Re: [beagleboard] A couple of questions about the BBB EEPROM

2014-10-09 Thread Gerald Coley
And where did you get these boards without the EEPROM programmed? Gerald On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:43 PM, uliss...@ruiztech.com wrote: i have 5 bbb with new eeprom... can you help me with script??? thanks... Il giorno sabato 17 agosto 2013 15:34:40 UTC+2, Gerald ha scritto: 1) We use a

Re: [beagleboard] A couple of questions about the BBB EEPROM

2014-10-09 Thread Gerald Coley
and not view the original value. Can you help me with file boot... i buy less 40 board but this is urgently and important for my work. Help me please. Il giorno 09/ott/2014, alle ore 18:21, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org ha scritto: And where did you get these boards without the EEPROM

Re: [beagleboard] A couple of questions about the BBB EEPROM

2014-10-09 Thread Gerald Coley
Interesting. Use Roberts instructions and do like he says.. Gerald On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Ulisse Ruiz uliss...@ruiztech.com wrote: fifty fifty are bbb rev c and personal maker. i need file for boot. thanks Il giorno 09/ott/2014, alle ore 19:21, Gerald Coley ger

Re: [beagleboard] External HDMI output

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
I doubt it will work but you are free to try. Adding two loads such as that on those pins is asking for trouble. Gerald On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 1:50 AM, bremenpl breme...@gmail.com wrote: Hello there, I am currently working on a motherboard for the BeagleBone Black. One of the requiments is

Re: [beagleboard] HDMI issue

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_HDMI Gerald On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Charles Steinkuehler char...@steinkuehler.net wrote: On 10/8/2014 8:39 AM, Peter Gregory wrote: The resolution should change on the display. If you get the message xrandr: cannot find mode

Re: [beagleboard] MTBF for beagle bone black

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
I have never calculated the MTBF for the board. It depends on the use case as much as anything. You can get the data form the various component suppliers and do your own calculations for that. Gerald On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:21 AM, nxpra...@gmail.com wrote: what is the MTBF for beagle bone

Re: [beagleboard] External HDMI output

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
scenarion I can take them off. But tgose lines are used for lcd cape already so it does work, whats the problem? Dnia 8 października 2014 19:06:54 Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org napisał(a): I doubt it will work but you are free to try. Adding two loads such as that on those pins is asking

Re: [beagleboard] How to change Device Tree Blob (.dtb) file since the kernel does not have capemgr to load overlays.

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
Bingo! Gerald On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:24 PM, evilwulfie evilwul...@gmail.com wrote: prolly because you have not registered as a BBB group member and your post needed to be approved first. On 10/7/2014 3:55 PM, shu@vensi.com wrote: Robert, I do not know why I posted a reply with

Re: [beagleboard] External HDMI output

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
at 12:55 PM, Bremenpl breme...@gmail.com wrote: I could do buffers as well, thats not a problem. I am building the board from scratch. Besides, arent the nxp input very high impedance? Dnia 8 października 2014 19:52:48 Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org napisał(a): I am talking about you

Re: [beagleboard] External HDMI output

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org napisał(a): It is the low voltage level as these are 1.8V inputs. The issue is making sure you get low enough, fast enough due to capacitance and at the correct frequency to yield a good data integrity. You can try using a translator buffer from 3.3V to 1.8V

Re: [beagleboard] External HDMI output

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
on the lcd lines between nxp and mcu on the bbb. Thats why I asked. Why are there no buffers on the bbb? By buffers do you mean that a voltage follower would do if the inputs are 3.3V tollerant? Dnia 8 października 2014 20:44:37 Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org napisał(a): It already

Re: [beagleboard] External HDMI output

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
...@gmail.com wrote: I see now. Thank you a lot, i will take this under consideration when I get to the hdmi part in my board. I already aprichiate your help, but do you have any other tips that might help? Any software config problems you predict? Dnia 8 października 2014 20:54:39 Gerald Coley ger

Re: [beagleboard] BBB Ethernet PHY Isolation

2014-10-08 Thread Gerald Coley
The transformer performs the isolation function. So if you are not using that, you will need to add your own based on whatever your needs are. Whether it is safe to use it as is or not, as long as you are using it as an Ethernet cable connection, which is what it was designed to do, it is safe.

