Re: Private message regarding: [beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-07 Thread John Syne
I have found these references to be the most helpful. The Linux Programming Interface by Michael Kerrisk Linux Kernel Development, Third Edition

Re: Private message regarding: [beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-07 Thread William Hermans
Chelsea, Basically, you have access to any libc library function, and any library function you care to import personally. So, for the most part. You can get a good book on Linux programming, and just follow along. One thing I'm personally unclear on, is that if these libc headers are already inst

Re: Private message regarding: [beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-07 Thread Chelsea Orefice
Hi John, These are very helpful links. I was wondering if there was an online document on all functions that I can code BBB in either in C, C++, python, etc. Thanks, Chelsea On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 11:12 PM, John Syne wrote: > Hi Chelsea, > > Here are some reference I have found helpful: > > >

Re: Private message regarding: [beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-03 Thread John Syne
Hi Chelsea, Here are some reference I have found helpful: http://www.analog.com/library/analogdialogue/archives/39-05/op_amp_applications_handbook.html http://www.analog.com/library/analogDialogue/ar

Re: Private message regarding: [beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-03 Thread Chelsea Orefice
Also in the attachment, the parts labeled MCU will now be ADC. (Sorry about that.) On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Chelsea Orefice wrote: > Hi John, > > Just wanted to say thank you for really helping me with this. It has been > a struggle for me and my team to get help from different resources

Re: Private message regarding: [beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-03 Thread Chelsea Orefice
Hi John, Just wanted to say thank you for really helping me with this. It has been a struggle for me and my team to get help from different resources at school as well as our liaisons where we are getting our design requirements from. (This is our senior engineering project.) I am having still a

Re: Private message regarding: [beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-03 Thread John Syne
Hi Chelsea, I have cc beagleboard because someone else might learn from this discussion. Looking at the link you provided, it won’t work because ADS1278 requires a differential input. Look at page 39 for circuits that will work for you. Regards, John > On Dec 3, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Chelsea Or

Re: [beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-03 Thread John Syne
Look at page 39 for a suitable input circuit. Regards, John > On Dec 3, 2015, at 3:03 PM, Chelsea Orefice wrote: > > Hi John, > > Thanks for getting back to me. I was actually looking at that same ADC > converter as you posted in your reply. Just looking for some clarification on > a few

Re: [beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-03 Thread John Syne
To start with, the ADC that will meet your requirements: http://www.ti.com/product/ads1278 This is a 24 bit ADC sampling at 144kHz. To sample 50V, you will need a signal conditioning front end that will scale your input voltage to a level compatible with you

[beagleboard] BBB Data Aggregation Unit using external ADC

2015-12-03 Thread Chelsea Orefice
Hi everyone, I am new to the world of using MCUs and am looking for some assistance on a project that I am currently working on. To sum things up quickly, I am building a data aggregation unit that can convert analog voltage readings to digital values that is to be stored on a USB or SD card. T