Beagle Board - Getting started

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HI

Am new to beagle board.my applications consists of running a
application on the Beagle board probably on linux. I have decided to
use the Armstrong distribution.

my basic applications consists of running an application on beagle
board and accessing USB, serial port , monitor , ethernet. where can i
find the drivers for these.

I am confused by the amount of information on the internet and where
to start.
please guide me regarding this

Thanks and Regards,

Anuj Tanksali

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Hallo Anuj,
You haven't mentioned the BeagleBoard version that you are using.

First of all, you should read the BeagleBoard System Reference Manual
(in this case version C4):
http://beagleboard.org/static/BBSRM_latest.pdf

Then, buy the parts you need:
http://specialcomp.com/beagleboard/

You are gonna need to make your Linux SD Card also. There are several
websites but that depends also on the BB version which you are using.
Some websites are:

http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/BeagleboardRevCValidationv3
http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/LinuxBootDiskFormat
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu
http://www.snowbotic.com/archives/33

Regards,
Frederico

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elinux.org/BeagleBoard

2010/11/22 Anuj <anuj.tanksali@gmail.com>

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Am new to beagle board.my applications consists of running a
application on the Beagle board probably on linux. I have decided to
use the Armstrong distribution.

I think you mean "Angstrom".

my basic applications consists of running an application on beagle
board and accessing USB, serial port , monitor , ethernet. where can i
find the drivers for these.

Since you don't mention a need for OpenGL/3D or DSP you will find that
the drivers you need will already be included in the Linux kernel you
get from using Angstrom.

Therefore, the first step will be to learn how to boot Angstrom on the
board. Once the board is running, you will need to learn a bit about
Linux systems administration such as configuring your network. Finally,
you'll be ready to write applications.

elinux.org is an excellent site to get started with embedded Linux and
the BeagleBoard. However, it sounds like you may need a more remedial
introduction to Linux first. If you have no Linux experience at all I
recommend installing Linux on a desktop PC first and learning how to use
it. Then move on to working with Angstrom on BeagleBoard.

Good luck!