I would highly recommend that you order a USB Mini-A cable from DigiKey
along with your BeagleBoard. The BeagleBoard does not ship with any
power or connectivity cables of any kind.
Without a USB Mini-A or JTAG debugger+cable, all that can be done with
the board is to power it on (assuming that you have an extra 5V adapter
or a USB Std A -> Mini B).
Finding a USB Mini A cable is practically impossible these days because
it's officially been retired by the USB consortium. It's primarily TI
that uses these cables for their calculators. I haven't found a single
walk-in surplus store that carries a Mini-A cable, so getting it from
DigiKey is probably your best bet.
Incidentally, the FlySwatter JTAG debugger from Tin Can tools has
already been proven to work with the BeagleBoard - their adapter kit is
sold out, but the pinouts are free online for DIYers.
Cheers,
Chris
wireless wrote:
Ned Ludd wrote:
On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 09:30 -0400, Christopher Friedt wrote:
Hi again,
(with yet another new platform question)
Is there anyone out there using the beagleboard?
http://www.beagleboard.org
For those of you interested in the beagleboard I'd suggest checking out
#edev / elinux.org wiki. Note they were only available for a short
period of time via digikey. All the boards sold out in 2-4 days flat
(think 400 units)
Hello Ned et. al.
It seems the boards are available again:
http://www.dev-monkey.com/blogs/jon_titus.php?mid=338&lp_id=72&nid=4277&rid=498614042
fresh off the EDN press.
James
