[beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance sensors used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a rather explicit warning: NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? Thank you for your time. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but eventually you could blow up the processor. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through Cousera, > the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone Black. The > robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance sensors used for > odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to pins 33, 35, > 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same power supply > used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a rather > explicit warning: > > NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO > THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. > NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. > > My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin > driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a > software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the > class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? > > Thank you for your time. > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
If everything is driven form the same power source, even with voltage dividers or regulators, can we assume that turning on all devices at the same time, with one power switch, is safe or do we need to somehow put a delay into powering on everything but the BBB board? Eric On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but > eventually you could blow up the processor. > > Gerald > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > >> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through Cousera, >> the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone Black. The >> robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance sensors used for >> odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to pins 33, 35, >> 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same power supply >> used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a rather >> explicit warning: >> >> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO >> THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. >> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. >> >> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin >> driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a >> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the >> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Eric Palmer -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and exactly the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette myself. Do you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage regulator like http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned on via a pin on the BBB once it is up and running? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but > eventually you could blow up the processor. > > Gerald > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > >> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through Cousera, >> the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone Black. The >> robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance sensors used for >> odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to pins 33, 35, >> 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same power supply >> used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a rather >> explicit warning: >> >> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO >> THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. >> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. >> >> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin >> driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a >> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the >> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and exactly > the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette myself. Do > you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage regulator like > http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned on via a pin on the > BBB once it is up and running? > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but >> eventually you could blow up the processor. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: >> >>> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through >>> Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone >>> Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance sensors >>> used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to >>> pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same >>> power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a >>> rather explicit warning: >>> >>> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO >>> THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. >>> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. >>> >>> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin >>> driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a >>> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the >>> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? >>> >>> Thank you for your time. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
The way I read the manual and understand Gerald is that it isn't safe any more than it is safe to play Russian roulette because you don't always get shot. As Gerald said, you just might get lucky and not blow anything... until you do. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: > If everything is driven form the same power source, even with voltage > dividers or regulators, can we assume that turning on all devices at the > same time, with one power switch, is safe or do we need to somehow put a > delay into powering on everything but the BBB board? > > Eric > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but >> eventually you could blow up the processor. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: >> >>> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through Cousera, >>> the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone Black. The >>> robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance sensors used for >>> odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to pins 33, 35, >>> 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same power supply >>> used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a rather >>> explicit warning: >>> >>> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO >>> THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. >>> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. >>> >>> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin >>> driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a >>> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the >>> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? >>> >>> Thank you for your time. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Eric Palmer > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
Thanks for all you do Gerald. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > >> Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and exactly >> the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette myself. Do >> you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage regulator like >> http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned on via a pin on >> the BBB once it is up and running? >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: >> >>> I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but >>> eventually you could blow up the processor. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: >>> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance sensors used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a rather explicit warning: NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? Thank you for your time. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
Awesome Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be participating so much. Thanks On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > >> Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and exactly >> the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette myself. Do >> you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage regulator like >> http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned on via a pin on >> the BBB once it is up and running? >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: >> >>> I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but >>> eventually you could blow up the processor. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: >>> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance sensors used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a rather explicit warning: NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? Thank you for your time. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Eric Palmer -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
I am not sure how to take that!Not sure if it is luck or something else. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: > Awesome > > Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be participating so > much. > > Thanks > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: >> >>> Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and exactly >>> the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette myself. Do >>> you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage regulator like >>> http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned on via a pin on >>> the BBB once it is up and running? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: >>> I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but eventually you could blow up the processor. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through > Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone > Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance > sensors > used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to > pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same > power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a > rather explicit warning: > > NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED > TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. > NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. > > My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin > driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a > software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the > class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? > > Thank you for your time. > > -- > 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. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Eric Palmer > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