Re: [beagleboard] Flashing BBB eMMC in product

2014-10-02 Thread Gerald Coley
Best way, the way we do it. The SD slot. I suggest that you equip your product with a header such that an SD board could be attached for flashing. Gerald On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 9:16 AM, David Funk dwf...@gmail.com wrote: That's what the product developer has to figure out. It's his product.

Re: [beagleboard] BBB unexpectedly dead after a week; what to try/what to expect from an RMA?

2014-10-02 Thread Gerald Coley
Request the RMA. Turn around should not take long. Replacing the blown processor isn't that complicated. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#RMA_Support You might want to take a look ant your design to make sure the blown processor is not due to your connection to the NeoPixels.

Re: [beagleboard] Can't flash beagle bone with any debian image

2014-10-02 Thread Gerald Coley
Did you decompress it (Unzip) before you wrote it to the SD card? Gerald On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Jesus Rincon jesus2...@gmail.com wrote: I can't flash my beaglebone black with any debian image. I wrote it on my SD card and start to flash but even after two hours nothing happens but a

Re: [beagleboard] Pull-up resistors - BeagleBone Black Revc

2014-10-01 Thread Gerald Coley
You can check the schematics for the location of the resistors. If they are not there, then they are needed to be added when those pins are to be used as I2C externally. Gerald On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Britton Kerin britton.ke...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:01 PM,

Re: [beagleboard] pinouts of BBB

2014-10-01 Thread Gerald Coley
Did you read the SRM? http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Gerald On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Saumitra Lele saumitra.l...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Can anyone please specify which peripherals are accessible on pinouts provided by BBB board -- For more options, visit

Re: [beagleboard] Pinouts available on beaglebone black

2014-10-01 Thread Gerald Coley
Did you read the SRM? http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Gerald On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Saumitra Lele saumitra.l...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, I have just ordered a Beaglebone Black. I read somewhere that all pinouts are not available on the BBB board.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Welcome the Fall 2014 Beagle Class to the group

2014-09-30 Thread Gerald Coley
Subscribe to the list. Post your message. Same as always. Gerald On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Mark A. Yoder mark.a.yo...@gmail.com wrote: I've had a few of my students say there reply to this post was *denied by the group moderator*. How can I get them approved for this list? --Mark

Re: [beagleboard] Improper Power Down....All Revisions - Is this still an issue?

2014-09-26 Thread Gerald Coley
I don't know of anyone I could recommend, but I would think that others in the community would have something like this. Gerald On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 5:52 PM, mojokor...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, we do have brown outs and are putting UPS on the system to avoid this, so that should take care of

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Element14 BeagleBlack, EEPROM Serial Collision

2014-09-25 Thread Gerald Coley
Thank you for the information. I heard back from E14, they said they were checking. Sounds like everything before Rev C is not up to spec. Gerald On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 3:38 AM, Laurent d'Havé ldh...@gmail.com wrote: I have just received a batch of RevC boards, and eeprom seems to be

Re: [beagleboard] Improper Power Down....All Revisions - Is this still an issue?

2014-09-25 Thread Gerald Coley
We are looking at the idea that maybe the PMIC gets confused when there is a power dip on power up, basically a power supply that can't handle the surge when the board powers up. The idea is the PMIC starts shutting down and then tries to power up again when the dip goes away. I have yet to

Re: [beagleboard] Board shipments decreasing

2014-09-24 Thread Gerald Coley
on the same line. Unfortunately we can't build them all at the same time. Gerald On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Alexander Holler hol...@ahsoftware.de wrote: Am 22.09.2014 19:41, schrieb Gerald Coley: You should see an uptick in shipments this week, 800 went out on Friday.Not that anyone cares

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Element14 BeagleBlack, EEPROM Serial Collision

2014-09-24 Thread Gerald Coley
Well, can't speak for E14, but this is not correct and violates our specification. Gerald On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 7:51 AM, mickeyf mic...@thesweetoasis.com wrote: We use the MAC address, as suggested by Christian. Works for us. On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 1:46:38 AM UTC-7, Laurent

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Element14 BeagleBlack, EEPROM Serial Collision

2014-09-24 Thread Gerald Coley
I contacted my contacts at E14. I have yet to get a response. Gerald On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Laurent d'Havé ldh...@gmail.com wrote: i'm sure it does Gerald I can send eeprom dumps if necessary, tryed to find a way to get in contact on E14 website, but gave up after trying to find

Re: [beagleboard] Improper Power Down....All Revisions - Is this still an issue?

