BeagleBone Cookbook Software and Hardware Problems and Solutions 1st Edition by Mark Yoder, Jason Kridner 978-1491905395 1491905395

BeagleBone Cookbook Software and Hardware Problems and Solutions 1st Edition by Mark A. Yoder,  Jason Kridne – Ebook PDF Instant Download/Delivery:  978-1491905395, 1491905395
Full download BeagleBone Cookbook Software and Hardware Problems and Solutions 1st Edition after payment

Product details: 

ISBN 10: 1491905395

ISBN 13:  978-1491905395

Author:  Mark A. Yoder,  Jason Kridner

BeagleBone is an inexpensive web server, Linux desktop, and electronics hub that includes all the tools you need to create your own projects—whether it’s robotics, gaming, drones, or software-defined radio. If you’re new to BeagleBone Black, or want to explore more of its capabilities, this cookbook provides scores of recipes for connecting and talking to the physical world with this credit-card-sized computer.

All you need is minimal familiarity with computer programming and electronics. Each recipe includes clear and simple wiring diagrams and example code to get you started. If you don’t know what BeagleBone Black is, you might decide to get one after scanning these recipes.

Learn how to use BeagleBone to interact with the physical world
Connect force, light, and distance sensors
Spin servo motors, stepper motors, and DC motors
Flash single LEDs, strings of LEDs, and matrices of LEDs
Manage real-time input/output (I/O)
Work at the Linux I/O level with shell commands, Python, and C
Compile and install Linux kernels
Work at a high level with JavaScript and the BoneScript library
Expand BeagleBone’s functionality by adding capes
Explore the Internet of Things

Table of contents: 

Preface

• Who This Book Is For

• How to Use This Book

• Conventions Used in This Book

• Using Code Examples

• About the Diagrams

• Safari® Books Online

• How to Contact Us

• Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Basics

• Introduction

• Picking Your Beagle

• Getting Started, Out of the Box

• Verifying You Have the Latest Version of the OS on Your Bone

• Running the BoneScript API Tutorials

• Wiring a Breadboard

• Editing Code Using the Cloud9 IDE

• Running JavaScript Applications from the Cloud9 IDE

• Running Applications Automatically

• Finding the Latest Version of the OS for Your Bone

• Running the Latest Version of the OS on Your Bone

• Updating the OS on Your Bone

• Backing Up the Onboard Flash

• Updating the Onboard Flash

Chapter 2. Sensors

• Introduction

• Choosing a Method to Connect Your Sensor

• Input and Run a JavaScript Application for Talking to Sensors

• Reading the Status of a Pushbutton or Magnetic Switch (Passive On/Off Sensor)

• Reading a Position, Light, or Force Sensor (Variable Resistance Sensor)

• Reading a Distance Sensor (Analog or Variable Voltage Sensor)

• Reading a Distance Sensor (Variable Pulse Width Sensor)

• Accurately Reading the Position of a Motor or Dial

• Acquiring Data by Using a Smart Sensor over a Serial Connection

• Measuring a Temperature

• Reading Temperature via a Dallas 1-Wire Device

• Sensing All Sorts of Things with SensorTag via Bluetooth v4.0

• Playing and Recording Audio

Chapter 3. Displays and Other Outputs

• Introduction

• Toggling an Onboard LED

• Toggling an External LED

• Toggling a High-Voltage External Device

• Fading an External LED

• Writing to an LED Matrix

• Driving a 5 V Device

• Writing to a NeoPixel LED String

• Using a Nokia 5510 LCD Display

• Making Your Bone Speak

Chapter 4. Motors

• Introduction

• Controlling a Servo Motor

• Controlling the Speed of a DC Motor

• Controlling the Speed and Direction of a DC Motor

• Driving a Bipolar Stepper Motor

• Driving a Unipolar Stepper Motor

Chapter 5. Beyond the Basics

• Introduction

• Running Your Bone Standalone

• Selecting an OS for Your Development Host Computer

• Getting to the Command Shell via SSH

• Getting to the Command Shell via the Virtual Serial Port

• Viewing and Debugging the Kernel and u-boot Messages at Boot Time

• Verifying You Have the Latest Version of the OS on Your Bone from the Shell

• Controlling the Bone Remotely with VNC

• Learning Typical GNU/Linux Commands

• Editing a Text File from the GNU/Linux Command Shell

• Using a Graphical Editor

• Establishing an Ethernet-Based Internet Connection

• Establishing a WiFi-Based Internet Connection

• Sharing the Host’s Internet Connection over USB

• Setting Up a Firewall

• Installing Additional Packages from the Debian Package Feed

• Removing Packages Installed with apt-get

• Copying Files Between the Onboard Flash and the MicroSD Card

• Freeing Space on the Onboard Flash or MicroSD Card

• Installing Additional Node.js Packages

• Using Python to Interact with the Physical World

• Using C to Interact with the Physical World

Chapter 6. Internet of Things

• Introduction

• Accessing Your Host Computer’s Files on the Bone

• Serving Web Pages from the Bone

• Interacting with the Bone via a Web Browser

• Displaying GPIO Status in a Web Browser

• Continuously Displaying the GPIO Value via jsfiddle

• Continuously Displaying the GPIO Value

• Plotting Data

• Sending an Email

• Sending an SMS Message

• Displaying the Current Weather Conditions

• Sending and Receiving Tweets

• Wiring the IoT with Node-RED

• Serving Web Pages from the Bone by Using Apache

• Communicating over a Serial Connection to an Arduino or LaunchPad

Chapter 7. The Kernel

• Introduction

• Updating the Kernel

• Building and Installing Kernel Modules

• Controlling LEDs by Using SYSFS Entries

• Controlling GPIOs by Using SYSFS Entries

• Compiling the Kernel

• Using the Installed Cross Compiler

• Applying Patches

• Creating Your Own Patch File

Chapter 8. Real-Time I/O

• Introduction

• I/O with BoneScript

• I/O with C and libsoc

• I/O with devmem2

• I/O with C and mmap()

• Modifying the Linux Kernel to Use Xenomai

• I/O with PRU Speak

Chapter 9. Capes

• Introduction

• Using a Seven-Inch LCD Cape

• Using a 128 x 128-Pixel LCD Cape

• Connecting Multiple Capes

• Moving from a Breadboard to a Protoboard

• Creating a Prototype Schematic

• Verifying Your Cape Design

• Laying Out Your Cape PCB

• Migrating a Fritzing Schematic to Another Tool

• Producing a Prototype

• Creating Contents for Your Cape Configuration EEPROM

• Putting Your Cape Design into Production

Chapter 10. Parts and Suppliers

• Parts

• Prototyping Equipment

• Resistors

• Transistors and Diodes

• Integrated Circuits

• Opto-Electronics

• Capes

• Miscellaneous

Index

People also search for:

    
beaglebone setup
    
beaglebone cookbook software and hardware problems and solutions
    
beaglebone book
    
beaglebone cookbook pdf
    
beaglebone computer

Tags: Mark Yoder, Jason Kridner, BeagleBone Cookbook, Hardware Problems