Hipster Circuits shows us how to read analog values on a BeagleBone Black.

The Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) on the BeagleBone is both a Touch Screen Controller (TSC) and a general purpose ADC. Depending on how many of the lines are reserved for the TSC (4, 5, or 8), the remaining lines can be used for reading analog values. One of the lines is connected to the power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC, TPS65217) of the white Bone,  in order to sense the power used by the board. This does not appear to be the case for the new BeagleBone Black.

If you liked the BeagleBone, you will love the next gen BeagleBone Black! With a blistering 1GHz processor, 512MB onboard DDR3 RAM, built in 2GB storage with pre-installed Linux operating system (no microSD card required!), and best of all, the addition of a MicroHDMI connector for audio/video output. This is a ultra-powered embedded computer that can fit in a mint tin.

Pick up a BeagleBone Black right here

New! Updated Adafruit Proto Plate for Beagle Bone & Beagle Bone Black – Ready to prototype your next Beagle Bone project? You’ll certainly want this handy Proto-Plate! Not only is it really good looking, it’s also very useful, holding your Beagle Bone or Beagle Bone Black steady alongside a standard half-sized breadboard.

New! As of May 7, 2013 this plate has ben re-designed to fit either an original Beagle Bone or the new Beagle Bone Black (with a cut-out for the HDMI port cable). We also updated the design so the ‘Bone can be placed ‘either way’ in case you want the P8 or P9 header closer to the breadboard.

The plate is made of 3mm thick laser-cut clear acrylic with nice engraving showing alignment. There are four 4-40 screws, standoffs and hex-nuts to attach the ‘Bone on and the halfsized breadboard can be stuck on (just remove the paper backing from it). Finally, there are four rubber bumpers you can use to lift the plate off of your table, so it won’t slide around.

BeagleBone and half-sized breadboard are not included! You can pick those items (as well as other Beagle Bone toys in the shop.

Technical Details:

• 3″ x 4″ acrylic plate, laser cut
• 4 x 4-40 1/2″ screws
• 4 x 4-40 hexnuts
• 4 x 4 3/8″ nylon standoffs
• 4 x rubber bumpers

In stock and shipping now!

BeagleBone Black in stock and shipping! We have them here and these ship immediately while they are in stock. If you liked the BeagleBone, you will love the next gen BeagleBone Black! With a blistering 1GHz processor, 512MB onboard DDR3 RAM, built in 2GB storage with pre-installed Linux operating system (no microSD card required!), and best of all, the addition of a MicroHDMI connector for audio/video output. This is a ultra-powered embedded computer that can fit in a mint tin.

Comes with a mini B cable for powering it up ASAP. No microSD card is included as the BBB now has onboard flash storage.

We’ll be filling in with more information on supported accessories as we test them for compatibility. For now we suggest picking up a 5V 2A power supply and a micro-HDMI cable. If you want to use it ‘head-less’, a USB console cable is suggested as the ‘Black does not have an onboard USB-to-Serial converter like the original BeagleBone.

• Processor: Sitara AM3359AZCZ100 1GHz, 2000 MIPS
• Graphics Engine: SGX530 3D, 20M Polygons/S
• SDRAM Memory: 512MB DDR3L 606MHZ
• Onboard Flash: 2GB, 8bit Embedded MMC
• PMIC: TPS65217C PMIC regulator and one additional LDO.
• Debug Support: Optional Onboard 20-pin CTI JTAG, Serial Header
• Power Source: miniUSB USB or DC Jack, 5VDC External Via Expansion Header
• PCB 3.4” x 2.1” 6 layers
• Indicators 1-Power, 2-Ethernet, 4-User Controllable LEDs
• HiSpeed USB 2.0 Client Port: Access to USB0, Client mode via miniUSB
• HiSpeed USB 2.0 Host Port Access to USB1, Type A Socket, 500mA LS/FS/HS
• Serial Port UART0 access via 6 pin 3.3V TTL Header. Header is populated
• Ethernet 10/100, RJ45
• SD/MMC Connector microSD , 3.3V
• User Input: Reset Button, Boot Button, Power Button
• Video Out: 16b HDMI, 1280×1024 (MAX), 1024×768,1280×720,1440×900
  w/EDID Support

• Audio Via HDMI Interface, Stereo
• Expansion Connectors:
  • Power 5V, 3.3V , VDD_ADC(1.8V)
  • 3.3V I/O on all signals
  • McASP0, SPI1, I2C, GPIO(65), LCD, GPMC, MMC1, MMC2, 7
    AIN(1.8V MAX), 4 Timers, 3 Serial Ports, CAN0,
    EHRPWM(0,2),XDMA Interrupt, Power button, Expansion Board ID
    (Up to 4 can be stacked)
• Weight 1.4 oz (39.68 grams)

In stock and shipping now!

UPDATED PRODUCT – Adafruit Bone Box – Enclosure for Beagle Bone/Beagle Bone Black. Pack up your Beagle Bone or Beagle Bone Black in this lovely clear plastic case. We designed this case to be the ideal enclosure, with plenty of elegant details to make it useful to you! New! As May 2 we are shipping an enclosure that will fit both the original Beagle Bone and has a slot for the HDMI port of a Beagle Bone Black.

New! As May 2 we are shipping an enclosure that will fit both the original Beagle Bone and has a slot for the HDMI port of a Beagle Bone Black.

The enclosure comes as 6 laser cut acrylic pieces, 4 plastic standoffs, 8 hex-nuts and 8 1/2″ 4-40 screws. Assembly is easy, and requires only a Phillips screwdriver. Once assembled, the box has lovely engraved ends with cut-outs for the DC power, Ethernet, microSD card, USB host and USB debug ports. The ends are even bone shaped – they act as a bumper to keep the attachment screws from scratching your desk.

There’s plenty of space inside to add on one of our Beagle Bone Proto Capes with components or connectors soldered on. Fits any Beagle Bone version out there – but not BeagleBoards!

It’s easy to put together, check out our quick tutorial.

In stock and shipping!

Summer of Code 2013 – Beagle Bone.