2014-09-24 Thread Gerald Coley
It is still an issue. We have seen it on .003% of the boards shipped. The issue can also be related to improper design of capes that violate the power up sequence. It may be a while before that shows up as a failure. Gerald On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:05 PM, mojokor...@gmail.com wrote: Hello,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Rev. B and Rev. C board availability

2014-09-23 Thread Gerald Coley
you have in shopping for PCB makers and assemblers utilizing these materials. Thanks and best of luck, Jason On Jul 24, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: When available, it will be provided as is in the following formats: Schematic.. PDF and OrCAD PCB...Gerbers

Re: [beagleboard] Board shipments decreasing

2014-09-23 Thread Gerald Coley
We just shipped 300 to Avnet. Check with them. Why not ask them? No other distributor have placed any orders for this board. Gerald On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 9:44 AM, malhar...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Gerald...We badly need BB-BONE WHITE 12Pcs..How can we get these.. We badly need the support

Re: [beagleboard] Re: LCD and HDMI function of BBB

2014-09-22 Thread Gerald Coley
Well. Search this forum as it has been talked about for years. Or you can look At the Technical reference Manual for the AM3358 processor. Gerald On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 3:10 AM, anupsingh chandel anupsinghchan...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Gerald, Thank you for all your replys. I am a novice

Re: [beagleboard] Board shipments decreasing

2014-09-22 Thread Gerald Coley
You should see an uptick in shipments this week, 800 went out on Friday.Not that anyone cares, but Arrow shorted us all the HDMI framers from NXP, so CCO had to go through other channels to find them. Oh, and yes they were indeed more expensive. Gerald On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Jason

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beagle bone restarts when u touch power supply pin near to board

2014-09-19 Thread Gerald Coley
Most likely you have the wrong connector on the power supply where the center pin opening is larger than the pin on the power connector. Gerald On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 5:22 AM, c...@isbd.net wrote: kishoreSm Gowda kishoresm...@gmail.com wrote: [-- text/plain, encoding 7bit, charset: UTF-8,

Re: [beagleboard] Display timing difference REV B vs. REV C

2014-09-18 Thread Gerald Coley
The eMMC was changed. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Board_Revisions_and_Changes I have no explanation. Gerald On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:51 PM, vescovida...@gmail.com wrote: I am using a custom OS and have tailored the display driver and timing after the standard Linux

Re: [beagleboard] BlueSteel-Basic gone?

2014-09-17 Thread Gerald Coley
You need to ask the Blue Steel owners about that. Gerald On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 6:51 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak m...@avtechpulse.com wrote: Has the BlueSteel-Basic been discontinued? - Mike -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message

Re: [beagleboard] BBB with own cape stops working

2014-09-16 Thread Gerald Coley
It has to be HW or the application and use of the hardware. Maybe you have a short or some other issue with your assembly. Gerald On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Ulli mittermaier.u...@gmail.com wrote: @Gerald: What else can be wrong except the hardware design? Am Montag, 15. September

Re: [beagleboard] BBB with own cape stops working

2014-09-16 Thread Gerald Coley
The rail can drive it. No using the 3.3V rail will not cause damage to the processor I/O pins as long as the reset lines is sued to make sure they are not driven until reset is released.. Gerald On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Ulli mittermaier.u...@gmail.com wrote: Can the 3V3 supply of

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone Black Rebooting Several Times Every Day

2014-09-16 Thread Gerald Coley
I plan to address this on the Ethernet issue in the next revision of the board in the form of a GPIO based recovery mechanism that will allow SW to reset the Ethernet PHY. Gerald On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Chris Morgan chmor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Thomas

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone Black Rebooting Several Times Every Day

2014-09-16 Thread Gerald Coley
Well. That would be nice to have everywhere. Gerald On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Chris Morgan chmor...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Thomas Olofsson skjor...@gmail.com wrote: Greg we

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone Black Rebooting Several Times Every Day

2014-09-16 Thread Gerald Coley
Thank you! Gerald On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: Well. That would be nice to have everywhere. It is all the bone branches, except in the new 3.14-ti tree

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Can I *prevent* BBB from booting from microSD?

