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BeagleBone Black: Connecting to a Network via Wi-Fi

July 13, 2015 By John Moeller

This tutorial explains how to use the Logic Supply UWN200 USB Wi-Fi Adapter to connect to a network on the BeagleBone Black (BBB).

Filed Under: How-To Tagged With: BBB, BeagleBone, BeagleBone Black, network, TAMU, tamulink-wpa, Wi-Fi, WIFI

BeagleBone Black: Connecting Sensors to a Pd Patch

July 13, 2015 By John Moeller

This tutorial explains how to sample the input from a sensor (i.e., a photoresistor) connected to the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) on the BBB using a Python script. It also describes how to send that data to the application Pure Data (Pd). Furthermore, it shows how to use the data in Pd to control a parameter […]

Filed Under: How-To Tagged With: ADC, BBB, BeagleBone, pd, pd patch, Photoresistor, Python, sensors

BeagleBone Black: Taking a Screenshot

July 13, 2015 By John Moeller

This tutorial explains how to take a screenshot via the command line. It is useful for taking screenshots on the BeagleBone Black.

Filed Under: How-To Tagged With: BBB, BeagleBone, BeagleBone Black, command line, screenshot

BeagleBone Black: Flash the On-Board Memory (eMMC)

July 13, 2015 By John Moeller

This tutorial describes how to Flash the eMMC on the BeagleBone Black. A usable image is already installed and running on our BBB from the microSD, thus it is not necessary to flash the eMMC card on our BBB. Additionally, it is generally preferable to run our BBB from the microSD card (as it is […]

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BeagleBone Black: Connect from Another Computer Via SSH

July 13, 2015 By John Moeller

This tutorial describes how to SSH into the BeagleBone Black from a Mac. This is useful to access the BBB without having to plug in any peripherals.

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BeagleBone Black: Boot from the miniSD Card

July 13, 2015 By John Moeller

This tutorial describes how to boot the BBB from a miniSD card. This is useful if your miniSD card has more available space than the onboard memory (eMMC), which is the case for our BBB. Our BBB currently has a usable image on the microSD card and is defaulted to boot from it. Thus, this […]

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BeagleBone Black

April 2, 2015 By John Moeller

  The BeagleBone Black (BBB) is a single-board computer.  It is a development platform for developers and hobbyists.  BBB uses a Linux OS (our BBB is currently running Debian 7.8).  To see some example projects visit http://beagleboard.org/project and type in a relevant search term (e.g., “audio”). Our BBB is BeagleBone Black rev. A5C. More examples […]

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