Re: [beagleboard] BBB startup current

2016-06-30 Thread Gerald Coley
All capacitors look like a short when they are discharged. What you are seeing is the capacitors on the board charging up. The board is not even powered up after .1ms. Gerald On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 9:19 AM, wrote: > > According our mesurment BBB has over 2A startup

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone crashing during thunderstorms!

2016-06-28 Thread Gerald Coley
Well, I don't know where to start. A detailed diagram of the entire system hookup would help. Gerald On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Wally Bkg wrote: > It happened again, my Beaglebone White crashed as a thunderstorm moved > through the area. It is on a UPS, the same

Re: [beagleboard] HDMI and interrupt GPIO1_25

2016-06-23 Thread Gerald Coley
998x_drv.c?v=4.1#L565 > > > > > > > Le jeu. 23 juin 2016 à 21:49, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> a > écrit : > >> This interrupt is to pass IR remote information to the processor over the >> HDMI from the TV. As the BBB is lacking a tuner, I am not su

Re: [beagleboard] HDMI and interrupt GPIO1_25

2016-06-23 Thread Gerald Coley
t 3:24 AM Micka <mickamus...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> When Gerald Coley design the BBB, he planed to use the GPIO1_25 as an >> interrupt signal from the tda19988.. >> >> I wanted to know why the interrupt GPIO1_25 is not used for interrupt. >>

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Release date update?

2016-06-20 Thread Gerald Coley
If there is any news to report, I will update the Wiki. So, assume that the information on the Wiki is the latest status. Gerald On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 7:52 AM, wrote: > Hi Gerald, > > Any news on the X15? > I noticed the "ON HOLD" at >

Re: [beagleboard] Understanding the BBB boot process and how to flash

2016-06-17 Thread Gerald Coley
Unless you take the time to register, your posts are moderated. It is part of a complicated SPAM prevention process. Register and and after your first post it will go through without moderation. Gerald On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:45 AM, wrote: > Hello BBB-hackers! > > My

Re: [beagleboard] X15 Availability

2016-06-17 Thread Gerald Coley
We have not built any boards yet. When we do, I will update the status. When the status changes it will be updated. Gerald On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 3:44 AM, <2ndeastleakesco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gerald > > Any update on shipping dates for the X15? > The page at

Re: [beagleboard] New eMMC with 3.8.13 kernel

2016-06-15 Thread Gerald Coley
It is my understanding that Linux has an issue with 5.1. That is why we get these devices in 4.1 mode. I suspect the lack of experience on this issue from the Green Team caused this to happen. It should have triggered a revsion change at the least. However, some of the new controllers inside the

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Is there Beaglebone Black Guide for LED diagnostics?

2016-06-15 Thread Gerald Coley
Flash using one of the official images to make sure everything is working fine. Gerald On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:53 AM, wrote: > Hi Gerald, > > I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 in my uSD card and I'm booting my BBB. > It used to behave normally, as in, the USER

Re: [beagleboard] I2C1 bus frequency at 400 kHz?

2016-06-14 Thread Gerald Coley
BeagleBone Black under Linux, runs at 400KHz. Gerald On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 7:41 AM, Karl Karpfen wrote: > Hi, > > according to the TRM of AM335x the I2C bus frequency can be 100 kHz or 400 > kHz. But when I have a look into the StarterWare I2C examples, only 100 kHz

Re: [beagleboard] Schedule Update

2016-06-13 Thread Gerald Coley
Still on hold at the moment. Expect it to get moving again by the middle of this week. At the point at which it gets moving, I will update the schedule. No FCC testing has been done. We need a board built first before we can test. Gerald On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 2:54 PM, rdbirt

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Burned out BBB with AIN0 > 1.8V

2016-06-06 Thread Gerald Coley
No, you most likely killed the DDR as well. 1.8V powers most of the I/O rails internal to the processor. So as you hit those pins which such high voltage, I would expect it to hit the DDR and maybe even the the Ethernet PHY. There is also a good chance the I/O rail bled over into the 3.3V rails,

