Event: Giffoni Open Makers Day 2013 Speakers: Daniele Costarella, Mario Pucciarelli Un'introduzione a Linux Embedded con BeagleBone Black. Concetti di base e primi esempi pratici.

1. HANDS ON EMBEDDED LINUX WITH
BEAGLEBONE BLACK
Daniele Costarella
Mario Pucciarelli
Antica Ramiera, Giffoni Valle Piana (SA)– November 9th, 2013

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What is BeagleBone Black?
BeagleBone Black is a $45 MSRP community-supported development
platform for developers and hobbysts. Boot Linux in under 10 seconds
and get started on development in less than 5 minutes with just a single
USB cable.

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Hardware
Processor: AM335x 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8
• 512MB DD3 RAM
• 2GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage
• 3D graphics accelerator
Connectivity
• USB client for power and communications
• USB host
• Ethernet
• HDMI
• 2x46 pin headers
Software Compatibility
• Ångström Linux
• Android
• Cloud9 IDE on Node.js w/ BoneScript Library
and more…
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Embedded Linux for Makers
• Embedded Linux System blur the definition between
computer and device
• Powerful tools in the hands of “regular” people, not just those who
design electronics for a living
• More powerful and capable than a “simple” microcontroller like
ATMEGA 328 (Arduino)
• Perfect for those projects too complex to be executed on a MCU

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BeagleBone Black: Ready to use
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Advantages?
Built-in
networking
Remote
access
Timekeeping
Multitasking
Linux
software
Filesystem
Size
USB
Community

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Using Python
Using GPIO, PWM and more with Python!
Available functionality:
• 7 Analog pins
• 65 Digital Pins at 3.3V
• 2xI2C
• 2xSPI
• 2x CAN Bus
• 4 Timers
• 4x UART
• 8x PWM
• A/D Converter
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8. DEMO

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LED blinking: wiring
Positive to pin 10 and negative to GND
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Measuring Temperature: wiring
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Using a Push Button
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Fade Effect with PWM: wiring
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PWM?
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Recommended readings
Getting Started with BeagleBone Black
Make
By Matt Richardson
Building Embedded Linux System
O’Reilly
By Karim Yaghmour, Jon Masters, Gilad Ben
Yassef, and Philippe Gerum
Embedded Linux System Design and
Development
By P. Raghavan, A. Lad, S. Neelakandan,
Auerbach
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Thank you
Daniele Costarella <hello@danielecostarella.com>
Mario Pucciarelli <pucciarelli.mario@gmail.com>
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