{"id":39878,"date":"2021-01-22T15:42:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T07:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=39878"},"modified":"2021-01-22T15:53:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T07:53:15","slug":"customized-seeed-studio-beaglebone-boards-in-industrial-applications-and-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/22\/customized-seeed-studio-beaglebone-boards-in-industrial-applications-and-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Customized Seeed Studio Beaglebone boards in Industrial Applications and Projects!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With BeagleBoard.org dedicated to bringing us advanced embedded development and open-source single bard computers, they have without a doubt become one of engineers’ and tinkers’ favourite development boards for industrial use! With Seeed Studio’s partnership with BeagleBoard.org to develop the Beaglebone\u00ae Green series, provided industries with even more flexibility and choices!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thus, we will give you a rundown on our Beaglbone\u00ae Green (BBG) series, compare our Beaglebone\u00ae Green series to Beaglebone\u00ae Black, and show you some of our success stories with BBG in industrial applications!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Customised Beaglebone\u00ae Green Industrial Applications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of Beaglebone\u00ae Green, how well does it actually perform in an industrial setting? Well, we will be showing you 4 different settings where our Beaglebone\u00ae Green is applied as part of the industrial solution!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Electronic Controller for Poultry Industry & Farm<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In order to allow farmers and people of the poultry industry to view and monitor the data in farms, our original Beaglebone\u00ae Green is used as an electronic controller in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This controller is capable of controlling and displaying all data such as humidity, temperature and light levels, which would in turn optimize poultry production with real-time data management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smart Gateway for Building Metering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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As for tracking factory and residential needs such as water, electricity and gas, our customised Beaglebone\u00ae Green is used as smart gateway to collect real-time data and transmits data to the cloud for real-time and remote monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following customisation is made to our Beaglebone\u00ae Green to better cater to their solution: Increased in DC input to 9V – 24V, added the real-time clock and added RS485 interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Smart Gateway for Collecting Food Delivery Status<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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For the case of transporting fresh produce and goods, our customised Beaglebone\u00ae Green is used as the smart gateway to track the quality of the good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By collecting and uploading data such as temperature and humidity of the goods during transport, this would prevent unnecessary cost and increase the overall efficiency in product distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following customisation is made to our Beaglebone\u00ae Green to better cater to their solution: Rearrangement of header pins, added PoE(Power over Ethernet), added RGB LED for system status, added 2 USB host connectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Energy System Monitor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In order to upgrade solar system controllers, our customised Beaglebone\u00ae Green is used to enable users and maintenances to update and monitor the devices for solar systems. Also, this controller also works as a smart switch for home solar system and grid!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The following customisation is made to our Beaglebone\u00ae Green to better cater to their solution: Added RS485, CAN (Dual pack RJ45), encryption chip, LED and buzzer and RTC<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Comparison between Beaglebone\u00ae Green Series and Beaglebone\u00ae Black<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Main differences between Beaglebone\u00ae Green Series and Beaglebone\u00ae Black <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since Beaglebone\u00ae Green Series basically use the same board as Beaglebone\u00ae Black, you can find many similarities between them. But there are a few differences that make Beaglebone\u00ae Green Series a better option instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pricing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If we were to look at their specs and compare them side by side, you’ll realise that BBB ($60) is a lot pricier than BBG ($44). Not to mention BBG series have 4GB on-board storage as well. For about the same features, BBG is definitely more pocket-friendly for your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Connectivity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In term of overall connectivity, the most comparable one to BBB is BBG, but what makes BBG series stand out is its 2x Grove connectors. Where BBGG and BBGW have Bluetooth and Ethernet as well! Though for the most parts, BBG and BBB are pretty similar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Background of Beaglebone\u00ae Green Series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Beaglebone\u00ae Green<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Seeed Studio BeagleBone\u00ae Green<\/strong><\/a> is a joint effort between BeagleBone.org\u00ae and Seeed Studio, and it is based on the open-source hardware design of BeagleBone\u00ae Black. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is a low-cost option that provides the compact footprint, numerous interfaces, and expandability of BeagleBone\u00ae Black while extending the development environment with on-board Grove connectors which work with the Seeed Grove ecosystem<\/a>. Furthermore, Seeed Studio BeagleBone\u00ae Green is fully compatible with BeagleBone\u00ae Black capes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, it comes with a Debian image installed on the on-board 4GB 8-bit eMMC flash storage, where you can connect the board to a 5V power supply or the USB port of your PC to easily power it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BeagleBone\u00ae Green Wireless <\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Seeed Studio BeagleBone\u00ae Green Wireless Development Board<\/a><\/strong> is based on TI AM335x, is the first Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) board from the Beagle community. It offers a Wi-Fi and BLE solution with a built-in 2.4 GHz TI WLinkTM8 module with two antennas.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It also supports AP+STA mode of communication, comes with an MRAA library, and complies with Bluetooth Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). The board also comes with two Grove connectors, making it easier to connect to the large family of Grove sensors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BeagleBone\u00ae Green Gateway<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Seeed Studio BeagleBone\u00ae Green Gateway Development Board<\/a><\/strong> is a commercial-grade single-board computer (SBC). It is based on the open-source hardware design of Seeed Studio BeagleBone\u00ae Green<\/a> and Seeed Studio BeagleBone\u00ae Green Wireless<\/a> and combined with the onboard Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) + Ethernet features. Which also supports various BeagleBone\u00ae Cape that can perform different functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Though Beaglebone\u00ae Black is not the star in this article, but to help out those who are not familiar with it, here’s a brief intro about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beaglebone\u00ae Black<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Beaglebone\u00ae Black<\/strong> is a low-cost development board, built with AM335x 1GHz ARM\u00ae Cortex-A8. BeagleBone Black comes with the 512MB DDR3 RAM and 4GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage. You can boot Linux into the board within 10 seconds and get started on development in less than 5 minutes with just a USB cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beaglebone\u00ae Green Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We figured you might be curious how our Beaglebone\u00ae Green would function outside of industrial applications as well, so here are some examples of our Beaglebone\u00ae Green projects!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flying BeagleBone Green<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ever thought of building a drone with as little components as possible? By using our Beaglebone\u00ae Green alongside BBBmini, you won’t have to deal with soldering which makes it easy to build and perfect for beginners who are interested to build their very own drone! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What you’ll need:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n