Re: [beagleboard] Burned out BBB with AIN0 > 1.8V

2016-06-06 Thread Gerald Coley
Processor has gone to the happy processor graveyard in the sky and it is possible that it has take a few other chips from the board with it. I would just buy another board and read up on voltage dividers. Gerald On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 3:23 PM, William Hermans wrote: > By

Re: [beagleboard] Max switching frequency of current on am3358

2016-06-05 Thread Gerald Coley
It is not that simple. But, you should be able to start the journey here. http://www.ti.com/product/AM3358/technicaldocuments Gerald On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 2:01 PM, wrote: > Hi, > > I am designing my own board based on am3358 soc. I have a question about > the

Re: [beagleboard] Disabling default I2C mapping

2016-06-03 Thread Gerald Coley
I2C0 is connects to the PMIC. Disabling that and making it a GPIO would not be a good thing to do. Gerald On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 10:20 AM, wrote: > Dear all, please could you describe how to disable defualt mapping of I2C0 > and I2C1 interfaces of BBB, so their pins can

Re: [beagleboard] zero ohm resistors?

2016-06-03 Thread Gerald Coley
Single point of termination for each of those different rails, R5, R7, R8. You schematic is incorrect, not sure where you got it. R9 is DNI. That was an option for two possible power scenarios. Leave R9 in there and thee will be an issue. R6 was originally planned as a sense resistor for current

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoneBlack not booting with custom cape on

2016-05-27 Thread Gerald Coley
If it were the reserved pins that were at fault, you would not be getting a printout from the serial port as the board would never boot anything. Gerald On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 8:15 AM, wrote: > Hello, > > I am using the BeagleBoneBlack (BBB) in the educational sector. For a

Re: [beagleboard] Vdds_ddr decoupling caps am3358

2016-05-26 Thread Gerald Coley
BeagleBone came first. Smaller board size. Lower cost And it works. Gerald On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:44 AM, wrote: > I see difference between last schematic of beaglebone black and am3358 > starter kit board concerning vdds_ddr decoupling cap. Am3358 sk board has >

Re: [beagleboard] Vdds_ddr decoupling caps in am3358

2016-05-26 Thread Gerald Coley
Same answer as before. BeagleBone came first. Smaller board size. Lower cost And it works. Gerald On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 10:46 AM, wrote: > I see difference between last schematic of beaglebone black and am3358 > starter kit board concerning vdds_ddr decoupling cap.

Re: [beagleboard] Schematic / BoM mismatch in /static/beaglebone/latest/Docs/Hardware/

2016-05-25 Thread Gerald Coley
Bone. It has 256MB which is 2 >> Giga Bit. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> >> wrote: >> >>> The board uses 512MB DDR3. The previous version used 256MB. >>> >>&

Re: [beagleboard] Schematic / BoM mismatch in /static/beaglebone/latest/Docs/Hardware/

2016-05-25 Thread Gerald Coley
I just checked the link. This is the BeagleBone. It has 256MB which is 2 Giga Bit. Gerald On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> wrote: > The board uses 512MB DDR3. The previous version used 256MB. > > Gerald > > > On Wed, May 25, 201

Re: [beagleboard] Schematic / BoM mismatch in /static/beaglebone/latest/Docs/Hardware/

2016-05-25 Thread Gerald Coley
The board uses 512MB DDR3. The previous version used 256MB. Gerald On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Buck Smith wrote: > I was checking major components on the schematic file at > > https://beagleboard.org/static/beaglebone/latest/Docs/Hardware/BONE_SCH.pdf > > > I

Re: [beagleboard] UART0 questions?

2016-05-20 Thread Gerald Coley
When you have the FTDI cable plugged in and you power of the BBB, it tries to power the processor through those pins. The result is a blown processor. The 241 provide isolation. If you are careful and you never have the FTDI cable plugged in when you power off the board, you do not need it. This

Re: [beagleboard] How to Discern if a BBB is Dead

2016-05-19 Thread Gerald Coley
Well, at first thought, as you say, they were used. So, you may want to talk to the previous owners. The flashing LED on the BBB typically indicates an issue with some component on the board.. Gerald On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 12:36 PM, wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to learn how

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Release date update?