2014-09-16 Thread Gerald Coley
It is. Gerald On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:53 PM, c...@isbd.net wrote: John Syn john3...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/16/14, 3:00 AM, c...@isbd.net c...@isbd.net wrote: I have a rev A6 (I think) BBB with the 2Gb eMMC memory. I installed a microSd card with Ubuntu on it and it has been booting

Re: [beagleboard] hdmi display issues

2014-09-15 Thread Gerald Coley
This may help. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#HDMI_Issues Gerald On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 8:23 PM, sutton...@gmail.com wrote: I just received my BBB and updated it blah, blah, blah... but my display is messed up. I have a Samsung 24 display native 1920 x 1200 and the BBB

Re: [beagleboard] hdmi display issues

2014-09-15 Thread Gerald Coley
From the link I sent: The Image is cropped on the bottom and top Some displays use what is called overscan. This can be seen in TVs and not so much on Monitors. It causes the image to be missing on the edges, such that you cannot see them displayed. Some higher end displays allow you to disable

Re: [beagleboard] BBB with own cape stops working

2014-09-15 Thread Gerald Coley
Looks like C1 is not gated by the 3.3V rail from the BBB connectors. . Gerald On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:54 PM, mittermaier.u...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, I urgently requesting your support! I am desperate! I am currently developing a radio cape which has two Atmega328p, 3xRFM69 radio

Re: [beagleboard] BBB with own cape stops working

2014-09-15 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Expansion_Header_Usage Gerald On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: Looks like C1 is not gated by the 3.3V rail from the BBB connectors. . Gerald On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:54 PM, mittermaier.u

Re: [beagleboard] BBB with own cape stops working

2014-09-15 Thread Gerald Coley
IC1. Your regulator. Gerald On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:17 PM, mittermaier.u...@gmail.com wrote: What do you mean with C1? Am Montag, 15. September 2014 21:08:59 UTC+2 schrieb Gerald: Looks like C1 is not gated by the 3.3V rail from the BBB connectors. . Gerald On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at

Re: [beagleboard] BBB with own cape stops working

2014-09-15 Thread Gerald Coley
Your regulator must be turned off until the VDD_3V3 rail comes up. Right now it comes up almost immediately as it is powered from either the expansion header or a weirdly designed 5V DC input. The idea of gating the ground to control power will not work as you already have a DC path to ground,

Re: [beagleboard] BBB with own cape stops working

2014-09-15 Thread Gerald Coley
So your contention is that this is all correct? Do I read you right? Gerald On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:24 PM, mittermaier.u...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your quick answer and very helpful feedback! I am not sure if I understood right. Currently I have to options to power the cape. 1.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Purchase original Beaglebone (white)

2014-09-10 Thread Gerald Coley
If a distributor places and order we will ship them boards. We will not make these boards and ship them without an order. As you can see, Special Computing placed and order, we made them, and then we shipped them. Gerald On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Special Computing specialc...@gmail.com

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Blacks that suddenly die.

2014-09-10 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Improper_Power_DownAll_Revisions Gerald On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:35 PM, ursus.mars...@gmail.com wrote: I have four Beaglebone Blacks that have died. They all exhibit the same behavior. When the power is applied the Power LED flashes on

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Blacks that suddenly die.

