#Beagleboard #RISCV

I just had to sign an export control form when I ordered the new Beagle-V Ahead from Mouser. Is there some kind of reason for this? Anybody?

Couldn't help myself and ordered one of beaglev ahead boards. 4 core RISC-V chip with NPU and a couple of camera ports. Super keen to try this new board out. 😎 🤖 #iot #beagleboard https://beagleboard.org/beaglev-ahead

BeagleV-Ahead : une carte RISC-V dans son écosystème
Le carte de développement BeagleV-Ahead change un petit peu des solutions RISC-V plus classique, le constructeur la place comme un rouage de son univers.... #minimachines #beagleboard #riscv
https://www.minimachines.net/actu/videos/beaglev-ahead-une-carte-risc-v-dans-son-ecosysteme-120492

Beagleboard BeagleV-Ahead RISC-V brd released
https://beagleboard.org/beaglev-ahead
#Beagle_Board #BeagleBoard #beagleboard_org #BeagleBone #BeagleBoard_xM #bealgeboard #open_hardware #open_source #Linux #computer

I am happy to share that the BeagleBoard.org Foundation has launched a new RISC-V dev board today: the BeagleV Ahead powered by the T-Head TH1520 SoC (4x C910 cores) https://beaglev-ahead.org/announce #RISCV #BeagleBoard #BeagleV

BeagleStamp Makes Soldering Linux into Your Projects Easier https://hackaday.com/2023/05/04/beaglestamp-makes-soldering-linux-into-your-projects-easier/ #Microcontrollers #EmbeddedLinux #PocketBeagle #beagleboard #BeagleStamp #smdmodule #hardware #Beagle #linux

BeagleStamp Makes Soldering Linux into Your Projects Easier - There are a lot of things you can do with today’s powerful microcontrollers, but s... - https://hackaday.com/2023/05/04/beaglestamp-makes-soldering-linux-into-your-projects-easier/ #microcontrollers #embeddedlinux #pocketbeagle #beagleboard #beaglestamp #smdmodule #hardware #beagle #linux

Returning to #BeagleBoneBlack and the #BeagleBoard now:

Specifically, those capes.

I'm going to sit down and try to go through the scripts but honestly, it's such a part of the specific Beagle portion of the entire OS infrastructure I'd probably need someone who works on the OS and Beagle itself to walk me through this.

Due to character limits, I'm going to start a new set of posts for this under #BeagleBoardCapes

I'm now kind of wondering why #BeagleBoard isn't more popular in light of the scarcity of #RaspberryPi boards.

At minimum the 4G version of BeagleBlack is better than the Pi Zero W when on SD and quite a bit better if you boot from eMMC. Overall setup price is higher for a BB but not that much as it's pretty much impossible to buy JUST a Zero W board but you have to buy a kit.

After working with it, two biggest problems I can see right now is the very outdated OS and kernel.

Dear #BeagleBoard Friends,

A suggestion: when one wants to flash from the flasher image, one does not actually have to do the entire login and change the boot file; it just does it the moment you install the sd card with the flasher image and boot.

Yes, I'm sure this is obvious, but only when you're not methodically following the Get Started Steps where it says IF YOU WANT TO FLASH CHANGE THIS AND REBOOT.

Summary: if you download the flash image to sd and boot from that, ti's auto.

So I grabbed a new SD card and started over with #BeagleBoard though I can't say the network was the only reason. I really didn't get a chance to explore the cloud9 ide.

The OTBR guide however prefers NetworkMangaer to connman. Well, I was looking forward to losing every battle to conman again, but if the OTBR wants NetworkManager, I'm just going to have to go with it.

So I grabbed a new SD card and started over with #BeagleBoard though I can't say the network was the only reason. I really didn't get a chance to explore the cloud9 ide.

#BeagleBoard I'm now playing mix and match between guides to see what works with #connman. My ethernet and wifi will both a.) connect on restart/boot and b.) retain their mac addresses or I will get NetworkManager on here somehow.

Note to #connman: my network is MAC filtered and IP reserved. No, you can't get in unless the MAC is recognized. For God's sake who hurt you?

Question if anyone knows: a.) why doesn't #BeagleBoard have a dedicated OS and b.) why is it so damn hard to find any capes?

My biggest problem right now is the limitations of the canonical Debian OS and kernel; for one thing, it doesn't have a lot of usb wifi drivers (seven) so I had to compile rt8814 (thanks morrown!).

I'd like to put in a Mediatek mt76x2u; morrown on github has them but I don't know--yet--how to package them myself into modules for installation.

Note: Configuring the #BeagleBoard is super neat. Just plug into your computer's usb, open the folder, and click on start.htm where you get instructions and load the interface terminal in browser.

Seriously, this is so convenient holy shit.

My first non #RaspberryPi single board arrived! #BeagleBoard is goddamn adorable.

Her name is Medusa.

BeagleBoard has announced their new SBC the "BeaglePlay". It uses a quad core ARM CPU; has gigabit ethernet; 2GB RAM; full size HDMI output; dual band wifi; a PowerVR Rogue GPU; and 16GB onboard EMMC. You can use an SD card to obtain more storage. If you're into ARM boards this may peak your interest. You can pick one up from various stores listed on the page below. The page also lists it should at least work with Debian but may work with other distros.

https://beagleboard.org/play

#arm64 #foss #beagleboard #linux #beagleplay

BeaglePlay : une carte de développement très connectée
La BeaglePlay change un peu des habituels clones de cartes de développement fruitées avec une autre approche de sa connectivité.... #minimachines #beagleboard
https://www.minimachines.net/actu/beagleplay-carte-de-developpement-116707

Thinking of getting a single board computer... nominally as a small and energy-efficient platform for always-on services (like a network drive), but mostly because I think it would be fun.

So, my lovelies, do you recommend #raspberrypi or #beagleboard?

@slightlyflightyone

Would a #BeagleBoard also be an alternative?

https://beagleboard.org/