Index

A

• accelerometers
  • about / Accelerometers
  • interfacing / Hooking it up
  • data, reading / Reading data
  • module, writing / Writing a module
  • interrupts, using / Using interrupts
• Adafruit
  • URL / Using the serial console
• Adafruit Industries
  • URL / Tools and additional hardware
• Adafruit_BBIO library
  • about / The Adafruit_BBIO library
• Adafruit_BBIO SPI class
  • URL / SPI
• Adafruit_I2C class
  • URL / I2C
• ADC
  • about / ADC
  • voltage divider / Voltage divider
  • voltage follower / Voltage follower
• ADXL345
  • URL / Hooking it up
• analog-to-digital converter (ADC) / Analog-to-digital converter
• analog device
  • URL / Reading data
• analogWrite() function / PWM, Fading an LED
• Arduino
  • URL / The PyBBIO library

B

• Bash manual
  • URL / The Cloud9 IDE
• BBIOServer
  • URL / HTTP
• BeagleBone
  • overview / An overview of BeagleBone
  • URL / An overview of BeagleBone
  • general purpose input/output (GPIO) / General purpose input/output
  • analog-to-digital converter (ADC) / Analog-to-digital converter
  • tools and additional hardware / Tools and additional hardware
  • design / The BeagleBone design
  • board, comparing / Board comparison
  • resource links / Helpful resources
• beaglebone-universal-io
  • URL / Pin multiplexing
• BeagleBone Black
  • initial setup / Initial setup
  • connecting to / Connecting to your BeagleBone
  • connecting, Cloud9 IDE used / The Cloud9 IDE
  • connecting, SSH used / SSH
• BMP183 SPI pressure sensor
  • URL / Weather station
• Breadboard
  • URL / Tools and additional hardware
• button
  • about / Buttons
  • circuit requisites / Buttons
  • pull-up/pull-down resistors / Pull-up/pull-down resistors
  • polling / Polling
  • interrupts / Interrupts

C

• character LCD / Character LCD
• Cloud9 IDE
  • used, for connecting to BeagleBone Black / The Cloud9 IDE
  • URL / The Cloud9 IDE

D

• Debian image
  • updating / Updating your Debian image
  • URL / Updating your Debian image
• delay() function / The Adafruit_BBIO library
• Digi-Key
  • URL / Tools and additional hardware
• dual in-line package (DIP) / Voltage follower
• duty cycle / PWM
• dweet.io
  • URL / dweet.io
  • about / dweet.io

E

• e-mail gateways
  • URL / SMTP
• Ethernet
  • used, for connecting to BeagleBone Black / Ethernet

F

• Farnel
  • URL / Tools and additional hardware
• Fing
  • URL / Ethernet
• Freeboard
  • URL / Freeboard
  • about / Freeboard
• FTDI Serial TTL-232 USB Cable
  • URL / UART
• FTDI virtual COM port driver
  • URL / Using the serial console

G

• general purpose input/output (GPIO) / General purpose input/output
• GPIO.wait_for_edge() function / SMTP
• GPIO modules
  • about / GPIO modules
  • kernel drivers / Kernel drivers
  • pin multiplexing / Pin multiplexing
• GPIO pins
  • higher currents, driving from / Driving higher currents from GPIO pins

H

• HTTP / HTTP

I

• I2C
  • about / I2C
• I2C API
  • URL / I2C
• initial setup, BeagleBone Black
  • steps / Initial setup
• Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2 C) / Inter-Integrated Circuit
• interactive GPIO / Interactive GPIO
• Internet
  • connecting to / Connecting to the Internet, Connecting to the Internet
  • connecting, Ethernet used / Ethernet
  • network forwarding / Network forwarding
• Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) / LED displays
• Internet of Things (IoT) service
  • about / IoT Services
  • Phant / Phant
  • dweet.io / dweet.io
  • Freeboard / Freeboard
• interrupts / Interrupts
• inVolts() function / Voltage divider
• IR temperature sensor
  • URL / I2C

J

• Jumper wires
  • URL / Tools and additional hardware

L

• Least Significant Bit First (LSB) / UART
• LED
  • blinking / Blink
  • multiprocessing / Multiprocessing
  • running, at startup / Running at startup
  • fading / Fading an LED
• LED bar graphs
  • about / LED bar graphs
  • URL / LED bar graphs
• LED displays
  • about / LED displays
  • bar graphs / LED bar graphs
  • 7-segment displays / 7-segment displays
  • LED matrix / The LED matrix
• LED matrix
  • about / The LED matrix
  • URL / The LED matrix
• LEDs
  • resistor values, calculating / Calculating resistor values for LEDs
• listen() method / TCP/IP
• Logic Supply
  • URL / Using the serial console
• loop() function / The PyBBIO library

M

• Most Significant Bit First (MSB) / UART
• Mouser
  • URL / Tools and additional hardware

N

• network connection, BeagleBone Black
  • TCP/IP / TCP/IP
  • HTTP / HTTP
  • IoT services / IoT Services

O

• OS
  • advantages / Taking advantage of the OS

P

• Page class / HTTP
• Phant
  • about / Phant
  • URL / Phant
• pin multiplexing / Pin multiplexing
• PIR motion detector module
  • URL / SMTP
• potentiometers
  • about / Potentiometers
• PuTTY
  • URL / SSH
• PWM
  • about / Pulse width modulation, PWM
  • universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) / Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
  • serial peripheral interface (SPI) / Serial peripheral interface
  • Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2 C) / Inter-Integrated Circuit
  • LED, fading / Fading an LED
  • servo motors / Servo motors
• PyBBIO
  • URL / UART
• PyBBIO library
  • about / The PyBBIO library
• pySerial API
  • URL / UART

R

• requests library
  • URL / Phant
• resistor values
  • calculating, for LEDs / Calculating resistor values for LEDs
• robot
  • about / Your first robot
  • creating / Your first robot
• run() function / The PyBBIO library

S

• 7-segment displays
  • about / 7-segment displays
  • URL / 7-segment displays
• Serial Clock (SCL) / I2C
• serial communication
  • about / Serial communication
• serial communication subsystems
  • UART / UART
  • I2C / I2C
  • SPI / SPI
• serial console
  • using / Using the serial console
• Serial Data (SDA) / I2C
• serial peripheral interface (SPI) / Serial peripheral interface
• serial port terminal emulator
  • URL / Using the serial console
• setClockMode() method / SPI
• setup() function / The PyBBIO library
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) / SMTP
• software
  • updating / Updating your software
• SparkFun
  • URL / Tools and additional hardware
• SPI
  • about / SPI
• SSH
  • used, for connecting to BeagleBone Black / SSH
• stream
  • URL / Phant

T

• ThingSpeak
  • URL / Connecting to the Internet
  • account setup, URL / Connecting to the Internet
• through-hole soldering
  • URL / 7-segment displays
• tools and additional hardware
  • Mouser / Tools and additional hardware
  • SparkFun / Tools and additional hardware
  • Adafruit Industries / Tools and additional hardware
  • Digi-Key / Tools and additional hardware
  • about / Tools and additional hardware
  • Farnell / Tools and additional hardware
• Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
  • about / TCP/IP

U

• UART
  • about / UART
  • pins / UART
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL) / HTTP
• universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) / Universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
• universally unique identifier (UUID) / dweet.io
• user inputs
  • buttons / Buttons
  • potentiometers / Potentiometers

V

• VCP driver
  • URL / UART

W

• weather alerts
  • creating / Weather alerts
• weather station
  • creating / Weather station
  • circuit requisites / Weather station
• World Wide Web (WWW) / HTTP