2016-05-19 Thread Gerald Coley
; Gerald >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlf...@ix.netcom.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 08:54:24 -0500, Gerald Coley >>>> <ger...@beagleboard.org> declaimed the followi

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Release date update?

2016-05-19 Thread Gerald Coley
t; > Patrick > > > Op donderdag 7 april 2016 03:12:46 UTC+2 schreef Gerald: >> >> Yes indeed. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlf...@ix.netcom.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 6

Re: [beagleboard] Tweet by Arduino on Twitter

2016-05-17 Thread Gerald Coley
Very interesting! See what you can find out! Gerald On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Jason Kridner wrote: > *Arduino (@arduino )* > > 5/17/16, 10:18 AM > >

Re: [beagleboard] Hardware watchdog for BBB

2016-05-16 Thread Gerald Coley
I am no longer with TI. You would need to ask Jason as to the level of commitment that TI has toward doing something like this. If there is a decently robust need for a platform based on the BBB, but with some more robust and desired features, I would be open to making that happen. Gerald On

Re: [beagleboard] Hardware watchdog for BBB

2016-05-16 Thread Gerald Coley
Sounds good to me! Gerald On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:52 PM, Dave Loomis wrote: > > > You can sum it all up into this; The problem is completely solved by > using a battery and having acpid installed. Except you need a way to > completely disconnect power, from the BBB's

Re: [beagleboard] Automatic shutdown options for loss of power?

2016-05-16 Thread Gerald Coley
I design systems like this all the time for our customers. They are nice enough to give me a bigger budget and not worried about keeping it low cost just to sell more boards. Gerald On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:34 PM, William Hermans wrote: > *The bottom line seems to be that

Re: [beagleboard] Hardware watchdog for BBB

2016-05-16 Thread Gerald Coley
d ? > > Gerlad > > On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> > wrote: > >> Add a a battery or super CAP. When the DC voltage goes away, the >> processor gets and interrupt. When SW get interrupt unmount the Flash and >> power down. &

Re: [beagleboard] Hardware watchdog for BBB

2016-05-16 Thread Gerald Coley
Add a a battery or super CAP. When the DC voltage goes away, the processor gets and interrupt. When SW get interrupt unmount the Flash and power down. Invest in a real 5V power supply. Gerlad On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Micka wrote: > Gerald what is your opinion on

Re: [beagleboard] Pull-up resistors

2016-05-13 Thread Gerald Coley
If you need a pin to be hi or low at power up, and you can't afford to wait until the SW initializes the hardware, then you need to use a pullup or pulldown to make sure that pin is in the state you need. Some pins come up with the signals pulled hir or pulled lo. You should use those pins which

Re: [beagleboard] Board design: file format - ASCII Please...?

2016-05-10 Thread Gerald Coley
You can contact me direct and we can discuss. Gerald On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 5:06 AM, merrybuoy via BeagleBoard < beagleboard@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hi all, I'm hoping someone will be able to help with the following > request: I would like the Rev. B6 schematics and PCB data to be made >

Re: [beagleboard] PRU and LCD display on one BBB

2016-05-06 Thread Gerald Coley
Decide what features you do not need, like LCD, Ethernet, etc, and redesign the board by removing those features, freeing up the pins to use them as PRU pins. Gerald On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Robert Jonathan Šimon wrote: > I have another Question on PRUs. It has 9

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Any difference for PIN9.15 (GPIO1_16) on new BBB

2016-05-02 Thread Gerald Coley
They come up as inputs. Gerald On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 2:38 PM, wrote: > So, Gerald, > Why do you think it is an acceptable condition to to have GPIO1_16 > fighting GPIO2_0 on boot up, and perhaps forever for the case that a BBB > user doesn't happen to notice this

Re: [beagleboard] Power - shutdown

2016-05-02 Thread Gerald Coley
On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Yiannis Papelis wrote: > I have been building embedded systems for a while now and I am considering > using the beaglebone (BBB) for an upcoming project, but I am confused by > everything I read regarding the shutdown requirements. As an

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone/Element 14 Data Matrix barcode stickers