BeagleBoard.org is a volunteer organization that seeks to advance the state of open-source software on open-source hardware platforms capable of running high-level languages and operating systems (primarily Linux) in embedded environments. Born from taking mobile phone processors and putting them on low-cost boards to build affordable desktop computers, BeagleBoard.org has evolved to focus on the needs of the “maker” community with greater focus

on the I/O needed for controlling motors and reading sensors to build things like robots, 3d printers, flying drones, in-car computer systems and much more. Past BeagleBoard.org GSoC projects included an RPC framework for heterogeneous processor communication, a transparent USB packet sniffer,ARM optimizations for XBMC, ARM optimizations for FFTs, make-shift pulse-width-modulation and RPC optimizations for OpenCV. BeagleBoard.org has benefited from sponsorship from Texas Instruments, CircuitCo, Digi-Key and others, but avoids any dependence on that sponsorship for sustaining the effort. The project has evolved over the past few years with

over 100,000 boards in circulation with developers worldwide and strong roots in the Linaro, Yocto Project, Angstrom Distribution and Linux communities—and support for running most major Linux distributions including Ubuntu, Android, Fedora, Debian, ArchLinux, Gentoo, Buildroot and many more.

Read more and apply!

NEW PRODUCT – BeagleBone Black in stock and shipping! We have them here and these ship immediately while they are in stock. If you liked the BeagleBone, you will love the next gen BeagleBone Black! With a blistering 1GHz processor, 512MB onboard DDR3 RAM, built in 2GB storage with pre-installed Linux operating system (no microSD card required!), and best of all, the addition of a MicroHDMI connector for audio/video output. This is a ultra-powered embedded computer that can fit in a mint tin.

Comes with a mini B cable for powering it up ASAP. No microSD card is included as the BBB now has onboard flash storage.

We’ll be filling in with more information on supported accessories as we test them for compatibility. For now we suggest picking up a 5V 2A power supply and a micro-HDMI cable. If you want to use it ‘head-less’, a USB console cable is suggested as the ‘Black does not have an onboard USB-to-Serial converter like the original BeagleBone.

• Processor: Sitara AM3359AZCZ100 1GHz, 2000 MIPS
• Graphics Engine: SGX530 3D, 20M Polygons/S
• SDRAM Memory: 512MB DDR3L 606MHZ
• Onboard Flash: 2GB, 8bit Embedded MMC
• PMIC: TPS65217C PMIC regulator and one additional LDO.
• Debug Support: Optional Onboard 20-pin CTI JTAG, Serial Header
• Power Source: miniUSB USB or DC Jack, 5VDC External Via Expansion Header
• PCB 3.4” x 2.1” 6 layers
• Indicators 1-Power, 2-Ethernet, 4-User Controllable LEDs
• HiSpeed USB 2.0 Client Port: Access to USB0, Client mode via miniUSB
• HiSpeed USB 2.0 Host Port Access to USB1, Type A Socket, 500mA LS/FS/HS
• Serial Port UART0 access via 6 pin 3.3V TTL Header. Header is populated
• Ethernet 10/100, RJ45
• SD/MMC Connector microSD , 3.3V
• User Input: Reset Button, Boot Button, Power Button
• Video Out: 16b HDMI, 1280×1024 (MAX), 1024×768,1280×720,1440×900
  w/EDID Support

• Audio Via HDMI Interface, Stereo
• Expansion Connectors:
  • Power 5V, 3.3V , VDD_ADC(1.8V)
  • 3.3V I/O on all signals
  • McASP0, SPI1, I2C, GPIO(65), LCD, GPMC, MMC1, MMC2, 7
    AIN(1.8V MAX), 4 Timers, 3 Serial Ports, CAN0,
    EHRPWM(0,2),XDMA Interrupt, Power button, Expansion Board ID
    (Up to 4 can be stacked)
• Weight 1.4 oz (39.68 grams)

In stock and shipping now!

Over on the Make Blog, they have a nice post on the differences between the Arduino Uno, BeagleBone, and the Raspberry Pi.  Check it out and learn which is right for your next project.

There are so many great platforms for creating digitally enabled devices that its gotten hard to figure out which one to use. For example, we are currently building a hydroponic garden project and had to choose a controller to run the pumps, read the sensors etc. We were surprised at the number of choices that were available to us. It can be a little confusing for the beginner. To help, we’ve taken three of the popular models and compared them so that you can choose the right tool for your next project. Spoiler: we recommend all three.

The three models (all of which we use here at Digital Diner) are the Arduino,Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone. We chose these three because they are all readily available, affordable, about the same size (just larger than 2″ x 3″) and can all be used for creating wonderful digital gadgets. Before we get to the comparison, here is a brief introduction to each one.

Pick up an Arduino UNO, BeagleBone, and a Raspberry Pi right here at Adafruit!

Over on Hipstercircuits they have a nice writeup on adding BeagleBone cape support to a kernel with device tree in Ubuntu.

[ 1.822762] bone-capemgr bone_capemgr.7: slot #1: Requesting firmware ‘cape-bone-replicape-00A1.dtbo’ for board-name ‘Replicape 3D printer cape’, version ’00A1′

Am I dreaming? After visiting every inch of the kernel twice, it’s hard to believe that I have finally cracked it. With my face still stuck on the keyboard, I manage to scroll up in the boot log to get a better look. Yes, it is true! My firmware has been loaded into Device Tree! Do you know what this means? The SPI device is available! That means the Replicape is working on Ubuntu! That means that everyone will buy Replicape for their printers and I will finally have world domination! Anyways, that’s it for the fun part, now let the geeks work : )

Pick up a BeagleBone in the Adafruit shop and start hacking!

