[Lab] Beagle Bone Workshop Tomorrow night!

[Amos Hayes]

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.

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.


--
Amos
amos at polkaroo.net


On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Raj <modlab at raj.homelinux.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> 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
>
> --Raj
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Mike Milinkovich <
> mike.milinkovich at eclipse.org> wrote:
>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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****
>>
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>> Artengine.ca****
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>> ** **
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>> 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****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
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>> 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/).****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *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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