2016-04-25 Thread Gerald Coley
Best bet would be to ask on the E14 forums what it means. Gerald On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 3:49 PM, wrote: > > At some point recently, the newer Beaglebone Blacks (made by Element 14) > have swapped out the older barcode for a small data matrix code sticker. >

Re: [beagleboard] Audio via HDMI on Debian image 2016-01-24

2016-04-24 Thread Gerald Coley
Note that only certain resolutions support Audio. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_HDMI#Supported_Resolutions Gerald On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Bill Barnett wrote: > I am unable to send audio over HDMI to my monitor. > > The video is active

Re: [beagleboard] problem to install gnuplot on Debian OS using BBB

2016-04-20 Thread Gerald Coley
Use a DC power supply of 1A. Gerald On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:39 PM, ezah wrote: > hye All, > > i am a newbie BBB. i had a problem where my BBB is idle power off. when i > want to install the gnuplot the BBB will automatically turn off. i had done > so many time. what

Re: [beagleboard] problem install the gnuplot on BBB

2016-04-20 Thread Gerald Coley
Use a DC power supply of 1A. Gerald On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:31 PM, ezah wrote: > hye all, > > i am a newbie of BBB. i have problem where my BBB is idle power off. i > need to install the gnuplot on Debian OS and my BBB will automatically turn > off. i had done so

Re: [beagleboard] tolerance of voltage for beagle bone black

2016-04-20 Thread Gerald Coley
Lower than 5V that will not damage the board. But if you want the USB port to work, you need 5V. Gerald On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:58 AM, Vashista wrote: > Hi, > We are using beagle bone black for our project and we are powering it by > 5V adapter. We would like to

Re: [beagleboard] X15 Availability

2016-04-19 Thread Gerald Coley
We may be getting 200 or so of the current version out in a few weeks. The latest version is still a ways out due to a PCB fab issue. Gerald On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Ashwin Bhanderi < ashwin.bhanderi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greeting Gerald. Any info on specific stores that will be

Re: [beagleboard] Working links to blank-EEPROM flasher image?

2016-04-18 Thread Gerald Coley
It should not be. But, then again. Gerald On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:03 PM, William Hermans wrote: > >> *Oh they are there, too... But since the 'blank' eeprom flasher's >> overwrite the board eeprom, the oem's need to contact me directly.. and i >> can point them

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beagle Board outdoors?

2016-04-18 Thread Gerald Coley
Put it in a watertight box. Google NEMA boxes. Gerald On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:42 AM, Greg wrote: > I've also got an outdoor application. I want to run a BBG mounted to the > outside of my house. > > Did you find any good solution for this? > > Regards, > Greg > > >

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBone PCB stackup

2016-04-15 Thread Gerald Coley
day, February 8, 2012 at 12:45:43 PM UTC, Gerald wrote: >> >> The layer stackup is already posted. It is included in PCB Files ZIP >> file. It is in the form of a PDF file, beaglebone_revC1_PDF.zip. >> >> http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBone#Hardw

Re: [beagleboard] Does anyone know why there are no new BeagleBone Black's available?

2016-04-15 Thread Gerald Coley
No processors. I have no idea what the issue is and why we can't get them. We keep asking. Some say there are plenty out there and the distributors say they do not have very many. We are scrapping together as many as we can find but really not enough to do a run so far. Element14 builds their

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BeagleBoard-X15 Release Status

2016-04-12 Thread Gerald Coley
You bet. Gerald On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:01 AM, wrote: > Hey Gerald, thanks for the clarification :) it took me some time to find > what you were talking about. > To be honest I never knew that this is the official-official page for the > product, expected to

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoard-X15 Release Status

2016-04-12 Thread Gerald Coley
Sorry, but you are under-informed. Feel free to check the Wiki for the current status. http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-X15 And I have posted two updates here over the last couple of weeks. Gerald On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:41 AM, wrote: > Guys, first

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Manufacturing Test/Burn in Software/Hardware Tools

2016-04-07 Thread Gerald Coley
ebone available? Maybe some sort > of script that runs through and turns on/uses the peripherals during a test? > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:14 PM, <m...@kuvee.com>

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Manufacturing Test/Burn in Software/Hardware Tools

2016-04-07 Thread Gerald Coley
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:14 PM, wrote: > We are building an AM335X based board, and I was hoping someone could help > shed some light on the beaglebone test/burn in process during > manufacturing. I have read a few posts 'about' the process, but I have not > really seen a

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Release date update?

