beaglebone lcd display free sample

I created this tutorial to show how to use inexpensive components (commonly used arduino components) with the BeagleBone Black. The cost of this project can easily be under $20 USD shipping and all.

You can setup python for working with I2C by following the guide from Adafruit. The main priority is having smbus working. You need to have i2c tools installed to figure out what address the I2C LCD module is at. Mine is on bus 1, at address 0x20.

The particular I2C module I listed in the hardware section had a peculiar wiring that didn"t easily work with any I2C LCD libraries. For one the backlight pin toggles the opposite of the PyLCD library. I was able to find the pinout by digging through tons of sites, and finally found a comment on dx.com for a different module which mostly worked, and then found an unpopular Arduino sketch that worked with it, and got it all sorted out from there.

SwiftyBones is a modular Swift library for interacting with both the digital GPIO and Analog pins on the BeagleBone Black.1466355735000Sun Jun 19 2016 17:02:15 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Replicape is an open source hardware and software project for bringing 3D printer capabilities to the BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black1455220189000Thu Feb 11 2016 19:49:49 GMT-0000 (UTC)

After my last post Build fbtft drivers for Linux 4.4 on BeagleBone Black, I was curious watch patches are need to run mainline Linux kernel on BeagleBone Black.1449281311000Sat Dec 05 2015 02:08:31 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Build fbtft drivers for Linux 4.4 kernel so that BeagleBone Black can use TFT LCD connected via SPI as Framebuffer1449019725000Wed Dec 02 2015 01:28:45 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Build fbtft drivers for TI Linux 4.1 kernel so that BeagleBone Black can use TFT LCD connected via SPI as Framebuffer1449019579000Wed Dec 02 2015 01:26:19 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Use small TFT LCDs displays as Linux framebuffer on BeagleBone Black using fbtft drivers for Linux 3.8 kernel1449019312000Wed Dec 02 2015 01:21:52 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Use small TFT LCDs displays as Linux framebuffer on BeagleBone Black using pre-built fbtft drivers for Linux 3.8.13-bone501447919671000Thu Nov 19 2015 07:54:31 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Official Debian build shipped with BeagleBone Black as well as Debian for BeagleBoard, BeagleBoard-xM and BeagleBone1446565985000Tue Nov 03 2015 15:53:05 GMT-0000 (UTC)

SD card images to run LinuxCNC on the BeagleBone using a Xenomai real-time kernel --- great for CNC mills and 3D printers supporting stepper motor control using a number of cape add-on boards1433514893000Fri Jun 05 2015 14:34:53 GMT-0000 (UTC)

a small portable lab, with which you can analyze Soil Sample in the field. It will give you results on Particle Size Distribution (PSD), Shape classification and color (in CIE Lab and Redness Index colorspace). The analyse is performed on a Beaglebone Black with a USB Microscope1421516111000Sat Jan 17 2015 17:35:11 GMT-0000 (UTC)

How to install Mono/C# on the Beaglebone Black and implement a remote compilation and debugging toolchain.1417100433000Thu Nov 27 2014 15:00:33 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Want to give up Gmail, Facebook, Dropbox and other web services which spy on you, censor you or claim ownership of your content? Freedombone is a home internet server configuration for the BeagleBone Black.1416771190000Sun Nov 23 2014 19:33:10 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Recipe book for BeagleBone Black illustrating how to connect sensors, displays, motors and more to the Internet and even build your own cape.1416583231000Fri Nov 21 2014 15:20:31 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The Deck is a full featured penetration testing and forensics Linux distro based on Ubuntu. It runs on the BeagleBoard-xM and BeagleBone. There is a related book as well called "Hacking and Penetration Testing with Low Power Devices".1411487061000Tue Sep 23 2014 15:44:21 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Lightweight, X11-free, networking-centric, IPv6-ready, buildroot-based server distribution targeting the BeagleBone platform1408298415000Sun Aug 17 2014 18:00:15 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Support for Windows Embedded Compact 7 and Windows Embedded Compact 2013 running on BeagleBone White and BeagleBone Black1408296857000Sun Aug 17 2014 17:34:17 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Porting Minix3 (www.minix3.org) to BeagleBoard/BeagleBone & developing necessary drivers. Minix3 is a highly reliable operating system that has now used BeagleBoard to add some support for ARM.1408117407000Fri Aug 15 2014 15:43:27 GMT-0000 (UTC)

