This “Beaglebone Black GPSd” tutorial goes over how to setup a GPS on the Beaglebone Black using GPSd. Topics Covered How to connect a RS232 based GPS to the Beaglebone Black and test it. How to install and configure GPSd. How to test and run GPSd. Parts needed for this tutorial Beaglebone Black Rev C […]
How to setup the Beaglebone Black RS232 and UART for serial communications. Overview Today we are going to be setting up the Beaglebone Black RS232 and the UART ports, giving us the ability of serial communications. This method will work for Beaglebone’s running the Debian or Ubuntu Operating System. We will first set up the UART’s in the uEnv.txt […]
In this post, we will be using python programming to open communication between our computer and the Beaglebone, the interactive programming (through the sudo python command) is useful for short commands and testing, but when you need to be able to send commands quickly to control different things it can get bogged down and lag. […]
This post is a follow up to part one in the series on GPIO control found at: Tinkernow gpio control part 1. This assumes everything worked properly and your breadboard is still setup with the LED circuit. We are going to add in a switch to our circuit, wire the switch up to the Beaglebone Black, and use […]
In this post we run through the basics of controlling your beaglebone black GPIO (General Purpose I/O) pins. It is important to note that many of the pins are used by the beaglebone black for various processes at different times. This can make for a headache when trying to wire things up. Below is a table that […]
Aircrack-ng is a tool used to penetration test your network by cracking WEP and WPA-PSK keys. We can install Aircrack-ng on the Beaglebone black through the detailed tutorial below. (more…)
First thing we need to do is install the build tools, if they are not installed. from the home folder, we are going to create a directory to download the rtl-sdr code. We will call this directory “src”, and once created, will move into that directory with the cd command. Now we need to […]
This tutorial runs through the process of installing the application Motion on Beaglebone Black to turn it into a Wifi camera system. Only a few items are needed on this project, a USB webcam, a Wifi dongle, your Beaglebone Black, and a powered USB hub. (more…)
1. Getting your USB Controller input values Step 1 Get a USB Controller. I am using the SNES USB Controller (found on a different post somewhere). I also tested this code with a Logitech USB Playstation Controller, and worked just as well. Step 2 Find your USB pathway. On the command line, type /dev/input/by-id/(hit […]
We are currently working on a pan/tilt camera project and are experimenting with a servo motor. This posting is an on going trial and error project using the Beaglebone Black microcontroller loaded with Ubuntu to run a micro servo motor. Micro servo motors are used in basic electronic projects when limited motion is necessary, while we […]