2016-04-06 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes indeed. Gerald On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 08:54:24 -0500, Gerald Coley > <ger...@beagleboard.org> declaimed the following: > > >1. We expect PCBs here in another week. 4/13/2016 > >

Re: [beagleboard] What is the difference between output pull-up, output pull-down, and output no pull?

2016-04-06 Thread Gerald Coley
You might try reading the datasheet for the AM3358 MCU. http://www.ti.com/product/AM3358 Gerald On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 4:38 PM, wrote: > > On the BeagleBone Black GPIOs, what is the difference between output > pull-up, output pull-down, and output no pull? > > > In other

Re: [beagleboard] Release date update?

2016-04-06 Thread Gerald Coley
riday, 30 October 2015 21:47:59 UTC+1, Gerald wrote: >>>> >>>> I just slipped it out 1 month. Board is throwing off stuff and failing >>>> FCC testing. We have some work to do to kill some frequencies. >>>> >>>> Gerald >>>> &g

Re: [beagleboard] End of Life or wildly popular?

2016-04-03 Thread Gerald Coley
gt; > > On 4/3/2016 4:58 PM, Gerald Coley wrote: > > I generally do not update the SRM unless there is a reason to do so. It is > not EOL. I may be updating it soon when I change the design however. > > Gerald > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 5:40 PM, William Hermans <yyrk..

Re: [beagleboard] End of Life or wildly popular?

2016-04-03 Thread Gerald Coley
I generally do not update the SRM unless there is a reason to do so. It is not EOL. I may be updating it soon when I change the design however. Gerald On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 5:40 PM, William Hermans wrote: > Well I take that back. Resellers on amazon had a few boards too,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Out yet?

2016-04-03 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes, you will be able to purchase it. As to the pressure, as long as you hold it and are OK, it should be fine. Gerald On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Sean McMahon wrote: > I am a scientist racing for the good of all mankind, locked in heated > battle for the cure

Re: [beagleboard] Why is R26 4.75K instead of recommended 100K ?

2016-04-02 Thread Gerald Coley
I decided to stick with rge TLS65317c because there was no reason to go to the D as it was new and not in ready supply. And it works. As to rhe resistor I would need to research that at some point. On Apr 2, 2016 6:28 AM, "Nicholas" wrote: > maybe wrong forum to ask ? > >

Re: [beagleboard] BBB/G prices constantly rising

2016-03-29 Thread Gerald Coley
I was going to say that, but I assumed that was obvious and had already been factored in. Gerald On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 8:00 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 7:31 AM, Karl Karpfen > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > during last year

Re: [beagleboard] BBB/G prices constantly rising

2016-03-29 Thread Gerald Coley
As to the BeagleBone Black, we have not increased our prices to the distributors for a very long time. What you may be seeing is people buying boards from distributors and then reselling them with an additional markup. We have a MSRP, but that is only a MSRP. We can't control what the distributors

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Issue with USB devices through a USB hub

2016-03-23 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes, I saw that. I decided it was a secret message and sent it on just in case. Gerald On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 4:20 PM, wrote: > Hi Karina, > > I agree with the posts on the power consumption. Depending on the USB > devices you are using you might be overloading

Re: [beagleboard] looks like the BeagleBone Black and this community is dead. Cannot even flash 8.3.

