On Wednesday 06 February 2013 08:58:45 Charles Steinkuehler did opine: Message additions Copyright Wednesday 06 February 2013 by Gene Heskett
> On 2/6/2013 1:27 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 February 2013 02:26:59 Gregory Perry did opine: > > Message additions Copyright Wednesday 06 February 2013 by Gene > > Heskett > > > >> There are two (2) 200MHz RISC cores that constitute the PRUSS > >> subsystem on the BeagleBone. Each can address eight (8) pins on > >> the expansion headers, for a total of 16 pins. > > > > Insufficient. Nice thought while it lasted though. > > Those are just the PRU I/O pins, which can be used for high-speed > signals (ie: step/dir). The BeagleBone has 44 I/O on P8, and another > 32 on P9 (those numbers include the PRU I/O pins). And 7 of those I/O > can be analog inputs. > > There are a *LOT* of I/O on the BeagleBone vs. a parallel port. Thats much better. I just hope that we aren't setting up a fork, with each version diverging until we are no longer capable of keeping a leg in both canoes. Now, is anyone working on a 'breakout' board? Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> Tuesday After Lunch is the cosmic time of the week. I was taught to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder to find any... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
