I did a similar thing with a phone instead of a laptop and a BB White instead of a BBB. I just sent ASCII strings over UDP. Don't forget zeroconf so you don't have to hard code IP addresses.
Beaglebone Network Services <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaiEUTmpMU> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaiEUTmpMU I don't make money from my youtube BTW. On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:57:41 PM UTC-6, [email protected] wrote: > > am needing help with my project and I wondering if you guys can help. > > I need some form of TCP/UDP communication set up between my BeagleBone > Black and my laptop. > I am wondering if I can set up some form of local network through a > wireless router connected to my laptop so that my laptop and the BeagleBone > Black can have some form of TCP/UDP connection with each other. I have a > wireless USB adapter connected to the BeagleBone Black so that it > can connect to wireless networks. > > An alternative would be to connect my router to the BeagleBone Black and > set up a local network (without connecting to the internet). Then I can > make my laptop connect to the local network and have some form of tcp > communication with the BeagleBone Black. > > Usage: Robotics competition where I have an application running in a > laptop which is trying to send commands to a robot which is about 50-70 > feet away wirelessly. > > Thanks > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
