[beagleboard] Re: What Are Some "Okay" Ways to Test If Specific Pins on the P8 and P9 Headers are Still Working?

2017-08-08 Thread Graham
Seth:
I don't think the software commands can see any closer to the pins than the 
I/O registers associated with the pins.
Physical or electrical damage to the pins, such as damaging the ESD diodes, 
or damaging an I/O transistor might not change the behavior at the I/O 
registers.
If you want to test or verify the pin hardware, I think some minimal 
external hardware needs to be involved.
--- Graham

==

On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 4:22:25 PM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote:
>
> Hello Graham,
>
> Seth here. Okay, I will just check to see if they are working. I thought 
> the distro could detect our hardware and if it was in working order or not. 
> I know of the *i2cdetect *command to see if the hardware is available but 
> I thought there was a software to detect if the hardware still was working. 
>
> Seth
>
> P.S. Thank you for your input. I will check out the looping function for 
> output. I might just see if the multi-meter can read the respected volts 
> from the pins "I ruined." Thank you, again. 
>
> On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 12:58:39 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
>>
>> I don't know how to do a pure software solution.
>> If you want coverage of the BBB Hardware all the way to the pin, I would 
>> do a simple loop-back test, where the pins are connected in pairs, and you 
>> wiggle one pin as an output, and see if its paired pin can see it as an 
>> input.
>> Then reverse and wiggle the second pin, and see if the first sees it.
>> Very simple hardware. Just a bunch of pins shorted to each other.
>>
>> --- Graham
>>
>> ==
>>
>> On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 11:46:43 AM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am still looking around for test options for the Debian OS on our BBB. 
>>> Do you know how to test the P9 and P8 headers on our boards with software?
>>>
>>> Seth
>>>
>>> On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 7:28:09 PM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote:

 Hello,

 The other day is when I did some incorrect measurements and almost 
 burned down the "world." Anyway, I need some support. What are some 
 surefire ways I can test my GPIO pins in the Debian distro with our 
 commands?

 Seth

 P.S. I do not want to test them via hardware. I thought there might be 
 a way to test them with our BASH in Debian. If you know and are willing to 
 share, I would like to have you on board on this specific task. Thank you 
 again for the support. 

>>>

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[beagleboard] Re: What Are Some "Okay" Ways to Test If Specific Pins on the P8 and P9 Headers are Still Working?

2017-08-07 Thread Mala Dies
Hello Graham,

Seth here. Okay, I will just check to see if they are working. I thought 
the distro could detect our hardware and if it was in working order or not. 
I know of the *i2cdetect *command to see if the hardware is available but I 
thought there was a software to detect if the hardware still was working. 

Seth

P.S. Thank you for your input. I will check out the looping function for 
output. I might just see if the multi-meter can read the respected volts 
from the pins "I ruined." Thank you, again. 

On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 12:58:39 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
>
> I don't know how to do a pure software solution.
> If you want coverage of the BBB Hardware all the way to the pin, I would 
> do a simple loop-back test, where the pins are connected in pairs, and you 
> wiggle one pin as an output, and see if its paired pin can see it as an 
> input.
> Then reverse and wiggle the second pin, and see if the first sees it.
> Very simple hardware. Just a bunch of pins shorted to each other.
>
> --- Graham
>
> ==
>
> On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 11:46:43 AM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am still looking around for test options for the Debian OS on our BBB. 
>> Do you know how to test the P9 and P8 headers on our boards with software?
>>
>> Seth
>>
>> On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 7:28:09 PM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> The other day is when I did some incorrect measurements and almost 
>>> burned down the "world." Anyway, I need some support. What are some 
>>> surefire ways I can test my GPIO pins in the Debian distro with our 
>>> commands?
>>>
>>> Seth
>>>
>>> P.S. I do not want to test them via hardware. I thought there might be a 
>>> way to test them with our BASH in Debian. If you know and are willing to 
>>> share, I would like to have you on board on this specific task. Thank you 
>>> again for the support. 
>>>
>>

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[beagleboard] Re: What Are Some "Okay" Ways to Test If Specific Pins on the P8 and P9 Headers are Still Working?

2017-08-07 Thread Graham
I don't know how to do a pure software solution.
If you want coverage of the BBB Hardware all the way to the pin, I would do 
a simple loop-back test, where the pins are connected in pairs, and you 
wiggle one pin as an output, and see if its paired pin can see it as an 
input.
Then reverse and wiggle the second pin, and see if the first sees it.
Very simple hardware. Just a bunch of pins shorted to each other.

--- Graham

==

On Monday, August 7, 2017 at 11:46:43 AM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am still looking around for test options for the Debian OS on our BBB. 
> Do you know how to test the P9 and P8 headers on our boards with software?
>
> Seth
>
> On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 7:28:09 PM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The other day is when I did some incorrect measurements and almost burned 
>> down the "world." Anyway, I need some support. What are some surefire ways 
>> I can test my GPIO pins in the Debian distro with our commands?
>>
>> Seth
>>
>> P.S. I do not want to test them via hardware. I thought there might be a 
>> way to test them with our BASH in Debian. If you know and are willing to 
>> share, I would like to have you on board on this specific task. Thank you 
>> again for the support. 
>>
>

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[beagleboard] Re: What Are Some "Okay" Ways to Test If Specific Pins on the P8 and P9 Headers are Still Working?

2017-08-07 Thread Mala Dies
Hello,

I am still looking around for test options for the Debian OS on our BBB. Do 
you know how to test the P9 and P8 headers on our boards with software?

Seth

On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 7:28:09 PM UTC-5, Mala Dies wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> The other day is when I did some incorrect measurements and almost burned 
> down the "world." Anyway, I need some support. What are some surefire ways 
> I can test my GPIO pins in the Debian distro with our commands?
>
> Seth
>
> P.S. I do not want to test them via hardware. I thought there might be a 
> way to test them with our BASH in Debian. If you know and are willing to 
> share, I would like to have you on board on this specific task. Thank you 
> again for the support. 
>

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[beagleboard] RE: What Are Some "Okay" Ways to Test If Specific Pins on the P8 and P9 Headers are Still Working?

2017-07-27 Thread Mala Dies
Hello,

The other day is when I did some incorrect measurements and almost burned 
down the "world." Anyway, I need some support. What are some surefire ways 
I can test my GPIO pins in the Debian distro with our commands?

Seth

P.S. I do not want to test them via hardware. I thought there might be a 
way to test them with our BASH in Debian. If you know and are willing to 
share, I would like to have you on board on this specific task. Thank you 
again for the support. 

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