Book cover for 30 BeagleBone Black Projects for the Evil Genius by Christopher Rush

30 BeagleBone Black Projects for the Evil Genius

2014 Released
320 Pages
2-3 Hours
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McGraw Hill TABISBN 9780071839297

Fiendishly Fun Ways to Use the BeagleBone Black!

This wickedly inventive guide shows you how to program and build fun and fascinating projects with the BeagleBone Black. You’ll learn how to connect the BeagleBone Black to your computer and program it, quickly mastering BoneScript and other programming tools so you can get started right away. 30 BeagleBone Black Projects for the Evil Genius is filled with a wide variety of do-it-yourself LED, sensor, robotics, display, audio, and spy gadgets. You’ll also get tips and techniques that will help you design your own ingenious devices.

  • Features step-by-step instructions and helpful illustrations
  • Provides full schematic and breadboard layout diagrams for the projects
  • Includes detailed programming code
  • Removes the frustration factor—all required parts are listed along with sources

Build these and other clever creations:

  • High-powered LED Morse code sender
  • RGB LED fader
  • GPS tracker
  • Temperature sensor
  • Light level indicator
  • Web-controlled rover
  • Plant hydration system
  • Sentinel turret
  • 7-segment clock
  • Display for sensor information
  • Internet radio
  • Imperial march indicator
  • Intruder alert using Twitter API
  • Lie detector
  • Auto dog barker

Christopher Rush

Christopher Rush has a degree in computer science and has spent the last 10 years working for an electronics distribution company as a product manager for single-board computing. Mr. Rush is the author of 30 BeagleBone Black Projects for the Evil Genius and Programming the Photon: Getting Started with the Internet of Things, also published by McGraw-Hill.

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