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Are you an inventor, maker, student, entrepreneur, hacker, artist or dreamer? If you are, then this book is for you. Author Derek Molloy, has done an outstanding job of writing a book that brings the power of embedded Linux to your products, inventions, creations, or projects; and, that truly explains the BeagleBone in detail.

Author Molloy, begins by introducing you to the BeagleBone platform hardware. In addition, he introduces you to the Linux operating system and software tools that can be used with the BeagleBone. The author also exposes you to the core concepts, commands and tools that are required to effectively manage embedded Linux systems. Then, he continues by introducing you to the type of practical electronics that you need in order to work effectively and correctly with the BeagleBone platform. The author then describes several different programming options for the BeagleBone, including scripted and compiled language. Next, he integrates the Linux, programming and electronics groundwork, in order to show you how to build circuits and write programs that interface to the BeagleBone’s single-wire inputs and outputs. In addition, the author describes how you can use your desktop computer to develop applications that can be deployed directly to the BBB. In addition, he describes bus communication in detail, by explaining and comparing the different bus types that are available on the BeagleBone. The author also shows you how build on your knowledge of GPIO and bus interfacing. Then, he continues by introducing you to the Internet of Things, by presenting two new sensors: a simple temperature sensor and a more complex Bluetooth low-energy sensor. The author then introduces you to the rich user interface architectures and application development on the BeagleBone. Next, he show you how USB peripherals are attached to the BBB, so that it can be used for capturing image, video, and audio data, by using low-level Linux drivers and APIs. Finally, the author describes input and output examples that help explain the operation of the PRUs and their encompassing industrial communication subsystem (PRU-ICSS).

This excellent book provides you with enough background knowledge and under-the-hood technical details, to enable and motivate your own explorations. By using hands-on examples, the author describes what each step means in detail, so that when you substitute your own hardware components, modules, and peripherals, you will be able to adapt the content in this great book to suit your needs.
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