This is the robot that my daughter"s and I made for Father"s day. We also bought a second BeagleBone with a 4D 7.0" LCD Cape to make a remote controller.1403453025000Sun Jun 22 2014 16:03:45 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Extend the cryptographic capabilities of the BeagleBone Black with hardware key isolation for RSA, ECC, SHA-2, a RTC, and user-customizable crypto libraries.1401425186000Fri May 30 2014 04:46:26 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Linux distribution tailored for embedded devices and shipped with the BeagleBoard-xM and BeagleBone1401384639000Thu May 29 2014 17:30:39 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Maintain U-Boot for BeagleBoard and BeagleBone. Fix bugs, integrate new features and support mainline.1400615070000Tue May 20 2014 19:44:30 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Training cape to learn to do basic BeagleBone I/O, digital in/out, analog in, PWM out, shift register out and I2C1398988431000Thu May 01 2014 23:53:51 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Tutorial of how to get CrashPlan, a robust personal and enterprise level data backup solution running on the BeagleBone.1398797559000Tue Apr 29 2014 18:52:39 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Stand Alone Developing Station, aimed to Develop your project faster and better without needing a Laptop, VNC, ethernet cables etc... I"m reusing a old HP netbook LCD to create an All-In-One solution for prototyping on the fly1396906478000Mon Apr 07 2014 21:34:38 GMT-0000 (UTC)

7" TFT LCD Screen with a resistive touch screen for BeagleBoard, BeagleBoard xM, BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black Board. A plastic(ABS) frame will be included also to contain the screen and touch for easy mounting.1396129677000Sat Mar 29 2014 21:47:57 GMT-0000 (UTC)

This is the official TI Android Developer Kit for Sitara embedded processors and includes support for the BeagleBoard-xM and BeagleBone.1395891173000Thu Mar 27 2014 03:32:53 GMT-0000 (UTC)

QNX Software Systems, Neutrino RTOS and Aviage Middleware for OMAP35x, DM37x and AM335x is now available, along with reference designs and demos for QNX CAR, Automotive Infotainment, Digital Instrument Clusters and Smart Energy In Home Display.1395890909000Thu Mar 27 2014 03:28:29 GMT-0000 (UTC)

This project is an entry in the Texas Instruments Intern Design Challenge 2013. It is a cape for the BeagleBone Black which turns the BBB into a handheld gaming console with the addition of an LCD cape stacked on top or a controller when connected to an HDMI monitor.1395888863000Thu Mar 27 2014 02:54:23 GMT-0000 (UTC)

This project is an entry in the Texas Instruments Intern Design Challenge 2013. It is a cape for the BeagleBone to create a autonomous solar powered car.1395888582000Thu Mar 27 2014 02:49:42 GMT-0000 (UTC)

IMU cape for BeagleBone that provides power regulation, sensors, servo control, and the IO necessary to connect optional external modules such as GPS, current sensors, radio telemetry link, etc. with near-term software plan to port the Paparazzi auto-pilot1395862444000Wed Mar 26 2014 19:34:04 GMT-0000 (UTC)

BeagleBone has all the computing power you need to build yourself an extremely sophisticated access control, alarm panel, and home automation and network intrusion-detection system (book)1395779047000Tue Mar 25 2014 20:24:07 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Add powerful sensors to your next project! What will you make next? The SensorCape adds a crazy amount of sensors to your BeagleBone or BeagleBone Black. Combine the versatility of these sensors with the power of the BeagleBone to make something innovative.1395775680000Tue Mar 25 2014 19:28:00 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The IIO ADC driver for the Beaglebone does not add /sysfs entries and the /dev/iio:deviceX entries are slightly broken. This project will involve patchwork for the ADC drivers. After that, an hwmon driver will be developed for power measurement using the 7th ADC channel connected to the shunt register. Community members report touch screen drivers clashing with the free ADC channels. This will be investigated and fixed. These drivers,fixes and associated test applications will greatly help new comers and userspace application programmers to easily access the ADC on the beaglebone. PWM driver has a hack for adding sysfs entries.

