On Monday, June 13, 2016 at 3:40:29 PM UTC-7, Wulf Man wrote: > > Robert, why would you even bother. I design my things that use the BBB > always with the SRM in mind. > People that design hardware that does not follow the SRM should be on > their own. > > > On 6/13/2016 3:26 PM, Robert Nelson wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Vladimir Gusiatnikov > > <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> No, my goal is not to learn how to use Linux properly. My goal is to > get a > >> small app going in Android on a development board that uses BB as user > >> interface. I think I know how to write an app in Android, but I'll be > the > >> first one to agree that I don't have even a satisfactory-level > understanding > >> of Linux. Nor do I have the time or desire to gain it; I have been able > to > >> achieve my goal in the past without this knowledge. > >> > >> I was hoping the combination of BeagleBone Black, BB VIEW, and an > Android > >> distribution would work out of the box, but it's crystal clear it > doesn't > >> (there's not apparently even a distribution of Android that works with > BB > >> VIEW). > > The company that developed the "bb-view" is in their own little world. > > They had their own distro, with a special kernel build. They ignored > > the beaglebone doc's and stuck an led on the pins reserved for the > > cape eeprom, thus no cape eeprom for identification. > > > > I've hacked it enough to get the display working.. Touch screen still > > need's calibration, via xinput-calibrator on bootup. > > > > I'd say it's 95% there, I'll look into it again in the future if i > > find free time, but i'm working on other projects with oem's that care > > about working directly with the community.. > > > > Regards, > > >
The BB VIEW was the only display cape option that was in stock when I ordered a couple months ago. 4D Systems' capes were out of stock just about everywhere. They are in stock now at some distributors. For someone clueless like me there did not seem to be a difference between these until digging deeper, and there isn't a reason to dig deeper until things don't work. I didn't know who follows the hardware paradigm, who is in their own little world, who cares, and who is working directly with the community; now I do. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/f7c9ffec-d0bb-441c-abd8-4c317f53b313%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
