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My Week in Code #4 is up:
https://programmershideaway.xyz/blog/post35/

Updates regarding BeaglePlay and BeagleConnect Freedom Zephyr support, MicroPython and BeagleBoard Rust Imager

#beagleplay #beagleconnect_freedom #zephyr #micropython #beagleboard #rustlang

My Week in Code #4 is up:
https://programmershideaway.xyz/blog/post35/

Updates regarding BeaglePlay and BeagleConnect Freedom Zephyr support, MicroPython and BeagleBoard Rust Imager

#beagleplay #beagleconnect_freedom #zephyr #micropython #beagleboard #rustlang

My Week in Code #4 is up:
https://programmershideaway.xyz/blog/post35/

Updates regarding BeaglePlay and BeagleConnect Freedom Zephyr support, MicroPython and BeagleBoard Rust Imager

#beagleplay #beagleconnect_freedom #zephyr #micropython #beagleboard #rustlang

My Week in Code #4 is up:
https://programmershideaway.xyz/blog/post35/

Updates regarding BeaglePlay and BeagleConnect Freedom Zephyr support, MicroPython and BeagleBoard Rust Imager

#beagleplay #beagleconnect_freedom #zephyr #micropython #beagleboard #rustlang

Using the same final image:

Baletcha: I went through thirteen perfectly good cards; it failed every time at the end of validation at 98%. I do not know how many times I re-imaged each of those cards but it was a lot.

Raspberry Pi imager with the custom image option: failed all but the last time. Fine, whatever.

It worked perfectly when I booted it with #BeaglePlay

Camera drivers for beagleplay/beaglebone-AI-64 finally got merged in mainline linux!! ^_^
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b4a3d877dc92

#BeagleBoard #BeaglePlay #CSI #embedded #linux

For those into #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation and experimentation:

#BeaglePlay Project: https://beagleboard.org/p/andrei1998/beagleplay-zigbee-home-automation-using-homeassistant-324e63#toc-now--let-s-add-the-zigbee-integration-to-homeassistant-10

As we're on the subject: for anyone interested in jumping head first into home automation without risking hitting the ground, I heavily recommend the Home Assistant Bundles on Ameridroid: https://ameridroid.com/collections/main-page/products/odroid-n2-home-assistant-blue-bundle-limited-edition

So did the kernel upgrade to bbb.io-kernel-6.1-ti-k3-am62 for #BeaglePlay

journalctl pulling a redrum was so not my idea of a good time. Downgrading now.

So I've been flashing different versions of BeagleBone's debian OS on my #BeagleBoneBlack and #BeaglePlay and I have feelings.

Current Images:
BeaglePlay: beagleplay-debian-11.7-xfce-arm64-2023-05-18-10gb.img.xz
BeagleBoneBlack: am335x-debian-11.7-xfce-armhf-2023-05-03-4gb.img.xz

As I have my first Cybersecurity exam tomorrow, of course I decided to flash some new SD cards to check out the new images and how stable they are.

Short version: very stable
Long version: coming next!

For those playing the home game: my #BeaglePlay has #SinglePairEthernet with #PoDL .

Here are the specs:
PHY: DP83TD510E 10Mbit 10BASE-T1L single-pair Ethernet phy
Connector: RJ-11 jack
Power (PoDL): Input: N/A (protection to 12V), Output: 5V @ 250mA

How do I use this with a PoE enabled switch or can I? Or how do I use it at all? I cannot express how bare the documentation is for BeaglePlay and googling has just confused tf out of me on what to get for this.

For those playing the home game: my #BeaglePlay has #SinglePairEthernet with #PoDL .

Here are the specs:
PHY: DP83TD510E 10Mbit 10BASE-T1L single-pair Ethernet phy
Connector: RJ-11 jack
Power (PoDL): Input: N/A (protection to 12V), Output: 5V @ 250mA

How do I use this with a PoE enabled switch or can I? Or how do I use it at all? I cannot express how bare the documentation is for BeaglePlay and googling has just confused tf out of me on what to get for this.

For those playing the home game: my #BeaglePlay has #SinglePairEthernet with #PoDL .

Here are the specs:
PHY: DP83TD510E 10Mbit 10BASE-T1L single-pair Ethernet phy
Connector: RJ-11 jack
Power (PoDL): Input: N/A (protection to 12V), Output: 5V @ 250mA

How do I use this with a PoE enabled switch or can I? Or how do I use it at all? I cannot express how bare the documentation is for BeaglePlay and googling has just confused tf out of me on what to get for this.

I think I got bluetooth working on #BeaglePlay and #BeagleBoneBlack. I just have no idea why that worked or what it was I was actually doing. Or--literally any part of that.

But! It's up!

Final random note on #BeaglePlay: the boot time is insane. sudo shutdown -r now is thirty seconds max end to end, from ssh inactive to ssh reopening. I just--have no words.

I still cannot quite work out how to get the bluetooth up on #BeaglePlay, #BeagleConnectFreedom, or #BeagleBoneBlack I dowloaded the bluetopia stack from TI and was looking at the SDK and sample programs, but this is way above my max working knowledge.