The project aims to provide a way to ROM boot the BeagleBone Black and the normal Bone over USB from an Android device.1395770284000Tue Mar 25 2014 17:58:04 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Almost everyone in the embedded community is familiar with the Arduino development environment. Creating the Arduino libraries for userspace could offer significant reduction in the development time of projects on the Beaglebone involving interfacing with external peripherals, with the added advantage of running other userspace applications side-by-side.1395767805000Tue Mar 25 2014 17:16:45 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The project is to develop a generic I2C driver subsystem for Minix, and then use it to write drivers for I2C devices on the new BeagleBone Black.1395767583000Tue Mar 25 2014 17:13:03 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The main idea of digital Whiteboard is develop a not expensive solution for interaction, drawing, internet browsing or slides presentation for educational purpouses, using a projector, a common whiteboard or flat surface. The beaglebone black will capture the XY cordinates when a Pen is pressed on Whiteboard and draw in realtime. The application could send drawings to cloud service, Mail or save as an image.1392788451000Wed Feb 19 2014 05:40:51 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Cross-Compile and Remote Deploy from Windows 7 for BeagleBone using Eclipse and a Linaro-gcc Toolchain.1391328326000Sun Feb 02 2014 08:05:26 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Transferring data at high speed (at least 25 MBytes/s,half the max HS due to some H/W - S/W latencies)from internal eMMC to USB Flash and vice versa in BeagleBone Black.1390953475000Tue Jan 28 2014 23:57:55 GMT-0000 (UTC)

MotherBone One is a development platform for complex projects and commercial OEM products using BeagleBone Black.1389828858000Wed Jan 15 2014 23:34:18 GMT-0000 (UTC)

This crowdfunding project aims to solve the Hotplugging problem with the USB host driver on the Texas Instruments AM335x processor on the Beaglebone Black.1386855369000Thu Dec 12 2013 13:36:09 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Use Facebook JSON interface to count Likes for a page and update display using a simple bit-bang SPI interface1386790246000Wed Dec 11 2013 19:30:46 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Users have the option to connect the Sky Drone FPV hardware to a MAVLink compatible Autopilot Board like 3D Robotics APM. A Head Up Display (HUD) will be rendered on top of the live video stream, providing the pilot with real-time telemetry.

Using the BeagleBone Black"s already-installed Cloud9 and native Javascript support, we designed a game where a player controls a cursor on 4, 8x8 Bi-Color LED Matrix and a 2-axis thumb joystick.1375288609000Wed Jul 31 2013 16:36:49 GMT-0000 (UTC)

VSCP & Friends is a framework for automation. I am working on an installation package for Beaglebone1374779437000Thu Jul 25 2013 19:10:37 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The RFID adaptor is an interface between the Beaglebone Black and Texas Instrument"s TRF7970ATB, (Multi-Protocol Fully Integrated 13.56-MHz RFID and NFC Transceiver) It brings fully functional RFID and NFC capabilities to BBB.1374632874000Wed Jul 24 2013 02:27:54 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The goal of this project is to utilize the PRUs of the AM335x SoCs in investigating the fastest way to: program using JTAG, and provide for debugging facilities built into the beaglebone.1372777570000Tue Jul 02 2013 15:06:10 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Enable remote Web and SSH access to your BeagleBone from the (public) Internet, via the Yaler relay infrastructure.1371470783000Mon Jun 17 2013 12:06:23 GMT-0000 (UTC)

ttylinux is available for BeagleBone. This is a very minimal command-line Linux distribution with Lynx web browser, Lua scripting, GCC-based C development capability, the small thttpd web server, and the Haserl CGI scripting program. The complete ttylinux build system is available; it vaguely resembles buildroot.1369888285000Thu May 30 2013 04:31:25 GMT-0000 (UTC)

With the support of robotic supply companies: DFRobot, EpicTinker, and Makeblock, our senior design project proposes the use of the BeagleBone processor in instructional environments by developing a Four Wheel Drive Autonomous Robot that will venture through a maze with rugged terrain.1367621617000Fri May 03 2013 22:53:37 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Provide BT download capabilities, managed through homeswitch,free resources can be download to portabel USB mass storage device connected to Beaglebone Black1367335198000Tue Apr 30 2013 15:19:58 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Motorola Atrix Phone Lapdock can be used as display, keyboard, mouse, and rechargeable battery power for a complete BeagleBone Black computer.1366730270000Tue Apr 23 2013 15:17:50 GMT-0000 (UTC)