2014-09-10 Thread Gerald Coley
and down relatively frequently. Any guidance on this would be appreciated. Chris On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Improper_Power_DownAll_Revisions Gerald On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1

Re: [beagleboard] Cape battery charging

2014-09-09 Thread Gerald Coley
I suggest that you read the data sheet for the TPS65217 device before you connect a battery to it. It is designed to charge certain types of batteries, but you need to understand the limitations and requirements of doing so before you do so. A peak at the schematic would also be advisable as well

Re: [beagleboard] purchasing beagleboard-xM

2014-09-08 Thread Gerald Coley
. Unless the distributors order boards, we do not build boards. We don't get orders but rarely every now and then. Lead time is about 12 weeks. We cannot build one or two boards. If we did it would cost about $500 board. We need a large order to make it worth doing. Gerald On Mon, Sep 8, 2014

Re: [beagleboard] what is the largest microsd card the BeagleBone Black can use

2014-09-08 Thread Gerald Coley
I guess until he get the answer he wants. Robert's answer is correct. As are the other ones! Gerald On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 1:15 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: How man times is this person going to ask the same question ? Repeating the question will not change the answer . . .

Re: [beagleboard] BBB unresponsive to VDD_5V

2014-09-05 Thread Gerald Coley
Go the RMA route so it can be looked at. Gerald On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Jon E jesco...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, Similar to a couple of older threads I've found on searching, one of my BBB's (a rev B) has recently stopped powering up from VDD_5V (either the barrel jack or P9

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBone Black DDR3 RAM Voltage levels

2014-09-05 Thread Gerald Coley
SW is supposed to set it to 1.35V. Sounds like it got dropped somewhere because initially it did.. It was designed this way because when it was designed, the PMIC defaulted to 1.5V. Since the design there is a TPS65217D that was release later that supports the 1.35V initial setting. Yep, I meant

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBone Black DDR3 RAM Voltage levels

2014-09-05 Thread Gerald Coley
...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: SW is supposed to set it to 1.35V. Sounds like it got dropped somewhere because initially it did.. It was designed this way because when it was designed, the PMIC defaulted to 1.5V. Since the design

Re: [beagleboard] Re: custom cape i2c bus

2014-09-03 Thread Gerald Coley
. Regards, Prakash On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: What size pullup resistors are you using on the I2C bus? Gerald On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:29 PM, prakash.parma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi !! I'm facing problem with Custom I2C cape. It's I/o

Re: [beagleboard] Re: connecting WLAN-Stick to DHCP server

2014-09-03 Thread Gerald Coley
If you take the time to register, then you won't have yhis issue. Unregistered posters are delayed for screening. Registered posters are not. Gerald On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 5:08 PM, familienclanen...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry for double post. I was wondering why my post was not to see anywhere

Re: [beagleboard] purchasing beagleboard-xM

2014-09-02 Thread Gerald Coley
We build based on orders from distributors. They place orders based on demand. I believe a batch was built a couple of weeks. I do not where they were shipped to. Gerald On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:51 PM, webby webyh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm interested in buying beagleboard-xM(BB-XM-00).

Re: [beagleboard] Re: custom cape i2c bus

2014-09-02 Thread Gerald Coley
What size pullup resistors are you using on the I2C bus? Gerald On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:29 PM, prakash.parma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi !! I'm facing problem with Custom I2C cape. It's I/o Expander using NXP's PCF8574T Expander chip. I'm unable to detect it. I tried every thing available on

Re: [beagleboard] UEFI Ethernet driver for BeagleBoneBlack

2014-08-29 Thread Gerald Coley
The Ethernet controller is built into the processor. You can find details in the Technical reference Manual of the processor. http://www.ti.com/product/AM3358/technicaldocuments I cannot answer the question as to whether this driver is available or not. Gerald On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:40

Re: [beagleboard] manual eMMC flash

2014-08-28 Thread Gerald Coley
You do not copy the SD card to the eMMC. You run a flasher executable from an SD card, initiated when you hold the button on power up for power off state, that copies a file on the flasher SD card to the eMMC. http://beagleboard.org/latest-images Gerald On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 9:55 AM,

Re: [beagleboard] Tri-state GPIOs?

