I'm a beginner with the BeagleBone Black, but I have significant AVR and C/Linux experience.
I want to use the BBB as an embedded controller, so I won't be using any video output. I will want to use: - PWM outputs - i2c bus - analog inputs - a 3.3V serial port for PPP - few plain digital outputs, no fancy timing. I would like to run a Java JRE (no flames please!) I have a few questions: - What's the best Linux distribution to use, given that my main criterion is support for the BBB's hardware resources? - I would like to measure the frequency on some digital inputs, which will be in the range 0-1KHz. I think the best way to do that is via the PRU, using the timer and some interrupts. Is that the best way, and are any of the resources I list above dependent on the PRU (e.g. the PWM) or do they all have dedicated hardware? (I realise that pins are shared -- I mean the PRU and its peripherals) (I can also do this using an outboard AVR via i2c, but if the BBB can do it why not...) - Are there any other implementations of the BBB hardware? -- for instance I'd be interested in one with fewer connectors, the headers not soldered in and/or a smaller form factor. - I'm booting off the eMMC. Does that mean that I can't use any of the MMC1 pins? Thanks, Tom -- 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.