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Stephane Charette

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Dec 19, 2016, 3:38:36 AM12/19/16
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I wanted to make a blog post about the BBBW, and needed an image to use.

For sanity sake, I recommend that people do not make a Google image search for BBBW at work.  Definitely NSFW!

Stéphane

Jay Doobie

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Dec 20, 2016, 9:17:43 AM12/20/16
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Haha, I usually search for "beaglebone black wireless"  I'm glad I never did look for BBBW ;)

Gregg Harrington

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Dec 20, 2016, 7:13:41 PM12/20/16
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I have been using the BBB image and haven't installed the BBBW one, everything works correctly as far as I could tell. I asked in another thread what the difference was, but didn't get a response.

Stephane Charette

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Dec 20, 2016, 9:26:19 PM12/20/16
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On Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 4:13:41 PM UTC-8, Gregg Harrington wrote:
I have been using the BBB image and haven't installed the BBBW one, everything works correctly as far as I could tell. I asked in another thread what the difference was, but didn't get a response.

BBB = BeagleBone Black.
BBBW = BeagleBone Black Wireless.

If you have a BBB device, then yes, I imagine either image works.  But if you have a BBBW device, then you'll need the "wireless" build which contains the necessary drivers and related files to support bluetooth and wifi.

Stéphane

Robert Nelson

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Dec 20, 2016, 10:05:50 PM12/20/16
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For production boards, (that have a proper eeprom) there is no
difference between the IOT images marked for BBB or BBBW..

However for the oem/manufactures there's a big difference on what
happens on first bootup. ;) (initial eeprom writing..)

Regards,

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Robert Nelson
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