Beagleboard stuff being so much fun, but the addons out there cost way, way too much. I plan on making some addons pretty soon. Already have parts on the way. Im planing a LCD board of course, and a SPI board. If anyone has any suggestions please comment.
Category Archives: Beagleboard-xM
Beagleboard Resource
Check this out. I found some valuable information: http://elinux.org/EBC_Embedded_Beagle_Class_Topics
Beagleboard-xM GNOME!
Yeah i got the hang of this i think. I even added a user via terminal so i can login with a password 🙂 I have nice 50″ LCD in the room… so i went and plugged this in and poof! BEAUTIFUL GNOME SCREEN! I have yet to test video play back or anything seriousContinue reading “Beagleboard-xM GNOME!”
Beagleboard-xM Part 5. Fruits of Labor!
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BeagleBoard-xM – Part 4. Finishing it all
Ok in this video you will see how to Make directories, mount devices, copy files, extract tar.gz files and syncing the card. Short Version would be: sudo mkdir /tmp/root sudo mkdir /tmp/boot sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/boot sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /tmp/root sudo cp MLO /tmp/boot sudo cp u-boot.bin /tmp/boot sudo cp uImage /tmp/boot sudo cp boot.scrContinue reading “BeagleBoard-xM – Part 4. Finishing it all”
BeagleBoard-xM – Part 3. Narcissus
Ok below you will see a video on how to go about using Narcissus to generate a image and u-boot stuff for our MicroSD card.
BeagleBoard-xM – Part 2. SD Card Setup
Ok I was going to write a whole thing on how to do this but it makes more sense to make a small video with captions. No sound sorry. I dont have one of those sexy over the internet voices 🙂 Also… I am usually listening to music when working on my PC its relaxingContinue reading “BeagleBoard-xM – Part 2. SD Card Setup”
BeagleBoard-xM – Part 1. Some Basic Info
As you may know i got my hands on a Beagleboard-xM. This things seems so cool but is the most fustrating board i experienced. Perhaps that’s because im not that linux savvy. From what can tell the most important first step in this stuff is booting the uSD(micro sd) card it came with. Which isContinue reading “BeagleBoard-xM – Part 1. Some Basic Info”
Beagleboard-xM Startup
Copied from Putty: Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.4.4ss (Aug 19 2010 – 02:49:27) Beagle xM Rev A Reading boot sector Loading u-boot.bin from mmc U-Boot 2010.03-dirty (Aug 20 2010 – 20:50:46) OMAP3630/3730-GP ES2.0, CPU-OPP2, L3-165MHz, OMAP3 Beagle board + LPDDR/NAND I2C:Â Â ready DRAM:Â 512 MB NAND:Â 0 MiB *** Warning – bad CRC or NAND, usingContinue reading “Beagleboard-xM Startup”