Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-19 Thread Gerald Coley
very good with the email notification that items are now in >> stock. If someone is serious about buying, they can get one when the email >> arrives. I've used that option a number of times. >> >> >> >> >> -david >> >> >

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-19 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Board_Shipments Gerald On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:32 AM, Micka wrote: > Don't take it personally, I've nothing against you, or TI ... . You did a > great Job. > > Micka, > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Ge

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-18 Thread Gerald Coley
do with beagleboard.org but Gerald Coley is a TI > Engineer ? > > > Which part I didn't understand ? > > > Micka, > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 5:44 PM, David Anders wrote: > >> Venkat, >> >> >> On Monday, March 17, 2014 4:36:42 PM UTC-5, V

Re: [beagleboard] Angstrom Distribution from White to Black Edition

2014-03-18 Thread Gerald Coley
No. The PMIC configuration is different between the two boards. BBB used DDR3. The BeagleBone uses DDR2. Gerald On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:59 AM, wrote: > Hello, in the past I used BB White edition and we make our own image with > our softwares. > I'd like to know if it is possible to make a

Re: [beagleboard] industrial project

2014-03-18 Thread Gerald Coley
You can find the answers at the following link. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Yes it supports a 7" LCD panel. Commercial temperature range. It can be sustained. It will be a round for a long time. Gerald On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 9:21 AM, wrote: > Hello, > > > > I plan to u

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-17 Thread Gerald Coley
We have that already, Adafruit limits purchases to 1 per order. Check daily for when they have stock and order then. When they run out, wait until they come back in stock to order more Gerald On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Venkat Bommakanti wrote: > On Monday, March 17, 2014 2:56:01 PM UTC-7,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-17 Thread Gerald Coley
We have already tried your suggestion. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Terms_of_Use That is why our plan is to increase capacity by being able to pay additional CMs to build the boards for us while still having the control over the whole process. The goal here is to find the rig

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-17 Thread Gerald Coley
th a cheaper (PRUSS-less) > processor? > If this assembly option can be done with the same PCB it might solve both > cost and > capacity problems without creating a too big logistical nightmare. > > -- Bas > > > > On 17-3-2014 16:47, Gerald Coley wrote: > > Now thi

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-17 Thread Gerald Coley
Now this version would be less expensive to build for sure. Gerald On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:45 AM, José Luis Redrejo wrote: > 2014-03-17 16:35 GMT+01:00 Charles Steinkuehler >: > > On 3/17/2014 10:01 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> This is a great point. I am not sure i

Re: [beagleboard] Setting the CPU speed.

2014-03-17 Thread Gerald Coley
Only the BeagleBone is limited to 550MHZ on USB. Our standard BBB image runs at 1GHz on USB. Gerald On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Charles Steinkuehler < char...@steinkuehler.net> wrote: > On 3/16/2014 9:59 AM, cwrseckf...@gmail.com wrote: > > Whatever happens, the frequency stays at 550 MH

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-17 Thread Gerald Coley
sts and scheduling. This has > worked out well for us and are committed to the AM335x part for several > years (Thanks Gerald!!). > > Ross > > > > On 03/17/2014 07:33 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > > Thank you for confirming what I have been saying all along. We are going >

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-17 Thread Gerald Coley
Thank you for confirming what I have been saying all along. We are going to raise the price so we can get more capacity. How much we are not sure as of yet, but it will be as little as possible to allow us to bring more CMs on line and to make sure we can handle future cost issues in components. Th

Re: [beagleboard] BBB won't boot

2014-03-16 Thread Gerald Coley
It is not a bootable device that a PC boots from. It does not need a PC to boot. It is a stand alone board intended to be a Linux PC, with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. It can look like a USB drive on a PC, but that is about it. Gerald On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 4:37 PM, wrote: > Received my

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone black came with broken microsd and no serial number

2014-03-16 Thread Gerald Coley
You have a response form the RMA team. Gerald On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 2:37 PM, wrote: > I have an unresponsive BBB as well, I submitted an RMA and am waiting for > a response. But is there a way to recover the contents of the eMMC after > the board goes dead? > > -- > For more options, visit h

