On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 3:11:05 PM UTC-6, skypuppy wrote:
>
> Why in the world would anyone set analog in voltages as 1.8V???  
> Everything I have and know about uses 0-5V.  
> I freely admit I am a complete newbie at the BeagleBone Black (BBB), but 
> come ON.  
> I have an unverified theory that circuitry in the processor chip is unable 
> to handle 5V in, but couldn't they have used a wider trace or something?
> I purchased 2 BBB's to use on for monitoring engine temps (4), 3D 
> positioning, G-forces experienced, and airspeeds.  All my A/D chips output 
> 0-5V while only a couple support I2C.  I was all excited about the BBB 
> until I actually spent nearly $300 only to find out it's major limitation.  
> I assumed EVERYONE in the embedded world worked on 5V analog in, like 
> Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
> Does the Arduino have I2C?
> Lots of reading seems to indicate, also, that not many versions of Linux 
> or Android for BBB support graphics acceleration in hardware that is 
> available in the BBB.  <sigh>  
>
> Allow me to add an example: AD594 and AD595 thermocouple chips output the 
temps in a 0-5V range.

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