[beagleboard] POV (Peripheral of Vision) Display ; Displaying temperature and time

2015-04-14 Thread J_ROBO
Hi All, I'm in the process of creating a POV (Peripheral of VIsion ) display with the Beaglebone Black. I intend on displaying current time and temperature. I'm trying to figure out a way to access the time on the Beaglebone and values from my temperature sensor in C so I can display this

[beagleboard] not enbling spi/uart cape from uEnv.txt in arch-linux

2015-04-14 Thread Sandip Patil
hello everyone, I have enbled uart/spidev cape from uEnv.txt file from /boot/uboot in debian. i newly installed arch-linux on BBB but in boot partition uEnv.txt file content only one line optargs=coherent_pool=1M i have tried to load .dtbo(uart/spidev) file from here (like from debian) but

[beagleboard] not enabling (uart/spi) cape in arch-linux from uEnv.txt

2015-04-14 Thread Sandip Patil
hello everyone, I have enbled uart/spidev cape from uEnv.txt file from /boot/uboot in debian. i newly installed arch-linux on BBB but in boot partition uEnv.txt file content only one line optargs=coherent_pool=1M i have tried to load .dtbo(uart/spidev) file from here (like from debian) but

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread Jaime Fernández-Caro Belmonte
Hello Robert, Is this connman also killing Jessie Console configuration (ETH-WifI)? Since a Month or Two I´m having problems with WiFi configuration and also with Eth under /etc/network/interfaces. It is installed by default for some reason now? Thanks! El lunes, 16 de marzo de 2015, 1:38:04

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Jaime Fernández-Caro Belmonte jaime...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Robert, Is this connman also killing Jessie Console configuration (ETH-WifI)? Since a Month or Two I´m having problems with WiFi configuration and also with Eth under /etc/network/interfaces. It

[beagleboard] Re: PMIC not shutting down after CPU power off

2015-04-14 Thread Brad Andersen
Check out the following: Bone VDD_3V3EXP Disable Issues BBB battery connected doesn't powerdown VDD_3V3EXP P9_3/4. BBB operation with battery There's a bunch more references, but this describes a hardware fix. On Monday, April 13, 2015 at 12:14:50 PM UTC-7, jean@dazedstudio.com wrote:

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread Jaime Fernández-Caro Belmonte
Now I understand why I could not configure WiFi...!!! I solved ETH0 issue commenting it. Do you think is that a bug (to be solved) on jessie? Thnks for your answer! El martes, 14 de abril de 2015, 19:50:24 (UTC+2), RobertCNelson escribió: On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Jaime

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread Jaime Fernández-Caro Belmonte
By the way the 2 minute delay on boot is also solved replacing this: auto eth0 By this: allow-hotplug eth0 Best regards! El martes, 14 de abril de 2015, 20:21:21 (UTC+2), Jaime Fernández-Caro Belmonte escribió: Now I understand why I could not configure WiFi...!!! I solved ETH0 issue

[beagleboard] Re: Need help getting Debian to sync the system clock with my RTC on boot (and not with rtc-omap)

2015-04-14 Thread whellenthal
Did you find a solution? I'm having the same problem. It seems that during boot the /etc/timestamp is used to set the hwclock. I suspected the boot_script.sh file but after changing it the problem remained. I can set the timestamp during a shutdown but I would rather see a more general

Re: [beagleboard] Wireless mesh networking

2015-04-14 Thread abu . fahruddin
hi... Just try to implement mesh network by using raspberry and my usb wifi dongle is edimax ew 7811un with realtek rtl8192cu. But I still cannot ping each other refer to explanation that you ever use rtl7811cu, could you help me what the problem so I cannot ping each othe. I have been

[beagleboard] Enable RTC function in TPS65950

2015-04-14 Thread Hao Nguyen
Hi, Have anyone ever enable to use RTC function of TPS65950. I can't enable it. Plzz help me! -- 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

[beagleboard] Generating a pulse using the beagle bone

2015-04-14 Thread ggnamita
Hello everybody, I am new to this forum, so kindly some silly mistakes of mine.. I am trying to generate a pulse on the beaglebone board which is to be given to specific pins of the MCP23017.. I have previously worked on the raspberry pi and know that there is the pigpio library available that

[beagleboard] I can't read GPIO port on BBxM RevC2

2015-04-14 Thread Erkan Güzeler
Hi everyone, I'm using BBxM Rev C2 board and trying to read GPIO_159 that is in expansion header. I successfully used it as output(Turn On LED and TURN OFF LED). But I can't read anything on this port. I used this steps; cd /sys/class/gpio/ echo 159 export cd