2014-08-27 Thread Gerald Coley
But, you have to watch the pullups and pull downs when you do that. Gerald On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 8:20 PM, John Syn john3...@gmail.com wrote: From: Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 1

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Read battery any system voltage from PMIC

2014-08-27 Thread Gerald Coley
That is possible. I will check when I get around to considering adding it back in. Gerald On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:09 AM, vescovida...@gmail.com wrote: Not true, there is no need for scaling resistors. It is scale internally already in the PMIC to match with AM335x A/D input range. It is

Re: [beagleboard] BBB as EtherCAT slave?

2014-08-26 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes Gerald On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 9:40 AM, eric.bou...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I know that is an old post. I have a BBB with A6A version with AM3359. In this web page

Re: [beagleboard] Tri-state GPIOs?

2014-08-26 Thread Gerald Coley
No. Gerald On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 4:36 AM, david.berge...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Guys Has the Beaglebone black *tri-state gpios*? When yes, how can I set up them? Thanks -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BeagleBone Black doesn't sometimes start. Only Power LED is on

2014-08-26 Thread Gerald Coley
Are the I/O lines the boot pins? Check the System Reference Manual for more information. Gerald On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 3:54 AM, vago...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I don't know if my issue is the same described here, my BBB never boots with something connected to I/O lines, if I disconnect, boots

Re: [beagleboard] Why did my BB die ?

2014-08-25 Thread Gerald Coley
I see no sequencing of these voltages into the board being qualified by the 3.3V rail. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Expansion_Header_Usage Gerald On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 1:56 AM, A Daviel ad...@triumf.ca wrote: I'm trying to run a Beagleboard Black from solar power, and

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Read battery any system voltage from PMIC

2014-08-25 Thread Gerald Coley
Continuous improvement is a great thing. Improvement is also subjective.If I were to put all improvements in that everyone has mentioned over the years, the board would cost $100 and 90% of those improvements would be used by 2% of the users. If the need is great, I attempt to add features as the

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Security when connecting autonomous BB to the Internet

2014-08-25 Thread Gerald Coley
It is if there is nothing in the SD slot. All the button does is change the boot order not the boot options. Gerald On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 2:13 PM, John Syn john3...@gmail.com wrote: From: William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com

Re: [beagleboard] Read battery any system voltage from PMIC

2014-08-21 Thread Gerald Coley
Are you requesting a feature change or just being critical? Gerald On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 1:14 PM, dvescov...@gmail.com wrote: Wouldn't have been great if the designer of the BBB hooked up the MUX OUT pin from the PMIC to one of the upper ADC channels on the AM335x? That way we could

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoneBlack not booting.. Need help woth RMA

2014-08-19 Thread Gerald Coley
As long as the person you bought it from is an authorized distributor. Otherwise, we will reject it. Gerald On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:24 PM, mahesh ingle mri...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Gerald for your help. But as i mentioned in my earlier post that I have purchased this board from

Re: [beagleboard] Re: beagle bone black schematics and board design

2014-08-19 Thread Gerald Coley
I know of no such files. Gerald On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:11 PM, ras.re...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone have any .sch and .brd belaglebone black files that I can open useing Eagle? Em quarta-feira, 24 de julho de 2013 18h43min23s UTC-3, Grant Heileman escreveu: Hi all, I am trying to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: REV-C: Ethernet not working if Orange/Yellow LED is not blinking immediately after power-on

2014-08-19 Thread Gerald Coley
I am. My name and contact information is on the cover page of the System Reference Manual. Gerald On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:52 AM, BB-REVC mr.la...@gmail.com wrote: Could you post the link to the TI thread where this is discussed? Who is actually involved in choosing parts for the BBB and

Re: [beagleboard] Re: This beaglebone is dead jim

2014-08-18 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Hardware_Files Look for the System Reference Manuel that is the same revision as your board. Gerald On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Tim Jones thedigitalte...@gmail.com wrote: Just make sure the usb cable will charge a cell phone or any other

Re: [beagleboard] Beagleboard-xm avaliability

2014-08-15 Thread Gerald Coley
beagleboards on Jameco and the order ship date was changed from August to October. I really need to buy around 60 beagles. On Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:24:24 AM UTC-3, Antonio Solorzano wrote: I have placed a order for 40 units. On Jul 30, 2014 11:53 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org