Re: [beagleboard] Ethernet interface failure

2014-03-14 Thread Gerald Coley
So it is not a hard HW failure then. You may find this conversation useful. Start at the top. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/beagleboard/ethernet$20address/beagleboard/9mctrG26Mc8/09EatsZon40J Gerald On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:12 AM, wrote: > This is not an isolated instance. We

Re: [beagleboard] Ethernet interface failure

2014-03-14 Thread Gerald Coley
So if the board never works again, have you sent it in for repair via an RMA? Gerald On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:28 AM, wrote: > The BeagleBone Black ethernet interface will fail after a few hours of > operation. As an example, we did a fresh install of both Debian and Ubuntu > on two Beagles

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Is anything logged on power failure?

2014-03-13 Thread Gerald Coley
Nothing the PMIC can do once it is gone. There isn't enough capacity in the caps t keep a board running. 9V is better than 15V. Gerald On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:24 PM, wrote: > Gerald Coley wrote: > > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: ISO-8859-1, 47 lines &g

Re: [beagleboard] Why beaglebone black restarts after a shutdown ??

2014-03-13 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes it does sound vague. I would hook a scope to the power and see what it does in the reset scenario. What is your current capacity of your power source? If the power pin is held down too long, it will result in a power cycle and not a shutdown. Gerald On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:57 AM, wrote:

Re: [beagleboard] What's in a Beagle Bone other than the circuit diagram?

2014-03-13 Thread Gerald Coley
If you copy it exactly and build it correctly it should work. People do this all the time. I would expect SW to have to be added to support whatever you put on the board to fit your application. There is no SW loaded onto the SOC. All code for the SOC is loaded from an external source, eMMC or SD

Re: [beagleboard] Is anything logged on power failure?

2014-03-13 Thread Gerald Coley
If you cut power, the processor turns off so it is hard for it to keep running and print logs without power. Hook a meter to the DC input and see if it turns off. If it does, the 7805 is shutting down. The best that can do is 500mA without a heat sink,. Gerald On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:40 AM,

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-13 Thread Gerald Coley
There in people's products. Gerald On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Satz Klauer wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 3:08 PM, David Funk wrote: > > and then the boards would not be available for it's intended market. > > Hm...where is the difference to current situation? While reading this > thre

Re: [beagleboard] Could BB-BONELT-BT-00A0.dtbo have an error?

2014-03-12 Thread Gerald Coley
It is loaded by default. It is the clock for the HDMI Audio. From a HW standpoint to use that pin as a GPIO pin, you have to disable the clock oscillator and reconfigure the pin usage for GPIO. From a SW standpoint you may have to disconnect the HDMI. Not sure if Audio can be killed separately or

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone black HDMI/VGA converter problems

2014-03-12 Thread Gerald Coley
ges and temperatures remain nominal. > My old VGA monitor has a new purpose > > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> It is not a fuse. It is a PTC. That is why on the Wiki we recommend an >> externally powered converter. The 5V comes from the powe

Re: [beagleboard] Could BB-BONELT-BT-00A0.dtbo have an error?

2014-03-12 Thread Gerald Coley
>From the schematic you can see that thi spin is used as th eclock input for the HDMI. Please read the note. Gerald : [image: Inline image 1] On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Bit Pusher wrote: > BBB Ubuntu 3.8.13-bone28 cross compiled from Robert Nelson's source > > I have been trying to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: beaglebone hdmi to VGA using powered Köning convertor not working ?

2014-03-12 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes I know. It is the way I designed the board. I do not see it as an issue. It is designed to limit the current. You are free to change it if you like as long as you don't expect any RMA support on the board. Gerald On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 1:58 AM, suteerth tripathi < suteerth.tripa...@gmail.c

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Black Ethernet Phy Not Detected on Boot.

2014-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
I know what I have seen. I know what I have replicated. And I know the SW fix takes care of it. I also know it does not happen on every board and doe snot happen every time. Do keep in mind that the board reset is not a HW reset. It is a SW reset. The fix is in the latest image from Robert. http

Re: [beagleboard] Re: power adapter question

2014-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes it is center positive. I used the same power connector on all four designs. Gerald On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 4:28 PM, rh_ wrote: > On Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:35:45 -0700 (PDT) > madjac...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Can I use the same BB-XM Power supply for the BBBlack? > > Is it a center-positive 5

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Black Ethernet Phy Not Detected on Boot.

