I checked that URL, and it takes me to a CircuitCo (The manufacturer of the 
BBB) video on youTube about how the BBB is manufactured. 

Very modern surface mount manufacturing processes. Worth a look if you have 
never visited a SMT factory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FcqQvH41OR4

You are correct, not a lot of Python programming in that book.

For some good Python examples on the BBB, look at the tutorials section at 
Adafruit.

https://learn.adafruit.com/category/beaglebone

Adafruit has a good GPIO/SPI/I2C library for Python

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_GPIO

--- Graham

==






On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 8:50:51 AM UTC-6, [email protected] wrote:
>
> I agree Graham, an excellent book with almost everything.I recently 
> purchased the book after getting the BBB a few weeks prior and as mentioned 
> it covers all most everything. I was a little disappointed in the lack of 
> python programming and that the primary PC supporting the book was using 
> Windows which I don't have.
> I am using Ubuntu 15.04 on my desktop and sometimes hesitate if I am nor 
> sure if the command(s) listed in the various chapters are for the BBB or 
> desktop.
> Also, the book mentions what looks like a URL: tiny.cc/ebb101  . This 
> doesn't seem to connect to anything?
>
> On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 9:58:20 PM UTC-6, Graham wrote:
>>
>> A new Beaglebone book, by Derek Molloy, focused on the Beaglebone Black 
>> started shipping last week.
>>
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Exploring-BeagleBone-Techniques-Building-Embedded/dp/1118935128/
>>
>> If you want to do anything more than make a few of the on-board LEDs turn 
>> on and off, this is the book that you want.  About 500 pages of Beaglebone 
>> information, tools, programming, the Linux commands you need to run it, how 
>> to use Git, discussions of Device Trees, plus the fundamentals of 
>> interfacing to the BBB.  Unlike a lot of the other simpler books, which 
>> were written when Beaglebone used the Angstrom distribution, this one is 
>> written for the Debian distribution.
>>
>> I have been working with the Beaglebone Black for about nine months, but 
>> this book answered several things that were bothering me, just by searching 
>> the index for the topics. 
>>
>> If you are going to spend $55 on a Beaglebone Black, then spend the 
>> additional $30 for this book.  This is the practical manual and"how to" 
>> book that should come with the BBB.
>>
>> It is scoring five out of five stars in every Amazon review, so far. I 
>> agree with those ratings.
>>
>> --- Graham
>>
>> ==
>>
>

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