Re: [beagleboard] P8 and P9 Header ribbon cable and connectors?

2013-12-11 Thread Sika
Thanks Gerald, I trawled through digikey for about an hour and could not get what I wanted -- so I gave up. I'll just use individ8ual pins. Matt On Sunday, December 8, 2013 1:20:27 PM UTC+10, Gerald wrote: The connectors are 2.54 spaced pin to pin and 2.54 spaced from row to row.

[beagleboard] Re: device tree dallas 1 wire ubuntu - loads but odd behaviour

2013-12-11 Thread Sika
Well it says it loads -- but it does not work. Help appreciated! Thanks Matt On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 6:31:12 PM UTC+10, Sika wrote: Oh, by the way ...the blob is loaded: grubby@ubuntu-armhf:~/python/projects$ cat $SLOTS 0: 54:PF--- 1: 55:PF--- 2: 56:PF--- 3: 57:PF--- 4:

Re: [beagleboard] Plastic case BeagleBoard xM

2013-12-11 Thread Special Computing
There are many vendors now, but we were the first to offer it based on design for our consulting services customers. https://specialcomp.com/beagleboard/xm.htm#41203 On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:06 AM, charlie csi...@smart421.com wrote: Hi I have looked for a plastic casing but as yet have not

Re: [beagleboard] Re: device tree dallas 1 wire ubuntu - loads but odd behaviour

2013-12-11 Thread Sika
Pretty recent, actually, Mike... 3.8.13-bone20 And the pins are changing -- it's outputing 37: sudo cat $PINS|grep 840 pin 16 (44e10840) 0037 pinctrl-single and the multimeter says it is pulled up. I used a different overlay tree as well -- and get the same thing /dts-v1/; /plugin/; / {

[beagleboard] Re: Has anybody tested the new Graphics SDK which should enable SGX on kernel 3.12?

2013-12-11 Thread Giuseppe Iellamo
Thank you this is a very good news for me! When I'll finish with RT part I'll try QT5 on BBB... Giuseppe Il giorno mercoledì 11 dicembre 2013 00:05:04 UTC+1, Daniel Nilsson ha scritto: Hi, I haven't tried the links you posted below, but I played around tonight with the latest bits in

Re: [beagleboard] Failure loading device tree overlay into BBB Ubuntu, seems to be loading incorrect *.tbo file?

2013-12-11 Thread Sika
Hi Robert, I've got some serious overlay problems too -- and I'd like to try this also. How do you upgrade the kernel? I tried this: sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-raring linux-headers-3.8.13-bone28 linux-headers-3.8.13-bone28-generic linux-headers-generic-lts-raring

[beagleboard] newbie: Trying to get PWM to work to move a servo - not working

2013-12-11 Thread chris . lucyshyn
Hi, I'm a newbie to the Beaglebone Black. I'm trying to get a servo moving with the BBB. I have a separate 5V power supply going to my servo and the signal wire (orange) going to P8_13 on my BBB and going to the servo orange wire (signal). I have confirmed that my wiring is definitely correct.

[beagleboard] Re: Motor Controller for BeagleBone Black

2013-12-11 Thread pauljurczak
It looks like he is using Microchip microcontroller on it. I'm curious if anyone tried to use PRU-ICSS unit to control more than 3 motion channels (there are only 3 QEI channels on TI AM335x). On Sunday, December 1, 2013 7:22:27 PM UTC-6, Teknoman117 wrote: Hey! Nice board! Is the motor

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Bash: ./build_kernel.sh: Permission denied error in configuring DSP

2013-12-11 Thread mustiilgit
ohh sorry, here is the output http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=q50MPuC5 Regards, Mustafa 10 Aralık 2013 Salı 18:16:00 UTC+2 tarihinde RobertCNelson yazdı: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:28 AM, musti...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Hello Robert, I have system.sh like the following

[beagleboard] Beaglebone as Android Accesory

2013-12-11 Thread ariadna . instruments
Hi, I'm Xabier from Ariadna Instruments company. I want a communication between the tablet and the bbb. I am following the steps on this page. https://code.google.com/p/rowboat/wiki/AccessoryDevKit And I have this error: xabi@ubuntu:/media$ dir \floppy floppy0 tablet xabi@ubuntu:/media$ cd

[beagleboard] Need some advice on how to go about it.

