BeagleBone Blue

BeagleBone Blue board

Official site: https://beagleboard.org/blue

Getting started Page: https://beagleboard.org/getting-started

Main steps:

Download the latest Debian image for the BeagleBone Blue board and flash it to the SD card.

• The official list of BeagleBone Blue OS images can be found here.
• BeagleBone recommends using Etcher to write images to SD cards, while the manual procedure for flashing OS images on SD cards can be found in the Raspberry documentation.
• The recommended OS is "Stretch IoT (non-GUI) for BeagleBone" (Debian 9.2 2017-10-10 4GB SD IoT).

Insert the SD card into the board and turn it on, either by 1) plugging the 12V adapter into the barrel power jack, or 2) connecting the battery cable.

• Either way, make sure the board is powered off before inserting the SD card.
• The 12V power jack is the designated way for recharging the battery and no other external battery charger will be provided: to recharge the battery connect it to the board and connect the board to the wall socket using the provided power adapter; the board will automatically start the battery charging procedure.
• The wires connecting the board to the battery have fragile connectors. Handle with care and do not force-pull either the connectors or the wires, they will easily break.

Connect your PC to the board via Wi-Fi connection.

• By default, the board will provide a Wi-Fi access point called “BeagleBone-XXXX” when powered on (“XXXX” varies between boards).
• The default password is “BeagleBone”.

Browse to the board using web browsers or SSH.

• According to the default Wi-Fi configuration, the board should be running a DHCP server that will provide your computer with an IP address in the 192.168.8.x range and reserve 192.168.8.1 for itself.
• “Do not use Internet Explorer” according to the official guide. Use another browser instead.
• Default username and password for SSH: debian / temppwd.

A specification document provided by element14 community is available here.