Index

A

• access
  • obtaining, to SPI devices / Getting access to the SPI devices
  • obtaining, to 1-Wire devices / Getting access to 1-Wire devices
• ADC chip / The ADC chip
• Ain pin
  • about / The ADC chip
• Apache web server
  • about / The Apache web server
• API (application programming interface) / The GPIO subsystem, The sysfs API
• armhf version / Cross-compilation

B

• Bash
  • LED, managing / Managing an LED in Bash
  • used, for writing custom daemon / Using Bash
• Bash tutorial
  • URL / Managing an LED in Bash
• basic system management
  • about / Basic system management
• BeagleBone Black
  • about / Embedded world terms
  • system overview / A system overview
  • hardware key features / A system overview
  • first login / The first login
  • preloaded tools / Checking out the preloaded tools
  • developing system, setting up / Setting up a developing system
  • Debian, installing / (Re)Installing Debian
  • GPIOs / The GPIOs on the BeagleBone Black
  • URL, for connector's description / The GPIOs on the BeagleBone Black
  • URL / Getting access to the SPI devices
• BeagleBone Black's support page
  • URL / The I2C bus in Linux
• Beaglebone Black pins
  • about / Accessing the raw bus
• block device
  • about / Char, block, and net devices
• Bone101 service
  • about / The Apache web server
  • reference / The Apache web server
• bootcmd command / The environment
• bootloader
  • about / A quick tour of the bootloader
  • SPL / A quick tour of the bootloader
  • U-Boot / A quick tour of the bootloader
  • GPIOs management / GPIOs management
  • environment / The environment
  • storage devices, managing / Managing the storage devices
  • kernel command line / The kernel command line

C

• C
  • used, for writing custom daemon / Using C
• capes / A system overview
• char device
  • about / Char, block, and net devices
• char driver
  • about / The serial ports in Linux
• Chip Select (CS)
  • about / What is the SPI bus?
• communication parameters
  • about / The communication parameters
• control lines
  • URL / The electrical lines
• crontab
  • about / Cron
• custom daemon
  • writing / Writing a custom daemon
  • writing, C used / Using C
  • writing, PHP used / Using PHP
  • writing, Python used / Using Python
  • writing, Bash used / Using Bash
• custom device driver
  • writing / Writing our own device driver

D

• /dev/ttyOX
  • about / Managing a real device
• D/C signal
  • about / Getting access to the SPI devices
• daemon
  • about / What is a daemon?
  • URL / What is a daemon?
  • using / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • Apache and C / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • atd and crond / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • inetd and xinetd / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • named/bind and C / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • nfsd / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • lockd / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • mountd / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • Network File System (NFS) / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • statd / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • ntpd / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • portmap and rpcbind / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • mysqld / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • postgresql / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • C / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • sendmail / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • exim / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • postfix / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • snmpd / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • syslogd and C / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • systemd / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • telnetd and sshd / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • vsftpd and Co / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
  • syslogd / Syslogd
  • crontab / Cron
  • MySQL / MySQL
• daemon process
  • creating / What is a daemon?
• Data/Command (D/C)
  • about / Getting access to the SPI devices
• datasheet
  • URL / Accessing the bus directly
• datasheet, chip
  • URL / Accessing the raw bus
• DCE (Data Communication Equipment)
  • about / The electrical lines
• Debian/Ubuntu Multiarch
  • URL / Cross-compilation
• Debian installation
  • about / (Re)Installing Debian
  • performing / (Re)Installing Debian
  • virtual machine / The virtual machine
  • host, setting up / Setting up the host
  • developing tools / The developing tools
• depmod command / The modutils
• developing system
  • setting up / Setting up a developing system
  • LAMP suite, setting up / The LAMP suite
  • compiler / The compiler
• device driver
  • about / What is a device driver?
  • implementing, char device used / Char, block, and net devices
• device tree
  • URL / Getting access to the SPI devices
• Device Tree Compiler
  • about / The EEPROM
  • URL / The EEPROM
• Domain Name System (DNS)
  • about / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
• DTE (Data Terminal Equipment)
  • about / The electrical lines

E

• EEPROM / The EEPROM
• electrical lines / The electrical lines
  • about / The electrical lines, The electrical lines, The electrical lines
  • SPI bus, in Linux / The SPI bus in Linux
• embedded programming
  • target system / Embedded world terms
  • host system / Embedded world terms
  • serial console / Embedded world terms
  • native compiler / Embedded world terms
  • cross-compiler / Embedded world terms
• endpoint 0
  • about / The USB bus in Linux
• endpoints
  • about / The USB bus in Linux
• endpoint types
  • control / The USB bus in Linux
  • interrupt / The USB bus in Linux
  • bulk / The USB bus in Linux
• exported symbols / Writing our own device driver

F

• factory restore method / A quick tour of the bootloader
• file manipulation
  • about / File manipulation tools and friends
  • packages management / Package management
  • kernel messages, managing / Managing the kernel messages
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  • about / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
• filter() function
  • about / Managing a real device
• full-duplex
  • about / What is the SPI bus?

