Creating a C++ Beaglebone app with Visual Studio

This tutorial shows how to create a simple C++ project for the Beaglebone Black board using Visual Studio and VisualGDB 4.1 or later.

  1. Althrough the Beaglebone Black board contains a pre-loaded Linux image in its internal memory, it’s recommended to use an external micro-SD card and program it with the latest image from the Beaglebone site (e.g. using WinFLASHTool):