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How to setup a service to execute automatically when beaglebone boots?

Suppose you are developing an application on beaglebone black, and after the debugging process is finished, now if you want it as a stand alone product then it is not possible directly. Because every time to run your program (in whatever language: C, C++, Python), you were triggering it to run the program by logging in via ‘ssh’ or direct GUI. But this way is not feasible for the actual product. The actual device should start operating itself as per required application, when it boots. We cannot use Laptop/PC that time. So here there is a way by which you can enable your Beaglebone to run your actual program when it boots. So it directly starts your application.

For example, you are creating a barcode reader device, then your beaglebone should be able to start accepting and processing data from barcode device directly right from the boot time. Continue reading

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Beaglebone USB Webcam MJPG streamer installation tutorial

You might be thinking to stream video from your robot to your phone or laptop, or design a surveillance system like CCTV via beagle bone. So this post is for you. Here we will see how to install MJPG streamer on your Beagle bone and see its output on your WiFi enabled phone or other devices.

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I am using Beaglebone Black Rev.C and Logitech C170 usb webcam. You can see a huge list of Raspberry Pi compatible peripherals list here. They are also compatible with BeagleBone. http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals

Especially for webcams , http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Webcams Continue reading

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Top 5 Linux based single board computers

As the market share of linux is increasing seamlessly , not only PC based or server based Linux versions are in demand, but a there is a great demand of compact low power Linux devices. So as the computing power needed is high in compact size, the developers are working on different SoCs like TI Sitara, Qualcomm snapdragon, Broadcomm MediaTek etc from different vendors. But now manufacturers have came out with ready to work development boards of this platforms. They are providing Continue reading

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Control your home over WiFi

Ever thought to control your home over WiFi? Here’s a tutorial through which you can control across many devices like Laptops, Smartphones, tablets anything.Here i am presenting a tutorial to do this with simple steps. Screenshot from 2014-10-31 09:35:20 I am using a BeagleBone Black as my main board for controlling. I have Linux installed it. The version is Debian. To know about beaglebone black click here. BeagleBone Black is a low-cost, open source, community-supported development platform for ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor developers and hobbyists.  It is powered Continue reading

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