The A5C and A6 are equivalent and the changes do not affect the way it operates and is not for any known issues. We are just trying the keep the design up to date. We just made a few tweaks to comply with an errata that TI sent out. You can find information on the Wiki that describes the changes. http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack#Revision_A6_.28Production_Version.29
As to a white sticker with a pink dot, we did not put that there. We have had several reports of questionable boards from Amazon. We are not sure where the boards are coming from and in a lot of cases, no idea who the supplier is supposed to be. We have no way to track it for sure nor do the suppliers. I have heard this story from other board makers as well. That is why Amazon is not listed as a supplier by us. Gerald On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:31 PM, sid2013 <[email protected]>wrote: > My BBB just arrived through UPS. I ordered on Amazon. > > I received the A5C version, I read a little bit and found that the A6 is > the latest revision. > Are there any known problems with the A5C or any improvements with the A6. > If so, I will have have to return it and get the latest one. > > As I am new, I have no clue if these revisions will have any impact on my > application. > > Also, I noticed there is a tiny white sticker on the back of the board > with Pink dot on it. Now I was wondering if that is one those water damage > markers, and because there is a pink dot, I was just worried if it is > showing water damage or something. > > Thanks > > > On Friday, November 1, 2013 10:22:33 AM UTC-5, Gerald wrote: > >> USB is only 500mA, so as long as you have no USB peripherals and >> Ethernet, you should be fine. I recommend the 5V supply. >> >> Most USB hubs should work. There is a list on the link i sent you of the >> ones we know work. >> >> USB Hub may not need to be powered depending on what you plug in. As long >> as it does not exceed 500mA on the USB, it will be fine. Those devices you >> mentioned will be under the 500mA. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:18 AM, sid2013 <siddharth....@gmail.**com>wrote: >> >>> Thank you for the reply guys. >>> >>> Second query was that, is necessary to have the 5v power adapter ? I >>> read on a lot of discussions that the OS is very shaky and crashes without >>> the external power, especially with USB peripherals connected. >>> >>> Also, which USB hubs you all recommend? That is, if I have an external >>> power source, does the USB hub need to be powered? Or can I use a normal >>> passive USB hub? >>> >>> I currently have the Logitech Keyboard and mouse, with the Unified USB >>> receiver, so I think I should be fine, but I'm planning to add the wifi >>> dongle. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, November 1, 2013 12:19:57 AM UTC-5, sid2013 wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> I have purchased a new BBB, as a hobby as well as educating myself >>>> about linux and embedded programming. >>>> I'm a electrical engineer with a power concentration, but I have done >>>> some HDL programming and worked with MSP430's. >>>> >>>> I was looking at many of the getting started tutorials online, and it >>>> all got me confused, as all of them were written at different points of >>>> time, with most of them not aware of the new linux versions as well as the >>>> TI SDK. >>>> >>>> I wanted to know whats my best option at getting started with this >>>> board, without completely messing up the on-board image and being stranded. >>>> >>>> There seems to be newer versions of Ubuntu and the TI SDK, but I >>>> couldnt find much on if they are working properly and how I can install >>>> them on the BBB. >>>> >>>> My purpose for this board for starters is, that I want to SSH through >>>> my windows 7 machine to the BBB and run the on board G++ compiler to do >>>> some basic C++ programming and getting the GPIOs to work according to my >>>> needs. >>>> >>>> Please guide me to a tutorial that has the guidance for installation of >>>> the latest and most stable OS for the BBB. >>>> >>>> My second query was that, is it possible to do Audio processing on the >>>> BBB, if so, how? Are there addons to the default Angstrom OS or any other >>>> OS that can help me process Audio. I was planning on using the Tiva C >>>> launchpad's ADC, but I dunno how feasible this all is. >>>> >>>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@**googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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