Beagle board geeral questioins before buying

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Hi,

Im looking at using this board in a project like this: http://projectsentrygun.rudolphlabs.com/home

I would like to mount the whole set up in a tree where most people would not see or notice it, only the few BB’s raining on them so to do this i would like to use a Beagle board as the item to do the image processing. so i have a few questions:

what power does the begal board need to run? like voltage@current input (i would like to power the thing by solar power and a battery duing the night.
how can i install linux on it?
Could an IP camera connected to the beagle board be used in place of a USB one? I would like to do this so I can use night vision which is when this will be needed the most.
Could I place a USB thumb drive in the beagle board a record the feed to it so that I can go back a look at what it was shooting at?

Thanks for the help.

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Gerald

Hi,

Im looking at using this board in a project like this: http://projectsentrygun.rudolphlabs.com/home

I would like to mount the whole set up in a tree where most people would not see or notice it, only the few BB’s raining on them so to do this i would like to use a Beagle board as the item to do the image processing. so i have a few questions:

what power does the begal board need to run? like voltage@current input (i would like to power the thing by solar power and a battery duing the night.

5VDC at 1.5A depending on which of the three different BeagleBoards you are refferring to.

how can i install linux on it?

Apply power. Linux is already on the board.

Could an IP camera connected to the beagle board be used in place of a USB one?

Assuming the right SW is installed, yes.

I would like to do this so I can use night vision which is when this will be needed the most.
Could I place a USB thumb drive in the beagle board a record the feed to it so that I can go back a look at what it was shooting at?

That is possible.