2014-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
Look in the LAN 8710A data sheet from SMSC. I would cut an paste it, but Microchip has cut and paste blocked. http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?product=LAN8710A Section 3.7.1 Gerald On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Gerald Coley wrote: > The base address of the PHY. Only

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Black Ethernet Phy Not Detected on Boot.

2014-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
The base address of the PHY. Only one address per PHY. I believe it is 0 to 7. It is my understanding that the fix was pushed up a week ago. Robert's image should handle this. It is not the MAC address. PHY NOT FOUND means that at the one address of 00 the PHY did not respond because the PHY has a

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone black HDMI/VGA converter problems

2014-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
It is not a fuse. It is a PTC. That is why on the Wiki we recommend an externally powered converter. The 5V comes from the power supply in the wall, so there is no regulator on the board to overload. We decided to meet the HDMI specification, so that is the reason for the current limit. Gerald

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Black Ethernet Phy Not Detected on Boot.

2014-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
My SW guy is currently out. There is a change that needs to be made. I will get with him next week to make sure the change gets done. Gerald On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Robert Kuhn wrote: > > > Gerald: > >> Correct. You can also solve the issue by using the correct SW as well. >> The issu

Re: [beagleboard] Support for the Embest 14pin jtag XDS100v2 USB Emulator in Beaglebone black

2014-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
You will need an adapter. Gerald On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Elavarasu wrote: > Hi, > > Is there is anyway to use the Embest XDS 100v2 14 pin jtag for the > beaglebone black, > i referred the difference for the 20pin and 14pin here: > http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/JTAG_Connector

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Black Ethernet Phy Not Detected on Boot.

2014-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
Correct. You can also solve the issue by using the correct SW as well. The issue is that the processors interferes with the default address settings when the PHY reads the pins. If the SW looks for the other addresses, it works fine. Also, removing these caps will also create issues where the boar

Re: [beagleboard] power adapter question

2014-03-11 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes. They have the same connectors. They have the same polarity. And they are both 5Vr. Now, as there is no official XM power supply, you need to make sure the one you bought has the right amount of current for you application. Gerald On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:35 PM, wrote: > Can I use the s

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-10 Thread Gerald Coley
Actually most shops do. That is why we can never catch up.; Gerald On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Satz Klauer wrote: > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Gerald Coley > wrote: > > It is real. But, if you wait until you see it in stock, it may be a while > > before you will

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-10 Thread Gerald Coley
;ve been on the wrong side > of "shipping money out the door and making it up in volume", and it's > not a fun place to be. > > Please keep us posted! > > On 3/10/2014 9:15 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > > We cannot increase supply. We are maxed out. Why? Well, b

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-10 Thread Gerald Coley
eboard@googlegroups.com [mailto:beagleboard@googlegroups.com] > *On Behalf Of *Gerald Coley > *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2014 3:54 PM > *To:* beagleboard@googlegroups.com > > *Subject:* Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any > BeagleBone Black to sell? > > &g

Re: [beagleboard] Gibberish messages in the terminal window

2014-03-10 Thread Gerald Coley
What are the terminal settings you are using? Gerald On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:08 AM, roshan sebastian wrote: > Hi, I`ve bought a Beagle Board-xM recently..It`s working fine, except > that, in the terminal there is some gibberish,some sort of random symbols > which we can`t read and it is comin

Re: [beagleboard] 4 Channel SPI

2014-03-10 Thread Gerald Coley
This is the correct place to ask.. Gerald On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:15 AM, Julian David Rath wrote: > Hi, > > I just found out that this is a better place to ask my question, it seams > like there is also a beaglebone Google group, little confusing. So here my > cross-post: > > > I'd like to co

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-03-10 Thread Gerald Coley
It is real. But, if you wait until you see it in stock, it may be a while before you will get one. Gerald On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Satz Klauer wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 27. Februar 2014 15:54:05 UTC+1 schrieb Giuseppe Iellamo: > >> Just to say >> >> our order on RS (italy) placed one mon

Re: [beagleboard] porting kernel 3.13.6 to beaglebone black

2014-03-07 Thread Gerald Coley
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/beagleboard/3.13 On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:44 AM, wrote: > Dear all, > I am very beginner to embedded linux. > I have Beagle bone black board. Let me know how can we port the linux > kernel 3.13.6 to BBB. > Please help me to start > > Thanks > Pra

Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?

