Ebook: Exploring BeagleBone: tools and techniques for building with embedded Linux

This book will help you in bringing gadgets, gizmos and robots to life using the BeagleBone embedded Linux platform. You'll also learn the underlying engineering techniques that will allow you to create your own projects. Topics include: a primer on essential skills; communication, control, and advanced applications using C/C++. BeagleBone has applications in smart buildings, robot control, environmental sensing. Expansion boards and peripherals dramatically increase the possibilities. You will get up to speed on embedded Linux, electronics, and programming; master interfacing electronic circuits, buses and modules; explore the Internet-connected BeagleBone and the BeagleBone with a display; apply the BeagleBone to sensing applications, including video and sound; explore the BeagleBone's programmable real-time controllers. --;pt. I BeagleBone Basics -- ch. 1 The BeagleBone Hardware -- Introduction to the Platform -- Who Should Use the BeagleBone -- When to Use the BeagleBone -- When You Should Not Use the BeagleBone -- BeagleBone Documentation -- The BeagleBone Hardware -- BeagleBone Versions -- The BeagleBone Black Hardware -- BeagleBone Accessories -- Highly Recommended Accessories -- Micro-SD Card (for Flashing the BBB) -- External 5V Power Supply (for Flashing and Peripherals) -- Ethernet Cable (for Network Connection) -- HDMI Cable (for Connection to Monitors/Televisions) -- USB to Serial UART TTL 3.3V (for Finding Problems) -- Optional Accessories -- USB Hub (to Connect Several USB Devices to a USB Host) -- Micro-HDMI to VGA adapters (for VGA Video and Sound) -- Wi-Fi Adapters (for Wireless Networking) -- USB Webcam (for Capturing Images and Streaming Video) -- USB Keyboard and Mouse (for General-Purpose Computing) -- Capes -- How to Destroy Your BeagleBone!;Print version: