BeagleBoardV-Ahead/Getting started

Without SD-Card - new

Plug ethernet to your network and power up the board from either USB-micro or the power plug. 5 volt 2 amps at least in documentation. But use 3 amps PSU at least.

Locate Boards IP address

Locate BeagleV-Ahead IP address from your DHCP server or use nmap to locate the boards IP address.

• nmap exists for Linux, Windows and Mac OS.

heth@h5:~$ nmap -sP 192.168.1.0/24
Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-04-06 05:59 UTC
....
Nmap scan report for BeagleV.home (192.168.1.78)
Host is up (0.0012s latency).
...
Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (15 hosts up) scanned in 2.53 seconds

Connecting

Login as root - no password

heth@h5:~$ ssh -l root 192.168.1.78
Last login: Sat Apr  6 05:53:52 2024 from 192.168.1.84
root@BeagleV:~# uname -a
Linux BeagleV 5.10.113-yocto-standard #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 10 03:53:19 UTC 2023 riscv64 GNU/Linux
root@BeagleV:~# cat /etc/os-release
ID=thead-c910
NAME="THEAD C910 Release Distro"
VERSION="1.1.2"
VERSION_ID=1.1.2
PRETTY_NAME="THEAD C910 Release Distro 1.1.2"
BUILD_ID="20230609164851"
HOME_URL="https://occ.t-head.cn/"
root@BeagleV:~#

Flashing eMMC

Dowload latest Software Image from BeagleV-Ahead and follow instructions.

1. unzip image
2. install Android flash tools (See [https://docs.beagle.cc/latest/boards/beaglev/ahead/02-quick-start.html Quick Start)
3. run ./fastboot_emmc.sh (In the unzipped image)
4. When script report it is waiting - boot beagleV-Ahead with USB botton down, until process starts.
5. Locate boards - perhaps new - IP address with nmap
6. Login with username beagle and password temppwd