2014-03-07 Thread Gerald Coley
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

Re: [beagleboard] 2014-03-04 Debian flasher doesn't flash the eMMC in BBB

2014-03-07 Thread Gerald Coley
Are you holding S2 pressed until after the board powers up? Gerald On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 6:21 AM, Sam Hon wrote: > > I tried to update the latest version Debian in > > http://beagleboard.org/latest-images/ > > > Download BeagleBone Black (eMMC flasher) Debian (BeagleBone Black - 2GB > eMMC)

Re: [beagleboard] would a bad modified u-boot damage BBB to ?

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
It won't damage the hardware. It may not work, but you can always put it back the way you got it. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 4:31 PM, wrote: > I just got my first BBB and try to study u-boot on it. I just wonder > whether or not some bad assembly code in charge of initializing/configuring

Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
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. >&g

Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
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 >

Re: [beagleboard] Watching boot without HDMI

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
Yes. It is called the debug port. Connector J1. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Serial Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Brad Hopper wrote: > Folks, > > It seems to take a while for the BBB to boot. I'm going to check out the > newly posted Debian image soon, but als

Re: [beagleboard] Re: why update eMMC?

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
Cost. That is what a $45 board allows us to buy. 4G is more expensive than 2G, And eMMC is faster and more reliable than an SD card. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Brad Hopper wrote: > I wonder why the BBB has "only" 2G of space in the eMMC - aren't most > "small" boot images designe

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Trying to understand the IO Pin Modes in the manual

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:30 AM, wrote: > Gerald Coley wrote: > > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: ISO-8859-1, 46 lines > --] > > > > That is taken care of by the device tree file. > > > Ah, yes, makes sense now. That gets 'written' a

Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
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 t

Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
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, 201

Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
u 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

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Trying to understand the IO Pin Modes in the manual

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
That is taken care of by the device tree file. Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:57 AM, wrote: > Gerald Coley wrote: > > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: ISO-8859-1, 54 lines > --] > > > > From a HW standpoint, all this information is found in the

Re: [beagleboard] When to power sensors connected to the BeagleBone Black?

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
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 a

Re: [beagleboard] Trying to understand the IO Pin Modes in the manual

2014-03-06 Thread Gerald Coley
>From a HW standpoint, all this information is found in the Technical Reference Manual for the AM3358 processor. http://www.ti.com/product/am3358 Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:56 AM, wrote: > I'm trying to understand how to *use* the tables in the BBB manual > that how the GPIO (and othe

Re: [beagleboard] How can I omit pullup resister.

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
Check the datasheet. The pull up may or may not be small enough depending on what it has to pull up. The current is the max the pin can do. In other words, that is who large the pull up actually is. Turning on all the weak pullups isn't going to strain the total current of the power supply which is

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBone Black Vdd Power

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
The PMIC is sensitive to slow ramping power supplies. A 10uF capacitor is also a little small. You could be seeing a dip in the voltage when the PMIC does kick in and it could in some instances cause it to shutdown. Gerald On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:16 PM, wrote: > > Using the Beaglebone black

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
can take up to 25V, but > I'll try a heat sink and see if that helps. > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> Because the regulator is going into thermal limit due to excessive heat >> dissipation. Make the 11.7V supply say 8V and it wil

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
at 1:02 PM, Dorian Levy wrote: > Because the IC can't provide the required current without a heat sink? Or > because the BBB is going into thermal protection? A little insight into why > you would expect that would be appreciated." > On Mar 5, 2014 1:43 PM, "Gerald Coley&

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
OK. Then what you are describing as your issue, i would expect to happen. Gerald On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Dorian Levy wrote: > No heatsink 5V > On Mar 5, 2014 11:13 AM, "Gerald Coley" wrote: > >> Are you using a heatsink? Voltage? >> >> Gerald

