LinuxCNC for the BeagleBone Black has been available for a few months now, and [Bart] wanted to give it a try. He started experimenting with a single stepper motor and driver.

With LinuxCNC software you can execute CNC programs which consist of g-codes. The goal of this project is to enable you to build a professional grade CNC control, based on the Beaglebone Black as ...

On sale now for $45, BeagleBone Black sports a 1GHz Sitara AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 processor from Texas Instruments, up from the 720MHz processor used in the previous $90 BeagleBone released in 2011.

Arduino has shields and now BeagleBone has capes. The Cortex A8-based hobbyist board has earned a number of fans for its speed and affordability. Now it's adding simple versatility with 20 ...

Out of the box, the BeagleBone Black includes a single DC power barrel connector, two USB 2.0 ports (one micro USB), a micro SD card slot, a micro HDMI port for video output, and a 10/100 Ethernet ...

The BeagleBone Black features some pretty powerful hardware that is packed into a tiny, credit card-sized package. Sporting an ARM Cortex A8 processor that is clocked at 1GHz, and 512MB of DDR3 ...

The BeagleBone Black and the EVM have separate power inputs, and can also obtain power from other sources. The BeagleBone Black can run off a USB connection that delivers 500 mA. The EVM needs 320 mA.

The BeagleBone Black, with an impressive amount of computing power and a whole bunch of I/O, would make an impressive CNC controller, save for two shortcomings: The BBB isn’t in stock anywher… ...