BeagleCast 2011-03-14: BeagleBoard-xM rev C

Today's hosts are Jason Kridner, Gerald Coley and Jeffery Osier-Mixon.  Below are the show note links.

Links to the recordings

• BeagleCast-20110314.mp3
• BeagleCast-20110314.ogg

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From the RSS feed

• Running a BeagleBoard off of Batteries   
• BeagleBoard cases with a MakerBot on Thingiverse
• New SGX Graphics Driver Release 4.03.00.02 for Linux now available!    
• DVI-D to VGA converter for BeagleBoard-xM and issue to be fixed with the current BeagleBoardToys VGA adapter when using a BeagleBoard-xM  
• Kinect + BeagleBoard-xM (now need GLES)    
• Leverett and Wasson Win Texas Instruments Beagle Board Design Challenge   
• Toolchain, Check! Kernel, Check! - Cross Linux From Scratch 

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Upcoming events

• Tweet @Jadon for free BeagleBoard hands-on training on March 26th at Indiana Linuxfest going on March 25-27
• Linux Collaboration Summit on April 6-8
• Embedded Linux Conference on April 11-13
• Maker Faire Bay Area on May 21-22

BeagleBoard-xM Rev C HW and SW Update

• New release candidate from Angstrom
• FAT vs. ext2
• boot.scr vs uEnv.txt change is not welcomed by all
• Why won't old MLO and u-boot work with xM rev C?

Hot Topics on the BeagleBoard Google Group

• Mark Yoder's ECE497 class with some students using the Kinect
• Collecting Google Summer of Code project ideas such as the car PC project

Future topics and guests

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Announcement from TI of BeagleBoard-xM hands-on training at ESC Chicago

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