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
Are you using a heatsink? Voltage? Gerald On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Dorian Levy wrote: > Addicore 5V 1.5A Positive Voltage Regulator L7805CV > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> That particular regulator can have different pinout

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-05 Thread Gerald Coley
are dropping 6.7V across the regulator. Gerald On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Dorian Levy wrote: > On Mar 4, 2014 7:42 PM, "Gerald Coley" wrote: > >> Can you share a schematic with me? I can't visualize what you are doing. >> >> Gerald >> >>

Re: [beagleboard] BBB doesn't complete boot, little help :-)

2014-03-04 Thread Gerald Coley
Here is how to reflash the eMMC to factory condition. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software Here is the link to the support Wiki. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Gerald On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:12 PM, wrote: > Hey folks, first time poster here, having so

Re: [beagleboard] Powering the BBB

2014-03-04 Thread Gerald Coley
Can you share a schematic with me? I can't visualize what you are doing. Gerald On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Dorian Levy wrote: > I am building a robot that uses an 11.7V battery. I tried attaching a 5V > regulator to the T5(+)/T8(-) (pins with the T6(SENSE) bridged to T5 and a > 10K resi

Re: [beagleboard] Which pins are the best for my application

2014-03-03 Thread Gerald Coley
Processors today use pin muxing. The 2nd and 3rd are not meanings. They are the available options to be routed to those pins by setting a register in the processor. As long as you sue a function that is listed, you should have no problem. In other words, do not use a pin for UART1 that does not hav

Re: [beagleboard] Which pins are the best for my application

2014-03-03 Thread Gerald Coley
USB is via the USB host connector as it does not appear on the expansion headers. You will need a USB hub as that is the best way to connect the camera as well. You don't need level shifting as long as all your voltages are 3.3V. Serial requires the TX,RX so any of the serial ports on the headers

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone black is not booting..........

2014-03-03 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software Gerald On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:08 AM, Vikas Gaikwad wrote: > Hi friends, > > This is Vikas here I am facing problem with my beaglebone black its > not booting but all the three USER LEDs 1,2 and 3 are contineously ON when > i conn

Re: [beagleboard] Connecting a CCIR Camera to the BBB

2014-03-03 Thread Gerald Coley
The B*B*B has no camera port for this camera. Gerald On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 3:13 AM, wrote: > Hello Community, > > I'd like to connect this > Camerato > the BBB. I'm a bit confused to which

Re: [beagleboard] Need 16 GPIOs Next to each other on P8

2014-03-02 Thread Gerald Coley
As is indicated in the System Reference Manual, you can use the LCD pins as GPIO pins. Provided, you don't interfere with their settings during power up as they are also the boot pins. Gerald On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 1:32 PM, wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to configure BBB P8 with 16 (2 rows of

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Power Supply

2014-03-02 Thread Gerald Coley
The board can be powered by USB or 5VDC external power supply. But not both at the same time. Gerald On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Andrew Dai wrote: > I might be wrong but I think you should use the USB port for peripherals > ... get a (powered) USB hub for keyboard/mouse > > > On Saturday,

Re: [beagleboard] Power Supply

2014-03-01 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Accessories#Power_Supplies On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Ryan Clark wrote: > Hello everybody! I recently purchased a beaglebone black, and I got > everything. Including a power supply, It is a 5 volt power supply but it > doesn't fit. If som

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Android running on BBB with Linux 3.8

2014-02-28 Thread Gerald Coley
BBB does not ship with HW support for OTG. Gerald On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Daniel Delgado Terán wrote: > I'm currently having a lot of problems here. If I use Andrew's pre-built > image I get support of the LCD3 Rev. A2 with the BBB Rev. A6A but no > support to miniUSB+ADB, the device

Re: [beagleboard] Replace single port usb with twin USB

2014-02-28 Thread Gerald Coley
There is only one USB interface on the processor. USB is a point to point interface. The connector on the Jameco site is a dual USB connector supporting two separate independent USB interface. It will not work. The processor only has one USB interface, The only way to do what you want is to use t

Re: [beagleboard] Re: beaglebone hdmi to VGA using powered Köning convertor not working ?

2014-02-28 Thread Gerald Coley
External power will work, as that is the one we recommend. The yellow thing is a PTC, not a fuse. It is designed to get hot and as a result increase the resistance with the level of heat to reduce the current flow. Gerald On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 11:46 AM, wrote: > Instead of changing the fus

Re: [beagleboard] Re: BBB Hardware Modifications

2014-02-28 Thread Gerald Coley
Redesigned board will be a lot more expensive. Unless of course you are building and ordering parts in blocks of 100,000 units. Also, 2gb DDR3 does not exist. You may be able to do SDRAM, but again quantity is the key to all of this. A cape, that may be the way to go. Gerald On Fri, Feb 28, 2

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone Black Ethernet Phy Not Detected on Boot.

2014-02-28 Thread Gerald Coley
That is up to you if you want to rip parts off. I am not recommending it. Gerald On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 12:33 AM, wrote: > Should C24 and C30 be removed from A5A BBBs that begin experencing strange > Ethernet problems? > > I have two A5As that have both decided to keep their link lights on a

Re: [beagleboard] Wired boot problem

2014-02-27 Thread Gerald Coley
The factory image does enable HDMI by default. Sounds like it does not like your monitor. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_HDMI For flashing questions http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software Gerald On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:25 AM, walter harms wrote: > hi

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-02-27 Thread Gerald Coley
> > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> 26 week times is not true. That is what the computer systems spits out to >> show when the WHOLE PO is filled! >> >> We are shipping daily as you can clearly see!! >> >> Gerald >> &g

Re: [beagleboard] project: Documentation for BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black

2014-02-27 Thread Gerald Coley
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Gerald On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Benke László wrote: > Hi! > > I am Laszlo Benke, from Hungary, Budapest. I would like to participate in > GSOC 2014. My mayor is electrical engineer (M.Sc.). I design basic > circuits, I was dealing with

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-02-27 Thread Gerald Coley
26 week times is not true. That is what the computer systems spits out to show when the WHOLE PO is filled! We are shipping daily as you can clearly see!! Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Venkat Bommakanti wrote: > Just got an email alert - 26 week backorder time ! > Great (unfair) fr

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Black won't power on, did I do something wrong? :(

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
If that was the situation it definitely could have caused an issue. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:41 PM, wrote: > I'm starting to piece together that it was likely some kind of major > ground potential difference issue. He hooked up the light dimmers without > a ground because the dimmers

Re: [beagleboard] Accidentally connected 5V jack with wrong polarity

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
If it is the BeagleBone Black it is on the big white label on the expansion header. If it is the BeagleBone, it is on the Ethernet connector. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:21 PM, wrote: > Hi Gerald, > > thanks for answering so quickly. I already have the serial number, but how > do I know w

Re: [beagleboard] Accidentally connected 5V jack with wrong polarity

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
We can replace the PMIC which should fix the issue. You would need to request an RMA. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:51 PM, wrote: > > Hi, I accidentally connected the 5V jack with the outside positive. Now > I've changed it to the right po

Re: [beagleboard] Beagleboard dead after short

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
Sure. Just do the RMA thing. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 12:10 PM, R. Lemos wrote: > Accidentally I've shorted the 1.8V pin (on expansion header) to ground > pin. The board stopped working immediately (audio play was going on and was > suddenly cut). I quickly (about 2 sec) cut DC power and

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Beaglebone does not turn on

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
No. You only option is an RMA. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Pariyan Shah wrote: > Hi, I am using Beaglebone black. It does not boot if I power it up using > the miniUSB or adapter. The power led just flashes for a moment and then it > goes off. If I press the power button it is just

Re: [beagleboard] Getting a virgin BBB to boot first time

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
Might I suggest that you register so your posts go through sooner? I suggest read the System Reference Manual. Yes you can remove the eMMC and boot from SD providing you did not mess up the boot pins.. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:27 AM, wrote: > I have now taken delivery of my cut-down

Re: [beagleboard] Issue with P8, P9 Connectors not fitting on the BeagleBoneBlack (BBB) PCB

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
Did you look at the System Reference Manual? Yes, it can boot from the SD if you remove the eMMC. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:15 AM, wrote: > My design is a cut down version of BBB. The HDMI IC is not fitted and the > eMMC is not fitted. > > Will the BBB boot from SD card without the eM

