All, I've merged updates to http://beagleboard.org/getting-started now as it seems to be an overall improvement to what was there.
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:08 PM Niels Jakob Buch <njb...@gmail.com> wrote: > As a noob using BeagleBone Blue this page is not making clear what to look > for on your board. The image shown is an old BeagleBone Black I assume, and > the reference to buttons and other details that are NOT present on your own > board leads you to conclude you are in the wrong place. > I'll add a picture for BeagleBone Blue---hopefully later today. Black Wireless should look very much like Black. I'm hopeful BeagleBoard-* users don't need pictures to find the LEDs. For the "compatible" boards, I simply can't add pictures for all of them. > > I am still not understanding why there is a SD-boot button as I have never > used it, but the instructions refer to it, and I am suggesting to clean up > that text. > I'll add a note to the updating section. It simply forces boot to bypass the on-board eMMC flash in case it has some "bad" content. If it had "no" content, it would be bypassed anyway. > > I see 4 grey images with unhappy faces (image does not exist) in the books > section. > Should be fixed now. > > Based on my overall experience from using the the BeagleBone Blue I would > stress the fact that this is a community effort, with great variation in > maturity and finish. This is actually the most difficult part, I am still > looking for a mature python library and it does not seem to exist. Beginner > guidance on this part would help. > Thanks Robert for sharing the Python library link elsewhere on this thread. I also added a link to the github repo for forking the getting started to emphasize the community aspect. > > > On Monday, 22 May 2017 21:00:19 UTC+2, Jason Kridner wrote: > >> I've added quick links to >> http://jadonk.github.io/beaglebone-getting-started/START.htm if a >> connection is found. Please try it out. >> >> On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 11:45 AM Mark A. Yoder <mark.a...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Jason: >>> Looks good. Could you also add some "Quick Links" at the top. I can >>> think of two that would be handy (but there may be others): >>> 192.168.7.2 main page >>> 192.168.7.2:3000 Cloud9 IDE >>> >>> I'm thinking of a workshop setting where they could be told to open >>> START.html and use the quick link to Cloud9. >>> >>> --Mark >>> >>> >>> On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 1:17:05 PM UTC-4, Jason Kridner wrote: >>> >>>> I think I've completed the getting-started portion and now need to move >>>> to updating bone101. >>>> >>>> Everyone please look at >>>> http://jadonk.github.io/beaglebone-getting-started/START.htm and let >>>> me know if anything needs further adjustment on that page itself. >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 9:11 PM James Strawson <jstr...@eng.ucsd.edu> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> I have pinouts listed in the individual manual pages for encoders, i2c, >>>>> uart, etc. Diagrams would be better but the info is here. >>>>> >>>>> http://strawsondesign.com/#!manual-encoders >>>>> http://strawsondesign.com/#!manual-i2c >>>>> http://strawsondesign.com/#!manual-spi >>>>> http://strawsondesign.com/#!manual-uart >>>>> http://strawsondesign.com/#!manual-adc >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dept. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering >>>>> University of California, San Diego >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Jason Kridner <jkri...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm still not making that much headway in the Blue documentation at >>>>>> the moment, but I figure I can at least make an FAQ to help some new >>>>>> users. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglebone-blue/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions-(FAQ >>>>>> ) >>>>>> >>>>>> The big thing to point out, however, is that a ton of good >>>>>> documentation is already at >>>>>> http://www.strawsondesign.com/#!manual-install. >>>>>> >>>>>> I think the big thing missing right now is a good guide for the >>>>>> connector pinouts that avoid needing to reference the schematic. >>>>>> >>>>>> For my work-in-progress update on the getting-started page, see >>>>>> http://jadonk.github.io/beaglebone-getting-started/START.htm. >>>>>> >>>>>> Patches welcome. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Beagle Alpha" group. >>>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to beagle-alpha...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> 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 beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >> >> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/1be62c41-10a2-4fce-885c-404710edfca1%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/1be62c41-10a2-4fce-885c-404710edfca1%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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/67ec72c3-51bb-4b71-b2a8-1909343aff57%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/67ec72c3-51bb-4b71-b2a8-1909343aff57%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. 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