Teaching BeagleBone to play with LIDD displays

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[Chris] hasn't managed to get his hands on a Raspberry Pi yet, so he ordered a BeagleBone and got down to business. He was surprised to find that there isn't much info out there about using LIDD type displays with the hardware. This protocol is used in many of the 320x240 smart LCD modules on the market, so he hammered out his own drivers and is sharing the details. The system is designed to … [Read more...]

Twiddling an LED using the BeagleBone’s embedded Linux

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If you comfortable working with 8-bit microcontrollers, the thought of moving to a hardware platform running embedded Linux may be a bit daunting. After all, there's a lot going on between you and the chips on a board like the BeagleBone seen above. But [Matt Richardson] shows how easy it can be to get at the pins on this device. He put together a primer on hardware control from the embedded … [Read more...]

Elegant wearable computer

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[Jason Statham] [Martin Magnusson] wrote in to tell us about his adventure in building a wearable computer. The device in its current state is a Beagleboard running Angstrom Linux tethered to an iPhone for internet. A bluetooth keyboard allows for input, while output is displayed on monocle-ized Myvu. And last but not least, the entire setup is powered by 4 AA batteries for 3 hours of life. Its … [Read more...]