Hello Again Sir, I was thinking about the course of action to take on this Cape, the MotorCape. I say leave it as is. It is okay w/ me at least. The vdd_5v is fine. Although, "more complicated," it is simple to deal w/.
Typing up a service for the Debian Distro from what is available online is easy. I could type up a bash script, too. It does not have to be just a barrel jack either. We have our input vdd_5v onboard, too. And if people are tired of starting up their BBB or other variation w/ a service or a bash script, they can use cron. Seth P.S. If I ever make anything worth my time, I will post it again instead of just instructional ideas. Oh and sir, please let me know where you stand on this issue if you can find time. On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 11:51:57 PM UTC-5, Jason Kridner wrote: > > Thanks for sharing. I need to find a moment to put notes on usage up on > the site, but seems you figured it all out. The VDD_5V usage had some > reasoning in pulling current direct from the barrel jack or PowerCape, > rather than through the PMIC. > > From a consistently viewpoint, I have my doubts if this is the best way to > go. The 5V current should be pretty low since there is separate power for > the motors themselves. > > Let me know your thoughts. > > On Sep 22, 2018, at 8:38 PM, Mala Dies <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I forgot to mention: The Cape works well w/ the Adafrui_BBIO library which > can be found here: > https://github.com/adafruit/adafruit-beaglebone-io-python. > > Seth > > On Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 7:37:46 PM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I bought me a MotorCape made for BeagleBoard.org from GHI on Mouser.com. >> This thing is cool. It is powered by whatever up to 46V. One thing to >> mention is that the BBB... should be plugged in via barrel jack (vdd_5v) >> instead of USB (sys_5v) when applying your software to run w/ the MotorCape >> attached. For example: >> >> BBB -> barrel jack or other form of 5v supply from the barrel jack >> >> MotorCape -> 12VDC -> two, 12v DC motors >> >> Now... >> >> ... >> >> The board works out of the box. I had some complication at first b/c I >> thought, for my own personal reasons which were 100% incorrect, the BBB >> could be tested w/ the MotorCape attached via sys_5v. Oops! >> >> Look, I cannot go into how many people I harassed over this issue. You >> can still, of course, connect the BBB via USB for programming and software >> development to apply to your new Cape (or at least I have). >> >> Seth >> >> P.S. If you get "board" of reading this post b/c no one will inevitably >> reply (hopefully they will), see this site: >> https://www.hackster.io/silver2row/motorcape-and-the-bbbw-can-make-motors-move-0d7e55 >> >> and https://github.com/silver2row/motocape. >> > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/c1f40c6e-3342-4009-9cf3-c64fd0040de6%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/c1f40c6e-3342-4009-9cf3-c64fd0040de6%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- 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/52691866-beef-4283-9762-df291fc1c737%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
