[Dev] [ARM] BeagleBone Black donation

[André Silva]

On 10/19/2015 03:27 PM, André Silva wrote:
> On 10/19/2015 02:05 PM, Isaac David wrote:
>> The beaglebone black is very versatile. Use any 5 V barrel connector
>> power supply, with at least .5 A for headless mode. Alternatively you
>> may use a miniUSB (mini, not micro) cable.
> 
> I read that could buy a 5V power supply with 2A is enough for it[0] but
> i didn't knew about miniUSB :)
> 
>> If you enable the g_ether kernel module and configure the usb0 network
>> interface you can use a single miniUSB cable for both power and ethernet
>> over USB. It's very handy and portable.
> 
> Cool! Thanks for let me know.
> 
> [0]:https://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?lang=en&site=us&KeyWords=993-1050-ND&WT.z_slp_buy=TI_BeagleBoard
> 

Following the suggestions of Isaac, Greg and some details i've read
about BeagleBone Black, i've created a list with needed things that we
should spend from our donations to coadde continue his GRUB and another
bootloaders porting for ARMv7:

* BeagleBone Black Rev C - U$S 153.37 [0]

* Adafruit Bone Box (Enclosure for BeagleBone) - U$S 39.04 [1]

* HDMI to VGA cable - U$S 9 (coadde hasn't HDMI monitor) [2]

* 5V power supply with 2A - U$S 7 [3]

Buy BeagleBone in Uruguay is more cheaper than Argentina, however, if we
consider buy BeagleBone Black expensive yet, we could buy it at MCM
Electronics site [4] and shipping it to coadde.

It costs $49.99 and since it's under $50 USD, it's excluded from VAT and
other taxes in Uruguay, it just needs to be shipped with PS Form 6182
[5], however we should keep in mind that we could have a risk of it
getting stuck at Uruguayan customs.

I did it some time ago without problems in Uruguay because the sender
shipped it as gift, then there's a possibility do it, Argentinian way
it's impossible.

BTW, when we've made the purchase about it, we should print all purchase
invoices and send to Parabola to keep transparency.

[0]:http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.uy/MLU-429807084-beaglebone-black-rev-c-4gb-flash-pre-installed-debian-_JM
[1]:http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.uy/MLU-430336887-adafruit-bone-box-enclosure-for-beagle-bone-_JM
[2]:http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.uy/MLU-430069458-cable-hdmi-a-vga-de-15-metros-6-pagos-zonalaptop-_JM
[3]:http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.uy/MLU-429331429-transformador-220v-a-5-volts-2-amper-varios-usos-5v-2a-_JM
[4]:http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/83-16241
[5]:https://about.usps.com/publications/pub141/uruguay.htm

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