BeagleBone Black Hello World and Python PWM: How to use a beaglebone board

We get basic IO running on a BeagleBone Black in python. We use the Adafruit BeagleBone Python library to light up an LED from the board. We also change the brightness of the LED with the Adafruit BeagleBone library’s PWM feature. The Adafruit Beaglebone IO Python library works great for GPIO!
This video is great for getting started with a BeagleBone black from BeagleBoard. It also teaches you how to use python with BeagleBone and doing BeagleBone PWM. We go over how to use the BeagleBone in stand alone mode (just hooked up to a monitor and keyboard), and how to use the BeagleBone tethered to a laptop (just Putty SSH into BeagleBone over USB). BeagleBone Putty is an easy way to SSH into the board and have a unix command prompt to play with.
Where you can buy the tools and materials:
[✓] BeagleBone Black Rev C amzn.to/2nXcryG
[✓] An ethernet cord amzn.to/2ETVDRf
[✓] 2 Male-to-Male Jumper Wires amzn.to/2wZwfFQ
[✓] A Breadboard amzn.to/2f33Euu
[✓] An LED amzn.to/2wnH0zE
To run the BeagleBone in stand alone mode:
[✓] A 5 Volt, 1 Amp DC Power Supply amzn.to/2Bj875c
[✓] Wireless Keyboard / Mouse Combo amzn.to/2BQVr6F
[✓] A Monitor with HDMI output
[✓] An HDMI to MicroHDMI Cable amzn.to/2Ca6UcV - OR - a regular HDMI cable amzn.to/2EsXkr8 with an HDMI to MicroHDMI adapter amzn.to/2BnwEps
To run the BeagleBone tethered to a laptop:
[✓] A USB to MiniUSB cable (it should come with the BeagleBone black)
[✓] A laptop

[@qzorn4440]

A most interesting SBC. 😎 Texas Instruments sure dropped the ball by not suppling several robot, drone, and servo car learning kits. Hey kids here it is go figure. 🥳 Great video, thanks.

[@kassimnazeer3690]

I have a beaglebone black wireless, how can i connect it to the wifi to use it as a stand alone computer

[@natashasurendran8297]

Hi, wanted to ask what can be done if it is displaying this error: "E: Unable to locate package tightvncserver"
Apart from this, I am unable to update drivers on the board either. I
used the command: sudo apt-get update. However, it does not update.
Please help, thanks.

[@mrafayshams3089]

I get import errors when I import the Adafruit_BBIO library

[@JeepTherapy]

this is a little complicated with my knowledge.

[@minastaros]

1:48 SSH? Nonsense, you just have a terminal session over a serial connection. SSH is a network protocol over TCP. Putty can do that as well, but that's a different subject.

[@Azariven]

can you compare this to raspberry pi? the bbb cost more than raspberry but i don't see any outstanding features.

[@tinkerbuild6798]

We’re working on a Raspberry Pi video now. My first idea for a project for the Raspberry Pi involved a photoresistor, but I couldn’t do it because the Pi doesn’t have analog inputs - I’ll probably end up doing that project later with the BeagleBone. The BeagleBone was nice to set up because I could just tether it to my laptop - the Pi I needed separate peripherals, a monitor, and SD card. But if you already have those things the Pi is way cheaper. I’ll probably do a more in depth comparison on tinkerandbuild.io but for now I’m kind of preferring the BeagleBone

[@sicelomhlongo6271]

this one has two PRU which are really fast. Also has analog input (limited to 1.8V)

[@thanatosor]

I think the main point is ... it's complicated.
Same result can be archived with Arduino in no time.

[@davidfelipecastroarias8137]

dude you can do a Hello world in any language, but the point is what else?