BeagleBone For Dummies 1st Edition

Has the same issues and makes the same assumptions that most other texts make. Assumes you know at least something about Linux and the way file systems work.

Easy too read!

Excellent book .

Are you an expert in electronics, programming and embedded systems? If you are, then this book is for you. Authors Rui Santos and Luís Miguel Costa Perestrelo, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that walk's you through the world of digital electronics and programming by using BeagleBone.Authors Santos and Perestrelo, begin by getting you acquainted with BeagleBone. In addition, they explain which distribution of Linux to use; as well as, where you can download it and how to install it. The authors also present multiple ways to accomplish something that they've found to be quite useful: controlling your BeagleBone remotely. Then, they continues by showing you hoe you can use the command prompt to get around a computer in a way that you're probably not used to: using only text. The authors then get you up to speed regarding the most basic principles of electricity, so that you can understand what is happening on the circuits you build to interact with your BeagleBone. Next, they describe the most important tools you need to start creating prototypes of your projects. In addition, the authors introduce you to BoneScript, a library containing functions specially created for the BeagleBone. They also show you how to turn on a light by pressing a pushbutton, how to control a motor's rotation through the use of a potentiometer, and how to automatically turn on a light that warns you that someone has entered a room. Then, the authors continue by introducing Python, a powerful programming language that features a dedicated library to interface with the BeagleBone. Next, they cover Python and Adafruit's BeagleBone Input/Output library, which enables you to control the BeagleBone's General Purpose Input Output pins in a simple and straightforward manner. In addition, the authors discuss the good practices of programming. The authors also explain how you can connect a few peripherals to your BeagleBone Black and turn it into a desktop computer. Then, they continue by walking you through building a two-page website, with practical examples that you can follow along and test in real time. The authors then show you how to build a lasting, complete and useful project. Next, they show you how to build your very own home automation web server­a web page that interacts with the physical world. The author also shows you some extremely cool projects featuring the BeagleBone. Finally, they introduce you to ten useful resources that can help you get the most out of your BeagleBone.This excellent book explores the virtually unlimited possibilities that the BeagleBone has to offer. Also, in this great book, you get to know all of the important concepts by building circuits and programming them with BeagleBone.

Comprehensive coverage for a 'dummies' book! Good beginner's book for BeagleBone / BeagleBone Black.Highlights:- How to install the OS image: Explains the difference between SD vs eMMC and choosing appropriate image for different revisions of the BeagleBone hardware.- How to connect to the board: SSH over USB/Ethernet, serial over USB (helpful when debugging boot problems).- Intro to Linux commands. Plus a nice section on keyboard shortcuts.- Circuits 101: voltage, current, resistence, basic formulas and theorems, circuit components, etc- Digital circuit: hardware components; configure GPIO pins for input/output/PWM. Also an introduction to the various "capes" -- addon boards for the Beagleboard.- Using the BeagleBone as a desktop computer: Introduction to the LXDE desktop environment. (I would have prefer this to be covered earlier, perhaps at the same time as Linux commands.)- Programming: Introduction to the Cloud9 IDE and programming BoneScript (JavaScript running on Node.js) as well as Python to interface with the hardware components. Later sections of the book includes lots of interesting projects, including examples on how to build a web server running Node.js to report current temperate.

I wanted to learn BeagleBone and this book was very informative. Very good starting point.

Excellent attention to detail but at the same time making it easy to follow and being able to build projects as you go makes it great fun as well. A well written book that truly helps you to understand everything from the basics to building robots and websites with Bonescript and Python, you can even use the book to help you turn the BeagleBone into a desktop computer, I strongly recommend this book.

Once again us dummies need this Book.

Bad quality of book pages.