Beaglebone Black GPSd setup on Debian
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 […]
Ohm’s Law and how to solve it
Ohm’s law is a basic concept used in almost every electronics project that, although simple, can be difficult to understand at first. There are four main components used when discussing ohms law, and the flow of electricity in general: Voltage: Defined as the amount of potential energy between two points. Most commonly represented as the symbol V. Measured in volts. Current: Defined […]
Resistor Tutorial
In the following post we will be co vering many aspects of resistors including: how they work, the color codes, the calculations, and the difference between putting them in series or parallel. What is a Resistor? A resistor is one of the most common and critical parts of any circuit. Its job is to restrict the […]
Beaglebone Black RS232 and UART setup
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 […]
Linux Commands
This tutorial is written as a reference guide to basic Linux command terminal navigation techniques. It covers the main aspects of terminology, options, shortcuts, commands, file editing, and system commands. Shortcuts: Tab – used to autofill whatever you are typing in the command terminal, use often to prevent typos Up/Down arrow keys – used to […]
Beaglebone Black GPIO Control pt. 3
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. […]
GPIO control Beaglebone Black pt. 2
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 […]
GPIO Control Beaglebone Black pt. 1
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 on the BeagleBone Black installation and setup
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…)
Install rtl-sdr on a BeagleBone Black with Ubuntu
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 […]