Here’s a fascinating follow up to the Home for the Beagle Bone Part 1 post — an honest application of the 80/20 rule to discuss major issues discovered with the designs shared in the previous post. From iHeartRobotics:

The 80/20 rule supposes that 80% of your results comes from 20% of the work you did. It has further been argued that the last 20% of a project is the most difficult and important. One can understand how these two ideas tie together and they indeed have some sort of merit. Those last few stages in preparing to bring a product to market/project to close are critical because the details are important. The last post ended with the Beagle Bone Case being at the 80% stage. The design language and major features have been settled. Now is the time to take the case and sort out imperfections, adjustments for changes in new/changed constraints, cost effective production and so forth. Basically, the iteration and revision of a design in the stages prior to being salable.

In this case, additional feature requests were made that changed core parts of the design. Room needed to be added to accommodate an additional shield or board, as well as any wiring. This resulted in the case being expanded 10mm on the sides and increasing the height by 18mm. Time was also taken at this stage to refine existing features. The SD Card port was enlarged for easier access and the press-fit to close system improved alongside adding Greebling to the case top. This version of the Beagle Bone Case was then 3D Printed.

Unfortunately, there is a problem with the case as designed; it takes over 5hrs 30min to complete in addition to suffering from curling due to its new size. Internally, a design that takes longer than 180-225min to 3D print is no longer affordable to offer as a product. The time removes full 3D printing as an option for manufacturing after including the cost of running the 3D Printer and man power.

Read more.

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

COMING SOON! Sign up for the Next-Gen BeagleBone. Quantities are limited… Shipping late April. Supports same industry standard interfaces and well-developed eco-system of software and add-on tools.

Everything you love about the BeagleBone and more:

• Lower price
• Higher performance
• On-board HDMI to connect directly to TVs and monitors
• More and faster memory now with DDR3
• On-board flash storage frees up the microSD card slot
• Support for existing Cape plug-in boards

Matt Richardson has created a teaser video!

Sign up for the Next-Gen BeagleBone and we’ll send you an email letting you know when you can place your order!

Sign up now!

Check out this successfully Kickstarted FCC and CE certified IEEE 802.15.4 modem suitable for Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, and other embedded systems. The designers describe it as “a drop-in wireless link that can be plugged right into an Arduino without a shield,” and are now able to offer it for sale over at Colorado Micro Devices:

The Colorado Micro Devices RadioBlock is an IEEE 802.15.4 FCC and CE certified wireless modem. It has a simple UART interface to make it easy to drop into your end product or to experiment with. A standard 100 mil pin spaced header means you can plug it right into many common boards: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, it’s easy – No special pin configuration or adapter board needed! If you can connect RXd, TXd, Power and GND, you are ready to unplug and go wireless. It has an onboard regulator so it is 5V tolerant for boards with 5V IO. To make it even easier we’ve written a simple wireless mesh network we call SimpleMesh. SimpleMesh automatically routes your data to the node you address and we’ve created Arduino and C libraries for you so you can spend your time on your app and not on networking. Since these stacks are open source you don’t need anyone’s permission to to hack them….

Read more.

Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit, be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Have you tried the new “Adafruit Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro” ? It’s our tweaked distribution for teaching electronics using the Raspberry Pi. But wait, there’s more! Try our new Raspberry Pi WebIDE! The easiest way to learn programming on a Raspberry Pi.

We now have Raspberry Pi Model B with 512MB RAM in stock and shipping now!

Check out this helpful post about how a team planned for Open Manufacturing for a project involving a BeagleBone. From IHeartRobotics:

The first thing is to frame what you want to build by constructing a list of constraints and intentions for guidance. In our case, we decided it needed to consider following:

• Access to all of the ports with special consideration given to SD Card removal.
• Maintaining minimal dimensions
• Able to be mounted to the TurtleBot using a universal set of mounting holes.
• 3D Printable Design

Doing this creates the “world” that your design lives in and as such the tools you may consider using and the initial ideas for construction.

The next step is to obtain or create a 3D Cad replica of the Beagle Bone board. If one has to create their own model for testing, it’s best to note that only the major dimensions of the board and components necessary to the case are needed, but they must be accurate.  These include the board itself, it’s ports, mounting holes, and anything that one may feel needs to be built around to complete the case. 

Now that we have a physical and 3D model of the Beagle Bone, we can start to draw out the general outline and order of feature construction. I personally rough out a general model idea on paper and then begin creating in a CAD program of choice with the frame. Testing and experimentation are important parts of the design process. I constructed a rough case frame that wraps around the Beagle Bone and printed the piece to test the tolerances and fit. Doing this is beneficial to designers as it saves time over the long term versus running into an unaccounted error later in the process. The idea uses empirical analysis to verify quantitative and qualitative data….

Read more.

Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

COMING SOON! Sign up for the Next-Gen BeagleBone. Quantities are limited… Shipping late April. Supports same industry standard interfaces and well-developed eco-system of software and add-on tools.

Everything you love about the BeagleBone and more:

• Lower price
• Higher performance
• On-board HDMI to connect directly to TVs and monitors
• More and faster memory now with DDR3
• On-board flash storage frees up the microSD card slot
• Support for existing Cape plug-in boards

Matt Richardson has created a teaser video!

Sign up for the Next-Gen BeagleBone and we’ll send you an email letting you know when you can place your order!

Sign up now!

Rtlizer is a Beaglebone powered simple real-time spectrum analyzer.

A short demonstration of Rtlizer running on the Beaglebone. Rtlizer is a simple real-time spectrum analyzer that uses an RTL2832U DVB-T receiver (aka. rtlsdr) and runs on a Beaglebone, or any other device with librtlsdr and Gtk+ installed.

Learn more about the Rtlizer on Github.

New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

In Stock and Shipping Now!

Hipster circuits has a useful tutorial on how to enable SPI2.1 on a BeagleBone.

Well, the SPI 2.0 is enabled in user space and has been for a while now. However, the Replicape uses both SPI 2.0 (CS0) and SPI 2.1 (CS1). So how can that be enabled as well? Newer versions of the Linux kernel enables automatic pin-muxing by reading the contents of the EEPROM, but you still need to recompile the kernel to enable a second channel for the SPI.

New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

In Stock and Shipping Now!