G

• gcc (GNU C Compiler) tool / Native compilation versus cross-compilation
• General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) interface / The GPIO subsystem
• getty program
  • about / A simple serial echo
• gnueabihf (GNU EABI hard float) binary format / Native compilation versus cross-compilation
• GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) signals / GPIOs management
• GPIO settings
  • URL / The 1-Wire bus in Linux
• GPIO subsystem
  • about / The GPIO subsystem
  • GPIOs, on BeagleBone Black / The GPIOs on the BeagleBone Black
  • sysfs API / The sysfs API
• grep
  • URL / Package management

H

• host, setting up
  • about / Setting up the host
  • serial connection / The serial connection
  • Ethernet connection / The Ethernet connection
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
  • about / Useful and ready-to-use daemons

I

• I2C
  • about / What is the I2C bus?
• I2C2
  • about / The I2C bus in Linux
  • URL / Getting access to I2C devices
• I2C bus
  • about / What is the I2C bus?
  • URL / What is the I2C bus?
• I2C bus, in Linux
  • about / The I2C bus in Linux
• I2C bus lines
  • SCL (Serial Clock) / The electrical lines
  • SDA (Serial Data) / The electrical lines
  • GND / The electrical lines
• I2C devices
  • access, obtaining / Getting access to I2C devices
  • EEPROM / The EEPROM
  • ADC chip / The ADC chip
• IN endpoint
  • about / The USB bus in Linux
• insmod command / The modutils

K

• kernel command line
  • reference link, for parameters / The kernel command line
• kernel compilation
  • about / Compiling the kernel
  • Linux kernel / The Linux kernel
  • device drivers / Device drivers
• kernel messages / The first login
• kernel module / Device drivers

L

• LAMP (Linux-Apache-Mysql-PHP) suite
  • about / The Apache web server
  • setting up / The LAMP suite
  • Apache / Apache
  • PHP / PHP
  • MySQL / MySQL
• LAMP (Linux-Apache-Mysql-PHP) system / Managing an LED in PHP
• LCD display
  • URL / Getting access to the SPI devices
• LED
  • managing, in PHP / Managing an LED in PHP
  • managing, in Python / Managing an LED in Python
  • managing, in Bash / Managing an LED in Bash
• LED, managing in PHP
  • LAMP solution / The LAMP solution
  • built-in server solution / The built-in server solution
• LEDs
  • URL / GPIOs management
• line discipline (LDISC)
  • about / The serial ports in Linux
• Linux-USB Gadget API Framework
  • URL / Acting as a device
• Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition
  • URL / Writing our own device driver
• Linux init system / Acting as a device
• Linux kernel
  • char device / Char, block, and net devices
  • block device / Char, block, and net devices
  • net device / Char, block, and net devices
• loadaddr / The environment
• lsmod command / The modutils

M

• MMC (Multi Media Card) support / Managing the storage devices
• modprobe command / The modutils
• modutils
  • about / The modutils
• MOSI
  • about / What is the SPI bus?
• multi-slave
  • about / What is the SPI bus?
• MySQL
  • about / MySQL
  • access, obtaining in Bash / Getting access in Bash
  • access, obtaining in C / Getting access in C
  • access, obtaining in PHP / Getting access in PHP
  • access, obtaining in Python / Getting access in Python

N

• native compilation
  • versus cross-compilation / Native compilation versus cross-compilation
• net device
  • about / Char, block, and net devices
• Network File System (NFS)
  • about / Useful and ready-to-use daemons
• Network Time Protocol (NTP)
  • about / Useful and ready-to-use daemons

O

• oops message / Managing the kernel messages
• OUT endpoint
  • about / The USB bus in Linux

