Published March 7, 2019

Automated PocketBeagle WiFi Access Point!

This project will help you set up your PocketBeagle to automatically create a WiFi access point on boot.

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Automated PocketBeagle WiFi Access Point!

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Netgear N150 Wifi Adapter

BeagleBoard.org PocketBeagle

Adafruit MicroUSB to USB adapter

Adafruit MicroUSB Breakout Board

Texas Instruments L298 Motor Driver

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)

Story

This project began underneath Dr. Morgan at the Mobile Integrated Solutions Laboratory (MISL), an undergraduate research lab focused on giving students experiential learning on embedded system development, building new systems, and serving students and teachers by expanding their knowledge about electronic systems so they can expand it to students across Texas. This project was developed over the summer of 2018 and into the fall of 2019 with Daniel Zoch, Daniyal Ansari, and other members of the MISL team. Special thanks to Cathy Wicks and Octavo Systems who developed the system-in-package for the PocketBeagle and all of their support for this project.

How to connect the breakout board to the pocketbeagle

This diagram shows the breakout board with a MicroUSB to USB cable, but in the components portion you can find a breakout board that you can use in lieu of the cable. In my experience this helps keep the N150 adapter more stable.

You will have to solder the connections shown on the breakout board for the best experience with this setup.

Additionally, you do not have to use the Netgear N150 adapter, but the driver on the adapter you use has to be nl80211 for HostAPD to work.