It is best if you can simply keep the original card unchanged, and do your experiments on other ones. Writing your own SD card (even when using a prebuilt image) can lead to a surprising number of difficulties, partly due to the many different revisions of BeagleBoard which exist. On the demo image everything is set up correctly for the version of BeagleBoard that you bought. The demo Angstrom OS is surprisingly fast, even though it might sound like it has a lot of stuff on it. Additionally, all of the USB ports work with no additional setup.
Minicom 2.2 full#
The demo features the Midori web browser and a full GUI desktop. Currently, the BeagleBoard xM is shipped with a micro SD card included that has an Angstrom demo loaded on it. SD cards (for putting the operating system on)īe sure to buy at least one additional SD card. BB xM has a full-sized female DB9 port so it does not need the IDC10F adapter that BB Original needs. If not, get USB-to-DB9 male straight through cable.) Null modem cable will not work. (This will only work if you have an ancient desktop machine.
Minicom 2.2 serial#
Serial cable (for talking to BB on your desktop machine)ĭB9M to IDC10F AT/Everex Serial Adapter + null modem serial cableįemale to male DB9 straight through cable. OTG USB cable will not work (well) as a power source for BB xM because #1: USB is insufficient to power the xM and #2: when booting xM with USB OTG cable you will get a "kernel panic" error message and the board will not boot properly. Use a standard-type 5V AC-to-DC power brick with 2.1mm barrel plug. This website has a list of required cables for xM and as well as a guide to getting the Angstrom, Android, and Ubuntu OSs running on the xM, which require slightly different processes than to do the same thing on the original BB.ĭifferences between requirements of the original BeagleBoard and the BeagleBoard xM Peripheral requiredĬan take either mini-a male to standard-a male OTG (On-The-Go) USB cable OR a standard type 5V AC-to-DC power brick with a 2.1mm barrel plug. Links to the recommended collection of peripherals can be found on the bottom of /hardware, but a slightly more detailed comprehensive shopping list can be found on the Beagle Board Shopping List. Each of these are slightly different, so make a note of which revision you have.įinding all the right hardware Original BeagleBoard Original BeagleBoards have u-boot loaded on the NAND flash memory.īB xM also has several subversions: including Rev A, Rev B, and Rev C. The original BeagleBoard has flash NAND memory, while the BeagleBoard xM does not, so the micro SD card used to boot the xM must contain 3 files. They have different inputs, so they require different peripherals, and Typically, the word "BeagleBoard", when used alone without modifiers, refers specifically to the original BeagleBoard and not to the BeagleBoard xM. Consequentially, much of the online documentation that will come up on Google searches for "BeagleBoard" refers to the original version, and not the xM. There are two major types of BeagleBoard currently in existence- the original BeagleBoard and the BeagleBoard-xM. 8 Connect with your beagleboard using VNC and ethernet over USB.7.2 Wire up your Beagle and power it up.
7 Writing the Ångström image into the SDcard and finally booting GNU/Linux.
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