2013-12-11 Thread anton8
I would like to get some ideas on how to best accomplish the following system i want to create. I have a box that has 5 temp sensors, 6x PWM fans, gyroscope, key switch. 3 x Driver that gives out A and V. Then i have a remote that can be up to 100m with wire or wireless away to set these

[beagleboard] Problem with microUSB connector

2013-12-11 Thread arunbarnabasjohn
Hi, I just noticed a problem with the beaglebone black, the microUSB connector wears out very quickly, I have two units which have this problem, I bought these some months ago, I used a new microUSB cable but the problem remained. Although it is not a serious problem for me as I use the

[beagleboard] beaglebone hdmi to VGA using powered Köning convertor not working ?

2013-12-11 Thread johan vermeire
Hi, i just bought a Köning hdmi to vga convertor. http://www.konigelectronic.com/nl_nl/audio-video/kabels-connectoren/Audio%252FVideo%2BUnits/55994472 But i'm not getting any vga signal ? Does this convertor not work with the beaglebone black ? I have HDMi output when i connect it to a

Re: [beagleboard] beaglebone hdmi to VGA using powered Köning convertor not working ?

2013-12-11 Thread Gerald Coley
Did you check the list of the ones that do work? http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Accessories#HDMI_Adapters Gerald On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:52 AM, johan vermeire jhverme...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, i just bought a Köning hdmi to vga convertor.

Re: [beagleboard] Problem with microUSB connector

2013-12-11 Thread Gerald Coley
I have not seen nor heard of this issue. We have received no RMAs related to this sort of issue. Gerald On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:46 AM, arunbarnabasj...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just noticed a problem with the beaglebone black, the microUSB connector wears out very quickly, I have two

Re: [beagleboard] How can I find out the base addresses of devices ?

2013-12-11 Thread Gerald Coley
You need to go to the TRM for that information. http://www.ti.com/product/am3359 http://www.ti.com/litv/pdf/spruh73i Gerald On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:33 AM, mustafa kyr mustafa...@gmail.com wrote: How can I find out UART1_BASE address. I do not want to learn the uart address, I need to

Re: [beagleboard] How can I find out the base addresses of devices ?

2013-12-11 Thread Gerald Coley
Sorry! That is the AM3359 for the BBB. Let me see what I can dig up on that TRM. Gerald On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.orgwrote: You need to go to the TRM for that information. http://www.ti.com/product/am3359 http://www.ti.com/litv/pdf/spruh73i

Re: [beagleboard] How can I find out the base addresses of devices ?

2013-12-11 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.ti.com/product/omap3530 Gerald On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.orgwrote: Sorry! That is the AM3359 for the BBB. Let me see what I can dig up on that TRM. Gerald On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.orgwrote:

Re: [beagleboard] beaglebone hdmi to VGA using powered Köning convertor not working ?

2013-12-11 Thread johan vermeire
No sadly :( it's not on the list. Hardly a list btw it is only one item :) But it is strange a have had no problems at all with powered hdmi to vga convertors they always works. Until now I don't understand why it is not working with the beaglebone. gr. johan Op woensdag 11 december 2013

Re: [beagleboard] Plastic case BeagleBoard xM

2013-12-11 Thread Philip Polstra
I have some BB-xM cases from specialcomp.com and have been very happy with them. On Dec 11, 2013 5:24 AM, Special Computing specialc...@gmail.com wrote: There are many vendors now, but we were the first to offer it based on design for our consulting services customers.

