Hi everyone…my project involves devolping a standalone system for image and video processing… initially i heard Raspberry pi can do multimedia tasks better than BBB… but after exhaustive search through discussion forums i found that pi is not an attractive choice for my needs…
components involved are
camera===>BBB===>Zigbee module…
Power supply <==== portable USB baterry /powercape
working:
-capturing a live video stream using a cam attached to BBB
-processing the captured data(some kind of compressions)
-send the compressed data wirelessly using a zigbee module attached to BBB
my doubts are
- can BBB capture video streams from a camera?
-If yes, what are the cams which are economical to buy??
-can BBB process videos with openCV installed on it??
-can a Zigbee module be attached to BBB??
-can i be able to operate BBB with batteries(two no.s) or a portable usb battery ??
since am a beginner in embedded linux platform please kindly suggest me tutorials and books which i can go through to master the use of BBB with openCV and interfacing BBB with Zigbee module.
I am looking forward your views and suggestions which will be greatly helpful for me… thanks in advance.
Google is your friend 
It should be a good reply… but I know that on Internet you can find too many information that should confuse you.
BBB can capture video streams from cameras. I suggest you Microsoft HD3000, it is usb.
OpenCV works with BBB, you can find guides to download it and compile for BBB. It is not simple to be explained since there are a lot of dependencies to be solved.
I think that you can connect zigbee directly to an uart port… but you must search on Google how to do this.
BBB works battery, there is a tutorial by Logic Supply.
@Walter_Myzhar_Lucett Thank you… my design employs portable USB battery…so using USB cam is ruled out in my design…
i finalized few things
http://1.to use HD camera cape from http://www.radiumboards.com/HD_Camera_Cape_for_BeagleBone_Black.php
2. Xbee module from http://www.logicsupply.com/components/beaglebone/capes/cbb-xbee/
Still HOW TO INTERFACE ALL THESE? continuously runs in my mind? still searching for things to be solved…
@Walter_Myzhar_Lucett can i connect a usb cam and power source via usb hub to BBB?
Yes you can connect them via a USB hub. I did that with a Logitech c920. If you do it using python openCV comes preinstalled
@Lingesh_Waran for Zigbee see also