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BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45

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Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45

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post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the HDMI is more a concession than anything, since there's no real "GPU" to speak of. This is more akin to the Arduino, but with a little more creature comfort.

Err, what the heck are you talking about? The GPU is a SGX530. http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack

You're right, I was going off a review of the Beaglebone where they said you couldn't do 1080p TV like on the RasPI. Clearly incorrect. :)

Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45

#92

Got 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.…

Wow, ordered on Friday, received today, with the standard shipping option. Digikey rocks!

After reading this post, I thought I would be clever and just install the proper drivers, turns out, you do have to follow krishna2's instructions exactly.

Hopefully this saves others the slight headache, I went through:

- Install the HoRNDIS-rel4.pkg network drivers included on the board.

- Install the FTDI_Ser.dmg serial drivers included on the board. When I installed them, an error message popped up stating something about the OS being unable to use the driver.

- Download the 64-bit drivers here: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm . As of this posting, this is the latest version: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP/MacOSX/FTDIUSBSerialDriv...

- Before installing the latest serial drivers: cp /System/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist /tmp

- Install the new drivers.

- cp /tmp/Info.plist /System/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/Info.plist

- Enjoy!

Here's the error message, for SEO juice:

USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 5A-1813BBBK0554 0x1d6b 0x104 0x308 HoRNDIS: init: HoRNDIS tethering driver for Snow Leopard+, by Joshua Wise 0 0 dgmdmcontrol: start - Failed to find the CDC driver HoRNDIS: rndisInit: their MTU 1486 HoRNDIS: init: starting up with MTU 1486 HoRNDISUSBInterface: Ethernet address c8:a0:30:ab:92:29 0 0 AppleUSBCDCACMData: start - allocateResources failed 0 1 AppleUSBCDCECMData: start - Find CDC driver for ECM data interface failed 0 0 dgmdmcontrol: start - Failed to find the CDC driver 0 [Level 5] [com.apple.message.domain com.apple.commssw.cdc.device] [com.apple.message.driver AppleUSBCDCACMData] [com.apple.message.vendor_id 0x1D6B] [com.apple.message.product_id 0x104] AppleUSBCDCACMData: Version number - 4.1.23, Input buffers 8, Output buffers 16 HoRNDIS: rndisCommand: unsupported: RNDIS_MSG_INDICATE AppleUSBCDC: Version number - 4.1.23 Sandbox: sandboxd(36667) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd Kext com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver not found for unload request. Kext com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver not found for unload request.

Re: BeagleBone Black: A 1-GHz computer for $45

#93
post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jump networks are the company, but it's in one of the Telehouse buildings in London http://www.jump.net.uk/

Ooh, so can you just mail them one of these and they'll hook it up, and charge you ?? per month?

Yeah pretty much exactly that.

They gave me an IP address, subnet mask, and gateway, I preconfigured it, and posted them the board in a cheap case, plus the power supply with plug.

They invoice me annually for the power used including an amount of bandwidth which I never come near.

This is the PSU I use:

http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?sku=17169...

with

http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=17169...

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