[beagleboard] Re: newbie: Trying to get PWM to work to move a servo - not working

2013-12-11 Thread Sika
HI Ian, Sorry to say it did not work for me either. I think Adafruit are aware of it -- I posted a bug notice a couple of weeks ago and they deleted it because there was one already. PWM on the BBB does not seem to be working real well at the moment. I got it to work fine on the RPI with the

Re: [beagleboard] beaglebone hdmi to VGA using powered Köning convertor not working ?

2013-12-11 Thread Gerald Coley
The list of the ones we tested that did not work is longer. Gerald On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:12 AM, johan vermeire jhverme...@gmail.comwrote: No sadly :( it's not on the list. Hardly a list btw it is only one item :) But it is strange a have had no problems at all with powered hdmi to vga

Re: [beagleboard] C Code - File transfer from BB-XM to PC via Serial

2013-12-11 Thread Pietro Luigi Carotenuto
Sorry, but I need to transfer an ASCII text from Beagle Board to any location on my PC. So, could you help me to find a fast solution? Thank you... Il giorno martedì 10 dicembre 2013 21:21:32 UTC+1, Dieter Wirz ha scritto: Frank is perfectly right. If u _need_ ZMODEM. But ZMODEM is only

Re: [beagleboard] beaglebone hdmi to VGA using powered Köning convertor not working ?

2013-12-11 Thread johan vermeire
Is this the same device. I can't buy it from amazon.com http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00879EZJI/ref=noref?ie=UTF8psc=1s=electronics i'm still wondering why it does noet work. It's a standard powered HDMi convertor. gr. johan Op woensdag 11 december 2013 14:25:08 UTC+1 schreef Gerald:

Re: [beagleboard] GPIO not working with example code

2013-12-11 Thread Pablo Oyarzo
Thank you! -Pablo Oyarzo -- 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] Re: Problem with microUSB connector

2013-12-11 Thread Jon Tabor
Mine has a similar issue, right out of the box. Certain (most?) microUSB cables are loose in the socket, which causes the system to reset if it's bumped into or moved around. It's not enough of an annoyance for me to RMA the unit, though. Jon On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:46:51 AM

[beagleboard] Re: USB host not working on Black?

2013-12-11 Thread APRichelieu
Started a Crowdfunding Project to fix the USB hotplugging on Beaglebone Black http://igg.me/at/eMagii/x/5581172 With my patched driver, I do not see any problems. Have tried hotplugging a mouse, keyboard, USB serial (FTDI) and a hub. BR Ulf Den söndagen den 26:e maj 2013 kl. 05:22:36 UTC+2

[beagleboard] Syntax error: newline unexpected - problem with building Qt-apps

2013-12-11 Thread Kuba Jerzu
Hi, Finally I've correctly (I hope...) set up and compiled Qt-libraries for my Beagle-xM, but immediately there's another problem... I tried to follow this video - tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP7uvOu9hoQ which is about setting QtCreator up for Beagle and building first embedded

[beagleboard] I am not able to register a new project...

2013-12-11 Thread Mahmoud Elzeftawi
I am trying to register a new project, everything goes well, until I click save then I get an error, The error I am getting is: *BeagleBoard.org* http://beagleboard.org/ › *project*http://beagleboard.org/project/› *new* http://beagleboard.org/project/new/ › *[Unhandled Macro:

[beagleboard] General questions about the BeagleBoard Black

2013-12-11 Thread guerreski
Hi, can you help me answering these questions: Is it possible to use the BBB to do the following operations: -generate a signal with the PWM modulation -read 2 analog signals with the ADC converter -generate an analog signal with a DAC converter I am new on this board and I would like to

Re: [beagleboard] I am not able to register a new project...

