Re: [gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[Christopher Friedt]

I would highly recommend that you order a USB Mini-A cable from DigiKey 
along with your BeagleBoard. The BeagleBoard does not ship with any 
power or connectivity cables of any kind.

Without a USB Mini-A or JTAG debugger+cable, all that can be done with 
the board is to power it on (assuming that you have an extra 5V adapter 
or a USB Std A -> Mini B).

Finding a USB Mini A cable is practically impossible these days because 
it's officially been retired by the USB consortium. It's primarily TI 
that uses these cables for their calculators. I haven't found a single 
walk-in surplus store that carries a Mini-A cable, so getting it from 
DigiKey is probably your best bet.

Incidentally, the FlySwatter JTAG debugger from Tin Can tools has 
already been proven to work with the BeagleBoard - their adapter kit is 
sold out, but the pinouts are free online for DIYers.

Cheers,

Chris

wireless wrote:
> Ned Ludd wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 09:30 -0400, Christopher Friedt wrote:
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> (with yet another new platform question)
>>>
>>> Is there anyone out there using the beagleboard?
>>>
>>> http://www.beagleboard.org
>>
>>
>> For those of you interested in the beagleboard I'd suggest checking out
>> #edev / elinux.org wiki. Note they were only available for a short
>> period of time via digikey. All the boards sold out in 2-4 days flat
>> (think 400 units)
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> Hello Ned et. al.
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> It seems the boards are available again:
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> http://www.dev-monkey.com/blogs/jon_titus.php?mid=338&lp_id=72&nid=4277&rid=498614042
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> fresh off the EDN press.
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> James
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