The BeagleBone Black Primer Master BeagleBone Black‎:‎ Today‎'‎s most powerful low‎-cost embedded development platform‎!‎ You can do amazing things with BeagleBone Black‎.‎ Get started in just five minutes‎:‎ all you need is a USB cable and this easy‎,‎ hands‎-on primer‎!‎ Brian McLaughlin teaches you enough to be seriously dangerous‎.‎ Start with the simplest embedded programming concepts‎.‎ Explore BeagleBone Black‎'‎s capabilities‎,‎ and learn all the essentials‎,‎ from controlling I/O to establishing network connections‎.‎ Then‎,‎ step by step‎,‎ master increasingly advanced techniques with the Cloud9 IDE and BoneScript‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎Integrate external hardware‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎Install Linux or Android‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎Use Cape expansion boards to do even more‎.‎ Don‎'‎t just learn it‎:‎ do it‎.‎ This guide is packed with projects‎,‎ from weather stations‎,‎ to car computers‎,‎ to a "capstone" project using Software Defined Radio to capture signals from local airspace and orbiting satellites‎!‎ You won‎'‎t just put BeagleBone Black to work‎:‎ you‎'‎ll start imagining great projects of your own‎.‎ And then you‎'‎ll build them‎.‎ Discover how BeagleBone Black works‎,‎ and what it can do * Get your BeagleBone Black‎-and get it working‎,‎ fast* Link your BeagleBone Black to the world‎,‎ and link yourself to the global BeagleBone community* Learn to read schematics and use them to connect hardware* Prototype your projects with breadboards* Extend BeagleBone Black with Capes* Add sensors to capture and use data from the environment* Use actuators to make things happen in the real world* Make your BeagleBone Black recognize your face* Learn from mistakes‎,‎ and go beyond what you‎'‎ve already learned Brian McLaughlin is an engineer by profession and by hobby‎.‎ Building on a solid foundation in software‎,‎ he was first exposed to advanced hardware topics while working on the Hubble Space Telescope‎.‎ After working for Lockheed Martin‎,‎ he joined NASA‎,‎ where he‎'‎s supported many of NASA‎'‎s most exciting missions‎.‎ He holds a B‎.‎S‎.‎ in computer science ‎(‎North Carolina State University‎)‎ and an M‎.‎S‎.‎ in systems engineering ‎(‎University of Maryland‎)‎‎.‎ He‎'‎s also written for GeekDad and is a member of the growing Maker community‎.‎