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BeagleBone Blue
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To optimize BeagleBone for education, BeagleBone Blue was created that integrates many components 
for robotics and machine control, including connectors for off-the-shelf robotic components. 
For education, this means you can quickly start talking about topics such as programming and 
control theory, without needing to spend so much time on electronics. The goal is to still be 
very hackable for learning electronics as well, including being fully open hardware.

BeagleBone Blue's legacy is primarily from contributions to BeagleBone Black 
robotics by `UCSD Flow Control and Coordinated Robotics Lab <http://robotics.ucsd.edu/>`_, 
`Strawson Design <http://www.strawsondesign.com/>`_, `Octavo Systems <http://octavosystems.com/>`_, 
`WowWee <http://www.wowwee.com/mip/>`_, `National Instruments LabVIEW <http://www.ni.com/labview/>`_ 
and of course the `BeagleBoard.org Foundation <https://beagleboard.org/about>`_.

.. admonition:: License Terms

    * This documentation is licensed under a `Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>`__
    * Design materials and license can be found in the `OpenBeagle repository <https://openbeagle.org/beagleboard/beaglebone-blue>`__
    * Use of the boards or design materials constitutes an agreement to the :ref:`boards-terms-and-conditions`
    * Software images and purchase links available on the `board page <https://www.beagleboard.org/boards/beaglebone-blue>`__

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   pinouts
   ssh
   wifi
   ip-settings
   flashing-firmware
   code
   tests
   accessories
   faq