Here’s a cool Kickstarter project just getting going from a “crazy dart” in the Adafruit Forums:

Hello all! I thought I would post a project I have been working on. I call it the FruitStand. The name is largely Raspberry Pi influenced, however its just as much for smaller boards like the Arduino. Basically it gives you a nice sturdy place to pop your boards in an out of. I just launched it on Kickstarter.com, but I really would like some feedback from you all.

Read more.

Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit, be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Have you tried the new “Adafruit Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro” ? It’s our tweaked distribution for teaching electronics using the Raspberry Pi. But wait, there’s more! Try our new Raspberry Pi WebIDE! The easiest way to learn programming on a Raspberry Pi.

Want a FREE RASPBERRY PI? All orders over $350 get a FREE Raspberry Pi Model B with 512MB RAM!

BeagleBone Cape Plug-In Board Weekly Trivia Contest with Adafruit!.

BeagleBone Cape Plug-In Board Weekly Trivia Contest!
Week of December 10th, 2012
Enter by December 16th, 2012
Prize: Three winners will each get one Proto Cape Kit from Adafruit.

Know the answer, vist here!.

The GigaMegaBlog is at it again with another great Beaglebone tutorial.  This time they breakdown how to use I2C devices with the Beaglebone.

In previous articles in the Beaglebone 101 series, I covered digital GPIO, analog and serial pins, PWM and SPI.

One important coding interface remains: I2C.  I’ll cover it today, including I2C input and output, and level conversion, culminating in the Weatherbone, a basic LCD-based thermometer.

They use a whole bunch of Adafruit goodies, including the i2c / SPI character LCD backpack, Standard LCD 16×2, and the Adafruit Proto Cape Kit for Beagle Bone.

New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

Learn More

Here’s a great resource for working with MicroSD cards for Beagleboard, Beaglebone, and Raspberry Pi @ GigaMegaBlog.

I recently came across a couple of ideas on Raspberry Pi forums that made me think ‘wow, that’s so crazy it might just work!’

These are disk management commands that Linux allows, but probably shouldn’t.  Even Linux power users go pale (well, even paler) at the thought of trying them on their precious desktop PCs.  On SD-card systems like the Beaglebone, Beagleboard and Raspberry Pi, though, they’re considerably less scary, and they really do work.

Read more.

Updated Tutorial: Bone Box @ Adafruit Learning System

Pack up your Beagle Bone in this lovely clear plastic case. We designed this case to be the ideal enclosure, with plenty of elegant details to make it useful to you!

There’s plenty of space inside to add on one of our Beagle Bone Proto Capes with components or connectors soldered on. Fits any Beagle Bone version out there – but not BeagleBoards!

Learn More.

Over at the GigaMegaBlog, they have another fantastic Beaglebone 101 tutorial.  They run through everything you need to know to get SPI output with a Beaglebone.

I’ve been experimenting with SPI and I2C on my Beaglebone lately.  When I first tried using them at the beginning of the year, I found they required a level of Linux Kung Fu that was beyond me.  However, both of these protocols are now supported from “userland” applications  in both Angstrom and Ubuntu.  A Google search turns up plentyofworkingexamples for SPI and I2C on the Beaglebone, along with some more advancedprojects.  I think the water’s safe safe for the rest of us.

I’m going to begin with SPI.  Ultimately I’ll be using a graphical LCD, specifically anAdafruit ST7565-based LCD, but in this article I’m going to use a simpler character LCD backpack, also from Adafruit, that uses the popular and well-documented 74HC595 SPI chip.

Also, be sure to check out their other great Beaglebone 101 tutorials.

From the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone!   We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

In Stock and Shipping Now!

Ubuntu on the Beaglebone: Enabling Analog In, PWM, I2C and SPI @ GigaMegaBlog. Dan writes -

When writing about the Beaglebone in the past, I mentioned that you needed to be running Angstrom in order to have access to certain devices, since they weren’t yet supported by the kernel in Ubuntu.

Well, I’m rather late in giving Ubuntu its props, but that’s no longer true. Ubuntu has caught up to Angstrom in protocol support: analog input, PWM, SPI and I2C are all working.

In order to get these features, you need to have a recent kernel.  I’m not sure exactly which kernel version they were added in — 3.2.twentyish — but current kernel version for Ubuntu  is 3.2.28.  If you’re running an earlier kernel, I’d recommend that you upgrade.

Flexible USB Swivel Adapter – This flexible USB swivel adapter will extend your USB port out of the way. Useful when you want to attach a ‘bulky’ USB device without blocking a secondary port. We thought this would be handy for BeagleBone or Raspberry Pi users. Rotates 180 degrees in two axes, with a very nice solid construction.

NEW PRODUCT – USB 2.0 Powered Hub – 7 Ports with 5V 2A Power Supply. Add lots more USB capability to your Raspberry Pi or Beagle Bone (or any other embedded Linux computer) using this powered USB 2.0 hub. It adds a full seven powered ports, all at USB 2.0 speeds so you can use video cameras and other high speed devices (cheaper hubs are v1.1 and not as fast!)

The extra sauce with this hub is that you can power it with an external 5V adapter. There’s a 2 Amp adapter included, which should be plenty to run even power-hungry cameras, WiFi adapters, and flash disks. The hub is fused for two amps using a resettable PTC fuse. Unlike cheaper hubs, this one has a single chip that provides all 7 ports instead of having two 4 port hubs chained inside. This is a great companion to your Bone or Pi, as they only have one or two USB ports and limited powering capability – we’ve tested it with great success on both as well as our Mac and Windows desktop machines

Comes with a 7-port hub, a USB extender cable, 5V 2A UL listed power adapter that can be used with 100-240VAC wall power.

• 7 USB 2.0 ports
• Multiple Transaction Translator supports low-speed and high-bandwidth USB devices
• Wrap-around cable protects port when not in use
• Versatile bus or AC powered with over-current protection; hot-swappable
• Plug and play – Windows and Mac compatible

In stock and shipping!

The Life of Kenneth: Tour of CircuitCo PCB Solutions.