Re: [beagleboard] BBB does not power on

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
There is not an easy or even a hard way to override the current detection in the PMIC.. Most likely the processor has been popped. Your best bet is an RMA. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Pariyan Shah wrote: > > Hi, I am using Beaglebone black. It does not boot if I power it up using >

Re: [beagleboard] Issue with P8, P9 Connectors not fitting on the BeagleBoneBlack (BBB) PCB

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
Well. Uh. I have no idea what your design looks like. But, the code you are using looks for the EEPROM. Do you have one? If you do. is it programmed? Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:25 AM, wrote: > I can now confirm that my PCB supplier has now successfully fitted > connectors P8, P8 and I h

Re: [beagleboard] Re: What supplies the VADC pin on P9?

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
PDF works great. Just search on the signal name and use the zoom function. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:58 AM, wrote: > Gerald Coley wrote: > > [-- text/plain, encoding quoted-printable, charset: ISO-8859-1, 35 lines > --] > > Gerald > > > > > >

Re: [beagleboard] Beaglebone Black won't power on, did I do something wrong? :(

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
A schematic would be helpful/ You can send to to me direct if you like. Craters are definitely not good. It does sound like a IO stress issue. The LED acting the way it sounds means the PMIC is seeing excess current and shutting down. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:48 AM, wrote: > I have a

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
; anticipated date. > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:21 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > >> We are already working on all of this. Plan is in place. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 1:44 PM, rh_ wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 24

Re: [beagleboard] How about remove the EEPROM from bb white?

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
It cannot. You would need to modify UBoot to ignore the EEPROM. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:24 AM, wrote: > I have already follow > http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone#BeagleBone-LinuxKernelboot > the bone. > I find there is an eeprom on the board, after some search, I got i

Re: [beagleboard] LCD3 Schematic Question

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
DNI means there is nothing there. No connection at all. As to the other questions, you might try contacting the supplier of the board and the folks that designed it. Gerald On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:42 PM, wrote: > Hi All, > > I plan on creating a customer version of the LCD3 cape and I'm h

Re: [beagleboard] What supplies the VADC pin on P9?

2014-02-26 Thread Gerald Coley
It comes from the TPS65217C. Just check the schematic. Gerald On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:42 AM, wrote: > Is the VADC pin on P9 fed from the TPS65217C power controller - either > the VDD_1V8 rail or the VRTC rail? If it doesn't come from one of > these where does it come from? > > -- > Chris G

Re: [beagleboard] Manufacturing and PCB assembly of the Beaglebone Black

2014-02-25 Thread Gerald Coley
You can contact me direct. Gerald On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Joey Wilson wrote: > Gerald, > > Thanks for your reply. What is the best way to contact you directly? Is > there a phone number I could give you a quick call? > > Thank you, > Joey > > > On Thursday, February 20, 2014 3:51:06

Re: [beagleboard] Booting Process

2014-02-25 Thread Gerald Coley
-BeagleBone..Insert the SD card. Apply power. To update BeagleBone. http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone#Image_Files -BeagleBone Black. Apply power. To update BeagleBone Blaxk... http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software Gerald On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 3:19 AM, ARAVI

Re: [beagleboard] BBB operation with battery

2014-02-24 Thread Gerald Coley
Do a search on this forum. This has been discussed before. There was a change int the A6 version that prevents this operation from working the way it did before. Gerald On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Brad Andersen wrote: > With version A6, A6A, or B, has anyone operated with a Li battery > c

Re: [beagleboard] Re: What does 'No voltage' mean when referring to powered down Beaglebone Black?

2014-02-24 Thread Gerald Coley
processors due to this issue. The power sequencing diagram is there for a reason due to the multiple voltage rails inside this device. Violate the power sequencing and you will have issues. Gerald On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:28 PM, wrote: > c...@isbd.net wrote: > > Gerald Col

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Availability - how come nobody has any BeagleBone Black to sell?

2014-02-24 Thread Gerald Coley
We are already working on all of this. Plan is in place. Gerald On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 1:44 PM, rh_ wrote: > On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 07:53:37 -0600 > Gerald Coley wrote: > > > Replacing with a larger part will increase the cost and void all POs > > in place. There are no s

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