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

2014-09-06 Thread Venkat Bommakanti
Hi Mark, Quite an interesting course... Would like to know if it is available for self-paced remote-learning ? While I have some C programming exp, I have no classic CS degree/background (Pre-reqs: No OS internals H/W experience). If not possible/eligible, pl. suggest books/courses to meet the

[beagleboard] Re: Issue getting DS18B20 temperature sensor working

2014-09-06 Thread Michaël Vaes
Changing the OS to Ubuntu did not change the behaviour. Any help is appreciated on debugging this. Thanks! *Michael* On Saturday, August 30, 2014 1:01:18 PM UTC+2, Michaël Vaes wrote: Hi - I'm stuck getting my DS18B20 temperature sensor working on my Beaglebone Black. I installed and

[beagleboard] Are the 'modes' in the BBB documentation just history or what?

2014-09-06 Thread cl
In the BBB System Reference Manual the P8 and P9 pinouts are documented with 7 modes for each pin which provide different uses for the pins. All of the actual software and descriptions I can find about the BBB hardware just talk about the Device Tree and Device Tree overlays. I have already

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Issue getting DS18B20 temperature sensor working

2014-09-06 Thread Josenivaldo Benito Junior
Hi Michaël, Are you using 18ohm pull up resistor as your wiring diagram states? If so this resistor is too low for pull up; both bone and sensor will have to sink a lot of current to drive the line down. See this discussion here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/beaglebone/dosKmEE7xso

Re: [beagleboard] Yet another newbie how to get started

2014-09-06 Thread cwrseckford
On Thursday, September 4, 2014 2:57:45 AM UTC+1, murr...@ameritech.net wrote: *This is not the fault of the hardware or the designers of the hardware. This is your fault for not knowing the tools. Harsh as it may seem, this is a fact. This is why professional software engineers with the

Re: [beagleboard] Are the 'modes' in the BBB documentation just history or what?

2014-09-06 Thread Ben Gamari
c...@isbd.net writes: In the BBB System Reference Manual the P8 and P9 pinouts are documented with 7 modes for each pin which provide different uses for the pins. All of the actual software and descriptions I can find about the BBB hardware just talk about the Device Tree and Device Tree

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Are the 'modes' in the BBB documentation justhistory or what?

2014-09-06 Thread Larry Howell
On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 18:47:59 +0100, c...@isbd.net wrote: Ben Gamari bgamari.f...@gmail.com wrote: [-- text/plain, encoding 7bit, charset: ISO-8859-15, 23 lines --] c...@isbd.net writes: In the BBB System Reference Manual the P8 and P9 pinouts are documented with 7 modes for each pin which

Re: [beagleboard] Re: trying to learn enough to get started

2014-09-06 Thread John Syn
From: William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, September 5, 2014 at 6:01 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Re: trying to learn enough to get started You're

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Are the 'modes' in the BBB documentation just history or what?

2014-09-06 Thread John Syn
On 9/6/14, 10:47 AM, c...@isbd.net c...@isbd.net wrote: Ben Gamari bgamari.f...@gmail.com wrote: [-- text/plain, encoding 7bit, charset: ISO-8859-15, 23 lines --] c...@isbd.net writes: In the BBB System Reference Manual the P8 and P9 pinouts are documented with 7 modes for each pin

[beagleboard] How to properly update my application

2014-09-06 Thread Brent
I have a Qt application that runs at start up. Currently, I update my application by allowing the user to press a button inside of my application which copies the updated application files from the USB drive to the eMMC. It then sets a flag inside of a text file to 1, and reboots. When my

Re: [beagleboard] Re: trying to learn enough to get started

2014-09-06 Thread William Hermans
I know javascript well enough. Now try to write device driver code with it, or something else equally low level. Or even something mission critical such as engine timing monitoring/adjustment, airbag deployment, or missile/drone guidance. I know other languages well enough too. C/C++, ASM C#

Re: [beagleboard] Re: trying to learn enough to get started

2014-09-06 Thread William Hermans
And again the point *is*, JavaScript is nothing close to perfection. Period. On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 3:22 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: I know javascript well enough. Now try to write device driver code with it, or something else equally low level. Or even something mission

Re: [beagleboard] Re: trying to learn enough to get started

2014-09-06 Thread Don deJuan
On 09/05/2014 03:18 PM, John Syn wrote: From: William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com mailto:beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com mailto:beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, September 5, 2014 at 2:43 PM To:

Re: [beagleboard] How to properly update my application

2014-09-06 Thread William Hermans
Define something gets messed up. You're going to have to know what this something *is* before solving the issue. But perhaps you could use an MD5 sum to verify the file ? Then when there is a mismatch you delete the target file and try again ? On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Brent

Re: [beagleboard] Re: trying to learn enough to get started

2014-09-06 Thread Don deJuan
On 09/06/2014 03:25 PM, William Hermans wrote: And again the point *is*, JavaScript is nothing close to perfection. Period. On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 3:22 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com mailto:yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: I know javascript well enough. Now try to write device driver

Re: [beagleboard] How to properly update my application

2014-09-06 Thread Brent Sink
I can't quite define it, but something seems to get corrupted. When the new corrupted application runs, it only shows a white rectangle, rather than the application. I guess I was wondering how others update their own software applications - if they do something similar to what I'm doing or if

Re: [beagleboard] How to properly update my application

2014-09-06 Thread John Syn
From: Brent Sink brent.s...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 3:57 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] How to properly update my application I can't

[beagleboard] LVDS for the BB Black .. what is available

2014-09-06 Thread Pete Lancashire
I've just acquired a few NEC 1024x768 LCD panels with a LVDS interface http://www.beyondinfinite.com/lcd/Library/Nec/NL10276BC12-02.pdf They also have a yet to be identified touch panel https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111617808980322733757/albums/6056105788778128721 Is there a LVDS cape for

Re: [beagleboard] LVDS for the BB Black .. what is available

2014-09-06 Thread John Syn
From: Pete Lancashire xyzzy...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 4:50 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: [beagleboard] LVDS for the BB Black .. what is available I've

Re: [beagleboard] LVDS for the BB Black .. what is available

2014-09-06 Thread John Syn
From: Pete Lancashire xyzzy...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 4:50 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: [beagleboard] LVDS for the BB Black .. what is available I've

[beagleboard] JavaScript / Nodejs

2014-09-06 Thread William Hermans
So, I wanted to continue the JavaScript debate but felt we had stepped all over another persons post. Which is really not what I intended. Anyhow . . . As a programmer over the years I had almost always shunned JavaScript. Viewing it as not even a real language, or some kind of toy language.

Re: [beagleboard] JavaScript / Nodejs

2014-09-06 Thread William Hermans
*Why do I bother. I was only responding to this statement:* *Ours is all in python and php with darkhttpd as the webserver. I dispise nodejs, it reminds me of the cluster that ruby gems are”* *Which is clearly not valid. Nodejs is clearly the better solution in almost any application

Re: [beagleboard] JavaScript / Nodejs

2014-09-06 Thread John Syn
From: William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 5:04 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: [beagleboard] JavaScript / Nodejs So, I wanted to continue the

Re: [beagleboard] LVDS for the BB Black .. what is available

2014-09-06 Thread Pete Lancashire
Thanks .. -pete On Saturday, September 6, 2014 4:59:03 PM UTC-7, john3909 wrote: From: Pete Lancashire xyzz...@gmail.com javascript: Reply-To: beagl...@googlegroups.com javascript: beagl...@googlegroups.com javascript: Date: Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 4:50 PM To:

Re: [beagleboard] LVDS for the BB Black .. what is available

2014-09-06 Thread John Syn
From: Pete Lancashire xyzzy...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 5:25 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] LVDS for the BB Black .. what is available

Re: [beagleboard] Using cape .dts with latest kernel 3.15.10.

2014-09-06 Thread Randy Graham
Hi Robert, Where can i get the source for the linux image 'linux-image-3.14.17-ti-r15' you referred me to above, or compatible source that I can use with your patch ? I would like to rebuild the kernel on my development host machine. I have added the mrf24j40 radio to my dtb but do not see

Re: [beagleboard] Using cape .dts with latest kernel 3.15.10.

2014-09-06 Thread John Syn
From: Randy Graham surfby...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 7:30 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Using cape .dts with latest kernel 3.15.10. Hi

Re: [beagleboard] Using cape .dts with latest kernel 3.15.10.

2014-09-06 Thread John Syn
From: Randy Graham surfby...@gmail.com Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 7:30 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Using cape .dts with latest kernel 3.15.10. Hi

Re: [beagleboard] Using cape .dts with latest kernel 3.15.10.

2014-09-06 Thread Robert Nelson
On Sep 6, 2014 9:30 PM, Randy Graham surfby...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Robert, Where can i get the source for the linux image 'linux-image-3.14.17-ti-r15' you referred me to above, or compatible source that I can use with your patch ? I would like to rebuild the kernel on my development host

Re: [beagleboard] Using cape .dts with latest kernel 3.15.10.

2014-09-06 Thread Randy Graham
Fantastic ! Thank you Robert and John for your quick replies. -Randy -- 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,