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The BeagleBoard is a single-board computer powered by an ARM CPU running Linux.

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How much power can be supplied over Beaglebone Black's USB?

I'm using Beaglebone Black. How much power can I provide over USB to an external device? I have read the specifications, and the information I found was 2 amps to the board should be good enough to power external device. What I don't know is how…
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High resolution timer on the BeagleBone?

Is there a high-resolution timer (microsecond resolution or better) available on the BeagleBone (TI AM3358 ARM Cortex-A8 based) development board?
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Recommended first steps with the BeagleBoard

How can I easily start off professional development with the BeagleBoard XM? Which OS should I work with? .. my choices include: Ubuntu Android MeeGo WinCE QNX Angstrom (preinstalled) Symbian Gentoo How do I install an OS onto the board? Which…
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Driving a 12V door strike from 3V3 BeagleBone?

I'm trying to control a 12V electronic door strike lock from my 3V3 BeagleBone. Here's a diagram of my circuit: My circuit probably needs a NPN transisor of some sort, but I'm not sure which one would work. Also, because the strike lock is a…
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Linux/open-source program to open (OrCAD) schematics for BeagleBone?

I'm trying to open BeagleBone's schematics for an OrCAD file in Linux, but EAGLE seems unable to do the job. What are some options? Original Orcad ZIP file: http://beagleboard.org/static/beaglebone/a3/Docs/Hardware/BONE_SCH.zip Which extracts…
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Beaglebone GPU usage

The beaglebone uses TI AM335X SOC which has a SGX530 3D Graphics Engine. I wish to know if there is a single open source operating system available in the world wide web capable of using the beaglebones GPU. Currently I believe the DRM graphics…
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How to program a BeagleBone board?

Until now I used Microchip PIC, to program this microprocessor there is MPLAB. I would like to make a step forward and learn about other microcontrollers. I found the BeagleBone Black quiet promising for my DIY project because there is a 2GB flash…
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Storage in embedded linux

I am basically from a background of small microcontrollers(arm7,cortex-m series). As I started working with a cortex a8 board(beagleboard xm), I always wonder how to store applications in flash/ram memory. In small controllers, you will directly…
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ADC for measuring 0-5V but connected to 3.3V device

I have a BeagleBone (BB) and want to connect the analog output of a motor controller to it. The motor controller creates an output in the range of -4V to +4V and the BB anlog inputs only accept voltages between 0V to 1.8V (digital pins run at…
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Why Do Pin Numbers Sometimes Look Like Reference Designators?

Sometimes when I look at schematics like the Beagleboard and the Raspberry Pi, some of the pin numbers look like reference designators, like C10. And what makes it even more confusing is that there is a capacitor named C10. Why would they do this…
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BeagleBone VS Arduino/AVR/PIC - benefit of running Linux?

Is there a reason that the BeagleBoards run Linux? Is there a certain advantage to doing so? If Linux is used to host the Beagleboard units, what analog does the Arduino use? I am working on a project for a competition in which I will implement a…
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Relation between ADC register value & ADC accessing time?

I don't have any Electronics background.I am Software Engineer. I want to know that is there any relation between accessing the ADC buffers with a time (T ) & the ADC buffer values. I am working with Beaglebone white in Android platform . I have one…
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Beaglebone black usb host current

I'm using a Beaglebone black + BBVIEW 4.3 LCD Display + Datalogic Magellan 110i usb scanner. The scanner is connected to the usb host port but when I read a bar code the scanner goes down and then up again. The scanner datasheet says that during…
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Battery-powering up a Beagleboard XM

I'm looking for a battery solution for the Beagleboard XM, which requires a 5V power supply. I currently have a simple 4x1.2V AA battery pack, but I'm not particularly satisfied with it: 1) It gets overcharged (~5.2V) and activates the overvoltage…
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Arm development board with lots of PWMs

I am looking for a Arm development board for a new project I am working on (64 RGB LED POV Globe). POV globe speed questions I have lots of experience with the Arduino boards but I would like to take a step up to a more powerful board for this…
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