The BeagleBone Black Primer

14. Ground Control to Major Beagle

In Chapter 13, “Sniffing Out Car Trouble,” we discussed how computers, in some shape or form, are everywhere and how their ubiquity has increased since the middle of the last century. However, something else out there related to technology has been growing in ubiquity around us since the middle of the century before the last century. Radio energy moves as waves all around us at many different frequencies. In this chapter, you will mix together many of the things you have already learned so far with some knowledge of radio transmissions to use a BeagleBone Black capture radio signals.

Radio Data

The phrase “turn on the radio” refers to turning on a particular device that can tune to certain frequencies so you ...