Dallas Makerspace has a good list of embedded Linux hardware.
https://dallasmakerspace.org/wiki/Embedded_Linux_Computers
BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
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Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
#52The impulse buying tech nerd within me sees a $45 computer with potential for being able to make anything and I am stuck for ideas as to what I could use this for. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I was interested in getting an arduino for a while but wasn't sure what to do with it and was busy with other software projects. Recently, I got a pi at PyCon for free, then shortly after we bought some chicks for raising chickens for eggs. I put the two together and am building out a monitoring system for them, that includes a web cam, temperature sensor and remotely controlled brooder light. I like to call it a chicken pi :)
But, I think it just takes one small project to get you started. I've noticed that this has a snowball effect as I start reading more and talking to more people about electronics and automation. Lots of fun! It's all about hacking, learning and having a good time!
Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
#53"Carlos Betancourt, a marketing engineer for TI's Sitara processors, described BeagleBone Black as "truly" open source. He noted that open source software is not always as open as it claims to be. "When it comes to hardware, open source means you can buy all these chips and use them for your own design," Betancourt said. " I'm sorry, but that is NOT open source "when it comes to hardware". It's very cool, it's open s…
The schematics, bill of materials, and PCB layout files are freely available here: http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack...
What more do you want?
Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
#54I got the MK808B for $48. It's a dual core 1GB PC with WIFI in the size of a thumb drive. It comes with Android and connects to TV via HMDI. Works pretty well as a Android TV device. Want to get another one to install Linux to play with it.
Can you please provide a link?
I have been playing w/ an MK802 stick and it has a few issues.
Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
#55The impulse buying tech nerd within me sees a $45 computer with potential for being able to make anything and I am stuck for ideas as to what I could use this for. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I was interested in getting an arduino for a while but wasn't sure what to do with it and was busy with other software projects. Recently, I got a pi at PyCon for free, then shortly after we bought some chicks for raising chickens for eggs. I put the two together and am building out a monitoring system for them, that includes a web cam, temperature sensor and remotely controlled brooder light. I like to call it a chi…
You should interface a potentiometer with the Pi to adjust the brooder light, only so you can call it a chicken pot Pi.
Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
#56The impulse buying tech nerd within me sees a $45 computer with potential for being able to make anything and I am stuck for ideas as to what I could use this for. Does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm using my original beaglebone as my 'home automation' server. It's been a while since I work on it though.
http://alvarop.com/2013/02/automation-progress-light-alarm-a...
Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
#57Got mine couple of days back and here are a few tips: - The default OS version had some issues that I was not able to ssh into the board. Once I downloaded and loaded the latest version available on the site, I was able to ssh as root. - I was not able to connect serially (from my mac). Turns out that the FTDI driver they provide is 32 bit but (my) Mac needs a 64 bit. So you have to install the 32 bit, save the Info.…
I had the same issue not being able to ssh into the shipped OS. While updating to the latest OS, I ran into similar issues writing the latest version to the eMMC memory and also thought I bricked my board. The external SD port and the eMMC Flasher images really are a "get out of jail free card."
This board is a beautiful little piece of hardware. I'm really looking forward to tinkering around with it.
Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is the Ethernet PHY connected to the main processor over USB or something faster/more efficient? One of my biggest complaints about the Raspberry Pi is that the Ethernet is capped at a few dozen mbps, presumably due to constraints associated with USB.
Ethernet is built into the SOC [1] and brought out to a phy. It can do gigabit Ethernet. With the wireless dongle in the USB plug it was doing 10.5MB/sec (megabytes per second) according to scp. [1] http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/am3358.pdf
Note that the BeagleBone has a 100Mbps phy.
Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
#59Got mine couple of days back and here are a few tips: - The default OS version had some issues that I was not able to ssh into the board. Once I downloaded and loaded the latest version available on the site, I was able to ssh as root. - I was not able to connect serially (from my mac). Turns out that the FTDI driver they provide is 32 bit but (my) Mac needs a 64 bit. So you have to install the 32 bit, save the Info.…
Also there is a nice Ubuntu port available. It feels rather stable and more familiar than Angstrom, I recommend it. Of course you'll lose Cloud9 from the box.
Yes, I am planning to go Ubuntu as well.
Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45
#60I got three of these. I need controllers like I need a hole in my head but hey, they are really really cute. A bit of trouble with the release that was on them but downloaded and burned in the latest and they were fine. Sadly no, I have not yet put them on a meter but will when they are near such a setup. Something that sets these apart from the Raspberry Pi are that they full of easy access I/O, and two the Cloud9 I…
What is your recommendation for adding motors and sensors to it? Is there any good usb device controller to quickly start doing robotics?
There are a number of off the shelf motor controllers. I tend to build my own but the folks at Sparkfun [1] have a number of of them which other have used with great success.