I can't speak for the SW implementations. I just know how the board was
designed.

Gerald

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 7:31 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Okay I think I see what you are saying.  The MODE0 for GPIO3_21 is
> "mcasp0_ahclkx",  so with that beaglescript code, when I say
> "b.pinmode("P9_25",b.output)" it is outputting the results of the MODE0
> (clock generator output) and not the MODE7(GPIO output) as I had expected?
>
> But if this were the case, in my Python ADAfruit code, I explicitly set
> that pin to GPIO, so shouldn't behave like that?
>
> Thanks for your help, really trying to get a solid grasp on these concepts!
>
> -Joe
>
> On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 10:14:00 PM UTC-4, Gerald wrote:
>>
>> Take a look at the schematic. GPIO3_21 is connected to the output of a
>> clock generator. To use it you must disable the Oscillator.
>>
>> *Oscillator can be disabled via SW*
>> *for power down modes or if*
>> *GPIO3_21 needs to be used*
>>
>> My suggestion is to pick another pin to work with. Less headaches.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 8:47 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I am pretty new to the BBB and I came across something pretty odd that I
>>> have been trying to figure out for a few hours now as I was creating a push
>>> button circuit:
>>>
>>> P9_25 is a GPIO pin.  I set it to input but noticed that it would not
>>> respond to my button.  After some digging I realized that the pin itself
>>> was acting funky, so I isolated it to run some tests with BB's Bonescript
>>> tutorial on GPIO digitalWrite().  I ran this code below (apologies for the
>>> sloppy picture) with the adjacent circuit configuration shown as well.
>>> Obviously, the LED should turn off, but it doesn't:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UVZwTNBSR00/VZ3RjMNpQiI/AAAAAAAAAGM/mjWtyKl5LTw/s1600/20150708_212210.jpg>
>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lmn1_9_NGTM/VZ3PwVv6MLI/AAAAAAAAAF4/-yVeDLNf7fY/s1600/20150708_212158.jpg>
>>>
>>>
>>> I then tried the same tests on other pins, such as P9_26, and it worked
>>> perfectly, so that's where I'm startled.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have two theories:
>>>
>>>
>>> 1)  I messed with P9_25 in the past, and it is reconfigured in a weird
>>> way; if someone has this hunch, could you please perhaps inform me how to
>>> reset the pin to its original glory?
>>>
>>>
>>> 2) The pin is busted.  Fingers crossed for #1.
>>>
>>>
>>> If anybody has run into something similar, or has any idea what I should
>>> do, please let me know!
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for you time.
>>>
>>>
>>> -Joe
>>>
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>>
>>
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>>
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