Currently looking at the BeaglePlay at 70% of 16 GB eMMC memory, I'm trying to decide how useful the GUI really is. The only thing I use it for to note I have a desktop for backup.

Okay, here's the thing.

#BeaglePlay #BeagleBoneBlack

1.) I got both hostaps up, changed the SSIDs and passwords so I can enable the bb-server on each and direct connect to them.
2.) Bluetooth not working is going to be an ongoing theme with me here, just warning you now. It's bothering me.

Carry on while I try not to break this.

#BeaglePlay

I have:
a.) I got Blinky to work, or rather, Blinky started working when I did something, but correlation in this case does not necessarily indicate causation.
b.) Successfully flashed the 1352P7 board. It's very fancy.
c.) Still can't get Bluetooth up or have the first idea how to track it down.
d.) I will say that years of breaking my own systems--sometimes many times a day--has given me a lot of unearned confidence that I will figure out what this board can do.

#BeaglePlay Sometimes my brain confuses me. I apparently cannot do a simple compile to make Blinky work, but I can make the corrections for an old C++ program so it will run on my board.

I mean, it wasn't hard: I just noted the compile breaks and fixed those lines,but the goddamn compile isn't hard either, and it won't give me any useful messages on why.

On a guess, the compile is missing some key documentation on missing dependencies. Okay then: try try again.

#BeaglePlay So I got the build up and running and have come to realize a.) BeagleBoard is going through a transitional phase with the newest builds, b.)the board is only a few months old.

But seriously.This is the documentation: https://docs.beagleboard.org/latest/boards/beagleplay/

There are more 'add later' than there is content.

Whining aside: this is a freakishly amazing board, holy shit. Definitely having fun.

#BeaglePlay Okay, I'm reflashing with a slightly different image, as either I missed something or something is missing or both. Probably no idea which.

#BeaglePlay This board is amazing but this may qualify as the absolute worst Getting Started in the history of all boards everywhere.

Give BeagleBone Black credit, things were broken but at least they were there and i could follow. BeaglePlay has no getting started but does think the first thing you should do is start coding in VSCode which...what?

#BeaglePlay Notes:

1.) Flash time;roughly ten minutes.
2.) Default wifi password is NOT BeaglePlay, it's BeagleBone.
3.) The tethered setup is very not working. Going to SSH.

#BeaglePlay Finished flashing the SD card, inserted into Circe, now starting the eMMC flash. eMMC is 16 GB and the flash is roughly 10 GB uncompressed, so this might take a while.

Praise the BeagleGod, they have video on attaching those fiddly antennas. There are FOUR: three 2.5/5 GHz and one sub-GHz.

Note: there are no cases to be found for #BeaglePlay and this may be the most awkward shape on an SBC I've seen in a while.

Anyway, meet Circe:

My #BeaglePlay and #BeagleConnect Freedom have arrived along with mom's mother's day gifts. This much excitement should be illegal.

Best way to learn a language is have a book, but actually start writing code.. this week, I started learning rust. Coming from a C and assembly background, I guess I will keep ranting about various topics here as I move on the journey. So far the language has been a bit irritating - not so much that I dump it.. it has it's own idiocyncrazies.

Chapter 1: https://youtu.be/I6m5nFq6lk0
Chapter 2: https://youtu.be/_KfAP7rGqqs

#rustembedded #BeaglePlay

The next best project to #homeassistant is running it on a #beaglebone SBC. Quite, low power and small. Excited to see #BeaglePlay released!

So here's my notes:

https://linux-in-the-house.pages.dev/BeagleBone

#linux #opensource

Yaay! Congratulations BeagleBoard.org Foundation on the newest member of the OpenHardware Beagle family, #BeaglePlay.

#BeaglePlay is A powerful quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 Based SBC featuring a Texas Instruments Sitara #AM62x SoC along with WIFI, Bluetooth and #CC1352P7 Sub-Ghz (think Zephyr, Zigbee, Matter) connectivity with Grove, MikroBus, Qwiic, CSI2, SPE.... just to name a few. The board is jam packed with peripheral goodies and will enable new and existing hardware enthusiasts to dive head first into the world of connected devices.
And pair it with BeagleConnect Freedom ... there is all kind of magic you can create..

BeaglePlay:
base site: https://beagleplay.org/quick
h/w docs: https://git.beagleboard.org/beagleplay/beagleplay
Quick start: https://beagleplay.org/quick

BeagleConnect Freedom:
(base site) https://beagleconnect.org/
h/w docs: https://git.beagleboard.org/beagleconnect/freedom
Quick start: https://beagleconnect.org/quick

Announcement: https://beagleboard.org/blog/2023-03-08-beagleplay-annoucement

Reading #beagleboard #BeaglePlay announcements. Seems like the AM625 is an untterly boring SoC: No PCIe, No USB3.x (superspeed), no DSP. Only interesting bits are PRU + IEEE PTP - but older/simpler devices have that, too. Guess tthe only use case is Graphics workloads?