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Learning BeagleBone

You're reading from   Learning BeagleBone Learn how to love and care for your BeagleBone and teach it tricks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783982905
Length 206 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Hunyue Yau Hunyue Yau
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing the Beagle Boards 2. Software in the BeagleBone FREE CHAPTER 3. Building an LED Flasher 4. Refining the LED Flasher 5. Connecting the BeagleBone to Mobile Devices 6. Recovering from the Mistakes 7. Interfacing with the BeagleBone 8. Advanced Software Topics 9. Expansion Boards and Options A. The Boot Process B. Terms and Definitions
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Distributions on the BeagleBone

The BeagleBone can run many different distributions similar to those available for desktops and laptops. However, the BeagleBone is shipped with two specific distributions, namely, Angström and Debian. Both the flavors are available in an easy-to-load format specifically for the BeagleBone.

The Angström Linux distribution

Angström has supported every Beagle board available since the beginning. The BeagleBone White is shipped with a microSD card that contains Angström. Early revisions of the BeagleBone Black were shipped pre-installed with the Angström. A quick overview of Angström (http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/) is as follows:

  • Angström is built with OpenEmbedded and provides a lot of configuration flexibility
  • Angström is more commonly used with embedded devices and is a little bit different from what people might be used to on the desktop/laptop
  • The entire image can be locally built to give you an image with all...
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