2013-12-11 Thread Jason Kridner
I just applied a fix that I hope resolves the issue. Please try again. On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Mahmoud Elzeftawi modelzeft...@gmail.com wrote: I am trying to register a new project, everything goes well, until I click save then I get an error, The error I am getting is:

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Need I2C drivers for lcd for ebay

2013-12-11 Thread Dave Hylands
Hi Jim, On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Jim Hodgers j...@alfiesty.com wrote: On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 5:09:13 PM UTC-8, Jim Hodgers wrote: I bought one of these

Re: [beagleboard] General questions about the BeagleBoard Black

2013-12-11 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
1) yes, but depends on precision you need. Any way you can use PRUISS to achieve any PWM precision 2) yes 3) no DAC integrated you can connect I2C DAC or any other 2013/12/11 guerre...@gmail.com Hi, can you help me answering these questions: Is it possible to use the BBB to do the

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Unexpected Reboots on BBB Debian with 3.2 Kernel

2013-12-11 Thread Ali
Dear Maxim, I have a Debain rootfs from RCN. However, while trying to build the 3.2 kernel from RCN databse, it gaves lot of merge conflicts for the patches. Can you provide me with access to the patched 3.2 kernel for the BBB? Thanks in advance! On Monday, December 9, 2013 3:51:07 PM UTC+2,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Unexpected Reboots on BBB Debian with 3.2 Kernel

2013-12-11 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Ali ghandour@gmail.com wrote: Dear Maxim, I have a Debain rootfs from RCN. However, while trying to build the 3.2 kernel from RCN databse, it gaves lot of merge conflicts for the patches. Really? What did you change? It builds cleanly as setup in git:

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Unexpected Reboots on BBB Debian with 3.2 Kernel

2013-12-11 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
To confirm what Robert says: git clone git://github.com/RobertCNelson/linux-dev.git cd linux-dev/ git checkout origin/am33x-v3.2 -b tmp ./build_kernel.sh 2013/12/11 Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Ali ghandour@gmail.com wrote: Dear Maxim, I

Re: [beagleboard] linking device tree and simple driver

2013-12-11 Thread Miro
Thanks, that told me what I suspected. I changed the driver to probe and all is well. Miro -- 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

[beagleboard] Re: My first BBB

2013-12-11 Thread M Robinson
If you are new to Linux, but want to play with the BBB, I would recommend just following the Getting Started page to get going, and then use cloud9 (as introduced once you can browse to the board) for any programming of the board. I wouldn't mess with the packages until you get more experience

[beagleboard] Blocking read

2013-12-11 Thread Miro
Hello all. So far I wrote a kernel driver that can read pwm encoded signal. I'd like to pass the data to the userspace now and this is what I'm thinking: User app creates several threads, one of which reads a device file in a loop. I want the read function to efficiently block, putting the

[beagleboard] Re: Has anybody tested the new Graphics SDK which should enable SGX on kernel 3.12?

2013-12-11 Thread Brandon I
I think everyone (that isn'in the group would On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:32:42 AM UTC-8, Giuseppe Iellamo wrote: Thank you this is a very good news for me! When I'll finish with RT part I'll try QT5 on BBB... Giuseppe Il giorno mercoledì 11 dicembre 2013 00:05:04 UTC+1, Daniel

[beagleboard] Re: Has anybody tested the new Graphics SDK which should enable SGX on kernel 3.12?

2013-12-11 Thread Brandon I
I think everyone in the group (who isn't headless) would love to see some benchmark results! On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:32:42 AM UTC-8, Giuseppe Iellamo wrote: Thank you this is a very good news for me! When I'll finish with RT part I'll try QT5 on BBB... Giuseppe Il giorno

Re: [beagleboard] Linux 3.8, am335x, How to set up continuous DMA transfers

2013-12-11 Thread leo
Yes, DMA_CYCLIC type transfers. What I'm attempting to do now is set up two cyclic transfers (four total, two for transmit and two for receive), and then link the two transfers together and the two receives together. For example, on the Rx side: 788 // RX 789 g_adcSpi.descRx1

[beagleboard] Flashing Beagle Bone Black Image via WLAN

2013-12-11 Thread Greg Snell
Hi, I am a newbie and hope that someone can point me in the right direction.I have tried to find this information, but can't find it anywhere. I am really interested in using the Beaglebone Black in a remote control environment where we would add control features over time. I know

