Monthly Archives: March 2012

Installing the latest version of node js on the beaglebone

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Jose Brache

Warning: Cloud9 IDE If you do this, the Cloud9 IDE will stop working… Cloud9 only works with earlier versions of node.js at this time. Try at your own risk, backup everything! This is useful if you want to install the … Continue reading →

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Setting up the beaglebone with node-usb

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Jose Brache

1. Install Libusb-dev: Run the following on the command line: opkg update opkg install libusb-1.0-dev 2. Install NPM Run the following on the command line: curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh 3. Install the node-usb package At the time of this writing, I’m having some problems with … Continue reading →

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beaglebone with data acquisition hardware

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Jose Brache

Recently I saw beagleboard.org came up with a new device called the beaglebone. I thought this platform would make for an awesome little data acquisition project that would be browser based. I’ve used the USB-2408 from Measurement Computing extensively before to make temperature … Continue reading →

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