On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 8:13 AM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> We just purchased a group of BeagleBone Black Rev. C boards.  We’re trying
> to get the ADC working properly.  We use a Adafruit BeagleBone Proto cape.
> We have a pressure sensor connected to pin P9_39 (AIN0).  The pressure
> sensor produces millivoltage readings.  We only sample the reading hourly in
> production so we’re not using continuous buffered input.  This setup worked
> accurately with the previous BBB Rec C boards using Debian 7.  I can’t seem
> to get an accurate reading under Debian 8 though.  I assume I’m not
> configuring the AIN overlay correctly.  I get readings but they are not
> correct.  The values are more than double what I’m reading by using a
> digital multimeter on P9_39 (202mv digital multimeter 464mv AIN0).  If I
> move the cape from the new Debian 8 BBB Rev C to an earlier Debian 7 BBB Rev
> C the readings are correct: same cape, same sensor, same power supply.
>
>
> I've tried 3 new BBB Rev C and get the same result

You can install 3.8.13 in Debian 8..

The easiest way is just:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
sudo ./update_kernel.sh --bone-channel --stable
sudo reboot

and you'll have 3.8.13-boneX installed..

https://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Install_Latest_Kernel_Image

>
>
>
> I’ve tried both these two tutorials to build ADC into the overlay.  Both
> tutorial produce working overlays with identical, incorrect readings on
> AIN0.
>
>
> https://www.teachmemicro.com/beaglebone-black-adc/ <- specific to Ubuntu 16
> but I gave it a whirl
>
>
>
> https://gist.github.com/matthewmcneely/bf44655c74096ff96475
>
>
> I tried loading a number of distribution provided dtb's, disabling HDMI and
> Audio.  In addition, I downloaded Robert Nelsons dtb-rebuilder and compiled
> new dtbo's using the stanza's suggested in the tutorials above :
> https://github.com/RobertCNelson/dtb-rebuilder
>
>
>
> I’ve tried building overlays using the stock out of the box kernel and after
> running apt dist-upgrade. In each case I can see the overlay loaded but the
> values I read are always the same and incorrect.
>
>
> /boot/uEnv.txt
>
> #dtb=am335x-boneblack.dtb
> dtb=am335x-boneblack-overlay.dtb
> cape_disable=bone_capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONELT-HDMI,BB-BONELT-HDMIN
> #cape_enable=bone_capemgr.enable_partno=
> cmdline=coherent_pool=1M quiet cape_universal=enable
>
> cat /sys/devices/platform/bone_capemgr/slots
>
> 0: PF----  -1
>
> 1: PF----  -1
>
> 2: PF----  -1
>
> 3: PF----  -1
>
> 4: P-O-L-   0 Override Board Name,00A0,Override Manuf,univ-emmc
>
> 5: P-O-L-   1 Override Board Name,00A0,Override Manuf,BB-ADC
>
>
>
> uname -a : Linux beaglebone 4.1.15-ti-rt-r43 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Thu Jan 21
> 20:13:58 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

Yuck "4.1.x"...

Regards,


-- 
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

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