BeagleBone Black Has Arrived
At half the price and with more power, this is more than a mere revision.
Other Boards
Development boards are perfect for empowering makers to easily get up and running on their projects, as they provide all the necessary tools and resources needed for quickly getting started with any given task. For those new to the maker world or experienced developers wanting an update on all thatโs available out there right now, we have created this blog post collection in order to highlight amazing development boards with tips, tricks, and tutorials.
PeerTalk, BeagleBone, and Raspberry Pi
I came across an excellent bit of wizardry by Rasmus Andersson called PeerTalk. It’s a Objective-C library allowing you to communicate between your iPhone and your Mac over the USB dock cable using TCP sockets. My immediate thought was that the same mechanism should be able to be used to talk to something like the BeagleBone, or the Raspberry Pi, not just your Mac.
A Sneak Peek at the New BeagleBone
The folks at Beagleboard.org are teasing us with a sneak peek of the newest version the of the BeagleBone, their embedded Linux development board. According to the post on their site, the new board comes at a lower price, touts more processing power, and has an on-board HDMI port so that it can connect directly […]
Big Board List Compares Development Platforms
With the proliferation of single-board computers and the various flavors that they come in, it can be a bit daunting to a newcomer. Added to the vast array of programmable microcontrollers like the Arduino, it only makes platform decisions that much more complicated. In fact, we are frequently asked about the difference between the Raspberry […]
Maker Shed Microcontroller Quick Reference Chart
With all the microcontrollers and single board computers on the market, sometimes it’s hard to see all your options. That’s why we made up this quick reference sheet for the 8 most popular boards we sell in the Maker Shed.
New to BeagleBone?
Have you been wanting to get into embedded Linux platform BeagleBone but not sure where to start? Our own Matt Richardson has a great Skill Builder piece in MAKE Volume 32 to help you get going. You can access it on Make: Projects. From the intro: Many makers love microcontroller platforms like the Arduino, but […]
Make: Talk 019 – Matt Richardson, Raspberry Pi, and BeagleBone
Our maker this week is Matt Richardson. Matt’s a video producer, a writer, a maker of things, a technology consultant, and a student at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.
