[Lab] Beagle Bone Workshop Tomorrow night!

Wed Sep 4 14:01:27 EDT 2013

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.

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.

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])

[1] https://code.google.com/p/openhab/ 

[2] http://eclipse.org/proposals/technology.smarthome/ 

Mike Milinkovich

mike.milinkovich at eclipse.org

From: Lab [mailto:lab-bounces at artengine.ca] On Behalf Of Britta Evans-Fenton
Sent: September-04-13 1:33 PM
Cc: lab
Subject: Re: [Lab] Beagle Bone Workshop Tomorrow night!

that is a pretty accurate description actually. It really is the gap filler
between arduino and Raspberry pi.

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...)

Britta

Technical Coordinator 

Artengine.ca

Ottawa Mini Maker Faire
Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 2013
www.makerfaireottawa.com
@MakerFaireOTT
#MMFO

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Jason Cobill <jason.cobill at gmail.com> wrote:

   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?

   http://youtu.be/6anfJLr1Xng

   Why would I choose a Beagleboard over one of the other platforms?

   -Jason Cobill

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Britta Evans-Fenton <technical at artengine.ca>
wrote:

Hi everyone!

Just to let you know there is a beagle bone workshop happening tomorrow
night in M70 (7-9PM)

Workshop info:

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 (
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonelib/>
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bonelib/).

To sign up please see here: 

https://beaglebone.eventbrite.ca/

For more information don't hesitate to ask!

Britta

Technical Coordinator 

Artengine.ca

Ottawa Mini Maker Faire
Aug. 31 & Sept. 1 2013
www.makerfaireottawa.com
@MakerFaireOTT
#MMFO

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