{"id":654183,"date":"2013-04-23T19:18:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T23:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=804904"},"modified":"2013-04-23T19:18:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T23:18:40","slug":"the-beaglebone-black-is-a-new-single-board-computer-that-can-brew-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/654183","title":{"rendered":"The BeagleBone Black Is A New Single-Board Computer That Can Brew Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While the Raspberry Pi<\/a> is great for educating kids about computing, can it brew a mean beer? The BeagleBone Black<\/a> can. Trevor Hubbard, an engineer at Texas Instruments, uses the new, next-gen board to control heat exchangers and monitors to handle beer temperature remotely.<\/p>\n

The board itself is quite cool. It runs a AM335x 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor with graphics accelerator and has two 46-pin headers for IO, making it ideal for monitoring and robotics. The board itself costs $45 and is available now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It can run Android and Ubuntu linux and connects to the Internet via Ethernet or a USB Wi-Fi dongle. Interestingly, the entire board is open source, allowing you to download and tweak the design to suit your needs.<\/p>\n

The company was founded by Jason Kridner<\/a> and Gerald Coley<\/a>, two TI engineers. The headers allow for multiple styles of input and output including serial connectivity, timers, and digital I\/O. While not as inherently simple as the Raspberry Pi, it’s still a formidable board. <\/p>\n

Hubbard, who recorded a video about his project, shows how he can control his beer temperature remotely using a BeagleBoard, the Internet, and a taste for bubbly hops. There is, I’d wager, not much more a man could ask for.<\/p>\n