The BeagleBone Black Primer

The BeagleBone Black Primer

<!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> </xml> <![endif]--> <p style="margin:0px;"> <b>The BeagleBone Black Primer</b> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <b> <br> </b> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <b>Master BeagleBone Black:</b> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Today€s most powerful low-cost embedded development platform!</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">You can do amazing things with BeagleBone Black. Get started in just five minutes: all you need is a USB cable and this easy, hands-on primer!</p> <p style="margin:0px;">Brian McLaughlin teaches you enough to be <i>seriously</i> dangerous. Start with the simplest embedded programming concepts. Explore BeagleBone Black€s capabilities, and learn all the essentials, from controlling I/O to establishing network connections.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Then, step by step, master increasingly advanced techniques with the Cloud9 IDE and BoneScript€¦Integrate external hardware€¦Install Linux or Android€¦Use Cape expansion boards to do even more.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Don€t just learn it: <i>do it</i>. This guide is packed with projects, from weather stations, to car computers, to a €œcapstone€ project using Software Defined Radio to capture signals from local airspace and orbiting satellites!</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">You won€t just put BeagleBone Black to work: you€ll start imagining great projects of your own. And then <i>you€ll build them</i>.</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;">Discover how BeagleBone Black works, and what it can do <br> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <br> </p> <ul> <li>Get your BeagleBone Black€"and get it working, fast</li> <li>Link your BeagleBone Black to the world, and link yourself to the global BeagleBone community</li> <li>Learn to read schematics and use them to connect hardware</li> <li>Prototype your projects with breadboards</li> <li>Extend BeagleBone Black with Capes</li> <li>Add sensors to capture and use data from the environment</li> <li>Use actuators to make things happen in the real world</li> <li>Make your BeagleBone Black recognize your face</li> <li>Learn from mistakes, and go beyond what you€ve already learned</li> </ul> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> <b>Brian McLaughlin</b> is an engineer by profession and by hobby. Building on a solid foundation in software, he was first exposed to advanced hardware topics while working on the Hubble Space Telescope. After working for Lockheed Martin, he joined NASA, where he€s supported many of NASA€s most exciting missions. He holds a B.S. in computer science (North Carolina State University) and an M.S. in systems engineering (University of Maryland). He€s also written for GeekDad and is a member of the growing Maker community.</p> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE </xml> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> <xml> </xml> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]--> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p>