Getting Started¶
Note
This chapter is writing under Win10. The steps are familiar for the other operate
systems.
STEP1. Plug in your BBG via USB
Use the provided micro USB cable to plug your BBG into your computer. This
will both power the board and provide a development interface. BBG will boot
Linux from the on-board 2GB or 4GB eMMC.
BBG will operate as a flash drive providing you with a local copy of the
documentation and drivers. Note that this interface may not be used to re-
configure the microSD card with a new image, but may be used to update the
boot parameters using the uEnv.txt file.
You'll see the PWR LED lit steadily. Within 10 seconds, you should see the
other LEDs blinking in their default configurations.
D2 is configured at boot to blink in a heartbeat pattern
D3 is configured at boot to light during microSD card accesses
D4 is configured at boot to light during CPU activity
D5 is configured at boot to light during eMMC accesses
STEP2. Install Drivers
Install the drivers for your operating system to give you network-over-USB
access to your Beagle. Additional drivers give you serial access to your board.
Operating System USB Drivers Comments
Windows (64-bit) 64-bit installer
Windows (32-bit) 32-bit installer
Mac OS X Network Serial Install both sets of drivers.
Linux mkudevrule.sh Driver installation isn't required, but you might find a few udev rules hel
Note
For Windows system, please note that:
Windows Driver Certification warning may pop up two or three times. Click
"Ignore", "Install" or "Run"
To check if you're running 32 or 64-bit Windows see this.
On systems without the latest service release, you may get an error
(0xc000007b). In that case, please install and retry:
You may need to reboot Windows.
These drivers have been tested to work up to Windows 10