Re: [beagleboard] USB problems on Rev C (not sure which revision)

2014-08-15 Thread Gerald Coley
There is only one Rev C board. Rev C is the version of the board. The sticker saying Rev C indicated Rev C. Not REV C1 which does not exist. Gerald On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 9:53 AM, warcher...@gmail.com wrote: I just received my first BBB Rev C a few weeks ago and am having some problems

Re: [beagleboard] BBB runs fine through usb but will not display anything through hdmi

2014-08-15 Thread Gerald Coley
Try plugging in the HDMI before you release the board from reset. Make sure the ground of the supply to the monitor is the same as the power supply of the board. Gerald On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 2:00 AM, justtryingtolearn jamesmtenn...@gmail.com wrote: Ive read through the manual a few times

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoneBlack not booting.. Need help woth RMA

2014-08-14 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#RMA_Support On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:21 PM, mahesh ingle mri...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, I am facing booting issue with our BeagleBoneBlack board, I tried running pre-compiled Android image on BBB. It kind of worked successfully for

Re: [beagleboard] BBB boot failure, Could not probe the EEPROM; something fundamentally wrong on the I2C bus.

2014-08-14 Thread Gerald Coley
EEPROM is write protected. So, it should not have been corrupted unless you were messing with that. It is possible that it could have died, but it is not something I have ever seen. I suggest that you take it to factory condition and flash it with production version of the SW. If the issue is

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Black Rev. C: Protecting GPIO pins during boot until SYS_RESETn signal is HI

2014-08-13 Thread Gerald Coley
Power the sensor from the 3.3V rail or use the reset pin as described on the Wiki. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Expansion_Header_Usage Gerald On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Paul cory.pric...@gmail.com wrote: What kind of solutions are others out there using to

Re: [beagleboard] TPS65217 BeagleBone Force On

2014-08-12 Thread Gerald Coley
If you apply power, it will boot up automatically. You do not need to push the power button to power it up. Gerald On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 5:15 PM, PowerButtonDude bostonc...@gmail.com wrote: I'd like to have the Beaglebone boot up automatically after power up without having to press the

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Black Died

2014-08-11 Thread Gerald Coley
What RMA address are you using. I have not seen any RMAs from you. Gerald On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:07 AM, j...@jayuk.org wrote: I had been using by BBB for 3 or 4 days straight when it suddenly died on me. I can't power it on at all using any of the normal methods (USB, Power or Cape

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Possible TPS65217C/Beaglebone Black Issue

2014-08-11 Thread Gerald Coley
Well, as I understand it, resetting the PMIC resets the PMIC. That would in some cases cause the destruction of the processor. But, feel free to give it a shot. Gerald On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 11:42 AM, viewpointson...@gmail.com wrote: Could this problem be a result of leaving the Reset pin

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Write to EEPROM on BBB?

2014-08-08 Thread Gerald Coley
No, Make sure you are using 16b data. Gerald On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:26 AM, karlkarpfe...@gmail.com wrote: Am Donnerstag, 7. August 2014 17:00:03 UTC+2 schrieb Gerald: Make sure you remove the write protect that is on the EEPROM Is there any other write-protection than the WP-pin of

Re: [beagleboard] beaglebone boot button not working

2014-08-08 Thread Gerald Coley
Based on what you have said. All the button does is change the boot mode. If it boots from the SD fine without the button, then unless you changed the eMMC contents it is most likely booting from eMMC and not the SD card. You need to see where it is booting from by not using the SD card and

Re: [beagleboard] Full HD video out will cause $45 to ???

2014-08-07 Thread Gerald Coley
There is a new version in the works but it is not a BBB type of board. Nowhere even close. No to the AM443X. Gerald On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:45 PM, liyaoshi liyao...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have plan to build another board based on AM443X chip ? 2014-08-07 9:50 GMT+08:00 Gerald Coley ger

Re: [beagleboard] Hot Plugged SD Card - Bricked SD Card Controller?

