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Beagle Bone Black

  • Power with USB cable to mini USB connector(near modular jack)
  • Logins:
    • debian:temppwd or root:root
    • disable root account : sudo passwd -l root
  • Connector near USB-A is a mini-HDMI connector
  • Boot from TF-flash: power off, press S2-button (near SD-card), power on, release when LEDs are flashing
  • Serial connection : FTDI-cable 3V3, 6pins : black pin on J1, pin 1
  • Time
    • Setting timezone : dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
  • Proper shutdown:
    • Option 1: sudo shutdown -h now
    • Option 2: push the power button (next to modular jack)
  • Enable DHCP on ethernet port: sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp