[beagleboard] How to determine hard float vs. soft float

2014-09-03 Thread Tim Cole
Greetings all As I understand it, the Debian distribution installed on the most recent BBBs is configured for hard float. If I were to install another flavor of Linux, or even an updated version of Debian, how would I determine if it's been configured to use hard float or soft float? Is there

[beagleboard] Re: Is it easy to reduce the clock frequency on Beaglebone I2C?

2014-09-03 Thread Martin H.
Hi Chris, I did not mean to say that LINUX is not useful. But yes, I can see your point: if you have to change the I2C clock that is something different. Martin H. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

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

2014-09-03 Thread Michaël Vaes
When the SD card is inserted it automatically boots from there. Have a look if there is a file called 'eMMC-flasher.txt' in the root of your SD card it will start flashing on each reboot and reboots again. If that doesn't solve it I would suggest overwrite the following commands with a bash

[beagleboard] Why Yang Yuanqing(CEO of Lenovo) appeal enterprises to learn from Huawei inatead of Xiaomi

2014-09-03 Thread Ray Chen
Abstract: Yang Yuanqing signified in the Yabuli Forum, the concepts of internet was excessively exaggerated, it cannot replace all things around. When calling for learning from Huawei Which famous for its optical transmission equipments http://www.thunder-link.com/ and Mobile phone etc.,

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

2014-09-03 Thread Greg Kelley
I am booting straight from eMMC that I flashed, no uSD and no serial interface. I have disabled cups and weewx from starting and removed the external USB HUB and changed the power supply to another 5v 2a. I can tell it has rebooted by looking at syslog for ntpdate 'step time server' events. My

[beagleboard] Re: C#

2014-09-03 Thread Janith Mendis
Hello Mickey, I have being trying to run a simple Windows.Forms application using mono on Beaglebone. I was able to complie and run Windows.Forms application on Ubuntu running on PC, was able to compile a simple application on Beaglebone but runtime gives Errors. System.ArgumentException: A

[beagleboard] Re: Problem getting i2c bus to work with SSD1803a based LCD

2014-09-03 Thread cl
c...@isbd.net wrote: I am trying to get my BBB to talk to an SSD1803a based LCD (specifically a Midas MCCOG42005A6W) and I'm failing miserably at the moment. :-( [snip] The problem turned out to be my misunderstanding of the reset line on the SSD1803a. On the example circuits it just shows

[beagleboard] BB rev A6 problem with Windows 7 x64

2014-09-03 Thread Tamás Roncsák
Hello, I have a home PC with Windows 8 (x64), and an office notebook with Windows 7 (x64). BB is easily accessible via Windows 8 (COM port is visible, and BB drive is showing when it has to). So BB is working! The problem is in Windows 7 (odd, huh?!) because Device Manager says Unknown

[beagleboard] Re: Hostapd failed with USB WiFi dongle (RTL8188CUS 802.11n)

2014-09-03 Thread Pierre Kancir
Hi, I setup ad hoc wifi with RTL8188CUS by following adafruit tutorial (step by step but adapting RTL chip version): https://learn.adafruit.com/setting-up-a-raspberry-pi-as-a-wifi-access-point/overview If you use udhcp, you need to disable some part of /opt/scripts/boot/am335x_evm.sh

Re: [beagleboard] Python script stops reading serial port after several days

2014-09-03 Thread Josenivaldo Benito Junior
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Michael M mmcdani...@gmail.com wrote: The frequency of your data(based on your sample) doesn't necessarily require a 115kbps transmission rate. Good point. People from 3D printing word normally use 250Kbps because this is fast and has lower error rate than

[beagleboard] Re: C#

2014-09-03 Thread mickeyf
Mono on BB has been working fine for us for a couple of years now, but our app does not have a user interface on the Beagle. It talks to a web server and has a local display on HDMI. I have not even tried to use WindowsForms on Linux. You might also try the Mono forum. Perhaps someone there has

Re: [beagleboard] Re: custom cape i2c bus

2014-09-03 Thread Prakash Parmar
Hi, Thanks for reply. The pullup resistor which is using in I2C Bus is 10K with 3.3V. 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,

[beagleboard] what is the max transfer speed of the beaglebone black?

2014-09-03 Thread quijibo
What is the max speed the sd bus can handle on the BeagleBone Black? The raspberry pi can do about 20 MB/s http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/12191/what-speed-of-sd-card-is-better Can the BBB do better? Can anyone post some benchmarks? I'm mostly consider the BBB because I

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

2014-09-03 Thread familienclanengel
Sorry for double post. I was wondering why my post was not to see anywhere and so I send it twice. Now, one day later, I can see that my post is online now. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

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

2014-09-03 Thread Randy Graham
Hello, I have a custom cape that worked with Cape Manager and the 3.8 kernel and would like to move to Robert Nelson's latest kernel, 3.15.10. Since there is no Cape Manager for the later kernels, what is the proper method for adding my cape .dts file to the build? Can I simply include my

Re: [beagleboard] Re: custom cape i2c bus

2014-09-03 Thread Gerald Coley
I would take that down to 4.7k. Not sure that it will fix your issue, but a stronger pullup is generally required. Gerald On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Prakash Parmar prakash.parma...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Thanks for reply. The pullup resistor which is using in I2C Bus is 10K with 3.3V.

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] Using cape .dts with latest kernel 3.15.10.

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Randy Graham surfby...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have a custom cape that worked with Cape Manager and the 3.8 kernel and would like to move to Robert Nelson's latest kernel, 3.15.10. Since there is no Cape Manager for the later kernels, what is the proper

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Booting off Micro SD Card

2014-09-03 Thread Jose B Rivera
I was able to use my micro sd card as an external hard drive. I first did what was recommended on this series of posts, I added: mmcdev=1 bootpart=1:2 mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk1p2 ro optargs=quiet and saved it as uEnv.txt I then inserted the micro sd card into the micro sd slot and the BBB saw

[beagleboard] recompile the Robert Nelson kernel

2014-09-03 Thread meino . cramer
Hi, with the kernel source by Robert Nelson there come some really handy scripts like rebuild.sh and build_kernel.sh. I had copied the whole thing onto my beaglebone black and compiled a kernel natively this night. Now I only want to change (for testing purposes) some code and recompile the

[beagleboard] BBB UART4 RTS for RS-485

2014-09-03 Thread lucaso . janik
Hello, I'm writing an app for BeagleBoneBlack running debian (3.8.13-bone50). I would like to use UART4 to communicate with RS485 transmitter over P9.24(UART4 Tx), P9.26(UART4 Rx) and P8.33 (UART4 RTS). I've disabled HDMI and enabled overlays BB-UART4 and BB-UART4-RTSCTS cat

Re: [beagleboard] recompile the Robert Nelson kernel

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:02 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, with the kernel source by Robert Nelson there come some really handy scripts like rebuild.sh and build_kernel.sh. I had copied the whole thing onto my beaglebone black and compiled a kernel natively this night. Now I only

Re: [beagleboard] libpruio (fast and easy D/A - I/O)

2014-09-03 Thread sufialhussaini
Hi TJF, I just managed to compile and run the libpruio example apps on beaglebone white PRU. I was experimenting with the button.c, trying to set the pin 8_07 as active high, using - if (pruio_gpio_set(io, PIN, PRUIO_IN_0, PRUIO_LOCK_CHECK)) { printf(failed setting PIN (%s)\n, io-Errr);

Re: [beagleboard] recompile the Robert Nelson kernel

2014-09-03 Thread meino . cramer
Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com [14-09-03 18:08]: On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:02 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Hi, with the kernel source by Robert Nelson there come some really handy scripts like rebuild.sh and build_kernel.sh. I had copied the whole thing onto my beaglebone

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

2014-09-03 Thread Greg Kelley
I have downgraded the kernel from 3.16.0-bone2 to 3.15.10-bone8 and so far no reboots in the last 3 hours. If I get a full 24 hr cycle without reboots, I'll blame it on 3.16.0 and try to re-attach ext USB HUB, weather data logger, printer, and enable cups and weewx and see how far I get this

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

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Greg Kelley suekkel...@gmail.com wrote: I have downgraded the kernel from 3.16.0-bone2 to 3.15.10-bone8 and so far no reboots in the last 3 hours. If I get a full 24 hr cycle without reboots, I'll blame it on 3.16.0 and try to re-attach ext USB HUB, weather data

Re: [beagleboard] BBB UART4 RTS for RS-485

2014-09-03 Thread Jerônimo Lopes
Hi, BB-UART4-RTSCTS-00A0.dts uses set those pins to UART RTS and CTS (mode 6). But to use with struct serial_rs485 rs485conf you don't need to set the pin as RTS, you just need to set the pin to GPIO (mode 7, at the .dts file). I don't know if I was clear, but I used RS485 and RTS as a GPIO,

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

2014-09-03 Thread Randy Graham
Thanks Robert. FWIW, I am using the 3.8 MRF24J40 radio cape (somewhat modified). Can I just include the 3.8 cape file(s) as is and run it through the process described above? -Randy On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 8:29:50 AM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:15 PM,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Booting off Micro SD Card

2014-09-03 Thread William Hermans
*chmod 777 is bad advice. Figure out the real issue and solve the problem.* I agree. Jose, look into the command *chown* On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Jose B Rivera josebrivera...@gmail.com wrote: I was able to use my micro sd card as an external hard drive. I first did what was

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Booting off Micro SD Card

2014-09-03 Thread William Hermans
Ah, never mind seems you want to mount the whole 32GB as /var/www ? On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 9:59 AM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: *chmod 777 is bad advice. Figure out the real issue and solve the problem.* I agree. Jose, look into the command *chown* On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at

[beagleboard] Re: BBB UART4 RTS for RS-485

2014-09-03 Thread Alexander Hiam
I actually just put up a tutorial for doing this in Python: http://inspire.logicsupply.com/2014/09/beaglebone-rs-485-communication.html It uses GPIO1_16, but of course you can use any GPIO pin, including the one that's shared with UART4 RTS. When I tried to use: struct serial_rs485

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

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Randy Graham surfby...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Robert. FWIW, I am using the 3.8 MRF24J40 radio cape (somewhat modified). Can I just include the 3.8 cape file(s) as is and run it through the process described above? Hi Randy, Give this patch a test on

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

2014-09-03 Thread Randy Graham
Thanks again Robert !!! Ok, I'll give that a shot. -Randy On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 10:14:04 AM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Randy Graham surf...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Thanks Robert. FWIW, I am using the 3.8 MRF24J40 radio cape (somewhat

Re: [beagleboard] libpruio (fast and easy D/A - I/O)

2014-09-03 Thread TJF
Hi Shoaib Ahmed, thanks for your interrests in libpruio. Am Mittwoch, 3. September 2014 18:05:05 UTC+2 schrieb sufialh...@gmail.com: Am I missing something? Forgive me if this sounds like a stupid question. Please help. No stupid question. A stupid author of libpruio, instead. Pinmuxing

[beagleboard] 3.14 kernel testing

2014-09-03 Thread Jason Kridner
Started some testing of the latest 3.14 build (http://builds.beagleboard.org/builders/runtests/builds/27) today. I found the 8-19 image from http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian seemed to require me to copy a bbb-uEnv.txt file to uEnv.txt on the FAT partition to make it boot from

[beagleboard] how stop my buzzer

2014-09-03 Thread keo . lcms
I all, I success my test outpout buzz . I have a 3 buttons low frequance (on), hight frequence(off), stop sound. I use io.sockets Saisissez io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket) { socket.on('led', function (data) { console.log(data); if(data =='stop'){

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

2014-09-03 Thread Ivan Nazarenko
As an alternative to eclipse-based IDEs there is the qt creator. After changing code, with a single command it cross-compiles (gcc-arm), automatically deploys the compiled code on target (though ssh), starts it under the remote gdb server, runs the local gdb client, and I get a full graphical

Re: [beagleboard] Can allocated pins on BBB be used as GPIOs ?

2014-09-03 Thread Brandon I
halfbrain, If you're using angstrom or debian, you can disable the emmc by adding this to the optargs in uEnv.txt on the usb mass storage partition: capemgr.disable_partno=BB-BONE-EMMC-2G If you're not using hdmi, you can free up those too:

Re: [beagleboard] Can allocated pins on BBB be used as GPIOs ?

2014-09-03 Thread Brandon I
halfbrain, I forgot to mention, you should tie the eMMC cmd and clock pins low on P8.20 and P8.21, as suggested by the wiki: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Onboard_eMMC On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 12:58:09 PM UTC-7, Brandon I wrote: halfbrain, If you're using angstrom or

[beagleboard] Re: how stop my buzzer

2014-09-03 Thread Michael M
Mixing digitalWrite and analogWrite could be the problem. Try disabling the buzzer by setting the PWM duty cycle to 0: if(data =='stop'){ b.analogWrite(S_13,0,3); console.log('stop buzz'); }; On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 12:14:31 PM UTC-7, keo@gmail.com wrote: I

[beagleboard] Re: 3.14 kernel testing

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Jason Kridner jkrid...@beagleboard.org wrote: Started some testing of the latest 3.14 build (http://builds.beagleboard.org/builders/runtests/builds/27) today. I found the 8-19 image from http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian seemed to require me

Re: [beagleboard] Re: 3.14 kernel testing

2014-09-03 Thread Jason Kridner
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Jason Kridner jkrid...@beagleboard.org wrote: Started some testing of the latest 3.14 build (http://builds.beagleboard.org/builders/runtests/builds/27) today. I found the 8-19 image

Re: [beagleboard] How to enable SPI devices on 3.14 kernel?

