On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 5:18:51 PM UTC+2, [email protected] 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> How come in my system, there is no /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0?
> Under /sys/bus/iio/devices/, there is only one file iio_sysfs_trigger, 
> which is a symbolic link to some other directory.
> Is there any configuration I need to do?
> I am using the latest BB black Rev C by Element14. It is OS is 
> 3.8.13-bone47.
>
> Thx.
>

Hi,

You need to enable the ADC either by enabling the correct "cape" with 
capemgr (only in kernel 3.8.*, see e.g. 
http://hipstercircuits.com/reading-analog-adc-values-on-beaglebone-black/), 
or by enabling it in the .dts-file (later kernels, such as the 3.18.4 which 
I'm using).

Matti
 

>
> On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 8:36:18 PM UTC+8, [email protected] 
> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep that in mind if I need higher 
>> sampling rates. However, I did find a way to read ADC through IIO so that 
>> it doesn't hang.
>>
>> First set up the channels and the buffer through sysfs:
>>
>> echo 1 > /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio\:device0/scan_elements/in_voltage0_en
>> echo 256 > /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio\:device0/buffer/length
>> echo 1 > /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio\:device0/buffer/enable
>>
>> and then read from /dev/iio:device0. This way I can achieve about 8 kHz 
>> sampling rate with a single channel, 4 kHz with two channels and down to 
>> ~300 Hz with all eight channels.
>>
>

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