[FE training-materials-updates] Beaglebone Black board: power down precautions

Michael Opdenacker michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Thu Mar 26 14:39:58 CET 2015


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commit 52f1b1c5925ba3a55cc9e7cc2dd9922df826f0be
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date:   Thu Mar 26 06:39:14 2015 -0700

    Beaglebone Black board: power down precautions
    
    Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>


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diff --git a/slides/beagleboneblack-board/beagleboneblack-board.tex b/slides/beagleboneblack-board/beagleboneblack-board.tex
index a0adc27..1e022ae 100644
--- a/slides/beagleboneblack-board/beagleboneblack-board.tex
+++ b/slides/beagleboneblack-board/beagleboneblack-board.tex
@@ -23,3 +23,24 @@
     \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{slides/beagleboneblack-board/beagleboneblack.png}
   \end{columns}
 \end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+\frametitle{Do not damage your BeagleBone Black!}
+\begin{itemize}
+  \item Do not remove power abruptly:
+  \begin{itemize}
+     \item Boards components have been damaged by removing the power or
+           USB cable in an abrupt way, not leaving the PMIC the time to
+           switch off the components in a clean way. See
+           \url{http://bit.ly/1FWHNZi}
+     \item Reboot (\code{reboot}) or shutdown (\code{halt}) the board
+	   in software when Linux is running.
+     \item You can also press the \code{RESET} button to reset and
+	   reboot.
+     \item When there is no software way, you can also switch off
+	   the board by pressing the \code{POWER} button for 8 seconds.
+  \end{itemize}
+  \item Do not leave your power board on a metallic surface (like a
+        laptop with a metal finish).
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}



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