by Jason Kridner As many of you might have heard, Raspberry Pi launched their next board, the Raspberry Pi 2. There have been noticeable differences in the primary processor performance from the original Pi to Pi 2. This has cause a lot of people to revisit the question of how the BeagleBone Black compares to […]
With browsers and rich applications available to us everywhere, desires for information and control are growing astronomically. Entrepreneurial, design and cross-discipline engineering skills are all required to launch a successful connected device. Thankfully, Brian DeLacey with other technology enthusiasts around Cambridge and Boston are exploring what it takes to educate individuals and teams on the […]
by Jason Kridner It was April last year when I wrote about how we were going to fix the board shortage. Demand and activity have only increased since then, but the additional production capacity has paid off and there is now inventory of both the official BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Black manufactured by CircuitCo and the logo-compliant […]
Updates on using #BeagleBoneBlack PWM pins using the relatively new ‘config-pin’ utility.
by Jason Kridner 2014 has been an amazing year for BeagleBoard.org and BeagleBone Black, the most successful open hardware computer ever invented. I know what you are thinking; “Jason, didn’t that board from the UK outsell BeagleBone Black?” Sure, but that board isn’t open hardware: there aren’t open source layout files or open source editable schematics […]
Carbide Labs builds Pick ‘n Paste electronics assembly machine upon BeagleBone Black
Here are two worthy campaigns looking for your support. First is Open qPCR, a DNA diagnostic tool that enables anyone to analyze the DNA in the world around them. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaibio/open-qpcr-dna-diagnostics-for-everyone Support the campaign at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaibio/open-qpcr-dna-diagnostics-for-everyone. Next is the BeagleBone Black GamingCape by Max Thrun, a $99 board with an LCD, gaming controls, audio, sensors and a […]
Crowd funding is all the rage and with good reason. Starting up a new business venture means taking risk. If you can clearly articulate the value of what your business will create, others will be willing to share in that risk. Sometimes you share the risk with a bank in the form of a loan or […]
by Jason Kridner TL;DR – $99 BeagleBone Black GamingCape from CircuitHub In last year’s TI intern contest, Max Thrun amazed us with his incredible video of the making of the GamingCape that turned a BeagleBone Black into a handheld-gaming console running on AAA batteries. If you are like me, you immediately wanted one of your […]