Overview

by Simon Monk
In this tutorial, you will learn how to control an external LED using a BeagleBone Black (BBB) from Python.
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Because the BBB runs Linux, there are many ways in which it can be programmed. In this tutorial we show how to control an output pin and hence LED using Python.
YOU WILL NEED
This guide was first published on Jun 17, 2013. It was last updated on Jun 17, 2013. This page (Overview) was last updated on Apr 19, 2019.

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