[beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone keeps shutting down when trying to drive a motor

2014-05-11 Thread Uncle Joe
Well, I've overcome the problem. I was using a GPIO as GND to the ESC. This was convenient since those pins are next to each other. Once I used true GND, then the problem went away. But why would using a GPIO as a GND cause a shutdown? I know it will restrict the amount of current sinked due

Re: [beagleboard] path of least resistance to Debian

2014-05-11 Thread John Syn
From: William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 8:08 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] path of least resistance to Debian Well John, this is why people like me research hardware to use with various

[beagleboard] BeagleBoard-xm does not show captured image

2014-05-11 Thread Shanal Beedkar
Hi, I am designing system to detect Eye blink using OpenCV on Beagle board xm.code can execute efficiently on laptop but unable to show web cam's output on screen. It can print text message (mentioned in code )on terminal. but unable to show as input video string. can any body please help me?

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone keeps shutting down when trying to drive a motor

2014-05-11 Thread Przemek Klosowski
It all depends on what the ESC current is. The current spec for GPIO is not a suggestion, but an absolute maximum value; if you exceed it, all bets are off (reset is actually a polite thing to do---permanent pin buffer damage can also happen, as well as wider damage to the chip). On Sun, May 11,

Re: [beagleboard] Audio Cape and Debian

2014-05-11 Thread erg
Well, what ever I did, I fixed when I only disabled BB-BONELT-HDM (rather than both). Things are working well now. Thanks so much for the help. On Saturday, May 10, 2014 6:28:42 PM UTC-4, john3909 wrote: From: erg edros...@gmail.com javascript: Reply-To: beagl...@googlegroups.com

[beagleboard] Re: Bone VDD_3V3EXP Disable Issues

2014-05-11 Thread Darren McInnes
On Friday, January 31, 2014 4:34:51 AM UTC+11, Brad Andersen wrote: An update: For the A6 (Beaglebone Black) version, I connected U4 pin 1 (enable) back to VDD_3V3AUX (same as A5C). It now shuts down correctly while on battery. This was verified on two A6 BBB. The mystery is what

[beagleboard] Re: Audio Cape and Debian

2014-05-11 Thread Luís Costa
Hi, where did you buy it? How much did it cost? Cheers On Friday, May 9, 2014 1:26:27 AM UTC+1, erg wrote: I know little of linux and not that up on audio, but in the process of building an app that uses both. (Java app that works fine in windows). I just bought the audio cape and a

[beagleboard] Power switch for Beaglebone?

2014-05-11 Thread Grant
Is there a simple passive switch I can put between the Beaglebone White and its power supply so I can switch it on and off without unplugging it? - Grant -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoard Data Acquisition Platform

2014-05-11 Thread sa_Penguin
Aah now I see. Using multiple channels to search for signals buried in noise. Like the phase array of antennas used in the WERA radar system: http://www.aslenv.com/WERA.html Whereas my own desires are based on the Red Pitaya: http://redpitaya.com A lovely bit of kit, if you can spare $500+ and

RE: [beagleboard] Power switch for Beaglebone?

2014-05-11 Thread William Pretty Security
Like a FET or a Solid State Relay ?? http://www.packtpub.com/building-a-home-security-system-with-beaglebone/book -Original Message- From: beagleboard@googlegroups.com [mailto:beagleboard@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Grant Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2014 11:18 AM To:

Re: [beagleboard] Power switch for Beaglebone?

2014-05-11 Thread Grant
Like a FET or a Solid State Relay ?? http://www.packtpub.com/building-a-home-security-system-with-beaglebone/book I'm not sure. I'm just looking for a small component I can plug between the Beaglebone and power cable without any soldering. - Grant Is there a simple passive switch I can

[beagleboard] Re: How to find DDR physical address for passing data to/from pruss?