2014-09-03 Thread Jason Lange
On Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:15:58 UTC-7, William Hermans wrote: Jason, /boot/uboot should have been nothing more than a mount point for /dev/mmcblk0p1. Which is the fat16 formatted partition that u-boot.img, MLO, and uEnv.txt reside. For a while the fat16 partition was mounted at

Re: [beagleboard] Re: 3.14 kernel testing

2014-09-03 Thread Jason Kridner
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Jason Kridner jkrid...@beagleboard.org wrote: Started some testing of the latest 3.14 build (http://builds.beagleboard.org/builders/runtests/builds/27) today. I found the 8-19 image

Re: [beagleboard] How to enable SPI devices on 3.14 kernel?

2014-09-03 Thread William Hermans
heh whatever you like Jason. Simply using lsblk, and mount should make things crystal clear. On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Jason Lange j.b.la...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:15:58 UTC-7, William Hermans wrote: Jason, /boot/uboot should have been nothing more than a

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

2014-09-03 Thread William Hermans
You can also use code::blocks IDE, and setup a custom toolchain. I did this last year with linaro's WIndows armhf toolchain binary. On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Ivan Nazarenko ivan.nazare...@gmail.com wrote: As an alternative to eclipse-based IDEs there is the qt creator. After changing

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

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
*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 skills to setup / use said tools get paid big money.* It is very much the

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

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
Thanks, Ivan, for giving a plausible solution. My project has to be in ANSI C and not C++. If Qt can accomplish that, I'll try it. On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:27:31 PM UTC-4, ivan_n wrote: As an alternative to eclipse-based IDEs there is the qt creator. After changing code, with a

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

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 10:00:11 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 8:57 PM, murr...@ameritech.net javascript: 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

[beagleboard] Ubuntu Touch on BeagleBone Black

2014-09-03 Thread 2Cubed
Is it possible to/how would I load Ubuntu Touch on to my BeagleBone Black? -- 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

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

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Nelson
I'm working with an industrial class board that costs $375 in single quantities. The single-seat QNX development license cost my company $1500, but I was porting code to it in a day. Okay, good for you! You must be a QNX expert, i don't know crap about that os. But i can bring up

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

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 8:22:12 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: You can also use code::blocks IDE, and setup a custom toolchain. I did this last year with linaro's WIndows armhf toolchain binary. Can you put this into an installation package, document it, and get the Beaglebone

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

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 9:11 PM, murre...@ameritech.net wrote: On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 8:22:12 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: You can also use code::blocks IDE, and setup a custom toolchain. I did this last year with linaro's WIndows armhf toolchain binary. Can you put this

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

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 10:10:09 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: I'm working with an industrial class board that costs $375 in single quantities. The single-seat QNX development license cost my company $1500, but I was porting code to it in a day. Okay, good for you! You

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

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Nelson
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 9:15 PM, murre...@ameritech.net wrote: On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 10:10:09 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: I'm working with an industrial class board that costs $375 in single quantities. The single-seat QNX development license cost my company $1500, but

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

2014-09-03 Thread murrellr
Already did, someone had to create the default debian image. ;) http://beagleboard.org/latest-images http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/Home Regards, --

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

2014-09-03 Thread Robert Nelson
But I don't need a Linux image. I found several Linux images using Google search (I don't recall seeing yours). The board came with Linux installed. I need a development environment so I can write and debug my own programs. Well, gcc/gdb/nano are installed in the base development image. ssh

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

2014-09-03 Thread William Hermans
*But I don't need a Linux image. I found several Linux images using Google search (I don't recall seeing yours). The board came with Linux installed. I need a development environment so I can write and debug my own programs.* You're awfully demanding. Tell you what. continue using your

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

2014-09-03 Thread John Syn
From: murre...@ameritech.net Reply-To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] Yet another newbie how to get started On Wednesday,

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

2014-09-03 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 10:01 PM, murre...@ameritech.net wrote: Thanks, Ivan, for giving a plausible solution. My project has to be in ANSI C and not C++. If Qt can accomplish that, I'll try it. Eh, it's hard to figure out when you're kidding and when you're serious but Qt is a C++ based

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

2014-09-03 Thread Don deJuan
On 09/03/2014 07:07 PM, murre...@ameritech.net wrote: On Wednesday, September 3, 2014 10:00:11 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 8:57 PM, murr...@ameritech.net wrote: This is not the fault of the hardware or the designers of the hardware. This is your

[beagleboard] running Windows.Forms application on Mono runtime with Ubuntu OS

2014-09-03 Thread Janith Mendis
Are there anyone using Mono runtime to run Windows.Forms application on Beaglebone with ubuntu. I successfully ran Windows.Forms application on ubuntu on PC but failed on BeagleBone. I would like to know is theres anyone who succeeded on this. It seems posible to run Winform application on