This post is a basic response to: I´ve received my beaglebone black, opened the box, connected it through HDMI to the TV. What´s next?... Well you were faster! Let´s take a minute to see these two out of the box videos/getting started videos:
As you can see specs are awesome and it is easy as hell to link it to a computer and made a simple 'Hello World' blinking Leds. So what do we have on our hands? Check this!
That ARM SoC is more than enough to move any Linux Distro or Android, to see your movies on the TV and for the reason we are here... to develop The Next Big Thing to change this world for good! :-)
We will enter on detail on future publications for now it is OK just to have a picture about BBB. Here you have some useful links for more information:
In order to have a full 'Inspector Gadget' bag I´m going to recommend you a list of things I consider mandatory to have:
- AC 100-240V / DC 5V 2A Plug USB Power Supply. LINK
- USB 5V 2A / 5,5mm Cable. LINK
- Beaglebone Case. LINK
- MicroHDMI to HDMI Cable. LINK
- 4 port USB Switch. LINK
- USB Wireless-N adaptor. LINK
- USB Microphone. LINK
- USB Bluetooth. LINK
- Bluetooth Speaker. LINK
- USB Microphone. LINK
- USB Bluetooth. LINK
- Bluetooth Speaker. LINK
- Micro SD HC Card 4GB
- Logitech K400 (Keyboard + Touchpad)
If you just bought your BBB probably you have received the latest B Hardware revision coming with a Linux Angstrom distribution. I´m not going to evaluate it but I´m going to tell you that they are migrating to Linux Debian distro so let´s take a few minutes to upgrade our BBB!
The first thing you will need is to download and uncompress latest Debian BBB eMMC flasher: Latest Images. Download and install Image Writer for Windows. Connect the Micro SD Card to your computer and write it with that Image you downloaded through ImageWriter!
Extract and Insert the card on your Turned OFF BBB. Now Hold On the Boot button and apply Power. The flashing eMMC process will begin and LEDs will be flashing until it finishes that you will see it because Led will maintain solid! After that everything is done. Remove power, extract your SD card and follow the Getting Started guide to be sure you got familiar with your board hardware, software and possibilities.
On our next entry we will install an ultra light Linux distro called Archlinux on a Micro SD card and then we will start to write some tips&tricks! Thanks for reading me and let your ideas take flight!
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