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BeagleBone Black
4. When the board starts to the booting process started by the process of applying power, the LEDs will
come on in sequence as shown in 昀椀gure-5 below. It will take a few seconds for the status LEDs to come
on, so be patient. The LEDs will be 昀氀ashing in an erratic manner as it begins to boot the Linux kernel.
Fig. 3.5: Board Boot Status
Accessing the Board as a Storage Drive
The board will appear around a USB Storage drive on your PC after the kernel has booted, which will take around
10 seconds. The kernel on the board needs to boot before the port gets enumerated. Once the board appears
as a storage drive, do the following:
1. Open the USB Drive folder.
2. Click on the 昀椀le named start.htm
3. The 昀椀le will be opened by your browser on the PC and you should get a display showing the Quick Start
Guide.
4. Your board is now operational! Follow the instructions on your PC screen.
3.2.2 Standalone w/Display and Keyboard/Mouse
In this con昀椀guration, the board works more like a PC, totally free from any connection to a PC as shown in
«昀椀gure-6». It allows you to create your code to make the board do whatever you need it to do. It will however
require certain common PC accessories. These accessories and instructions are described in the following
section.
Optionally an Ethernet cable can also be used for network access.
Required Accessories
In order to use the board in this con昀椀guration, you will need the following accessories:
• 1 x 5VDC 1A power supply
• 1 x HDMI monitor or a DVI-D monitor. (NOTE: Only HDMI will give you audio capability).
• 1 x Micro HDMI to HDMI cable or a Micro HDMI to DVI-D adapter.
• 1 x USB wireless keyboard and mouse combo.
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Chapter 3. Connecting Up Your BeagleBone Black
