On Mon, 27 May 2013, Rob Echlin wrote: > Hi Rob, > Demo of the Beagle Board sounds great! just to be precise, it's the beaglebone black, the new version of the beaglebone -- you can read about it here: http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black and the official support page at circuitco (the manufacturer) is here: http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack > One option is to do that as one of the topics for the breakout > sessions? You can have the projector if lots of people want to take > part. i'll just bring a board and see where it goes. and a final reminder that i do have some left over to sell -- it was cheaper overall to buy a bunch to save on shipping so i'm selling the surplus at my cost. the cost is $80 (CAD), which includes: * the BBB (plus USB cable for tethering) * cool protective acrylic case * USB/serial UART adapter for access to the serial console i'll just bring some of the surplus and if people decide they want one, they can pay me at the meeting and get one on the spot. because the BBB was designed as a minimal kit to keep costs down, you're responsible for buying any accoutrements, such as: * additional USB cable for serial console access * HDMI - microHDMI cable if you want to use a display * 5V DC power adapter * minimal 4G SD card if you want to keep up with new angstrom images all of the above is readily available around town. anyway, i'll see you at the meeting. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================