FLOSS Weekly Episode 869: Linux on Your Toaster
BeagleConnect Zepto – A “$1 computer” based on TI MSPM0L1117 Cortex-M0+ MCU
BeagleBoard.org Foundation's BeagleConnect Zepto "$1 computer" is an upcoming open-source hardware board powered by Texas Instruments MSPM0L117 Cortex-M0+ MCU, part of the MSPM0 family introduced in 2023. It's a tiny board with mikroBus-compatible headers, a TAG-CONNECT JTAG connector, two Qwiic connectors for expansion (or one Qwiic connector + USB-C depending on the variant), Boot and Reset buttons, and an RGB LED. BeagleConnect Zepto specifications: MCU - Texas Instruments MSPM0L117 CPU - 32MHz Arm Cortex-M0+ core Memory - 16KB SRAM Storage - 128KB dual-bank flash Package - QFN32 (5x5 mm) USB - Optional USB-C port for power (multiplexed with one of the Qwicc JST connectors) Expansion mikroBUS headers supporting a choice of about 2,000 ClickE add-on boards; one of the sides is compatible with some Raspberry Pi HATs (note limited to 12 pins) Up to 2x Qwicc connectors with full Grove function: I2C, UART, ADC, GPIO Debugging - 8-pin TAG-CONNECT JTAG
Worked out a handy way to deploy software to a PocketBeagle SBC today.
The USB port enumerates a CDC-ACM serial interface (console) and a CDC-Ethernet port, however by default, there's no route to the Internet. To connect it to the Internet, you must set your machine up as a router, and make it use your host as a default route.
Alternatively, you direct things to use a HTTP proxy. Like this:
https://proxypy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
```
log.info("Sending deployment script")
os.system(
"scp deploy.sh [email protected]:/tmp"
)
# Send the deployment script over via SSH
with proxy.Proxy(port=0) as p:
log.info("Running deployment script")
os.system(
"ssh -R 8080:localhost:%d [email protected] bash -ex /tmp/deploy.sh" % p.flags.port
)
```
In the top of `deploy.sh`:
```
# Never sure whether things use upper or lower case here
export HTTP_PROXY="http://localhost:8080/"
export http_proxy="http://localhost:8080/"
export HTTPS_PROXY="http://localhost:8080/"
export https_proxy="http://localhost:8080/"
```
(Some applications use upper case, others use lower case.)
Now `apt-get`, `git` and friends, can pull files over HTTP/HTTPS via your proxy.
The same technique would work with the Raspberry Pi Zero family.
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BeagleBadge is a $99 is an open source wearable with an ePaper display, sensors, and wireless radios
The BeagleBadge is a new ePaper display that’s designed to be worn like the paper badges you’d wear at a conference.
But with a 4.2 inch ePaper display, a dual-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor, support for WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, LoRa, and a variety of sensors and buttons, it can do a lot more than show your name and title to other folks. It’s available for pre-order now for $99.
Since the […]
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BeagleBadge – A Linux-powered 4.2-inch ePaper badge based on TI Sitara AM62L32 SoC
The BeagleBoard.org Foundation has just introduced the BeagleBadge featuring a 4.2-inch ePaper display and a Linux-capable Texas Instruments Sitara AML62L32 dual-core Cortex-A53 SoC. It's quite feature-rich for a badge, as it offers WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 LE, and LoRa/LoRaWAN connectivity, various motion and environmental sensors, a USB 2.0 host port, Mikrobus, Grove, and QWIIC expansion connectors, a 4-way joystick, a buzzer, and a range of buttons and LEDs. BeagleBadge specifications: SoC - Texas Instruments Sitara AM62L32 dual-core Arm Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.25GHz System Memory - 256 MB (128M x 16bit) LPDDR4 @ 1600 MHz Storage 4GB eMMC flash 256Mbit OSPI flash 32Kbit EEPROM MicroSD card slot Display 4.2-inch ePaper display via 24-pin FPC Connector MIPI DSI connector for LCD Wireless 2.4 GHz WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.3 via BeagleMod CC3301-1216 module with MHF4 Connector LoRaWAN via Wio SX1262 module with u.FL Connector USB USB 2.0 Type-A host port USB Type-C
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Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)
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Andy Piper
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