:) Attempts at humor on only one cup of coffee might not be so funny! On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:14 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > I am not sure how to take that!Not sure if it is luck or something else. > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: > >> Awesome >> >> Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be participating so >> much. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: >> >>> Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: >>> Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and exactly the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette myself. Do you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage regulator like http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned on via a pin on the BBB once it is up and running? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but > eventually you could blow up the processor. > > Gerald > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax > wrote: > >> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through >> Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone >> Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance >> sensors >> used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to >> pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same >> power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a >> rather explicit warning: >> >> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED >> TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. >> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. >> >> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to >> begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I >> am a >> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the >> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Eric Palmer >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_ou
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
Yes I get that. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > I am not sure how to take that!Not sure if it is luck or something else. > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: > >> Awesome >> >> Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be participating so >> much. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: >> >>> Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: >>> Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and exactly the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette myself. Do you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage regulator like http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned on via a pin on the BBB once it is up and running? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but > eventually you could blow up the processor. > > Gerald > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax > wrote: > >> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through >> Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone >> Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance >> sensors >> used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to >> pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same >> power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a >> rather explicit warning: >> >> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED >> TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. >> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. >> >> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to >> begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I >> am a >> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the >> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Eric Palmer >> >> -- >> 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. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Eric Palmer -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
That is my secret. I don't need coffee! The inside story is that I am always here. I have no life! Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: > Yes I get that. > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> I am not sure how to take that!Not sure if it is luck or something else. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: >> >>> Awesome >>> >>> Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be participating >>> so much. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: >>> Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and > exactly the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette > myself. Do you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage > regulator like http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned > on via a pin on the BBB once it is up and running? > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley > wrote: > >> I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but >> eventually you could blow up the processor. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax > > wrote: >> >>> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through >>> Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone >>> Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance >>> sensors >>> used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to >>> pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same >>> power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has >>> a >>> rather explicit warning: >>> >>> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED >>> TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. >>> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. >>> >>> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to >>> begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I >>> am a >>> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the >>> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? >>> >>> Thank you for your time. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >> the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Eric Palmer >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> 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
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
Next time you are in Houston, coffee is on me! On Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:28:06 AM UTC-6, Gerald wrote: > > That is my secret. I don't need coffee! The inside story is that I am > always here. I have no life! > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Eric Palmer > > > wrote: > >> Yes I get that. >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Gerald Coley >> >> > wrote: >> >>> I am not sure how to take that!Not sure if it is luck or something else. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eric Palmer >>> >>> > wrote: >>> Awesome Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be participating so much. Thanks On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley > wrote: > Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax > > > wrote: > >> Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and >> exactly the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette >> myself. Do you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage >> regulator like http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned >> on via a pin on the BBB once it is up and running? >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley >> >> > wrote: >> >>> I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, >>> but eventually you could blow up the processor. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax >>> >>> > wrote: >>> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance sensors used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers to pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the same power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual has a rather explicit warning: NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE WARRANTY. NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, I am a software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in the class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? Thank you for your time. -- 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 . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in >>> the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> beagleboard...@googlegroups.com . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> 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 . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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 . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Eric Palmer -- 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
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
Houston! Us folks in this part of the state try to stay away from Houston! Actually I have spent a lot of time over the years in Houston. Been to a few Astros games as well. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > Next time you are in Houston, coffee is on me! > > > On Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:28:06 AM UTC-6, Gerald wrote: > >> That is my secret. I don't need coffee! The inside story is that I am >> always here. I have no life! >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: >> >>> Yes I get that. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: >>> I am not sure how to take that!Not sure if it is luck or something else. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: > Awesome > > Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be participating > so much. > > Thanks > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley > wrote: > >> Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and >>> exactly the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette >>> myself. Do you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage >>> regulator like http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be >>> turned on via a pin on the BBB once it is up and running? >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley >> > wrote: >>> I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, but eventually you could blow up the processor. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax < able...@gmail.com> wrote: > As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through > Cousera, the students are building robots based around the BeagleBone > Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance > sensors > used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers > to > pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the > same > power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual > has a > rather explicit warning: > > NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT > SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE > WARRANTY. > NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. > > My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to > begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, > I am a > software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in > the > class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern invalid? > > Thank you for your time. > > -- > 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. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.googl