2016-03-22 Thread Gerald Coley
Source has been noted. Gerald On Mar 22, 2016 6:52 PM, "evilwulfie" wrote: > Nobody has forced you to use the BBB. > Nobody has forced you to even LIKE the BBB > > As long as you feel that way remove yourself from the list and we will not > be bothered > by you anymore. >

Re: [beagleboard] BBB Broken? SPI signal is at 1.8v

2016-03-22 Thread Gerald Coley
No way for me to tell what you may have done, but 1.8V is not good. Any chance you can provide more information like the pin number and connector you are using? What do you have connected to this pin? How is that device powered? Gerald On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Walker Archer

Re: [beagleboard] User LEDs stop blinking

2016-03-21 Thread Gerald Coley
Sounds like you damaged the processor. It will need to be replaced/ http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Expansion_Header_Pin_Usage Gerald On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:25 AM, wrote: > We are using a beaglebone black Rev A5C for our project. Mpu 6050 and >

Re: [beagleboard] RevB Expansion Headers

2016-03-19 Thread Gerald Coley
That means the expansion headers have not changed. No connectors changed. Gerald On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 2:59 AM, wrote: > I've read in another post that the changes between the RevA and RevB are > mostly layout related (HDMI and Power). > Does this mean that the expansion

Re: [beagleboard] X15 Availability

2016-03-18 Thread Gerald Coley
We expect to have the rev B1 boards in three weeks. We will test the boards after they are assembled.. Then we will do the FCC testing. *IF* it passes FCC, we should have boards out four four weeks after that. So figure 8 weeks +/- from today. Gerald On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 5:30 AM,

Re: [beagleboard] X15 Availability

2016-03-12 Thread Gerald Coley
For the most part, Rev A and B work about the same. Most changes are layout related. Gerald On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 1:42 AM, wrote: > Hi > > I am very thankful if you update me about when Rev B can be ready for > purchase, I want work with that in our new Year

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BBG fried. Hint needed to undestand why.

2016-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
I would not recommend shorting outputs of two processor together, something might get fried. Gerald On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Jordi Segura wrote: > Related to my unanswered problem below, main point I want to know is: > > Is it safe to connect directly the same Tx

Re: [beagleboard] Availability

2016-03-10 Thread Gerald Coley
We have no ship date firmed up yet. We just finished doing another spin of the board.. Prototypes are coming in about 4 weeks. We still have to do FCC testing on those boards.. There is a chance that they May ship on May 3rd but I will not say that is a firm date. When I have a firm ship

Re: [beagleboard] Release date update?

2016-03-01 Thread Gerald Coley
le. Any news about it? > > Thank you very much > > On Friday, 30 October 2015 21:47:59 UTC+1, Gerald wrote: >> >> I just slipped it out 1 month. Board is throwing off stuff and failing >> FCC testing. We have some work to do to kill some frequencies. >> >> Gerald

Re: [beagleboard] What is the purpose of eMMC_RSTn?

2016-02-29 Thread Gerald Coley
That is what it is there for. However, it does not work until you enable it in the eMMC itself. Gerald On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Geoff L. wrote: > On the BBB there is a gpio that is connected through a open collector > buffer to the emmc reset line. It seems that

Re: [beagleboard] AM5718

2016-02-19 Thread Gerald Coley
A lot bigger than the BBG, more expensive than the BBG, no support for the expansion connectors on the BBG and most likely, a different color. A lot smaller than the X15, less expensive than the X15, no support for the expansion connectors on the X15, and most likely a plaid color. Gerald. On

Re: [beagleboard] AM5718

2016-02-19 Thread Gerald Coley
I can't speak for Beagleboard.org on this on either if or time frame or form factor. That is up to Jason. We do have a AM5718 board we are designing for a customer and it is up and running. Gerald On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 3:23 AM, Stanislav Podolák < stanislav.podo...@amit.cz> wrote: > I have

Re: [beagleboard] DDR3L DATA LINES ISSUE

2016-02-16 Thread Gerald Coley
The purpose for this it to make the routing easier and less layers. It is common practice to do this in DDR designs. You can use Kingston or Micron. Micron and Kingston are the same die. No changes needed in DDR termination. They are the same die. Gerald On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 8:09 AM,

Re: [beagleboard] X15 Availability

2016-02-08 Thread Gerald Coley
We are working to get about 150 of the current revision out in the next few weeks to one distributor. We had some of the Rev A2 versions PCBs still available so we are working to build those up. If you look at http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-X15 you will see the latest official update

Re: [beagleboard] BBB availability?

