On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 4:46 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am new the world of beaglebone however have played with many other SBC's > > This place looks kinda dead, is it the right place for basic support for the > beaglebone blue? > > I bought a bunch of these for my kids as they appear to be an all in one > solution to get started in robotics. > > However, we can't seem to get some of the basic examples working. > > Bought some C270 Cameras as recommended because kids apparently need video, > tried the demo from the following link but it does not work. Tried on a few > boards with stock and latest images. Cameras work fine on a RPi or Odroid. > > https://gist.github.com/jadonk/51a4d83c8180e259bcb5661002712166 > > Gave up on that after googling and messing around for a few hours.
First question, how are you powering the board? DC plug or USB connector? > Next things kids want is sound, so try and connect to a Bluetooth speaker > following the instructions in the following link, pairs ok but refuses to > connect. Seems like it might be a permission issue, however more hours spent > on google did not get it working > > So what are we missing? These instructions come from the main beaglebone > blue page. https://beagleboard.org/blue > > If they do not work with the recommended hardware, why isn't there any > discussion regarding this on the web google can find? > > We did manage to get ardupilot working with some help from Mirko, but it > appears that because of the use of I2C for the IMU and Barometer and the > high interrupt? rate this system struggles to run anything else when > Ardupilot is running so the dream of having the flight controller and > companion computer like I have with my Navio2 is not yet a reality with the > Beaglebone Blue, well at least not yet. > > Anyway, we have quite a bit invested with all these Beaglebones and > recommend accessories and are keento get things working as advertised, so > where do I go for help? Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- 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/CAOCHtYjU50C%2BD-NKupYVzDQ57v3Jqgdphx-9d-98tBFpoFVk9w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