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
I sure hope that was years ago when they actually won a game or two. We have other attractions. We even almost have NASA. On Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:57:57 AM UTC-6, Gerald wrote: > > Houston! Us folks in this part of the state try to stay away from Houston! > > Actually I have spent a lot of time over the years in Houston. Been to a > few Astros games as well. > > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Matthew Witherwax > > > wrote: > >> Next time you are in Houston, coffee is on me! >> >> >> On Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:28:06 AM UTC-6, Gerald wrote: >> >>> That is my secret. I don't need coffee! The inside story is that I am >>> always here. I have no life! >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: >>> Yes I get that. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > I am not sure how to take that!Not sure if it is luck > or something else. > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: > >> Awesome >> >> Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be >> participating so much. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley > > wrote: >> >>> Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax >> > wrote: >>> Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and exactly the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette myself. Do you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage regulator like http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned on via a pin on the BBB once it is up and running? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley < ger...@beagleboard.org> wrote: > I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, > but eventually you could blow up the processor. > > Gerald > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax < > able...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through >> Cousera, the students are building robots based around the >> BeagleBone >> Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance >> sensors >> used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers >> to >> pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the >> same >> power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual >> has a >> rather explicit warning: >> >> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT >> SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE >> WARRANTY. >> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. >> >> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to >> begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, >> I am a >> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in >> the >> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern >> invalid? >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in > the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email > to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit http
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
But now you have Nolan Ryan. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: > I sure hope that was years ago when they actually won a game or two. We > have other attractions. We even almost have NASA. > > > On Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:57:57 AM UTC-6, Gerald wrote: > >> Houston! Us folks in this part of the state try to stay away from Houston! >> >> Actually I have spent a lot of time over the years in Houston. Been to a >> few Astros games as well. >> >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Matthew Witherwax wrote: >> >>> Next time you are in Houston, coffee is on me! >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:28:06 AM UTC-6, Gerald wrote: >>> That is my secret. I don't need coffee! The inside story is that I am always here. I have no life! Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: > Yes I get that. > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Gerald Coley > wrote: > >> I am not sure how to take that!Not sure if it is luck >> or something else. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: >> >>> Awesome >>> >>> Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be >>> participating so much. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley < >>> ger...@beagleboard.org> wrote: >>> Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax < able...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and > exactly the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette > myself. Do you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage > regulator like http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be > turned on via a pin on the BBB once it is up and running? > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley < > ger...@beagleboard.org> wrote: > >> I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, >> but eventually you could blow up the processor. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax < >> able...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered >>> through Cousera, the students are building robots based around the >>> BeagleBone Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 >>> reflectance sensors used for odometry. These sensors are connected >>> via >>> voltage dividers to pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and >>> are >>> powered from the same power supply used to power the BeagleBone >>> Black. The >>> System Manual has a rather explicit warning: >>> >>> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT >>> SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE >>> WARRANTY. >>> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES >>> HIGH. >>> >>> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to >>> begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; >>> however, I am a >>> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many >>> in the >>> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern >>> invalid? >>> >>> Thank you for your time. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out >>> . >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic >> in the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/un >> subscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email >> to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
Maybe you can still go to the Astrodome - the eighth wonder of the world! On Thursday, March 6, 2014 10:57:57 AM UTC-5, Gerald wrote: > > Houston! Us folks in this part of the state try to stay away from Houston! > > Actually I have spent a lot of time over the years in Houston. Been to a > few Astros games as well. > > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Matthew Witherwax > > > wrote: > >> Next time you are in Houston, coffee is on me! >> >> >> On Thursday, March 6, 2014 9:28:06 AM UTC-6, Gerald wrote: >> >>> That is my secret. I don't need coffee! The inside story is that I am >>> always here. I have no life! >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: >>> Yes I get that. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > I am not sure how to take that!Not sure if it is luck > or something else. > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Eric Palmer wrote: > >> Awesome >> >> Gerald we are lucky to have you on this mail list and be >> participating so much. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Gerald Coley > > wrote: >> >>> Yes you can do that Use the 3.3V to enable the regulators. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Matthew Witherwax >> > wrote: >>> Thanks Gerald. That is exactly the response I was expecting and exactly the feeling I had. Never really like playing Russian roulette myself. Do you see any issue with powering the sensors via a voltage regulator like http://www.pololu.com/product/2098 that can be turned on via a pin on the BBB once it is up and running? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Gerald Coley < ger...@beagleboard.org> wrote: > I put that in there for a reason. It may not happen all the time, > but eventually you could blow up the processor. > > Gerald > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Matthew Witherwax < > able...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> As part of the Control of Mobile Robotics class offered through >> Cousera, the students are building robots based around the >> BeagleBone >> Black. The robot has 5 infrared distance sensors and 2 reflectance >> sensors >> used for odometry. These sensors are connected via voltage dividers >> to >> pins 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 49 of P9, and are powered from the >> same >> power supply used to power the BeagleBone Black. The System Manual >> has a >> rather explicit warning: >> >> NOTE: DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE TO ANY I/O PIN WHEN POWER IS NOT >> SUPPLIED TO THE BOARD. IT WILL DAMAGE THE PROCESSOR AND VOID THE >> WARRANTY. >> NO PINS ARE TO BE DRIVEN UNTIL AFTER THE SYS_RESET LINE GOES HIGH. >> >> My concern is the current arrangement would allow the sensors to >> begin driving the pins before the SYS_RESET line goes high; however, >> I am a >> software guy just starting down the hardware path. Thus far many in >> the >> class have been using the robot without issue. Is my concern >> invalid? >> >> Thank you for your time. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in > the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/beagleboard/_5Puwswy-RQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email > to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
On a related note: If my sensors are buffered and gated to sys_resetn am I safe if the BBB powers down a few ms before the rest? My circuit watches the 3.3V regulator output and when it falls away the power for the entire circuit is killed as well but it takes 5-9ms for the power controller to notice and react to the condition. My buffers are connected to SYS_RESETN via a schmidt-inverter driving the /OE gates for the pins. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?
You are fine. Reset is no the issue. Power is. The fact that the power is removed makes everything safe. Reset is an easy way to make sure the board is powered up and provides a logic level indication of that fact.. Gerald On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 12:47 AM, wrote: > On a related note: If my sensors are buffered and gated to sys_resetn am > I safe if the BBB powers down a few ms before the rest? My circuit watches > the 3.3V regulator output and when it falls away the power for the entire > circuit is killed as well but it takes 5-9ms for the power controller to > notice and react to the condition. My buffers are connected to SYS_RESETN > via a schmidt-inverter driving the /OE gates for the pins. > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
