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3.2 Main Connection Scenarios

This section will describe how to connect the board for use. This section is basically a

slightly more detailed description of the Quick Start Guide that came in the box. There is

also a Quick Start Guide document on the board that should also be refereed. The intent

here is that someone looking to purchase the board will be able to read this section and

get a good idea as to what the initial set up will be like.

The board can be configured in several different ways, but we will discuss the two most

common scenarios as described in the Quick Start Guide card that comes in the box.

•

Tethered to a PC via the USB cable

Board is accessed as a storage drive

Or a RNDIS Ethernet connection.

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Standalone desktop

Display

Keyboard and mouse

External 5V power supply

Each of these configurations is discussed in general terms in the following sections.

For an up-to-date list of confirmed working accessories please go to

http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Accessories

3.3 Tethered To A PC

In this configuration, the board is powered by the PC via the provided USB cable--no

other cables are required. The board is accessed either as a USB storage drive or via the

browser on the PC. You need to use either Firefox or Chrome on the PC, IEx will not

work properly.

Figure 2

shows this configuration.

Figure 2

Tethered Configuration