2014-05-11 Thread ags
A shortened version of this question, which I really want to understand for this specific project and as general learning for use of Linux in embedded systems: What is the correct way to correctly use memory in userspace to access registers and memory used by device drivers (specifically the

[beagleboard] help remove virtual terminals in debian

2014-05-11 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
Hi! I use Beagleboard with installed bare Debian from RCN. My main application is in Qt and it works as expected but the virtual terminal is very disturbing. When the system boots I can see a number of annoying messages on a display and that is why I want to remove virtual terminal forever. I

Re: [beagleboard] help remove virtual terminals in debian

2014-05-11 Thread Robert Nelson
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Maxim Podbereznyy lisar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I use Beagleboard with installed bare Debian from RCN. My main application is in Qt and it works as expected but the virtual terminal is very disturbing. When the system boots I can see a number of annoying

Re: [beagleboard] help remove virtual terminals in debian

2014-05-11 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
Robert, I don't want to remove the console (I think removing console=ttyXY from bootargs will break the console at all), just the virtual terminals have just tried to add quiet and got rid off the system boot log and the fancy virtual terminal on the display still appears. I need to remove all

Re: [beagleboard] help remove virtual terminals in debian

2014-05-11 Thread Robert Nelson
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Maxim Podbereznyy lisar...@gmail.com wrote: Robert, I don't want to remove the console (I think removing console=ttyXY from bootargs will break the console at all), just the virtual terminals have just tried to add quiet and got rid off the system boot log

Re: [beagleboard] help remove virtual terminals in debian

2014-05-11 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
here is the cmdline: console=ttyO2,115200n8 quiet root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ro rootfstype=ext4 rootwait fixrtc dvimode=hd720 what should I remove? 2014-05-11 23:48 GMT+04:00 Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com: On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Maxim Podbereznyy lisar...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [beagleboard] help remove virtual terminals in debian

2014-05-11 Thread Maxim Podbereznyy
done! https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RemoveTTY 2014-05-12 0:04 GMT+04:00 Maxim Podbereznyy lisar...@gmail.com: here is the cmdline: console=ttyO2,115200n8 quiet root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ro rootfstype=ext4 rootwait fixrtc dvimode=hd720 what should I remove? 2014-05-11 23:48 GMT+04:00

[beagleboard] Re: Beginner PRU Issue

2014-05-11 Thread foreverska
You have responded to this at a fortuitous time. I JUST got it working on an example code. - I edited the device tree turning on the PRUSS system and turning off the status lights - modprobe uio_pruss - sudo ./[program name] and boom it started blinking just as it should. Now it doesn't exit

[beagleboard] Re: Audio Cape and Debian

2014-05-11 Thread erg
I got mine from http://boardzoo.com/index.php/new-products/bone-audio.html#.U2_-VFd7_uw boardzoo.com Cost $29.95 Few other notes: I will likely need to modify this board to include an audio amp to drive a speaker and an on-board mic. I tried to play audio directly from Java - don't

[beagleboard] Re: path of least resistance to Debian

2014-05-11 Thread Bruce Ferjulian
Question_1: I personally like to run from the MicroSD. The eMMC is there if something goes wrong on the MicroSD and I need a quick edit on the MicroSD to get back running. An 8GB MicroSD card is very inexpensive these days and it's easier to just pop the MicroSD in a reader and ( dd

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Audio Cape and Debian

2014-05-11 Thread John Syn
From: erg edross15...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 3:58 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: [beagleboard] Re: Audio Cape and Debian I got mine from http://boardzoo.com/index.php/new-products/bone-audio.html#.U2_-VFd7_uw

[beagleboard] Beaglebone Camera Selection

2014-05-11 Thread Jameel Khan
Hey guys, New here. I am currently doing my final project at university and cannot decide on a camera to use. The camera is to be used to navigate the robot and detect blocks red, green, and blue. The previous person to work on the project sourced the following camera and I am currently

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoard Data Acquisition Platform

2014-05-11 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 11:33 AM, sa_Penguin soupi...@gmail.com wrote: As for WHY I want one - primarily, RF signal analysis. 120 Msample/sec lets you grab from DC to 30MHz, with simple filtering. You can also monitor FM bands [88-108MHz] which fall in the 2nd Nyquist sample zone and get

[beagleboard] Re: Atlantic Canada Timezone

2014-05-11 Thread DLF
In Debian, I find it inside usr/share/zoneinfo/Canada/ On Sunday, 11 May 2014 00:53:46 UTC+2, mike rankin wrote: I'm having trouble finding the Atlantic Canada Timezone for setting up the time being pulled over ethernet from the instructions at: