Questions tagged [beagleboard]

The BeagleBoard is an ultra-low cost, high performance, low power ARM Cortex-A8 (OMAP3/DM37x/AM335x) based single board computer designed by BeagleBoard.org community members.

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Using ffmpeg to livestream webcam video over UDP from Pocketbeagle running linux, what is missing?

I've been reading up on a lot of questions pertaining to ffmpeg and streaming a live feed from a webcam, and have gotten pretty close but I am just missing something small. I have a Pocketbeagle (pocket-size linux computer) running Debian, with a…
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How to receive socket information if you don't know how much data is coming through?

I am working on a GUI interface based on Python to interact with a robot running Python and an Arduino Mega as a motor controller and sensor controller. Originally, I was going to use a remote desktop to load my GUI from the robot. This turned out…
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Can beagleboard run python or Ruby programs?

I hi have just ordered a couple of beaglboards for experimenting. I know that it can rub Ubuntu and many other flavors of linux. Does that mean it can run all the trivial software that run on Ubuntu? Will the python and ruby interpreters work just…
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linux cross compiling and dynamic libraries / linking

i'm trying to develop for the BeagleBoard. Therefore i installed the CodeSourcery Sourcery_G++_Lite Toolchain. I want to use the opencv library. So I downloaded the sources to my Ubuntu devolepment system, compiled with gcc as shared library and…
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GSM module with Android on BeagleBoard

I'm using http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9427 as GSM module. I've built for FTDI and generic usb-serial driver. Everytime I try to pppd call GPRS I'll get pppd: connect script failed. The commands executed were: 1. pppd /dev/ttyUSB0 2. netcfg ppp0…
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Enabling root access

I'm attempting some Android system integration on a BeagleBoard like device. I have complete file system access as I can read/write/format the CF card hosting the boot and rootfs partitions. For example, I can easily modify init.rc to execute…
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Unable to export UART channel on Beaglebone

I am trying to program the BeagleBone to communicate with an Arduino over UART. I have my code working flawlessly when I connect via USB, but I need to use the Adafruit BBIO library to access the UART functionality since the USB port is taken in the…
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Yocto: Can't get my beagleboard working: no framebuffer device

I have a beagleboard BB-MB-000 Rev. C4 and build a core_image_sato with Yocto and a uImage 4.4.9 from the meta-ti-layer using the recipe linux-ti-staging_4.4.bb. I tried to boot my Beagleboard from nand, because I cannot boot it from mmc. But that's…
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BeagleBone Black get interrupts from user-space

I'm using a C++ library (easyBlack) to handle GPIO through /dev/mem. As I have seen in the chapter "25.3.3 Interrupt Features" of "AM335x SitaraTM Processors - Technical Reference Manual" In order to generate an interrupt request to a host processor…
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Cannot access 192.168.7.2 on BeagleBone Black

I just bought my BBL for about 1 week. It works well until today, I don't know why I cannot access to 192.168.7.1 . When I try to access, it just display "Cannot GET /". I still normally access to Cloud9 IDE and SSH. How can I fix this issue ?…
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How to use __sync_fetch_and_add for a Linux userspace program on beagleboard/gumstix

I am looking to use the __sync_fetch_and_xxx functions for thread safe shared memory access on my Linux application with a beagleboard and gumstix. I can't seem to find the correct header to include. Are these functions only available for kernel…
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Multiple cameras with Raspberry Pi

I am working on a project that would require using at least 3 cameras to take a picture of the same object at different angles. I was thinking about using the raspberry pi to attach the 3 cameras to it but due to lack of CSI ports in it I can only…
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Mouse and keyboard not working in qemu emulation of beagleboard with latest angstrom image

I was trying to emulate an angstrom image for beaglexm in qemu on my Ubuntu 12.04 laptop. In a new window the image boots up and autologins into GNOME shell. But keyboard and mouse remains unresponsive. I gave the following command: qemu-system-arm…
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Pin States of Beaglebone Black on Power Up

I'm trying to use Beaglebone Black for driving a motor circuit. I have managed to enable and use PWM pins (P8_13 and P8_19 namely). But I have a problem. When I first power up the board, these pins become HIGH state so the motor starts running…
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USB Bluetooth Dongle isn't recognized by BeagleBone Black

I'm attempting to figure out how to get a USB Bluetooth dongle to work with my BeagleBone Black. I've tried a few different ones to no avail, but have seen posts from others who seem to have had some success. I have tried the procedure documented…
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