2014-08-07 Thread Gerald Coley
Sounds like you popped the processor. I doubt just inserting the SD card caused this as that is done all the time and I have never heard of this causing an issue. There must have been something else at play here. Gerald On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:29 AM, haeusler.phil...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone sometimes doesn't start after a power loss

2014-08-07 Thread Gerald Coley
Well, I didn't design the board for that application. There is a way to take care of that if you are willing to fix it. It is not something that I will put in the design just for your application. Gerald On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Rico rico.cad...@gmail.com wrote: @ John: Thanks for

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone sometimes doesn't start after a power loss

2014-08-07 Thread Gerald Coley
Add a battery to the board to keep it up long enough to shutdown if the failure is long or to not be impacted by momentary losses of power, which can also corrupt the filesystem on either the eMMC or the SD card. Gerald On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Rico rico.cad...@gmail.com wrote: Hello

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone sometimes doesn't start after a power loss

2014-08-07 Thread Gerald Coley
That is a great suggestion. Gerald On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Ron B. r...@andicelabs.com wrote: Hi Rico, Any reason that you can't use a cape to solve the problem? The PowerCape http://elinux.org/AndiceLabs:PowerCape will prevent brown-outs and transients from bringing the BB down.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Write to EEPROM on BBB?

2014-08-07 Thread Gerald Coley
Make sure you remove the write protect that is on the EEPROM and that you do not mess with what is there that is needed to make sure the board boots. Gerald On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:56 AM, serge.ns...@gmail.com wrote: On Thursday, August 7, 2014 5:15:57 PM UTC+6, Karl Karpfen wrote: OK,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone sometimes doesn't start after a power loss

2014-08-06 Thread Gerald Coley
Unplug it and plug it back in. It was designed to work that way. Temporary power loss can confuse the PMIC and put it in an bad state. Gerald On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 6:42 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: John, this happens to me too, but powering via USB. Once in w blue moon,

Re: [beagleboard] Full HD video out will cause $45 to ???

2014-08-06 Thread Gerald Coley
RPI processor was designed as a settop box chip many years ago. It has dedicated HW that does not even use the processor to decode video. The AM3358 has no dedicated HW for video decode. Unless the processor is designed to do something, it generally speaking, cannot do it. Gerald On Wed, Aug

Re: [beagleboard] Beagleboard-xm avaliability

2014-08-05 Thread Gerald Coley
was changed from August to October. I really need to buy around 60 beagles. On Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:24:24 AM UTC-3, Antonio Solorzano wrote: I have placed a order for 40 units. On Jul 30, 2014 11:53 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: They only sale though distributors so

Re: [beagleboard] Beagleboard-xm avaliability

2014-08-05 Thread Gerald Coley
to buy around 60 beagles. On Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:24:24 AM UTC-3, Antonio Solorzano wrote: I have placed a order for 40 units. On Jul 30, 2014 11:53 AM, Gerald Coley ger...@beagleboard.org wrote: They only sale though distributors so it is up to the distributor to handle this.The

Re: [beagleboard] Minecraft on beaglebone black

2014-08-05 Thread Gerald Coley
RPi has an integrated video accelerator. BeagleBone Black does not. The chip in the RPi was designed as a set top box processor, the same as used in the Roku.. Gerald On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Maverick mizubai...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I installed minecraft on beaglebone black but it

Re: [beagleboard] Minecraft on beaglebone black

2014-08-05 Thread Gerald Coley
A cape won't help. As to the games, I will defer to the community to chime in on that. Gerald On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 2:47 PM, mizubai...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the reply. So is there any way to run minecraft on beaglebone black with the help of additional graphic accelerator or a

Re: [beagleboard] CE and ESD, BBB is failing 4kV contact discharge ESD testing

2014-08-01 Thread Gerald Coley
CE testing that was does not cover ESD testing. This board has never been tested for ESD. Gerald On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Richard Ketcham rich.ketc...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm interested in CE testing a device which includes the BBB. In order to determine if the device will

[beagleboard] Re: System Reference Manual Rev C.1(PDF)

2014-07-31 Thread Gerald Coley
Because it can be connected to two different signals based on the loading of two different resistors. Check the schematic page 3. It is also the case for pin 42, Check page 4.. Gerald On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Micka mickamus...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,

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