Today’s the last day to get 50% off the Early Release ebook of Getting Started With Raspberry Pi. Buy it now while it’s still being written, and get the final version of the ebook when it’s done.
If you’re excited about getting into embedded Linux platforms for electronics projects, Matt shows you how to get started on the BeagleBone. By the end of this how-to video, you’ll be able to blink and LED, but hopefully you’ll be inspired to to take something on that’s a little more complex.
The new DVI-D Cape for the BeagleBoard BeagleBone is now available in the Maker Shed! It will allow your BeagleBone to output directly to a monitor allowing you to use it as a standalone computer.
The Embedded Linux Wiki has great instructions for getting up and running with the Hawkboard, but they are geared toward people using Linux. Although I’ve got a virtual machine handy running Linux, I do most of my work on the Mac, so I looked into the steps needed to boot the Hawkboard under the Mac.
Inspired by Jeff Keyzer, Gary Dion decided to build his own WiFi radio. He constructed it using an Asus WL-520gu wireless router, an old USB audio headset, and a bunch of spare parts from his junk pile.
Today is the birthday of Linus Torvalds. Linus is the creator of Linux, the free software kernel that helped make the open source software revolution happen.
Adding a capacitive touchscreen to your Linux netbook just took a huge leap forward. Developers at ENAC Interactive Computing Lab in France recently published a video showing multitouch support on a standard PC running Fedora.
