Awesome

BBB-workshop

Getting Started

To have network access on the Black using just the USB wire, follow these steps. On the Black do:

  # /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.7.1
  # echo nameserver 8.8.8.8 | sudo tee -a /etc/resolv.conf

On the Linux host (except Fedora) from which you want to route:

  # sudo iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE
  # sudo echo 1 | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > /dev/null

On a Fedora machine instead of above two intsructions:

  1) Open Firewall settings.  
  2) Select zone as public.  
  3) In the side tab panel select masquerading  
  4) Enable Masquerade zones.

Now on the BBB:

  # ping google.com

Have tested this on Angstrom, but should work on Ubuntu, etc. too.

BBB doesn't have a RTC(Real Time Clock). To set network time
```
  # ntpdate -b -s -u pool.ntp.org  
```
Transferring files in between host machine and BeagleBone Black
```
  # sftp root@192.168.7.2
```

Common used commands with ftp are mput, mget, exit. You can also use cd and ls to move through remote filesystem. Another similar command is scp which is handy if you want to transfer files by in a script.

Python

Setup network access
Get pip
```
  # opkg update
  # opkg install python-pip
```
You can now use pip to install your favourite python packages

Setting up Adafruit_BBIO

  # git clone git://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-beaglebone-io-python.git
  # opkg update && opkg install python-distutils python-smbus
  # cd adafruit-beaglebone-io-python
  # python setup.py install

You can now try out the blink.py demo
```
  # python blink.py
```

OpenCV

OpenCV 2.4.2 comes preinstalled with the Angstrom image.

Current version of the Angstrom doesn't have python-opencv package by default. To install use:

  # opkg install http://dominion.thruhere.net/koen/angstrom/python-opencv_2.4.2-r3.10_armv7a-vfp-neon.ipk

Capture image using a camera connected to the Black.
```
  # python capture.py
  
```

Arduino code

Setting up Userspace Arduino

  # git clone http://github.com/prpplague/Userspace-Arduino.git
  # cd Userspace-Arduino/arduino-makefile/examples

To compile any of the examples, cd to the directory
```
  # cd BlinkUserspace
  # make
  # cd build-userspace
  # ./BlinkUserspace.elf
```
Look at the USR LED pins on the Black to see a blinking led (USR LED 3)

Links for more information about above demos

Links for information about BeagleBone Black in general

If you are stuck someplace, your first port of call ought to be the mailing list archives( high chances that someone has faced that problem before). If that doesn't yield anything, you can surely find help on the IRC channel.

Mailing list: Google Group
IRC Channel #beagle on Freenode : VERY active and helpful.
List of available capes
Google+ Community Page
List of projects done with Beagle*