Preface

The BeagleBone Black is a powerful system that can be used in a huge number of cool projects and is a great platform to learn about embedded systems and embedded Linux, but it can be difficult for beginners to find the resources they need to get started with it. The goal of this book is to use the Python programming language to introduce you to many of the different hardware interfaces available on the BeagleBone Black, and to teach you how to use them to communicate with external hardware with the help of the PyBBIO and Adafruit_BBIO Python libraries. This book will take you through the system, from initial setup to creating complete programs, and each new concept along the way is introduced with practical and contextual examples.