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Published inDec 2013
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781783559329
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Richard Grimmett
Richard Grimmett
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Richard Grimmett has more fun that should be allowed working on robotics projects while teaching Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Brigham Young University Idaho. He has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Leadership Studies. He also has 26 years of experience in the Radar and Telecommunications industries, and even has one of the original brick phones. He has written books on the basics of using the BeagleBone Black for robotics projects, and another for the Raspberry PI and yet another for the Arduino.
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Basic Linux commands and navigating the filesystem


After completing Chapter 1, Getting Started with the BeagleBone Black, you should have a working BeagleBone Black running a version of Linux called Ubuntu. We selected this distribution because it is the most popular and has the largest set of supported hardware and software. The commands I am going to review should also work with other versions of Linux, but I'll be showing examples using Ubuntu.

Prepare for lift off

So, power up your BeagleBone Black and log in using the proper username and password. If you are going to log in remotely, go ahead and establish the connection and log in. Now we will take a quick tour of Linux. This will not be extensive, but we will walk through some of the basic commands.

Engage thrusters

Once you have logged in, you should open up a terminal window. If you are logging in using a keyboard, mouse, and monitor, or using vncserver, you'll find the terminal selection by selecting the Applications Menu in the upper...

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Published in: Dec 2013Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781783559329

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Richard Grimmett

Richard Grimmett has more fun that should be allowed working on robotics projects while teaching Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Brigham Young University Idaho. He has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Leadership Studies. He also has 26 years of experience in the Radar and Telecommunications industries, and even has one of the original brick phones. He has written books on the basics of using the BeagleBone Black for robotics projects, and another for the Raspberry PI and yet another for the Arduino.
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