Preface

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I first noticed the BeagleBone in 2011. At the time, most of my projects involved the Arduino, so I was quite curious when I saw a board that looked a little bit like an Arduino but acted more like a full computer. It seemed a bit complicated, so I was initially skeptical that I would be able to get anything working with it. Nonetheless, I ordered a BeagleBone and eagerly anticipated its arrival.

When it arrived, I was first amused by its dimensions. It fit in the palm of my hand and could even be enclosed within an Altoids tin. In fact, it fit almost too perfectly inside the tin. The radius of the rounded corners seemed to indicate that ...

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