Hello Brainiac! I never used a cross compiler yet and I see no reason to do so. I'm running Geany on my PC (in order to use my standard settings), load and save the source files via ethernet from and to the BBB, and compile and test on the BBB via ssh command line connection. For graphics testing, when your PC is running Linux, you can use option -X (upper case) to get graphic output directed to the PC screen (as mentioned above, including keyboard / mouse input to the BBB).
Regarding your project, you can do GPIOs and generate PWM signals by using libpruio <http://beagleboard.org/project/libpruio/>. Once installed, it's very painless to configure (by single source) and to control (in a fast manner) the pins. It's written in FreeBASIC, but provides a C wrapper, so you can make your "master" happy. Check out some examples: ie. pwm_cap <http://users.freebasic-portal.de/tjf/Projekte/libpruio/doc/html/_cha_examples.html#SubSecExaPwmCap> in order to generate a PWM puls train or stepper <http://users.freebasic-portal.de/tjf/Projekte/libpruio/doc/html/_cha_examples.html#SubSecExaStepper> in order to control a stepper motor (here single phase = unipolar). Good luck for your project. BR -- 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.
