Programming the BeagleBone Black: Getting Started with JavaScript and BoneScript

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

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction and Setup
Chapter 2 A Linux Computer
Chapter 3 JavaScript Basics
Chapter 4 JavaScript Functions and Timers
Chapter 5 Arrays, Objects, and Modules
Chapter 6 BoneScript
Chapter 7 Hardware Interfacing
Chapter 8 Using Capes and Modules
Chapter 9 Web Interfaces
Chapter 10 A Roving Robot
Chapter 11 E-mail Notifier
Appendix A Parts
Appendix B JavaScript Quick Reference
Appendix C BeagleBone Black GPIO Pinout