On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 6:43 PM,  <dirmwt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm new to the beagle bone and am having difficulty reading the output of a
>> thumb joystick.
>>
>> I'm running Debian Jessie 8.2
>> Linux kernel 4.1.12-ti-r29
>>
>> I've connected the thumb joystick as follows
>>
>> vcc - p9_32
>> gnd - p9_34
>> hor - p9_36
>> ver - p9_38
>>
>> i did not connect the pin for the switch because it is not needed.
>>
>>
>> All the instructions that I can find on the topic suggest that you have to
>> enable the analog inputs on the BBB.  The instructions for doing so require
>> using "cape-bone-iio".  I've read that cape-bone or bone-cape isn't the way
>> things are done on linux kernels in the "4.x" range.
>>
>> So my question is, how do I get the joystick output on my BBB running Debian
>> 8.2 and Kernel 4.1?
>
> sudo sh -c "echo BB-ADC' > /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots"

obvious copy/paste error:

sudo sh -c "echo 'BB-ADC' > /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots"

Regards,

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Robert Nelson
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