First steps with the HC-05 on the BeagleBone Black

Simple serial-based Bluetooth client connection on #BeagleBoneBlack From: https://donfuge.wordpress.com/2014/07/30/first-steps-with-the-hc-05-on-the-beaglebone-black/ Wireless communication between an embedded device and PC or smartphone is easily accomplished using the HC-05 bluetooth module. The BeagleBone is a great tool to explore the features of it and one can even settle with bluetooth in his final application. Enabling the UART5 I decided […]

Talking BeagleBoard with [Jason Kridner]

I talk Google Summer of Code, BeagleBone based 100MHz 14-bit logic analyzer and PRUs with Hackaday.

BeagleBone Black project spotlight blog post: Kuyurix Bus Speakers

Commuting in a big city is a tough task, especially when public transit and traffic congestion make the process even more difficult. For someone who is blind, finding your way around the city on public transportation in these conditions can seem daunting, or nearly impossible. Marcelo Gutierrez recognized this issue and wanted to do something […]

MQTT on BeagleBone not limited to Linux

MQTT on Beaglebone with Windows Embedded Compact 2013. Windows Embedded has the advantage of being real-time, but on a closed-source kernel. Who all uses this?

HOPEX Slides

Joshua Datko published his Hope X slides and will be at Defcon

The CryptoCape For BeagleBone

Information security for everyone. Joshua Datko showing off his BeagleBone cape at HopeX.

Backyard Brains: Controlling Cockroaches, Fruit Flys, And People

Hackaday shocks and then remote controls me

BeagleBone Black project spotlight: Barbot

Ringing a bell, throwing some cash, snapping your fingers and maybe even showing a little extra cleavage have all been used to flag down bartenders. But Sean Carney, creator of Barbot, can catch the attention of his bartender with a quick click of the mouse and a remote Internet connection. The Barbot is an Internet-controlled […]

IBM tutorial on using TI SensorTag with BeagleBone Black

IBM has published a tutorial on using Texas Instruments’ (TI) SensorTag kit with BeagleBone Black: https://developer.ibm.com/iot/recipes/ti-beaglebone-sensortag/ The SensorTag kit connects six (6) sensors to TI’s CC2541 Wireless MCU that features Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) connectivity. The sensors are temperature, humidity, pressure, accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer. It seems to me that connecting some of these to a […]

Project Spotlight: Object Record

Did you know that The New York Times writes itself? No, not the newspaper-but objects at The New York Times R&D Lab have “thoughts” of their own that they journal for our reading pleasure. The New York Times R&D Lab has created Object Record, a device that pairs objects with sensors that perceive environmental conditions around it through […]