Revision as of 09:51, 14 May 2013

TTL Cable

• Install USB drivers
  • for os x - http://sourceforge.net/projects/osx-pl2303/
• Connect pins like so:

(RED IS NOT CONNECTED)

• From Terminal, start session:
  • screen /dev/cu.usbserial 115200
• http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-5-using-a-console-cable/test-and-configure

GPIO

gpio - http://beaglebone.cameon.net/home/using-the-gpios

Serial Communication

Ubuntu

• use wget to fetch setup tools:
  • wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg#md5=fe1f997bc722265116870bc7919059ea
• install setuptools:
  • sudo sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg
• install pyserial:
  • sudo easy_install pyserial

Angstrom

• update opkg
  • opkg update
• install pyserial
  • opkg install python-pyserial

Pockesphinx

• https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/beagleboard/aBznzq_bNuU
• Install libasound2, alsa-dev, and alsa-lib-dev. (libasound and alsa-lib-dev were already installed on my beaglebone black)
  • opkg install alsa-dev
• Get sphinxbase and pocketsphinx, preferrably putting them in a code directory.
  • wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmusphinx/files/sphinxbase/0.8/sphinxbase-0.8.tar.gz
  • wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmusphinx/files/pocketsphinx/0.8/pocketsphinx-0.8.tar.gz
• Unzip
  • tar -xzf sphinxbase-0.8.tar.gz
  • tar -xzf pocketsphinx-0.8.tar.gz
• Generate configureation files. Config without python.
  • autogen.sh --without-python

Audio

http://www.tigal.com/product/2924

Debian

• http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian

Installing Ubuntu

• The instructions below are written for linux. I installed from a Ubuntu live USB drive (Ubuntu 13) on my macbook pro (os x 10.8).
• Once you are booted in ubuntu on your non-beagleboard system, follow instructions here: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Method_1:_Download_a_Complete_Pre-Configured_Image
• you will probably be missing packages
• you may need to add universe to package repository to get those missing packages
  • sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main universe restricted multiverse"
• list disks
  • diskutil list

Curses

• install python-curses:
  • opkg install python-curses

Other

• video on C++ programming with Beaglebone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=vFv_-ykLppo
• Contest. Win 2 free beagleboards - http://elinux.org/BeagleBoard/contest