If memory serves. I seem to recall someone "ported" Ardiono "stuff" to the
beaglebone black. What, where, and how, I do not remember. BUt IMHO that's
all a bloody mess anyway . . .

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 6:57 AM, Travis Estep <[email protected]> wrote:

> The previous response is correct. Let me elaborate a little more on his
> answer. The sensors that are available for the Arduino all have an
> interface that is used to communicate with them. Some use SPI, some I2C,
> some just a plain old analog to digital converter connection. The BBB does
> in fact have all of the communication protocols that the Arduino has.
> However, the libraries you get with the sensors for use in your Arduino
> will not work with the BBB. You will have to write your own drivers to
> communicate with those sensors.
>
> As far as physical connections, all you need are some jumper wires to run
> from the shield pins to the header pins of the BBB. You won't be able to
> just plug it in as is, as the communication protocols needed are on
> different pins.
>
> Currently I am using the GPRS shield, the TFT shield, and the SD shield
> with my BBB. Finding the correct pins to connect them to was a breeze.
> Writing the code was more complex, but I use my BBB in bare metal mode. I'm
> sure the Linux drivers would be much easier ;)
>
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