This describes how to take an image file (origBBB.img) that has been extracted from a Beaglebone Black (BBB) – (see here for how to do that) – and shrink it so that it will fit onto a smaller SD card. First we need to be able to inspect the file system locally. We can inspect …
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How to backup BBB eMMC card
Ok, so you’ve been playing with your BBB and you’ve installed this package and that package, oh and that package you forgot about. So now you want to setup another BBB in exactly the same way but wait… oh no, what did you install again and how did you configure things… this could take some …
Beaglebone Black (BBB) Simple Web IO
Some time ago I wrote a short guide to getting simple webpage based control of the GPIO pins working on a Raspberry Pi. I thought it time to do something similar for the BBB. First off, I removed unwanted services but you may not be bothered about that so consider it optional. After that, install …
Getting openssl working with beaglebone black (BBB)
Today I needed to use MD5 in a C program on my BBB (running Angstrom) therefore I looked into openssl. All seemed straight forward until I realised that my cross compiler tool chain did not include an arm version of the libssl library.
Beaglebone Black with RS232 Cape
I’ve recently bought a Beaglebone Black (BBB) and an RS232 cape (BB-BONE-SERL-03). Mine is revision A1 (important to know which, see later). At the time of writing this and at the time I bought it, I did not realise that the cape was not yet supported in the Angstrom release. Because of the move to …