2016-02-03 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K7EEX2U/?tag=specicompu-20 Gerald On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 4:32 AM, Taceant Omnes wrote: > It looks like BBB is selling like hot cakes. > > I would like to order a couple of them and Mouser, Radionics, Digikey and > Avnet are all out of stock. > >

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone black MMC hardware failure or corrupt filesystem?

2016-02-03 Thread Gerald Coley
Shutdown Linux before powering down. Gerald On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 1:04 PM, wrote: > Also the u-boot messages seem mangled. Not sure what would cause that -- > if it's a problem with my serial connection I would expect to see further > mangling once the kernel starts to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone black MMC hardware failure or corrupt filesystem?

2016-02-03 Thread Gerald Coley
That would be my guess. Yes, making it read only will help. Or attach a battery that can keep it powered up until shutdown can occur, and have the kernel shut it down. A lot of discussion in the forum on this topic. Gerald On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 1:17 PM, wrote: > So you

Re: [beagleboard] PRU signals on expansion headers of X-15?

2016-02-01 Thread Gerald Coley
You can find them listed in the datasheet of the processor. Use the signal name on the expansion header schematics to start.. Gerald On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 1:40 AM, Karl Karpfen wrote: > Hi, > > is there already an overview available which signals of the PRU(s) are >

Re: [beagleboard] Re: What limits Beagle Board Black HDMI resolution

2016-02-01 Thread Gerald Coley
You cannot do 60Hz. The processor will not support 60Hz. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#BeagleBone_Black_Features Gerald On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 9:51 AM, wrote: > > > Den onsdag 22 maj 2013 kl. 23:51:06 UTC+2 skrev Robert P. J. Day: >> >> > (1920 x

Re: [beagleboard] Shipping date?

2016-01-26 Thread Gerald Coley
I assume you are talking about the X15, you did not say. Based on that assumption: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-X15 Gerald On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:36 PM, wrote: > Any update on the shipping date? > > -- > For more options, visit

Re: [beagleboard] Signal GPIO2_7 misspelled as GPIO2_17 in schematic

2016-01-25 Thread Gerald Coley
We will look into it. Gerald On Jan 25, 2016 6:03 PM, "Kjetil Haarbye" wrote: > Observation on the BB-X15 schematic: > P3 ball is shown connected to GPIO2_17 in schematic. > GPIO2_17 in AM5728 (SoC) DS is at ball H5. > P3 ball in AM5728 (SoC) DS is connected to GPIO2_7. >

Re: [beagleboard] x15 sch: Signal gpio2_7 misspelled gpio2_17

2016-01-25 Thread Gerald Coley
We will look into it. Gerald On Jan 25, 2016 5:51 PM, "Kjetil Haarbye" wrote: > Observation on the BB-X15 schematic: > P3 ball is shown connected to GPIO2_17 in schematic. > GPIO2_17 in AM5728 (SoC) DS is at ball H5. > P3 ball in AM5728 (SoC) DS is connected to GPIO2_7. >

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Out yet?

2016-01-24 Thread Gerald Coley
No, it is not out yet. Looking at another 6 weeks or so estimated. Gerald On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 4:32 AM, wrote: > Hello, > > is it out? > > I still cannot find it to buy. > > Thanks > > > On Sunday, 29 November 2015 06:41:29 UTC+1, David Culp wrote: >> >> I

Re: [beagleboard] BBB HDMI initialization (bare metal)

2016-01-21 Thread Gerald Coley
I suggest you look at the Linux driver to determine the needed setup of the framer. Gerald On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 7:31 AM, Viktor From RU wrote: > I study BBB (bare metal) and learned how to initialize many of the > functional blocks on the AM3358. But to initialize

[beagleboard] Re: [beagle-alpha] BeagleBoard.org featured on NewsWatch TV on Discovery Channel Friday Jan 22, 2016

2016-01-21 Thread Gerald Coley
COOL! Gerald On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Jason Kridner wrote: > In case you are watching TV tomorrow night (Friday, January 22nd, 2016) > NewsWatch is airing a Consumer Electronics Show 2016 Special featuring > BeagleBoard.org, Oculus Rift, drones, interviews and

Re: [beagleboard] PCB Layout questions for BBB

2016-01-19 Thread Gerald Coley
PCB shops wil always modify the Gerber files to fit their processes to yield the desire impedance. Therefore the stack ups vary slightly from shop to shop. The specified stack up is in the files supplied. Terardrops are used for added robustness on connector pins that may be stressed during use.

