Re: [CODE4LIB] BeagleBone Black, anyone?

2013-05-21 Thread raffaele messuti
Roy Tennant wrote: Is anyone working with a BeagleBone Black? [1] Or some other Beagleboard? In perhaps a cart-before-the-horse kind of way, I'd love to do a project with one but I'm having a hard time thinking of a really good application. So I'd be interested to hear about the kinds of

[CODE4LIB] BeagleBone Black, anyone?

2013-05-20 Thread Roy Tennant
Is anyone working with a BeagleBone Black? [1] Or some other Beagleboard? In perhaps a cart-before-the-horse kind of way, I'd love to do a project with one but I'm having a hard time thinking of a really good application. So I'd be interested to hear about the kinds of things folks are doing with

Re: [CODE4LIB] BeagleBone Black, anyone?

2013-05-20 Thread Al Matthews
My 2c, I like them. Use them if you want to study embedded. Processorwise they're pitched between a smartphone and an Arduino. They have onboard DSP and will play 1080 HD video without an issue if you ask nicely. If you'll pardon the distinction, you can run either as Linux or as Android. Entry