[beagleboard] LCD screen

2015-04-14 Thread Julian Gold
We have attached an LCD screen (4G) to our BBB rev C, and the serial port /dev/ttyO2 has vanished. Is this expected? Also the boot time has become ridiculous - it take about 4 minutes (including multiple reboots) to get to the (Debian) desktop. Can this be fixed? -- For more options, visit

[beagleboard] Powering down a Beaglebone black that is being powered from a LiPo battery

2015-04-14 Thread Matt Maher Peterson
Hi, Working a beaglebone black that I am trying to power both with a wall wart and with LiPo battery thru the TPS functionality. I have all the power working well except that I cannot get the damn thing to power down from the power switch on the board. Holding the switch down for 8 seconds

[beagleboard] Kernel 3.14 and LCD cape

2015-04-14 Thread Keith Conger
Hi All, I'm trying to enable support for my 4DCAPE_43T LCD, UART1 and disable HDMI in kernel 3.14. I've modified am335x-boneblack.dts by commenting out HDMI, and all UARTs except UART1 then include the dtsi for my LCD. I rebuilt the the dtb file and copied it to /boot/dtbs/. Its appears to

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread William Hermans
@Robert Any idea what is causing this ? I've yet to experience this myself, but I always use ethernet + static IP. Did I mention that I dislike connman with a passion ? On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Jaime

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 4:32 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: @Robert Any idea what is causing this ? I've yet to experience this myself, but I always use ethernet + static IP. Did I mention that I dislike connman with a passion ? In Jessie, I've been playing around with,

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Jaime Fernández-Caro Belmonte jaime...@gmail.com wrote: By the way the 2 minute delay on boot is also solved replacing this: auto eth0 By this: allow-hotplug eth0 Unless eth0 is plugged in at boot.. Then it doesn't always get an ip address. Regards, --

[beagleboard] modify uart driver in BBB

2015-04-14 Thread chinna4emb
Hello All, I am newbie to this group as well as usage of BBB. I am trying to write my own uart driver using BBB for prototype purpose. I Googled a lot, but no where a clear cut implementation is mentioned. I gone through many training material too. Here are the few things where I want clarity

Re: [beagleboard] modify uart driver in BBB

2015-04-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:42 AM, chinna4...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, I am newbie to this group as well as usage of BBB. I am trying to write my own uart driver using BBB for prototype purpose. I Googled a lot, but no where a clear cut implementation is mentioned. I gone through many

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread Jaime Fernández-Caro Belmonte
Thanks for your answer again Robert. Is this issue Kernel relevant? I mean, could be caused because Debian Jessie is supposed to be 3.16 by default and BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-jessie-console-armhf-2015-04-09-2gb.img has 3.14 on it for BBB? BRegards. -- For more options, visit

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Jaime Fernández-Caro Belmonte jaime...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your answer again Robert. Is this issue Kernel relevant? I mean, could be caused because Debian Jessie is supposed to be 3.16 by default and

Re: [beagleboard] Jessie debian lxqt

2015-04-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 4:32 PM, William Hermans yyrk...@gmail.com wrote: @Robert Any idea what is causing this ? I've yet to experience this myself, but I always use ethernet + static IP. Did I mention that I

Re: [beagleboard] Re: New BeagleBone Black Metal Enclosure

2015-04-14 Thread Rigid Concepts
A cape should not hit the cable gland. We modified the cable gland so that it is shorter and doesn't extend over the BBB. The cable gland can be removed if you don't want it installed. Please let me know if you have any more questions. We welcome questions/comments. We want the best design

Re: [beagleboard] Re: modify uart driver in BBB

2015-04-14 Thread Robert Nelson
On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Lee Crocker l...@ansync.com wrote: If by driver you mean Linux driver, then the existing one is called omap-serial, and you can find it in the kernel source tree, It is, unfortunately, not well documented or maintained. I think the TI employees who used to

[beagleboard] Re: modify uart driver in BBB

2015-04-14 Thread Lee Crocker
If by driver you mean Linux driver, then the existing one is called omap-serial, and you can find it in the kernel source tree, It is, unfortunately, not well documented or maintained. I think the TI employees who used to maintain it are gone. I applaud your enthusiasm to fix it, but I suspect

[beagleboard] Re: Generating a pulse using the beagle bone

2015-04-14 Thread Lee Crocker
Adafruit has a Python library for GPIO. You also have to enable them at the hardware/OS levels. https://learn.adafruit.com/setting-up-io-python-library-on-beaglebone-black/installation-on-ubuntu On Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 8:01:46 AM UTC-7, ggna...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everybody, I am

[beagleboard] Re: Wireless mesh networking

2015-04-14 Thread janszymanski12345
Hi, Have a look here http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Contiki-6LOWPAN (That's similar to what I'm working on now) Good Luck Jan On Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 7:30:02 AM UTC+10, Brian Anderson wrote: Hi all, I am interested in setting up a wireless mesh network using a