#Beagle Board out of the box

= My Beagle Board Out of the box experience =

* What's in the box?

Box should have a 3"x3" OMAP3530 Board.

* Is their any factory default software flashed onto this board?

Yes, x-loader and u-boot will be flashed on to this board.

* How can I execute factory defaults from Beagle Board?

== Setup ==
  # Make sure Beagle power is in OFF state
  # Connect UART cable to a UART port of Window/Linux/Mac machine
  # Have terminal program, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeraTerm TeraTerm], !HyperTerminal, or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicom Minicom], running on the host machine. 
  # Configure the terminal program for (BAUD RATE - 115200, DATA - 8 bit, PARITY- none, STOP - 1bit, FLOW CONTROL - none) 
  # Connect a LCD Monitor to DVI/HDMI port on Beagle Board. 
  # Connect an externally powered speaker to audio out jack on Beagle Board.
  # Connect a TV (NTSC-M) to S-video port. 
  # Power ON LCD, TV and audio speakers.

NOTE: Connecting all peripherals (mentioned above) is not mandatory, start using the one you have.

== Powering Beagle Board ==
  # Power ON the Beagle Board by one of the following options
    * Option A: External Power Adapter can be used to power the board. 
    * Option B: USB mini B to USB A cable can be used to power the board. Just connect the USB A side to Host machine and USB mini A side of cable to Beagle board.

== Experience ==

This should bring up u-boot and the following Board Diagnostic tests will be performed:
  * The UART terminal should start displaying u-boot messages
  * A Beagle Board Logo will appear on DVI LCD screen.
  * Color bars should be displayed on TV over S-Video port.
  * A tone will be played on Audio out / speakers.
  * LEDs USR0 and USR1 will glow
  * The terminal screen should look like

{{{
40T

Texas Instruments X-Loader 1.41
Starting on with MMC
Reading boot sector

717372 Bytes Read from MMC
Starting OS Bootloader from MMC...


U-Boot 1.3.3 (Jul 10 2008 - 16:30:47)

OMAP3530-GP rev 2, CPU-OPP2 L3-165MHz
OMAP3 Beagle Board + LPDDR/NAND
DRAM:  128 MB
NAND:  256 MiB
*** Warning - bad CRC or NAND, using default environment

In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Audio Tone on Speakers  ... complete
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0

}}}

* What next?
  * Can try to compile Linux Kernel Image directly from O[http://www.muru.com/linux/omap OMAP GIT]
  * Can try some [http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/BeagleSourceCode sample images and sources]
  * Learn  [http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/BeagleSoftCompile how to compile sources] and generate images for Beagle
  * Try some quick [http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/Demos Demos]