beagleboard Archives - Brian Hensley

Beagleboard XM – How to install Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal)

January 19, 2013August 22, 2017 by Brian

UPDATE 7/9/2013: updated links in download folder Hi folks so i’m back after taking quite a bit of time off. Had the unfortunate experience of my dad passing away recently. I truly believe that family comes first so i’ve been spending my time elsewhere. Thanks for your patients. Versions of Ubuntu have changed over the … Read more

Install Beagleboard XM Ubuntu 11.10 with GUI

March 5, 2012August 19, 2017 by Brian

(LAST UPDATED 1/19/2013) – New blog that superseeds this one…in many ways check it out So this quick run through will be to illustrate how to get Ubuntu 11.10 and a GUI running on the Beagleboard XM. Graphical User Interface (GUI, pronouced “Gu eee”) is the interface that is used on most computers that does … Read more

Python controlling SPI Bus on Beagleboard XM, and Raspberry Pi

February 26, 2012August 20, 2017 by Brian

So i’m writing my second article on how to do stuff on the Beagleboard Xm. This time i’m going to focus on how to write code for python controlling SPI on the Beagleboard Xm SPI bus ports, works for the Raspberry Pi too. Most the time I could stick with programming C since my last … Read more

SPI working on the Beagleboard XM rev C

February 4, 2012August 20, 2017 by Brian

(UPDATE 1/19/2013) – NEW blog post on Beagleboard XM installing Ubuntu 12.10, includes enabling SPI and more click this link BLOG POST (UPDATED 7/5/2012) – (added ubuntu-11.10-r3 download from dropbox, as original source no longer exists.) So this is for people that are trying to get SPI working on their Beagleboard XM rev C boards. … Read more