Exploring BeagleBone: Tools and Techniques for Building with Embedded Linux

In-depth instruction and practical techniques for building with the BeagleBone embedded Linux platform

Exploring BeagleBone is a hands-on guide to bringing gadgets, gizmos, and robots to life using the popular BeagleBone embedded Linux platform. Comprehensive content and deep detail provide more than just a BeagleBone instruction manual-you'll also learn the underlying engineering techniques that will allow you to create your own projects. The book begins with a foundational primer on essential skills, and then gradually moves into communication, control, and advanced applications using C/C++, allowing you to learn at your own pace. In addition, the book's companion website features instructional videos, source code, discussion forums, and more, to ensure that you have everything you need.

The BeagleBone's small size, high performance, low cost, and extreme adaptability have made it a favorite development platform, and the Linux software base allows for complex yet flexible functionality. The BeagleBone has applications in smart buildings, robot control, environmental sensing, to name a few; and, expansion boards and peripherals dramatically increase the possibilities. Exploring BeagleBone provides a reader-friendly  guide to the device, including a crash course in computer engineering. While following step by step, you can:

Get up to speed on embedded Linux, electronics, and programmingMaster interfacing electronic circuits, buses and modules, with practical examplesExplore the Internet-connected BeagleBone and the BeagleBone with a displayApply the BeagleBone to sensing applications, including video and soundExplore the BeagleBone's Programmable Real-Time ControllersUpdated to cover the latest Beagle boards, Linux kernel versions, and Linux software releases.Includes new content on Linux kernel development, the Linux Remote Processor Framework, CAN bus, IoT frameworks, and much more!

Hands-on learning helps ensure that your new skills stay with you, allowing you to design with electronics, modules, or peripherals even beyond the BeagleBone. Insightful guidance and online peer support help you transition from beginner to expert as you master the techniques presented in Exploring BeagleBone, the practical handbook for the popular computing platform.

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Exploring BeagleBone is a hands–on guide to bringing gadgets, gizmos, and robots to life using the popular BeagleBone and PocketBeagle embedded Linux platforms.

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Close up view of the PocketBeagle

Finding your way around the PocketBeagle

Size comparison between different beagle board models

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Inside the BeagleBone Blue

Getting to know your BeagleBone

Distance sensor circuit for BeagleBone

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 7, 2019
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 800 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1119533163
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1119533160
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.2 x 1.6 x 9.1 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,313,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #122 in Linux Programming #251 in Single Board Computers (Books) #598 in Handheld & Mobile Devices
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