The post provides rough steps for integrating a real-time clock (RTC) module with a Beaglebone Black (BBB) for the purposes of accurate date and time retention over power cycles.
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Upgrading to a New System Image for the Beaglebone Black in Early 2023
This post details steps I took in obtaining, preparing, and running a new Linux system image for the BBB in early 2023. The upgrade moved the board from running a Debian TI Linux image based on Debian 9.12 to one based on Debian 11.6.
Read MoreUsing GDB with GDB Server within Visual Studio Code
This post walks through a simple setup and usage of the gdb with gdbserver for Visual Studio Code for debugging a program running on a remote embedded target from a host PC.
Read MoreUsing GDB and GDB Server with the Beaglebone Black
This post is a “quick and dirty” for using GDB and GDB server on the command line with the Beaglebone Black (BBB) Single Board Computer (SBC).
Read MoreBe Careful of the Power given by the Linux Command Line
On New Year’s Eve 2021, I was looking into an issue where Python’s Pip utility was throwing “garbage” errors in my system when downloading and installing modules. The version of Python was 3.8. Frustrated and not seeing relevant answers online, I came to the idea of removing Python 3.8 completely then re-installing the software binary … Continue reading "Be Careful of the Power given by the Linux Command Line"
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