Thanks Will! I got the code to work. It was exactly what I needed. Just a starting point with some of the include files and function calls I needed.
On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 5:50:24 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: > > *I want to start advancing this code to control GPIO pins, blink LEDs, >> read and write to registers, etc. I'm wondering what include files I need >> to do this and what function calls to use. Is there a mass list somewhere >> that I can be referred to? All the tutorials and help that I've seen only >> talk about C++ and I need to use C.* > > > Which tutorials ? I've seen several examples where the persons > demonstrating the code *think* they're using C++, but their code is all C. > Remember, a C++ compiler can build / compile C code too. Derrek Molloy's > example however does seem to be C++ where possible. > > With that said: > https://learnbuildshare.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/beaglebone-black-controlling-user-leds-using-c/ > > This code is all C except for the statement > > *using* > > * namespace std;* > Which probably means this person was using g++ instead of gcc*. *It is > also what I'd consider bad practice . . .The #include statements are all C, > and as such all library functions used are in C. Demonstrated by printf() ( > C++ uses cout, and the insertion operator << ). > > Anyway, I'm not sure that example is "good" or not, but baring that it is > a example in how to blink the USR LEDs in C. > > As for the linux libc headers . . . > debian@beaglebone:~$ apt-cache search linux-libc > linux-libc-dev - Linux support headers for userspace development > > so > > debian@beaglebone:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-libc-dev > > Should do the trick. > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:00 PM, 'Mark Lazarewicz' via BeagleBoard < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> For barebones use TI starterware supply example code from TI. >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >> <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> >> ------------------------------ >> *From*:"Brendan Merna" <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> *Date*:Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:30 AM >> *Subject*:[beagleboard] Using C to access on board LEDs and GPIO Pins >> for Beagle Bone Black >> >> I've hooked up my Beagle Bone Black through the micro USB cable to a >> computer running Windows 7. I was able to follow a project which involves >> cross compiling and remote connecting to the Beagle Bone through an the >> Eclipse Luna environment. It tuns a simple hello world program in C. Here's >> the link: http://jkuhlm.bplaced.net/hellobone/ >> >> I want to start advancing this code to control GPIO pins, blink LEDs, >> read and write to registers, etc. I'm wondering what include files I need >> to do this and what function calls to use. Is there a mass list somewhere >> that I can be referred to? All the tutorials and help that I've seen only >> talk about C++ and I need to use C. >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