HelenOS is an experimental multiserver microkernel-based operating system which has recently got support for running on BeagleBoard XM and BeagleBone development boards.1361879154000Tue Feb 26 2013 11:45:54 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Contiki-based 6LoWPAN/RPL Border Router solution for BeagleBone. Connect your 802.15.4 motes to the internet with your BeagleBone!1361537771000Fri Feb 22 2013 12:56:11 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The BeagleBone SDR aim is to make available a low cost SDR base station, that can be used over the Internet. This would allow reception of signals around the world, from your home. A typical application would be to get APT images of foreign countries from NOAA satellites.1359481639000Tue Jan 29 2013 17:47:19 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Kozio has made available a 30-day free trial of its Verification and Test OS (VTOS™) Suite for the BeagleBone.1358888239000Tue Jan 22 2013 20:57:19 GMT-0000 (UTC)

We have now started a new project, an expansion board for Beaglebone and would like to hear your opinion.1355417483000Thu Dec 13 2012 16:51:23 GMT-0000 (UTC)

This project provides shell scripts and configuration information needed to put a beaglebone device on the internet using a cellular data connection.1354070971000Wed Nov 28 2012 02:49:31 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The purpose of this project is to develop a general purpose motion control platform for the BeagleBone. This platform will be able to be utilized in applications such as CNC systems, 3D printing, Walking Robotics, Rolling Robotics, and generic motion control1353888503000Mon Nov 26 2012 00:08:23 GMT-0000 (UTC)

A C library for driving Total Control Lighting 3 color LED strands (based on the p9813 chip) using SPI on single-board Linux computers such as the BeagleBone or BeagleBoard.1349716362000Mon Oct 08 2012 17:12:42 GMT-0000 (UTC)

BeagleBone emulating a selection of vintage computers ("SimH") built into a historical VT100 terminal1348847199000Fri Sep 28 2012 15:46:39 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Pristitrope is a modification of the zoetrope, a pre-cinematic optical toy that shows short, looped animations enhanced with 18 tiny LCD screens1348676170000Wed Sep 26 2012 16:16:10 GMT-0000 (UTC)

This project examines the concept of having a BeagleBone serve as a web server for USB data acquisition devices. Using the BeagleBone with these USB peripherals allows for flexible data acquisition and control functionality.1331873770000Fri Mar 16 2012 04:56:10 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Web application written in JavaScript/node.js which can run on the BeagleBone and control INSTEON devices via an INSTEON PLM interface.1327624857000Fri Jan 27 2012 00:40:57 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Xibo is an open source server/client digital signage able to play videos and audio files, display pictures and render webpages. The client is written in Python and this project would port the Client and related libraries (with HW acceleration) to the Beagleboard(-xM) Platform.1321537515000Thu Nov 17 2011 13:45:15 GMT-0000 (UTC)

This project provides a PCB extension to the Beagleboard, Beagleboard-xm and Pandaboard. While the initial motivation was to simply provide a LCD screen - that concept has grown into a complete, portable development board.1303158319000Mon Apr 18 2011 20:25:19 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The Beagleboard Carputer aims to create a fully-integrated system that will feature touchscreen LCD, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, GPS Navigation, Phone features, Wifi, Voice recognition, Multimedia entertainment.1258943343000Mon Nov 23 2009 02:29:03 GMT-0000 (UTC)

The device is circular in nature with a touch screen where an interactive interface is used to display icons, objects, photos and other sharable action oriented stuff. The device has exchangable memory sticks which allow two or more device"s to get connected and hence facilitating interactions. The result is to get a cerebral palsy kid out of his isolated environment, motivate him to communicate by making a device which will show him the joy of communicating.1246129663000Sat Jun 27 2009 19:07:43 GMT-0000 (UTC)

Interestingly, if you check the LCD drivers you will find that for small LCD screens, most of those drivers come from Nokia[or at the very least are based off Nokia drivers].

So no, it is not "the community" that is expected to support things "for free".  How it works is that Nokia, a cell phone manufacturer, decides to use a Texas Instruments processor in a cell phone.  They decide to use a specific model of LCD screen.   They pay developers to create an LCD driver for a Texas Instruments supported linux kernel.  If they find a bug in the TI LCD interface, they contact TI and TI works with them to fix it.  Once they have the TI supported kernel working, they then try to use the same driver in the latest version of Android.  If it doesn"t work, their developers have to figure out what changes were made that broke something, and then they fix it.  Considering that their going to order 100,000+ TI processors, they probably pay TI for support so their developers and TI"s developers work on the driver.