By the way the beaglebone comes with a pre-installed Linux demo image already on it. On the eMMC. So no sdcard is required, but is recommended.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 2:00 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 11:39 AM, mzimmers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, all - >> >> I've decided to self-tutor in the area of embedded Linux. (I have >> embedded experience, and some Linux experience, but not together). I was >> thinking of getting a beaglebone for experimentation. I can't be more >> specific, because I don't know what I want to yet, other than learn some >> new skills. >> >> I have a few questions, if you please: >> >> 1. is the beaglebone platform a reasonable choice? >> > > For what ? If you mean cost effective way to self teach embedded Linux. > Then yes. > > >> 2. is there a particular model I should favor? >> > > A what ? > > >> 3. in the old days, we needed special devices (like flashers) for >> downloading programs. Do I need anything like this to use the board? >> >> No. You download or create a Linux image yourself. Copy it to sdcard, and > either run that or use it to copy files to the eMMC. > > The questions you're asking are subjective and rather broad. Which > honestly most of what you're asking is something you're going to have to > determine for yourself. > > The beaglebone is much like the Raspberry Pi. In that it runs Linux, and > is able to communicate with, and have an effect on devices connected > externally. So either would work. However, where the beaglebone differs in > the shear amount of I/O it's cable of. The hardware is far more open, and > the beaglebone though it's amm335x processor has two PRU's( Programmable > Real-time Unit ). > > So where the Raspberry PI may have the advantage with "ease" of use in > some cases. The beaglebone is far more flexible( in my opinion ). You can > roll your own Linux image, thanks to Robert Nelson's eewiki guide, and > customize to your heart content. The PRU's can handle a lot of Real-time > tasks as well, without Linux getting in the way. So if you need something > deterministic, the PRU's are probably what would be handling that task. All > while communicating with Linux through . . . well most likely a set portion > of memory in one way or another. > > The Raspberry PI( rPI 3 in my own case ) is a pretty cool piece of > technology to play with. But if you're serious about embedded Linux, with a > very open hardware( and software ) model. Then the beaglebone is the place > to be. > >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/beagleboard/09888cf2-5402-432e-8f72-5c0d74662944%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/09888cf2-5402-432e-8f72-5c0d74662944%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORqWykGbSWbajDmPeFCC6czwePCdpHzZRh%3Doq9%2BmFVZeYQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
