Hello, Just to not hinder peoples' ideas, the BeagleBoard.org family of boards can be powered via USB and Barrel Jack at the same time. Phew.
Seth P.S. I think I took the wrong route years ago and needed to refresh this idea for people looking to add more current to their BBB boards. Also, I was looking up ideas on this groups' posts and came across this older concern. On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 6:45:45 PM UTC-5 set_ wrote: > Hello Again Sir, > > I was inquiring about the 5v barrel jack and the USB connection being > connected at the same time b/c I thought I burnt/bricked a board a while > back w/ that set up. I am not calling you wrong. > > ... > > This just means that I threw out a perfectly good board due to thinking > this effort caused my issue of a faulty boot. Damn! > > Seth > > > On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 9:55:17 AM UTC-5, Jason Kridner wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 1:59 AM Mala Dies <fun...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello Sir, >>> >>> The only issue I have currently w/ the MotorCape is that I cannot test >>> directly what I would like to test. This basically means, lazily, I have to >>> poweroff my BBB, take the USB cable out, and then plug in the 5V barrel >>> jack into the wall outlet just to test the motors. >>> >> >> Why do you need to remove the USB connection? You can have both the USB >> connection and 5V DC barrel jack connected at the same time! >> >> >>> >>> If "we" are controlling the MotorCape and BBB at some point >>> simultaneously, I would say that using the USB for power is more popular. >>> >> >> I agree. However, we also seem to agree this isn't a show stopper. >> >> >>> >>> ... >>> >>> I say "more popular" b/c like me and other people, lazy is easy. I had >>> to get on a forum at the GHI people's site. Some fellow told me about the >>> barrel jack. I thought the dang-gone MotorCape was faulty at first. I >>> looked over the schematics at this point w/out a second look. >>> >> >> This needs to be put up on the cape page, github and wiki. Sorry for not >> getting that done before the product launched. The excuse of not enough >> time is not a good one, so I have no good excuse. >> >> >>> >>> Seth >>> >>> P.S. Once the word gets out, I am sure people will understand either >>> way. By sys or vdd, the BBB needs to be powered on. >>> >>> >>> 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 <fun...@gmail.com> 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 beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> >>>> 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 beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/bdb5eadb-603d-4cec-8df2-280cb87b8f5c%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/bdb5eadb-603d-4cec-8df2-280cb87b8f5c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> https://beagleboard.org/about >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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