During my recent trip to Dallas, TX, my friends at Texas Instruments were nice enough to arrange a meeting for me with Clint Cooley and Bob Smith at CircuitCo.  CircuitCo is a contract manufacturer, who happens to be the company that manufactures TI’s ARM-basedBeagle boards.

The main focus of my visit was discussing how best for a prototyping and manufacturing company like CircuitCo to interact with the online community.  There have been an increasing number of open source or amateur electronics projects that have managed to find a market large enough to overwhelm the original design’s ability to build it.  CircuitCo is the perfect type of company to go to once you realize that trying to build a couple thousand of your widget on your kitchen table really sucks; they have a small scale RPM plant at their main location in Richardson, TX, but have additional manufacturing capacity outside of the United States.  In addition to their manufacturing capabilities, they also offer engineering services, so even if your design isn’t quite ready to be manufactured yet, they can probably help you out.

Updated tutorial: Beagle Bone @ The Adafruit Learning System.

New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

The Beagle Bone is a great step up from microcontrollers (such as AVR, PIC, ARM Cortex M3, 8051, Propeller, etc) to microcomputers. Unlike a microcontroller, where the FLASH, EEPROM, RAM, etc is all in one chip, a microcomputer has them separated out, like a classic computer such as a desktop or laptop machine. The Beagle Bone has a main processor core running at 700MHz, a chunk of 256M DDR RAM, and permanent storage onto a microSD card. This makes for a powerful machine, that has no problems running Linux, a webserver, Python, FTP clients, SSH, etc.

The Bone also has great accessories built in, such as onboard Ethernet with 10/100M connectivity, mini USB port with TTL serial converter, JTAG debugger for advanced hacking, USB A host port for connecting a hub/WiFi/etc, power management IC that keeps the board safe from a misplugged adapter, and tons of 0.1″ spaced breakouts…

Read more…

Florian shows us how to trick the BeagleBone to output video.   By making the BeagleBone think it has the DVI Cape plugged in, it would output video.

I decided to attempt to connect the PSP Screen I fumbled together earlier to the Beagle board since all the necessary signals are readily available and a display driver is included in the Ångström distro.  How hard could it be ? Right ..?

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Beaglebone Capes are recognized by the kernel via their eeprom. This memory holds identification and configuration data for each Cape. In order to impersonate the DVI Cape I used an ATmega32 to talk to Beagle’s I2C bus and mimicking that very specific eeprom. The actual memory contents for the DVI Cape eeprom can be downloaded from the website.

luopio/py-thermal-printer. Lauri writes -

Hi all, I’ve released a small library to control the thermal printer sold by Adafruit and others (http://www.adafruit.com/products/597). It can print text and do bitmap graphics. Just fire up the printer, connect to UART2 and run “python printer.py”. https://github.com/luopio/py-thermal-printer/

Kenneth Finnegan picked up an old Star NP-10 dot matrix printer at a flea market and put it to use printing out tweets.

I present… the TwitterMatrixTicker!  I currently have it configured to watch for any tweets mentioning me (@KWF), and then having it print each tweet line by line on this great piece of printer history, so feel free to send me tweets and enjoy the thought of them interrupting my evening as they print out on this ridiculous loud monstrosity.

The hardware is relatively straight forward; a BeagleBone (Thanks to TI for giving me one for free!) uses Twitter’s API to search for @KWF tweets, then parses out the usernames and text and sends it to the Star NP-10 over a USB-to-Centronics adapter.

via HaD

New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone!   We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

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Over at the GigaMegaBlog, they have put together by far the best tutorials on how to use the BeagleBone.  These are the first in-depth tutorials I have seen for the absolute BeagleBone newbie.

If you are coming at this from the Arduino, you will notice 3 significant differences from the Arduino IDE:

• You don’t upload your code to the board.  The Beaglebone is more like a PC than an Arduino – the code is stored on its file system, and you just run it.
• You can debug your code.  Not Arduino’s form of debugging – print statements to the console (though you can do that too) — but real debugging, as in breakpoints, watch variables, step-by-step execution.
• The coding language is Javascript, not C.  Specifically, it’s node.js, which is Javascript optimized for running on a server, rather than in a browser, by way of some extra libraries.  The “server” in this case is the little old Beaglebone.  As you might imagine, node.js is not the fastest environment for running code on the Beaglebone, but for LED blinking and many other types of prototyping, it’s fast enough.

Despite the differences, Arduino coders should find the transition to Cloud9 and bonescript to be quite easy.  The blinkled.js code looks very much like Arduino code.  That’s no coincidence: the README for the bonescript project, which you can find on its github page here,  says that the goal is “to have something that provides most of the Arduino functions and is generally usable by Summer 2012″.

There is a ton of good information here, and there are a whole bunch more BeagleBone 101 tutorials on the site.

New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone!   We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

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NEW PRODUCT! – Miniature Keyboard- Microcontroller-Friendly PS/2 and USB

Add a typing interface to your project with this microcontroller-friendly miniature keyboard. We found the smallest PS/2+USB keyboard available, a mere 8.75″ x 4″ x 0.6″ (220mm x 103mm x 16mm)! It’s small but usable to make a great accompaniment to either a microcontroller project or a computer such as the Beagle Bone or Raspberry Pi. The keyboard supports either USB or PS/2 interface and will automatically adjust to whichever its plugged into (there’s an adapter included).

Comes with a full QWERTY keyboard, and has a num-lock number pad. Nearly all microcontrollers have existing PS/2 keyboard examples that would work fine with this keyboard. For Ardiuno users, we tried out PJRC’s PS2_Keyboard library with great success – just check the ‘simple text’ example for which pins you can connect to on your ‘duino (on an Uno we used digital pins 2 and 3). We suggest our PS/2 adapter cable to make the wiring easy. Start typing and you’ll see the data appear in the serial terminal!

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Brian Lam has a nice article in the New York Times today profiling the OpenROV project.  OpenROV is a low cost submarine that will launch on Kickstarter later this summer for around $750.

The OpenROV uses common parts to cut the cost. The depth sensor they plan to use is commonly found in a scuba diver’s computer. High definition video camera is scavenged from a cheap Web-camera that people use to video chat. The most expensive part inside is the computer, a little Linux computer called a BeagleBone that costs $89. Still, the team thinks they can get costs down by buying parts in bulk.

