[beagleboard] Re: [BBB/BBG] RS485 read after write problem by linux 485 serial system call

2016-12-13 Thread Craig Markwardt
Greetings--- I have experienced this problem before. It is likely an issue with the physical interface, not software. Basically the issue is that the receiver is still receiving when the line goes to an idle undefined state, and receives "garbage" data. Search for RS 485 failsafe bias for

[beagleboard] Re: Crontab

2016-06-16 Thread Craig Markwardt
On Thursday, June 16, 2016 at 3:31:18 PM UTC-4, Akash Gajeshwar wrote: > > Hello everyone, I have been trying to execute cronjobs with same time of > execution, but it does not work that way since they run in parallel. So is > there a way can perform sequential execution of tasks with same

Re: [beagleboard] Date/Time syncronization (Ubunutu 13.04)

2015-03-24 Thread Craig Markwardt
Updating every minute risks wearing out your emmc flash storage, especially if you do a 'sync' afterwards. I used 6 hours, and of course I updated the timestamp at shutdown. Craig On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 10:18:01 AM UTC-4, s.p.e...@gmail.com wrote: So, troubled by the same situation

[beagleboard] Re: Weather Cape - Contact Request

2015-03-11 Thread Craig Markwardt
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 1:45:57 PM UTC-4, d...@panaton.com wrote: I would like get in touch with the board designer(s) of the Weather Cape. I have an RFP for a project that requires a custom version of the board. Would anyone be able to please provide a contact or forward my contact

[beagleboard] Re: Saving Data In a Text File

2015-01-05 Thread Craig Markwardt
On Sunday, January 4, 2015 9:36:52 PM UTC-5, SHAO MIN wrote: ... for sensor in /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-1/*/*_input; do echo -n $(basename $sensor): ; cat $sensor; done ... How do I save this in a text file on my windows laptop instead? This is a Unix/linux question, not a BBB

Re: [beagleboard] ADC Input Model

2014-12-01 Thread Craig Markwardt
For ADC power supply, the AM335x datasheet lists VDDA_ADC recommended operating range as 1.8v +/- 5% (Table 3-12), and absolute max as 2.1v (Table 3-1). For ADC signals inputs, the max range is listed as 0-VDDA_ADC (Table 3-17), so it should not exceed the input power supply level. No

[beagleboard] Re: i wanna use highlevel file io multi use

2014-07-30 Thread Craig Markwardt
On Sunday, July 27, 2014 6:55:57 AM UTC-4, kthab...@gmail.com wrote: i use high level file io to control GPIO pins i wanna use like general MCU port register (use 8bit). so i'm writing eight file functions. but appear this compile error. /tmp/ccP4wrXQ.o: In function `main':

Re: [beagleboard] can I use any of the GPIO of the Beaglebone, for analog reading?

2014-02-13 Thread craig . markwardt
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:42:27 PM UTC-5, Karl Longen wrote: DOH You make a good point...I thought that the GPIO were configurable between analog and digital. as ADC I've found this: not sure if it is right for me thou. I need these sensors to shoot data concurrently, while I

[beagleboard] Re: How can I know my Angstrom Distribution version?

2014-02-05 Thread craig . markwardt
On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 6:21:15 AM UTC-5, Kenji Nakasone wrote: I´m having trouble setting my clock, wifi, adafriut python library ..etc so I was thinking to update my Distro. If you're using Angstrom, then get the timestamp-service package. It should preserve the (approximate)

[beagleboard] Re: Problem with microUSB connector

2013-12-11 Thread craig . markwardt
Same here. I have a normally-stable microUSB connection, but if the connector is bumped, the connection can be disrupted (both power and data). On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:19:08 AM UTC-5, Jon Tabor wrote: Mine has a similar issue, right out of the box. Certain (most?) microUSB

[beagleboard] Re: Flashing Beagle Bone Black Image via WLAN

2013-12-11 Thread craig . markwardt
No, you can't easily flash over ethernet, wifi or USB. However, if you just want to add control features over time, you don't need to completely reflash a new image to the device. You can copy executable code or data to the device using the network, and then it is basically installed. I have

[beagleboard] Re: BBB USB Host issue

2013-11-15 Thread craig . markwardt
I'm not sure how people normally deal with this. On a different linux machine (not BBB), I have several USB serial adapters attached and I need them to be assigned specific device names so that software can find them. (i.e. can't trust the ttyUSBn ordering) I found the best way was to add an

Re: [beagleboard] Ethernet LED constantly on and it doesn't boot

2013-11-13 Thread craig . markwardt
Well, if the MMC is corrupt, it's corrupt. There are no buttons you can press to solve that problem: you have to reflash. Holding down the reset button only prevents corruption in the future. On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 5:47:50 AM UTC-5, Dominik Fretz wrote: Craig, thanks but doesn't

[beagleboard] Re: BBB: update the software

2013-11-10 Thread craig . markwardt
I agree, this is a confusing situation. I have installed the 2013.09.12 version without incident, but apparently the 2013.09.04 is the officially supported version. On Saturday, November 9, 2013 9:33:26 AM UTC-5, Tiziano de togni wrote: Days ago I got my BeagleBone Black card. Actually I'm

[beagleboard] Re: Troubleshooting initial software update?

2013-11-10 Thread craig . markwardt
If the firmware update uSD is bootable, upon booting you should see all four status LEDs blinking sporadically within 10-20 seconds, not just PWR. So the first thing I'd worry about is that you used the proper steps to create a valid bootable uSD image. For me the OS update process takes

[beagleboard] Re: dmesg messages

2013-11-05 Thread craig . markwardt
I've found that in more recent releases the BEAGLEBONE partition is not mounted by default. In case it's not, you should mount it first, mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/BEAGLEBONE before trying to edit the uEnv.txt file. On Monday, November 4, 2013 9:59:49 PM UTC-5, daen...@yahoo.com wrote: