Hardware Podcasts

60: Fun Things You Can Make out of Beagles

Embedded.fm · 23 Jul 2014 · 1h 11m

What this episode covers

Jason Kridner of the BeagleBoard.org Foundation and Texas Instruments discusses the history and ecosystem of the BeagleBone Black, contrasting it with the Raspberry Pi and explaining the challenges of supply chain management for low-margin open hardware. He details the board's origins as a Linux developer platform, its role in advancing mainline Linux support through device tree adoption, and the importance of Google Summer of Code projects like BotSpeak for real-time programming. Kridner also highlights the board's suitability for robotics and industrial applications, while addressing the frustration of distributors running out of stock due to OEM demand.

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Companies
BeagleBoard.org Foundation, Texas Instruments, Circuit Co, Adafruit, Spark Fun, Morgan and Claypool, O'Reilly
Products
BeagleBone Black, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, TRS-80
Tools
Git, LabVIEW, Cloud 9 IDE
Also
BotSpeak, Linux, Google Summer of Code, Fermata, Machine Kit, BoneScript

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