[beagleboard] emacs on Ångström - no keys

2013-12-11 Thread rltenney
I installed emacs on my brand new BBB, but although emacs starts up, no key ever makes it to into the program. The installation was as simple as 1) log in as root using SSH Secure Shell 3.2.9 (see comments below) to 192.168.1.xxx (via the ethernet cable, address assigned via DHCP) 2) execute

[beagleboard] Re: can not disable HDMI in uEnv.txt

2013-12-11 Thread mlinder69
I normally don't reply but your info here saved me time, THANKS!!! Key was to mount boot, modify uEnv.txt to disabled HDMI. This is exactly what I was looking for so I could use UART5 On Monday, November 25, 2013 11:03:37 AM UTC-5, Zachary Thorson wrote: I was a bit confused by this at first

[beagleboard] Remote Image Update via WLAN

2013-12-11 Thread Greg Snell
Hi, I am a newbie and have not been able to find any information about this topic. I am interested in a remote firmware update of the BBB via WLAN connected to a remote web server. Ideally, there would be a fail safe such as the currently deployed image saved on the SD card until the new image

[beagleboard] Cannot boot from SD on Rev A6 but can on rev A5

2013-12-11 Thread seulater
I have been using my BBB rev A5 without any problems. Today I received my new rev A6 BBB. I went to perform the upgrade like i did with the A5 using the SD card. However on the A6 its does not work. I get the following at the terminal on rev A6 with the same sd card that i just upgraded the A5

[beagleboard] Re: Problem with microUSB connector

2013-12-11 Thread craig . markwardt
Same here. I have a normally-stable microUSB connection, but if the connector is bumped, the connection can be disrupted (both power and data). On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:19:08 AM UTC-5, Jon Tabor wrote: Mine has a similar issue, right out of the box. Certain (most?) microUSB

Re: [beagleboard] Cannot boot from SD on Rev A6 but can on rev A5

2013-12-11 Thread Gerald Coley
Does the board boot from the eMMC? Gerald On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:52 PM, seula...@gmail.com wrote: I have been using my BBB rev A5 without any problems. Today I received my new rev A6 BBB. I went to perform the upgrade like i did with the A5 using the SD card. However on the A6 its does

[beagleboard] Re: Flashing Beagle Bone Black Image via WLAN

2013-12-11 Thread craig . markwardt
No, you can't easily flash over ethernet, wifi or USB. However, if you just want to add control features over time, you don't need to completely reflash a new image to the device. You can copy executable code or data to the device using the network, and then it is basically installed. I have

Re: [beagleboard] Blocking read

2013-12-11 Thread Dave Hylands
Hi Miro, On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Miro miroz2...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all. So far I wrote a kernel driver that can read pwm encoded signal. I'd like to pass the data to the userspace now and this is what I'm thinking: User app creates several threads, one of which reads a device

Re: [beagleboard] Linux 3.8, am335x, How to set up continuous DMA transfers

2013-12-11 Thread John Syne
From: l...@snupi.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 2:57 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Linux 3.8, am335x, How to set up continuous DMA transfers Yes, DMA_CYCLIC type transfers. What I'm attempting to do now is

Re: [beagleboard] New BBB ordered from Logic Supply received A5C instead of A6 - Should I return?

2013-12-11 Thread Thorsten von Eicken
Dumb question: how does one tell which version a board is? On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:12:38 AM UTC-8, Gerald wrote: I may. But I have no way to confirm that. Getting rid of the ground bounce would be the best solution. Gerald On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:14 AM, marcm...@gmail.com

[beagleboard] Re: Where are the dts files

2013-12-11 Thread Miro
Hello If you're running Robert C Nelson's 3.8 kernel, this is relevant:

[beagleboard] Re: Remote Image Update via WLAN

2013-12-11 Thread Neabex
Why not have two rootfs partitions and then have some flag in your boot partition, along with a failed attempt counter, and have u-boot do the switchover. On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:22:05 PM UTC-8, Greg Snell wrote: Hi, I am a newbie and have not been able to find any information