The main body is a plastic tube where the computer, the camera, and LEDs are protected from the elements by the use of double rubber o-rings seated with silicone grease. A small hole sealed with epoxy allows power cables to pass through the end caps, and to the horizontal and vertical thrusters, as well as the battery packs. Controls and video are relayed using a pair of twisted copper wires like the kind used in old landline phones. The wires spool out like a fishing reel so the robot will eventually be able to reach 100 meters under water.

Instead of being built in a factory, OpenROV’s chassis is constructed using laser cutter machines that Mr. Stackpole pays to use at San Francisco’s TechShop, a community tool-share and clubhouse for tech wizards and designers in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco.

Read the full article here.

New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone!   This is the same microcontroller used in the OpenROV project.  We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

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Adafruit customer Toby Wintrmute posted up some nice code to get our OLED graphic displays working with the Beagle Bone.  He even has some nice extras like posting PNG files directly to the OLED displays.

I’ve been hacking away on the BeagleBone some more, and I’ve come up with a controller for the common SSD1306 LCD controller, using the SPI interface. This controller is behind a bunch of the available small graphical LCD panels out there.

I’ve also written supporting libraries to display both text and PNG files, although don’t expect too much from a 128×32 monochrome image!

I’ve uploaded my notes and libraries here:
https://github.com/TJC/BeagleBone

Great work Toby, and thanks for sharing!

New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

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Beagle Bone Tutorials by Ladyada.

New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

The Beagle Bone is a great step up from microcontrollers (such as AVR, PIC, ARM Cortex M3, 8051, Propeller, etc) to microcomputers. Unlike a microcontroller, where the FLASH, EEPROM, RAM, etc is all in one chip, a microcontroller has them separated out, like a classic computer such as a desktop or laptop machine. The Beagle Bone has a main processor core running at 700MHz, a chunk of 256M DDR RAM, and permanent storage onto a microSD card. This makes for a powerful machine, that has no problems running Linux, a webserver, Python, FTP clients, SSH, etc.

The Bone also has great accessories built in, such as onboard Ethernet with 10/100M connectivity, mini USB port with TTL serial converter, JTAG debugger for advanced hacking, USB A host port for connecting a hub/WiFi/etc, power management IC that keeps the board safe from a misplugged adapter, and tons of 0.1″ spaced breakouts

One of the powerful abilities of the Bone is that it has I2C, SPI, and GPIO at a hobbyist-friendly 3.3V level (instead of the more difficult to interface 1.8V) while also running complex applications such as a webserver. This allows for more complex projects that would tax an Arduino.

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Installing Windows Drivers

Checking Your Ethernet Connection

Wireless Networking Using a WiFi Adapter

NEW PRODUCT – Miniature WiFi (802.11b/g/n) Module – Perfect For Beagle Bone. Make your Internet of Things device cable-free by adding WiFi. Take advantage of the Beagle Bone’s USB port to add a low cost, but high-reliability wireless link. We tried half a dozen modules to find one that works well with the Bone without the need of recompiling any kernels, its supported by the Angstrom installation that comes with each Bone. You’ll have wireless Internet in 10 minutes! Works great with 802.11b/g/n networks.

In stock and shipping!

Controlling a HD44780 LCD on a Beagle Bone via MAKE.

Hitachi HD44780 compatible LCD screens are those common displays we see all over the place. Getting them to display some information is fairly easy, as all you have to do is send the appropriate bits to each of the LCD screen inputs.

The inimitable Matt Richardson writes:

The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of the scene. Modern digital cameras capture gobs of parsable metadata about photos such as the cameras settings, the location of the photo, the date, and time, but they dont output any information about the content of the photo. The Descriptive Camera only outputs the metadata about the content.

The technology at the core of the Descriptive Camera is Amazons Mechanical Turk API. It allows a developer to submit Human Intelligence Tasks (HITs) for workers on the internet to complete. The developer sets the guidelines for each task and designs the interface for the worker to submit their results. The developer also sets the price theyre willing to pay for the successful completion of each task. An approval and reputation system ensures that workers are incented to deliver acceptable results. For faster and cheaper results, the camera can also be put into accomplice mode, where it will send an instant message to any other person. That IM will contain a link to the picture and a form where they can input the description of the image.

The camera itself is powered by the BeagleBone, an embedded Linux platform from Texas Instruments. Attached to the BeagleBone is a USB webcam, a thermal printer from Adafruit, a trio of status LEDs and a shutter button. A series of Python scripts define the interface and bring together all the different parts from capture, processing, error handling, and the printed output. My mrBBIO module is used for GPIO control (the LEDs and the shutter button), and I used open-source command line utilities to communicate with Mechanical Turk. The device connects to the internet via ethernet and gets power from an external 5 volt source, but I would love to make a another version thats battery operated and uses wireless data. Ideally, The Descriptive Camera would look and feel like a typical digital camera.

XBee BeagleBone Communication.

The BeagleBone is a low-cost open-hardware development board.  If you thought of it as a more powerful Arduino that wouldn’t be terrible, but it wouldn’t but quite right.  The ARM processor on the board runs a full-scale operating system and ships with version of Linux (Angstrom) designed for embedded applications.  There are tons of operating systems that run ARM processors, including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and many many others.

Ubuntu on the BeagleBone with Userland SPI @ waxpraxis.

After a couple of months of searching, reading, patching, and compiling, I finally have managed to get a build of linux working on the BeagleBone with userland SPI that you can access through the file system.

