On 8/29/2013 4:30 PM, Alan Jachimiak wrote:
Hey there,
I was looking into the BeagleBone Black
<http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black> as an alternative
to the RaspberryPi. Mainly for these reasons:
-faster
-embedded linux makes it faster to 'just start playing with it'
I was wondering in anyone had used these or had any experience with one?
'faster' is relative. The Pi has a GPU with a working linux
driver[interfacing to a binary blob though] which means you get faster
graphics AND a few extra features which come with GPU's built for
mobile[the CSI2 camera connector for example is provided by the GPU].
The BBB won't connect via CSI2, so any camera connections are going to
have to use other protocols. The BBB does have video accelleration[SGX]
but the linux drivers for it won't be available until after 3.11 is
released.
When hacking it, choose your kernel version carefully:
Version < 3.8: uses depreciated methods to control pins
Version 3.8: Most stable, uses the Device Tree model being adopted by
most ARM chip producers.
Version 3.10: Gets the newest features, but also has some known
bugs[something to do with usb] which are not likely to be fixed in the
short term.
Version 3.11: The next version TI will be supporting, so most of their
work is in getting SGX and everything else working for 3.11
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