Chapter 3
Connecting Your BeagleBone
In This Chapter
Connecting your BeagleBone via USB and installing drivers
Blinking the onboard LEDs
Controlling your BeagleBone remotely via SSH and serial
The BeagleBone was designed in such a way to be both easy and inexpensive to set up. With just a computer and a Mini USB cable, you can start programming your BeagleBone right off the bat.
This chapter presents multiple ways to accomplish something that we’ve found to be quite useful: controlling your BeagleBone remotely. We prefer to program the BeagleBone by connecting a USB cable to a computer or having an Ethernet cable connected to a router.
Connecting your BeagleBone to a terminal enables you to do things such as run scripts, install software, and manage files.
Connecting via USB
If your BeagleBone is running the OS through the microSD card, insert it before powering up your BeagleBone. Then follow these steps to set up your BeagleBone:
- Using the Mini USB cable that came with your board, connect your BeagleBone to your computer.
After a few seconds, a drive called BeagleBone Getting Started should appear in your computer’s file system. Your BeagleBone comes with everything you need ...
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