P

• parasite mode
  • about / What is the 1-Wire bus?
  • drawback / What is the 1-Wire bus?
• parity and stop bits
  • URL / The communication parameters
• PHP
  • used, for writing custom daemon / Using PHP
• PHP built-in web server
  • URL / The built-in server solution
• PicoC source code
  • download link / Native compilation
• pins, connector P9
  • about / Managing a real device
• preloaded tools
  • about / Checking out the preloaded tools
  • SSH tool / The SSH tool
  • Apache web server / The Apache web server
• print() function
  • about / Managing a real device
• procfs (proc filesystem)
  • about / Managing the kernel messages
  • URL / Managing the kernel messages
• pulse per second (PPS) devices
  • about / Char, block, and net devices
• Python
  • LED, managing / Managing an LED in Python
  • used, for writing custom daemon / Using Python

R

• raw bus
  • accessing / Accessing the raw bus, Accessing the raw bus
• real device
  • managing / Managing a real device
• RESET signal
  • about / Getting access to the SPI devices
• rmmod command / The modutils
• Rp
  • about / The electrical lines
• RS-232 standard / Implementation of serial ports
• RS-422/RS-485 standard / Implementation of serial ports

S

• Secure Shell (SSH) tool
  • about / The SSH tool
• ser.realined() function
  • about / Managing a real device
• serial console
  • access, obtaining / Getting access to the serial console
• serial data
  • about / What is the SPI bus?
• serial device
  • about / What is a serial port?
• serial echo
  • about / A simple serial echo
• serial peripheral
  • about / What is a serial port?
• serial port
  • about / What is a serial port?
  • electrical lines / The electrical lines
• serial port devices
  • URL / Implementation of serial ports
• serial port lines
  • TxD / The electrical lines
  • RxD / The electrical lines
  • DTR / The electrical lines
  • DCD / The electrical lines
  • DSR / The electrical lines
  • RI / The electrical lines
  • RTS / The electrical lines
  • CTS / The electrical lines
• serial ports
  • implementing / Implementation of serial ports
  • in Linux / The serial ports in Linux
  • enabling / Managing a real device
• single master
  • about / What is the SPI bus?
• singulation
  • about / What is the 1-Wire bus?
• Slave Select (SS)
  • about / What is the SPI bus?
• SPI bus
  • about / What is the SPI bus?
  • URL / What is the SPI bus?
• SPI bus, in Linux / The SPI bus in Linux
• SPI bus lines
  • defining / The electrical lines
• SPI devices
  • access, obtaining to / Getting access to the SPI devices
• ssh user manual
  • reference / The developing tools
• stderr channel
  • about / Using Bash
• stdin channel
  • about / Using Bash
• stdout channel
  • about / Using Bash
• stty command
  • about / Managing a real device
• support page, BeagleBone Black
  • URL / The SPI bus in Linux
• synchronous
  • about / What is the SPI bus?
• sysfs API
  • about / The sysfs API
• syslogd
  • about / Syslogd
  • using, in Bash / Using in Bash
  • using, in C / Using in C
  • using, in PHP / Using in PHP
  • using, in Python / Using in Python
• system
  • about / Acting as a device
• systemd
  • URL / Acting as a device

T

• Thermocouple board pins
  • about / Accessing the raw bus
• thermocouple to digital converter device
  • URL / Accessing the raw bus
• TTL (transistor-transistor logic) level / Implementation of serial ports
• TTL to RS232 converter
  • URL / Getting access to the serial console
• tty driver
  • about / The serial ports in Linux
• tty prefix
  • about / The serial ports in Linux

U

• U-Boot bootloader
  • URL / A quick tour of the bootloader
• UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter) / Implementation of serial ports
• Unix commands
  • URL / File manipulation tools and friends
• USB
  • about / What is the Universal Serial Bus?
  • URL / What is the Universal Serial Bus?
  • port lines / The electrical lines
• USB barcode reader
  • URL / Acting as a host
• USB bus
  • accessing / Accessing the bus directly
• USB bus, in Linux
  • about / The USB bus in Linux
  • acting, as host / Acting as a host
  • acting, as device / Acting as a device
• user-space software package
  • compiling / Compiling a user-space software package
  • native compilation / Native compilation
  • cross-compilation / Cross-compilation

V

• vim (Vi IMproved) package / Package management
• virtual filesystem / The sysfs API
• Vout
  • about / Accessing the bus directly

W

• 1-Wire bus
  • about / What is the 1-Wire bus?
  • URL / What is the 1-Wire bus?
  • in Linux / The 1-Wire bus in Linux
• 1-Wire bus lines
  • defining / The electrical lines
• 1-Wire devices
  • access, obtaining to / Getting access to 1-Wire devices
  • URL / Getting access to 1-Wire devices