GSoC 2018 Brings Students and BeagleBoard.org® Mentors Together

This summer, three students successfully completed  Google Summer of Code 2018 (GSoC) projects mentored by BeagleBoard.org®. GSoC, sponsored by Google, is a global program in it’s thirteenth year, focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development during a 3 month programming project. GSoC provides a way for BeagleBoard.org® to identify and bring in […]

Great Teaching Ideas Can Recieve a Lab of BeagleBoard.org® PocketBeagle® Boards

BeagleBoard.org® Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is announcing a new program as part of our continued commitment to education in the use of open-source software and hardware. Educators in schools can apply for the opportunity to receive up to 30 PocketBeagle® boards from the BeagleBoard.org® Foundation. The donation of the boards will further project development in the classroom or makerspace. To participate in […]

Join BeagleBoard.org® at World Maker Faire in New York, Sept 21-23

BeagleBoard.org® is a sponsor of World Maker Faire® 2018 in the New York Hall of Science. We will be hosting talks and demos. Stay tuned to this page as the schedule develops for updated times and locations: Friday, Sept 21, 2018 10:00am – 4:00pm : Education Forum “Making the Future of Work: Make Education Forum” […]

Educator Highlight: Mark Yoder, Trailblazer in Teaching Embedded Linux

It came naturally to Dr Yoder to want to bring the new concept of Open Source Embedded Linux Computing to his students using the BeagleBoard®

It came naturally to Dr Yoder to want to bring the new concept of Open Source Embedded Linux Computing to his students using the BeagleBoard®

Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer (E-ALE)

Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer (E-ALE) is a series of 9 seminars over 3 days at existing Embedded Linux conferences: Are you an Embedded Engineer who is transitioning to using Linux? Attend seminars on how to start with using Linux for Embedded Applications. The Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer program provides a place at existing Embedded conferences […]

Ken Shirriff goes hands-on with the PocketBeagle

Ken Shirriff has written an excellent in-depth look at the PocketBeagle: Hands-on with the PocketBeagle: A $25 Linux Computer The PocketBeagle is a tiny but powerful inexpensive key-fob-sized open source Linux computer. It has 44 digital I/O pins, 8 analog inputs, and supports multiple serial I/O protocols, making it very useful as a controller. In […]

Building a device tree overlay for your new PocketCape design

(Updated: replaced link to device tree source to point to the overlay for PocketBeagle GamePup cape) Much has been made of the complexities of the Linux device tree configuration mechanism–it is both a savior and a curse. It saves us from needing to maintain custom kernel logic for every possible board and daughterboard (Cape or […]

PocketBeagle Wearable Tops off Your Holidays

Bring some cheer to the holiday season with this PocketBeagle project: PocketBeagle Wearable Tops off Your Holidays Use the BeagleBoard.org PocketBeagle with motion sensor to activate LEDs on your DIY “ugly Christmas” wearables. Fun and easy to learn! BeagleBoard.org PocketBeagle has great performance along with a tiny size and low cost. It makes a perfect […]

Friday Hack Chat with Jason Kridner

This Friday: Jason Kridner will joining Hackaday’s weekly Hack Chat to talk BeagleBone, PocketBeagle, the BeagleBoard.org community and more! Friday Hack Chat: The Incredible BeagleBoard Topics for this Hack Chat will include the direction BeagleBoard is going, the communities involved with BeagleBoard, and how to get the most out of those precious programmable real-time units. As always, […]