The path was paved for me by an excellent tutorial by Brian Hensley on how to get the BeagleBone’s big brother, the BeagleBoard xM running with userland SPI. I figured out how to modify his instructions for the bone and combined it with a patch by Craig Berscheidt I found on the BeagleBoard mailing list (which I had to re-create for the 3.2 kernel). I’m going to be working on getting a full tutorial up, but since that may take me a week or more I figured I’d first share an image of my working system. Just write this image to a 4gb micro SD card as you would any other disk image and you’re good to go (These directions on how to write disk images for hacking on the Nook Color should point you in the right direction if you haven’t mucked about with disk images before). The username is ‘ubuntu’ and the password is ‘temppwd’.

ubuntu-beaglebone-spi.img.tar.gz

Matt Richardson @ MAKE made a BeagleBone video:

If you’re excited about getting into embedded Linux platforms for electronics projects, Matt shows you how to get started on the BeagleBone. By the end of the how-to, you’ll be able to blink and LED, but hopefully you’ll be inspired to to take something on that’s a little more complex.

Matt Richardson writes:

I was so happy when I figured out how to work with the GPIO pins on the BeagleBone, I had to share what I did. I think I’ll do a full step-by-step for this, but in the meantime, the code is on Github.

IN STOCK – Beagle Bone + Extras [Rev. A5]. New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4 GB microSD card!

Package includes:

• Fully assembled and tested BeagleBone A5
• Mini-B USB cable
• 4 GB microSD card with preloaded Angstrom Linux
• MicroSD to SD card adapter

We also suggest getting a 5V/2A DC power adapter and our Proto Cape! If you’re starting out with Beagle Bone and want a pack of everything you’ll need, check out our custom Beagle Bone Starter Pack!

At over 1.5 billion Dhrystone operations per second and vector floating point arithmetic operations, the BeagleBone is capable of not just interfacing to all of your robotics motor drivers, location or pressure sensors and 2D or 3D cameras, but also running OpenCV, OpenNI and other image collection and analysis software to recognize the objects around your robot and the gestures you might make to control it. Through HDMI, VGA or LCD expansion boards, it is capable of decoding and displaying multiple video formats utilizing a completely open source software stack and synchronizing playback over Ethernet or USB with other BeagleBoards to create massive video walls. If what you are into is building 3D printers, then the BeagleBone has the extensive PWM capabilities, the on-chip Ethernet and the 3D rendering and manipulation capabilities all help you eliminate both your underpowered microcontroller-based controller board as well as that PC from your basement.

In stock and shipping now!

NEW PRODUCT – Stacking Header Set for Beagle Bone Capes (2×23). Stack to the max with our Beagle Bone Proto Cape using these ingenious stacking headers. They’re just like 2×23 0.1″ spaced female headers but with a twist! The ‘legs’ are extra-long so you can solder it -through- a PCB and plug it into the Bone. You can stack as many as you’d like, for modular design. Neat, right?

Each package comes with two pieces of 2×23 header so you only need one per Proto Cape kit. The Proto Cape is not included, so pick one of those up in the shop. Because of the huge number of connections, its easy to plug in but more difficult to pull out. When removing a stacked cape, be very slow and carefully pry each side up just a little bit to avoid bending the pins as they exit.

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NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit Beagle Bone Starter Pack. If you’ve heard about the Beagle Bone and you want to hit the ground running, this starter pack is for you. We’ve picked out everything you need to start out, with essential parts and accessories to save on a bundle.

Includes:

• The latest Beagle Bone A4 – fully assembled, tested and ready to rock
• Included 4 GB microSD card with adapter with preloaded Angstrom Linux
• USB Mini-B cable to log in and debug the Bone
• Adafruit Proto Plate for Beagle Bone – holds your ‘Bone alongside a half-sized breadboard for perfect prototyping. Comes with standoffs, hardware and bumpers
• Half-sized breadboard – place it onto the plastic plate, plenty of space for prototyping!
• 5V / 2000mA UL-listed power adapter – the ideal power adapter for the Beagle Bone, with enough power to run the computer as well as additional components or USB add-ons
• Breadboarding Wire Bundle – These flexible wires are great for plugging into breadboards and headers such as those on the Beagle Bone
• Beagle Bone Sticker – This vinyl sticker is excellent quality, sticks to stuff and is weatherproof but won’t damage whats underneath

For technical details, check the product pages of each item.

In stock and shipping now!

NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit Proto-Plate for Beagle Bone. Ready to prototype your next BeagleBone project? You’ll certainly want this handy Proto-Plate! Not only is it really good looking, its also very useful, holding your BeagleBone steady alongside a standard half-sized breadboard.

The plate is made of 3mm thick laser-cut clear acrylic with nice engraving showing alignment. There are four 4-40 screws, standoffs and hex-nuts to attach the ‘Bone on and the halfsized breadboard can be stuck on (just remove the paper backing from it). Finally, there are four rubber bumpers you can use to lift the plate off of your table, so it won’t slide around.

BeagleBone and half-sized breadboard are not included! You can pick those items (as well as other BeagleBone toys in the shop

• 3″ x 4″ acrylic plate, laser cut
• 4 x 4-40 1/2″ screws
• 4 x 4-40 hexnuts
• 4 x 4 3/8″ nylon standoffs
• 4 x rubber bumpers

In stock and shipping now!

Talking to the BeagleBone with OSX 10.7 (Lion) @ waxpraxis.

Recently I became the proud owner of a BeagleBone. In case you’ve never heard of it, a BeagleBone is a 700mHz ARM Cortex computer that can fit in an Altoids tin. It has gobs and gobs of ways to talk to the outside world including USB, Ethernet, and over 60 GPIO pins! It comes complete with a micro SD card loaded with Angstrom Linux and lots of nice software goodies including Node.js and python.

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Beagle Bone! New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4GB microSD card!

Package includes:

• Fully assembled and tested BeagleBone
• Mini-B USB cable
• 4GB microSD card with preloaded Angstrom Linux
• MicroSD to SD card adapter

We also suggest getting a 5V/2A DC power adapter and our Proto Cape!

