Thursday, March 21, 2013

Debian Linux on beaglebone notes

Purchased beaglebone from digikey
http://www.digikey.co.nz/product-detail/en/BB-BONE-000/BB-BONE-000-ND/2765688

Added DVI audio cape
http://www.digikey.co.nz/product-detail/en/BB-BONE-DVID-02/BB-BONE-DVID-02-ND/3503684

Installed Debian Linux "Wheezy":
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Debian_Wheezy_snapshot

Update system:
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; etc

To load the modules for the audio cape:

sudo vi /etc/modules

at the end, add the lines:

snd_soc_davinci_mcasp
snd_soc_davinci
snd_soc_evm
snd_soc_tlv320aic3x

Power

With DVI audio cape attached, the device would often shutdown when powered over USB.  A separate +5 V DC 2 Amp power supply solves this problem.