket for a battery-backed real-time-clock, making it ideal for human-machine interface designs. With its competitive price and user-friendly design, BeaglePlay provides a positivedevelopment experience for users.

Multicore A53s with R5, M4s and PRUs processor, TI AM6254
Wi-Fi/2.4G, MIMO/5G, SISO M2 1216, TI WL1807 Wi-Fi module, U.FL x2
TI BLE/SubG CC1352P7 M4+M0 with BeagleConnect firmware
2GB(1Gb x 16)-1600MHz 3200Mbps DDR
Kingston 16GB eMMC
Gigabit Ethernet with RJ45 x1, single pair Ethernet and power over with RJ11

Power input with USB Type-C
HDMI Type-A supports up to Full-HD/1080P with 24-bit RGB
Support FPC 22pin CSI and FPC 40pin OLDI
1x MikroBus connector, 1x USB Type-A, 1x micro SD socket, 1x QWIIC, 1x grove connector, 1x RTC

How To Win

EDIT: All BeaglePlay have been collected, thank you to everyone who turned up and entered!

T&C Apply!

Map

Terms and Conditions

community.element14.com/.../T_2600_C_2D00_BeaglePlayGiveaway.pdf

BeaglePlay

mp2100 — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 21:23:15 GMT

Now that's more like it. BeaglePlay. I have to go read the details about what's included, but first look seems very impressive. (beagleAI64 was ok, but expensive). What sub-GHz radio is included in the BeaglePlay?

And SPE, I had been wanting to play with single pair Ethernet.

community.element14.com/.../beagleplay

BeagleBone Black Industrial Revisions

Former Member — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:15:38 GMT

I am running into an issue on the BeagleBone Black Industrial Rev on Kernel 5.10 where the ethernet doesnt start up on every boot. I found this https://forum.digikey.com/t/ethernet-device-is-not-detecting-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts-on-bbg/19948/22 which mentions I either need to use an older kernel, or use a newer board.

https://docs.beagleboard.org/latest/boards/beaglebone/black/ch02.html

In late 2021, there was a HW rev to fix this ETH issue.. Have these boards from element14 not been updated with these revisions?

SSID and PASSWORD for BEAGLEBONE BLUE

laasya — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:30:11 GMT

Hi, I am trying to change the SSID and Password in beagle bone blue but the problem is BB Blue uses connmanctl and connects to the wifi through IP address. So, can anyone help me how to set a static IP address and change the SSID and Password in beaglebone blue.

Bring back the original operating system

Kamal0209 — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:09:03 GMT

Hello community, I come to you to give me a solution to my problem. I have a beaglebone black with his debian system, I want to update with ubuntu, I followed a tutorial on the internet where they gave a command to erase the originaoriginal system.Now I want to return the original original system on my card, but I have no solution.. I downloaded the debian system on my SD card, the problem the card does not start. I just have two Blue LEDs that stay on. Has anyone who can help me? thank you for your reply

About support for Beagle Bones Products

Fredd98 — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 15:24:49 GMT

Hi,

I am evaluating the possibility of migrating my (commercial) products to a beaglebone, specifically the beaglebone black industrial, but I have many doubts.

What is the useful life of the device? In other words, how long is the estimated time (minimum) of the device for sale or without changes that imply reengineering in the developed applications?

This in order not to be reengineering the applications all the time.

I appreciate your answers

Kind regards

Fredy Gutiérrez

Hello...I am currently not Building a Radio.

silver2row — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 02:30:02 GMT

Hello,

Even though building a radio is superb, I think the Aussies beat us to it w/ their take on SDR. Let me see if I can scrounge together the artifacts and currents.

...

https://www.seeedstudio.com/KiwiSDR-Board-p-2723.html was the info. gathered years back but...

1. They still produce.

2. They have a github repo. for advancement also...

Seth

Beaglebone black linux kernal compilation result in error

Arjunkalsi13 — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 01:09:27 GMT

i was able to build kernel code, i tried for branch 4.9, 5.4 and 5.10 (linux code for beaglebone black). But then when i tried building code for kernel modules using the command below:
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- uImage dtbs LOADADDR=0x80008000 -j8

it starts building but then stucks at some point and eventually result in following error: (fatal error: killed signal terminated program cc1 compilation terminated) Please give me some idea about how can i fix it?

How to read the external timer counter on the BeagleBone Black?

Jhonny — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:47:57 GMT

Hi everyone. I need to measure the frequency with a BeagleBone (400 kHz) and for this I would like to use the BeagleBone timers. How can I read the value of TIMER? For example, TIMER4 is located in /sys/devices/platform/ocp/48044000.timer/, but l can't find how to read the timer value. Are there other ways to measure frequency with a beaglebone? I am new to Beaglebone, so I will be glad to advice and guides
PS: I would like to measure the frequency using timers without installing any additional libraries. But if it is not possible to do this with the help of timers, then please tell me how can such a frequency be measured at all?

I'm using the latest Ubuntu Linux for BeagleBone, kernel 4.

What hinders your BeagleBone project?

cstanton — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 08:55:42 GMT

You could call this a series of discussions...

When I was first introduced to BeagleBone, the BeagleBone Black was just released, and I managed to kill it. 5 volts on a 3.3v logical input without being aware thanks to a devicetree not being updated for an LCD display, but I had no idea, I'd only just been given the hardware and I was entirely new to it. Completely killed the kit. Then there was the difficulty of working with assembly for the PRUSS... it was a long list of interruptions.

So what tends to stop you from developing with a BeagleBone? Do you find that you encounter a problem part way through the project? Is it some knowledge you're lacking or is it the software? Is it how the hardware behaves or doesn't how you expect it to? Is it the operating system when you want to work bare bones or bare metal with the hardware?

Would you benefit from help with Linux? Or is it something else?

We're looking at expanding our content and what we ask from BeagleBoard to help introduce their products and guidance on their products, and I'm interested in what you need help with, so reply and let us know, regardless of knowledge level.

Which best audio player to match with BBB?

maxpalat — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:03:14 GMT

Which choice for a good match between BBB and an audio player?