<div dir="ltr">I just ordered a Beaglebone Black (BBB) and look forward to experimenting with Android + analog inputs. It seems to have the best Android support short of a Pandaboard.<div><br></div><div>The only thing that is a bit of a question mark for me is the use of the BBB in audio projects. Right now, it implements audio out through HDMI and while there is an audio cape with a mini jack available (cape is similar to arduino "shield" lingo - just one header rather than two, so like a superhero cape), there are some hoops to jump through (including disabling HDMI) in order to get it running and have a mini jack. Or you could go USB or convert HDMI I guess.<div>
<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">--<div>Amos</div><div><a href="mailto:amos@polkaroo.net" target="_blank">amos@polkaroo.net</a></div></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Raj <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:modlab@raj.homelinux.com" target="_blank">modlab@raj.homelinux.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">It is more than just filling a niche between the arduino and a pi - think of it as a combination of the two - so the power and flexibility of linux with the i/o capability of an arduino. <div><br></div><div>
I use a beaglebone (white) with 2xUART (1 for an xbee coordinator and 1 for driving an LCD display), 1 analog input for a temperature sensor and I still have lots of i/o capability left over to expand. With a USB hub, I have 1 SSD and one CF drive and a UPS monitor. An USB modem works as my phone answering machine with vgetty that emails me my voicemail at home. Plus it runs ssh, cacti, ntp and a bunch of other services for my home network. Way more than either an arduino or pi could do alone or even together. The black is faster, more powerful and cheaper but otherwise pretty similar to the white in footprint and expandability</div>
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<div><br></div><div>--Raj</div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Mike Milinkovich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.milinkovich@eclipse.org" target="_blank">mike.milinkovich@eclipse.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Well, I think it depends on which BeagleBone you’re referring to. The BeagleBone Black has a faster processor, and more on-board storage (2 GB vs. SD card only) than the Raspberry Pi. It also has a newer-generation ARM processor, so if you want to run Java it’s likely a better fit. So I actually think of the BB Black as a Raspberry Pi with a little more oomph.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I don’t know much about the BeagleBone White. IIRC, that one is well-described as filling the niche between the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">That said, my BB Black just arrived, and I actually haven’t done anything with it, unlike the 4 Raspberry Pi’s and two Arduino’s I own :) My goal is to get an openHAB home automation server[1] running on it (soon to be renamed and migrated to Eclipse Smart Home[2])<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">[1] <a href="https://code.google.com/p/openhab/" target="_blank">https://code.google.com/p/openhab/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">[2] <a href="http://eclipse.org/proposals/technology.smarthome/" target="_blank">http://eclipse.org/proposals/technology.smarthome/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Mike Milinkovich<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:mike.milinkovich@eclipse.org" target="_blank">mike.milinkovich@eclipse.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Lab [mailto:<a href="mailto:lab-bounces@artengine.ca" target="_blank">lab-bounces@artengine.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Britta Evans-Fenton<br>
<b>Sent:</b> September-04-13 1:33 PM<br><b>Cc:</b> lab<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lab] Beagle Bone Workshop Tomorrow night!<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div>
<p class="MsoNormal">that is a pretty accurate description actually. It really is the gap filler between arduino and Raspberry pi.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
I know Darcy and I were looking into using BeagleBone when we were initially working on the Bright Smile project together. Due to time issues I ended up using 4 arduinos and 4 computer (probably could have saved myself some hardware if I went BeagleBone...)<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Britta<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Technical Coordinator </i><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Artengine.ca<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Ottawa Mini Maker Faire<br>Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 2013<br>
<a href="http://www.makerfaireottawa.com" target="_blank">www.makerfaireottawa.com</a><br>@MakerFaireOTT<br>#MMFO<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Jason Cobill <<a href="mailto:jason.cobill@gmail.com" target="_blank">jason.cobill@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> Can anyone on the list give some perspective on where the Beagleboard/bone fits into the electronics landscape? At a glance it looks like it occupies a space between the Raspberry Pi and an Arduino. A portable, low-power linux PC without a monitor hookup?<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"> <a href="http://youtu.be/6anfJLr1Xng" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/6anfJLr1Xng</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> Why would I choose a Beagleboard over one of the other platforms?<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> -Jason Cobill<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">
<u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Britta Evans-Fenton <<a href="mailto:technical@artengine.ca" target="_blank">technical@artengine.ca</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
</div></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone!<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Just to let you know there is a beagle bone workshop happening<b> tomorrow night in M70 (7-9PM)</b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Workshop info:</b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">An overview of the BeagleBones White, and Black and the rich I/O peripherals they offer. Will show the embedded linux and IDE environment. Will show example of interfacing with the GPIO and I2C interfaces using the native OS interface and the abstracted "BoneLib" library authored by the presenter (</span><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonelib/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonelib/</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>To sign up please see here: </b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://beaglebone.eventbrite.ca/" target="_blank">https://beaglebone.eventbrite.ca/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">For more information don't hesitate to ask!<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div>
<div><p class="MsoNormal">Britta<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i>Technical Coordinator </i><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Artengine.ca<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Ottawa Mini Maker Faire<br>
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