Program your own BeagleBone Black projects!

Build creative BeagleBone Black devices—no prior programming or electronics experience required. In Programming the BeagleBone Black, electronics guru Simon Monk explains essential application development methods through straightforward directions and cool downloadable examples. Discover how to navigate the board, write and debug code, use expansion capes, and control external hardware. Easy-to-follow plans show you how to wire up and program a Web-controlled roving robot and an e-mail notifier that lights an incandescent lamp.

Set up the BeagleBone Black and explore its features

Connect to your computer via USB or Ethernet

Use the BeagleBone Black as a stand-alone PC

Write and execute BoneScript code

Use JavaScript functions and timers

Perform analog and digital I/O

Work with expansion capes and modules

Design Web interfaces that control electronics

Assemble and program a robot and an e-mail notifier