At over 1.5 billion Dhrystone operations per second and vector floating point arithmetic operations, the BeagleBone is capable of not just interfacing to all of your robotics motor drivers, location or pressure sensors and 2D or 3D cameras, but also running OpenCV, OpenNI and other image collection and analysis software to recognize the objects around your robot and the gestures you might make to control it. Through HDMI, VGA or LCD expansion boards, it is capable of decoding and displaying multiple video formats utilizing a completely open source software stack and synchronizing playback over Ethernet or USB with other BeagleBoards to create massive video walls. If what you are into is building 3D printers, then the BeagleBone has the extensive PWM capabilities, the on-chip Ethernet and the 3D rendering and manipulation capabilities all help you eliminate both your underpowered microcontroller-based controller board as well as that PC from your basement.

• Board size: 3.4″ x 2.1″
• Shipped with 4GB microSD card with the Angstrom Distribution with node.js and Cloud9 IDE
• Single cable development environment with built-in FTDI-based serial/JTAG and on-board hub to give the same cable simultaneous access to a USB device port on the target processor
• Industry standard 3.3V I/Os on the expansion headers with easy-to-use 0.1″ spacing
• On-chip Ethernet, not off of USB
• 256MB of DDR2
• 700-MHz super-scalar ARM Cortex™-A8
• Easier to clone thanks to larger pitch on BGA devices (0.8mm vs. 0.4mm), no package-on-package memories, standard DDR2 vs. LPDDR, integrated USB PHYs and more.

Check out all the awesome accessories! Such as the essential Proto Cape and Beagle Bone Badge.

The Beagle Bone is in stock and shipping now!

The enclosure comes as 6 laser cut acrylic pieces, 4 plastic standoffs, 8 hex-nuts and 8 1/2″ 4-40 screws. Assembly is easy, and requires only a Phillips screwdriver. Once assembled, the box has lovely engraved ends with cut-outs for the DC power, Ethernet, microSD card, USB host and USB debug ports.

The ends are even bone shaped – they act as a bumper to keep the attachment screws from scratching your desk.

There’s plenty of space inside to add on one of our Beaglebone Proto Capes with components or connectors soldered on. Fits any BeagleBone version out there – but not BeagleBoards!

• Made of clear acrylic sheet, 3mm thick
• Fits a BeagleBone only, not BeagleBoards
• Outer dimensions (including the ‘bone’ extensions): 70mmx44mmx96mm
• Inside dimensions: 30mm x 56mm x 87mm
• Enclosure weight (without Beagle Bone): 85 grams

In stock, shipping now!

Beagle Bone! New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4GB microSD card!

Package includes:

• Fully assembled and tested BeagleBone
• Mini-B USB cable
• 4GB microSD card with preloaded Angstrom Linux
• MicroSD to SD card adapter

We also suggest getting a 5V/2A DC power adapter and our Proto Cape!

At over 1.5 billion Dhrystone operations per second and vector floating point arithmetic operations, the BeagleBone is capable of not just interfacing to all of your robotics motor drivers, location or pressure sensors and 2D or 3D cameras, but also running OpenCV, OpenNI and other image collection and analysis software to recognize the objects around your robot and the gestures you might make to control it. Through HDMI, VGA or LCD expansion boards, it is capable of decoding and displaying multiple video formats utilizing a completely open source software stack and synchronizing playback over Ethernet or USB with other BeagleBoards to create massive video walls. If what you are into is building 3D printers, then the BeagleBone has the extensive PWM capabilities, the on-chip Ethernet and the 3D rendering and manipulation capabilities all help you eliminate both your underpowered microcontroller-based controller board as well as that PC from your basement.

• Board size: 3.4″ x 2.1″
• Shipped with 4GB microSD card with the Angstrom Distribution with node.js and Cloud9 IDE
• Single cable development environment with built-in FTDI-based serial/JTAG and on-board hub to give the same cable simultaneous access to a USB device port on the target processor
• Industry standard 3.3V I/Os on the expansion headers with easy-to-use 0.1″ spacing
• On-chip Ethernet, not off of USB
• 256MB of DDR2
• 700-MHz super-scalar ARM Cortex™-A8
• Easier to clone thanks to larger pitch on BGA devices (0.8mm vs. 0.4mm), no package-on-package memories, standard DDR2 vs. LPDDR, integrated USB PHYs and more.

Check out all the awesome accessories! Such as the essential Proto Cape and Beagle Bone Badge.

The Beagle Bone is in stock and shipping now!

BACK IN STOCK – Beagle Bone! New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 4GB microSD card!

Package includes:

• Fully assembled and tested BeagleBone
• Mini-B USB cable
• 4GB microSD card with preloaded Angstrom Linux
• MicroSD to SD card adapter

We also suggest getting a 5V/2A DC power adapter and our Proto Cape!

At over 1.5 billion Dhrystone operations per second and vector floating point arithmetic operations, the BeagleBone is capable of not just interfacing to all of your robotics motor drivers, location or pressure sensors and 2D or 3D cameras, but also running OpenCV, OpenNI and other image collection and analysis software to recognize the objects around your robot and the gestures you might make to control it. Through HDMI, VGA or LCD expansion boards, it is capable of decoding and displaying multiple video formats utilizing a completely open source software stack and synchronizing playback over Ethernet or USB with other BeagleBoards to create massive video walls. If what you are into is building 3D printers, then the BeagleBone has the extensive PWM capabilities, the on-chip Ethernet and the 3D rendering and manipulation capabilities all help you eliminate both your underpowered microcontroller-based controller board as well as that PC from your basement.

• Board size: 3.4″ x 2.1″
• Shipped with 4GB microSD card with the Angstrom Distribution with node.js and Cloud9 IDE
• Single cable development environment with built-in FTDI-based serial/JTAG and on-board hub to give the same cable simultaneous access to a USB device port on the target processor
• Industry standard 3.3V I/Os on the expansion headers with easy-to-use 0.1″ spacing
• On-chip Ethernet, not off of USB
• 256MB of DDR2
• 700-MHz super-scalar ARM Cortex™-A8
• Easier to clone thanks to larger pitch on BGA devices (0.8mm vs. 0.4mm), no package-on-package memories, standard DDR2 vs. LPDDR, integrated USB PHYs and more.

Check out all the awesome accessories! Such as the essential Proto Cape and Beagle Bone Badge.

The Beagle Bone is in stock and shipping now!