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Writing a Linux Kernel Module — Part 3: Buttons and LEDs

Introduction
In this series of articles I describe how you can write a Linux loadable kernel module (LKM) for an embedded Linux device. This is the third article in the series — please read:

Writing a Linux Kernel Module — Part 1: Introduction, and
Writing a Linux Kernel Module — Part 2: A Character Device,

before moving on to this article, as those articles […]

By |April 26th, 2015|Beaglebone, Blog, Linux|40 Comments

Beaglebone: Controlling the on-board LEDs using C++

Introduction
One of the first things you would like to do when you connect to the Beaglebone Black is see that you are having an impact on the hardware. In this short post I am going to look at how you can change the behaviour of the Beaglebone on-board LEDs – the four (blue on the BBB) LEDs in the corner […]

By |November 20th, 2013|Beaglebone, Blog, Embedded Systems|15 Comments