Re: [beagleboard] Unable to start the beaglebone black

2016-01-12 Thread Gerald Coley
Most likely your PC port is unable to supply enough current to the board and it shuts down. Gerald. On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:55 AM, shamim ali wrote: > When bone is connected with the pc through the mini usb the power ed > blinks and then it turns off but when i

Re: [beagleboard] Unable to start the beaglebone black

2016-01-12 Thread Gerald Coley
> > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> > wrote: > >> Added information always helps. You could have damaged the USB power >> input, or the power could exceed 500 mA on your board even on a powered USB >> HUB. >> &

Re: [beagleboard] Unable to start the beaglebone black

2016-01-12 Thread Gerald Coley
=en=shamim.ali123456...@gmail.com=22> > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:42 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> > wrote: > >> Most likely your PC port is unable to supply enough current to the board >> and it shuts down. >> >> Gerald. >> >> On Tu

Re: [beagleboard] Feature request: PoE

2016-01-12 Thread Gerald Coley
Feature request received. But no room on the board for this feature. It will not fit. Gerald On Jan 12, 2016 7:14 PM, "Robert Nelson" wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Robert Hurd > wrote: > >> This is purely a feature request for the

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Feature request: PoE

2016-01-12 Thread Gerald Coley
I looked at this in great detail back when I designed the board. Based on price and the fact it had to fit in an Altoid box, it just wasn't going to work. Gerald On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 7:49 PM, Robert Hurd wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. > I can see what you mean

Re: [beagleboard] Re: PMIC test driver

2016-01-11 Thread Gerald Coley
I suggest that you contact your TI support person or look at the TI code they provide. Gerald On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 6:07 AM, Chandan Kumar wrote: > > > Sir, > > I am working on Linux platform > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- >

Re: [beagleboard] SD card license to clone BeagleBone Black

2016-01-11 Thread Gerald Coley
There is no license fee for the SD card that you need to be concerned about.. That is paid by the manufacturers of the SD card and the cost of the license is passed on to the purchaser in the price paid for the SD card. Gerald On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Shiwei

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BBB in Cold Weather

2016-01-07 Thread Gerald Coley
Well, if you board has no eMMC, then it is not a real BBB. And, there is no way of knowing what parts on there are really the best parts. So it could be anything on it that does not like cooler temperatures. Gerald On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org>

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BBB in Cold Weather

2016-01-07 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes, that was a while back and is covered on the WikI. They were special screens when we first started. Max frequency and an AM3359 is 800MHz. These were screened for 1GHZ operation. Gerald On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2016

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BBB in Cold Weather

2016-01-07 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes, A5C was the fake AM3359. Gerald On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Steve French wrote: > Gerald, > Luckily all of mine are "A5C" and the processor says XAM3359. I got lucky > on that one and will pay closer attention to that in the future for cold > temperature

Re: [beagleboard] Can we turn BeagleBone Black to an FM receiver ?

2016-01-06 Thread Gerald Coley
My suggestion is that read up on the processor. And there is no FM receiver inputs on the processor. http://www.ti.com/product/AM3358/technicaldocuments Gerald On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 7:19 AM, wrote: > Hello all, > > I was going through and article about Turning RPi into

Re: [beagleboard] BBB RevB with Debian 7.5 image

2016-01-05 Thread Gerald Coley
I would ask Jason Kridner to make the codification. Gerald On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Ray Madigan wrote: > > > On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 10:12:04 AM UTC-8, RobertCNelson wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Ray Madigan >>

Re: [beagleboard] REGEN1 pin

2016-01-04 Thread Gerald Coley
You must use the REGEN1 pin as done on the schematic to guarantee the power sequencing. The design in the schematic works. If you want to create a new design and try something else, then you are certainly welcome to do so. Gerald On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 6:52 AM, Chandan Kumar

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