Another choice You can donate your MAC to me [?] 2015-02-07 5:32 GMT+00:00 William Hermans <[email protected]>:
> *As a wise man once said, "If you don't have anything constructive to say, >> don't speak".* > > > I do not think I could have put it better myself. > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 4:16 AM, SimGQ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you for that constructive comment William, very grown up. I'll bet >> my European arse is a lot smaller than your American butt... Its a bit like >> this thread, one of the first I read about BBB >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/beagleboard/hermans/beagleboard/951nWp_Jcnc/ZZV0GPwB3z8J >> Eye opening, anyone asks a question or queries anything and they get >> flamed along the lines of "We developed this board for free and you expect >> our knowledge for free" yet there is no option to get any knowledge other >> than as you and other point out in that thread "Google". You guys seem to >> be offended if someone doesn't want to use the command line vis ssh. You do >> realise its 2015? >> >> We or any BBB newbie are not asking for our hands to be held, just a few >> pointers. The work we did on the Arduino is now being packaged as open >> source, thats a fully working implementation of CanOpen geared specifically >> towards motor / servo control, it will save devs months of work. >> >> Anyway, I do understand the OS, no need for the snide superior attitude, >> we are prototyping, you surely understand the concept? Spend little, >> develop fast, then invest in custom PCB's etc. The BBB has a fairly >> powerful CPU and CAN bus, it ticks a lot of boxes for us. We are a start up >> not Microsoft or Tesla, FFS (to paraphrase you). We were just a little >> surprised to find basic issues with running off a 5v supply, has to be a >> very clean supply, not just any 5V 2A supply. Basically we had a lot of >> teething problems, which we have mostly had to work around, not solve. >> >> The issue of USB connectivity: its a lot more convenient for us to just >> use USB for demo / mobility purposes, rather than having two cables plugged >> into the BBB, ethernet & USB. For our fixed machines, I agree it's not a >> problem, but for those using laptops, its a bit of a nuisance. >> >> Forgive me for complaining about the lack of documentation. Case in point: >> Take the LSM303, finding coherent instructions was difficult. I bought >> Derek Molloy's book and we are now tearing ahead, his instructions are >> consistent. Infant we bought heaps of books (all I could find) on the BBB, >> if you go through them, there are discrepencies even in basic set up. >> >> As a wise man once said, "If you don't have anything constructive to say, >> don't speak". >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
