[beagleboard] Re: Update Kernel + Distro

2014-07-08 Thread Michael Duffy
The easiest way is (IMHO) this: 1. download the latest flasher image from here: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images (the Debian image is my strong recommendation -- Angstrom is an evolutionary dead-end) 2. place it on a MicroSD card 3. flash the BBB On Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Re: [beagleboard] Can't make UART work with Python and AdaFruitBBB

2014-06-12 Thread michael . duffy
I don't understand your complaint. If you're using the Adafruit BBIO library, it creates the necessary UART devices in the device tree on the fly (by placing its own ADAFRUIT-UART files in /lib/firmware and writing to /sys/devices/bone_capmgr.*/slots). So it really is pretty easy to use --

[beagleboard] Re: Dude, where's my BeagleBone Black?

2014-06-04 Thread michael . duffy
Just as a note, we had our purchasing department price quantity 1,000 of the BBB using the Rev C. documents with a San-Diego-based company we already use for other PCBs in our products. They quoted us $128 per unit. So you can see that (a) the $55 for the Rev C board is quite a bargain (thank

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-29 Thread michael . duffy
On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 2:37:13 PM UTC-7, RobertCNelson wrote: It's there just an older version of systemd where it was prefixed. systemd- Follow-on question: any risk in moving to the latest version of systemd? The version on the flasher is 44, the version on freedesktop.org is 213 and

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-28 Thread michael . duffy
I'm running the latest (flashed to mmc) on a Rev B BBB. */boot/uboot/ID.txt* contains *BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-14* The image appears to be missing *journalctl*, e.g. *find / -name journalctl *returns nothing. dpkg reports systemd is installed (and the *systemd

Re: [beagleboard] Where files per the Angstrom manual?

2014-05-28 Thread michael . duffy
Completely agree with David. Angstrom seems to be a dead end, IMNSHO. On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1:04:14 PM UTC-7, David Farning wrote: I would recommend that you upgrade your machines to the new Debian based release. I think you will find that there is more information about Debian than

Re: [beagleboard] Pin Mux values in DTS files

2014-05-28 Thread michael . duffy
The AM335x Technical Reference Manual is the source of all goodness, but the P8 and P9 PDFs here are quite useful: https://github.com/derekmolloy/boneDeviceTree/tree/master/docs You may also want to read his (Derek Molloy's) blog, e.g.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-28 Thread michael . duffy
As usual, thank you, Robert, for your quick response (and encyclopedic knowledge) -- 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

[beagleboard] Re: Where can I get the details of MII_RT ?

2014-05-28 Thread michael . duffy
From http://e2e.ti.com/support/arm/sitara_arm/f/791/p/206939/733857.aspx *2. MII_RT is the real-time MII interface module inside PRU-ICSS. This is used for industrial communications such as EtherCAT. This is part of PRU-ICSS but has no relation to the Ethernet subsystem that is used for

[beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-20 Thread michael . duffy
*RobertCNelson*: I am running 2014-05-14 debian (flasher), and I can reliably generate a kernel null pointer dereference using no more than /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots and /lib/firmware/BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo. Any interest? If so, please see:

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Here is the BeagleBone Debian (beta) image you want to test

2014-05-20 Thread Michael Duffy
Thanks, Robert. Sorry for not searching in the right place. Now I know. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:25 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:01 PM, Robert Nelson robertcnel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 7:53 PM, michael.du...@gmail.com

[beagleboard] Re: Developing for BeagleBone Black

2014-04-07 Thread michael . duffy
Using Python -- along with the Adafruit BBIO Python library -- works quite well, and gives you all the development power of Python and associated native and third party libraries. Lighter weight than Java or C++, much higher level than C. I can't speak to Lua (no experience with it). Easy to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: why update eMMC?

2014-04-07 Thread michael . duffy
There is an announced Rev C: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Board_Revisions_and_Changehttp://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Board_Revisions_and_Changes s -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed