Jon: Thanks for the suggestions. I'll address each in line.. --Mark
On Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 12:11:56 PM UTC-4 jonn...@gmail.com wrote: > Very cool Mark. > > A couple of notes: > 1. It might be a good idea to put a note in there for the folks to back > up their currently booted dts/dtb files before editing them. > *Good idea, but this is a git repo, so I added the following: * > https://elinux.org/EBC_Exercise_17_Switching_a_GPIO_to_an_LED#Recovering_from_a_miss-edit > 2. Under "Finding which device tree to edit" I believe there is a typo: > Note: If you want to edit the source using cloud9 us the following > trick ... > Should be: > Note: If you want to edit the source using cloud9 *use* the > following trick ... > *Fixed. Thanks.* > 3. When you run make, would it be best to just run it against the file > that was edited rather than the whole folder? > Maybe the build script is smart enough to figure this out. > *You can do the individual file, but it more typing. I guess I'm lazy. > And it still installs everything.* > 4. Under "Adding our LED" there is the following without explaining the > why. Was this intentional? > "How did I know to use *gpio1* and *18*?" > *That was intentional to get my students to think a bit. Should I include > the answer for the broader **audience**? * > This is a nice series. Thanks for sharing. > > Cheers, > > Jon > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 8:31 AM Renaud Waldura <rwal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good stuff, thank you Mark! >> >> How are the triggers defined? They're more or less self explanatory, I'm >> just curious how it works. >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 6:06 AM Mark A. Yoder <mark.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Yup, years for facing blank stares has taught me a few things. >>> >>> This particular example touched on so many different things it could be >>> a nice final exam. >>> >>> --Mark >>> On Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 9:59:23 PM UTC-4 lazarman wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Well presented I like your approach at documentation I bet that comes >>>> from teaching >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >>>> <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 5:30 PM, Mark A. Yoder >>>> <mark.a...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Beagler's: >>>> I just wrote up some notes on how to edit the device tree to change a >>>> GPIO into an LED. >>>> >>>> Switching_a_GPIO_to_an_LED >>>> <https://elinux.org/EBC_Exercise_17_Switching_a_GPIO_to_an_LED> >>>> >>>> It's are rather involved process that requires understanding some >>>> deeper magic. >>>> >>>> Let me know what you think. >>>> >>>> --Mark >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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, send >>>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/61317cde-fb07-4c98-bc56-c968e58e7a10n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/61317cde-fb07-4c98-bc56-c968e58e7a10n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/6203e02e-107b-4404-b952-0ef40ad12118n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/6203e02e-107b-4404-b952-0ef40ad12118n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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, send an >> email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAN%2B%3DRhG066CY6W8sC8M%3D2-fPbqEv8uTHJEShNiAU4_CgN2pJWw%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAN%2B%3DRhG066CY6W8sC8M%3D2-fPbqEv8uTHJEShNiAU4_CgN2pJWw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/792ec4de-54ab-48da-8662-dc48137500ccn%40googlegroups.com.