BeagleBone Black Progress Notes

The BBB is fairly new, the tools and software are a work in progress.  It's easy to get distracted chasing down a problem or feature that I want to make work, and forget what I have done or plan on working on next.  

GOALS

CONNECTIVITY

• Console port, Serial
• USB port to Host, SSH via Gadget Ethernet
• USB Internet from Host to BBB
• Direct Ethernet port to BBB
• WiFi

I2C

• Wire LED display (Adafruit I2C backpack 7 Segment Display)
• Validate via command line
• Install I2C library for JavaScript environment
• Validate connectivity thru library
• Create library for display

NODE

• Create Node app to update LED display

Turns out that order very much matters, and it's pretty easy to get sucked into a side task and loose track.

PROCESS

1. Download and install updated Angstrom Image (2013-6-6 eMMC flasher image) via card.

2. Configure Windows 7 USB Internet Sharing (see blog entry)

3. Update System

4. Test I2C from Command Line

5. Configure NPM

6. Install I2C Node Module