beagleboneblack(BBB) beginner's qustion

2016-09-02 Thread Tuyosi T
hi all . as BBB beginner i have 3 questions 1) which miniroot-am335x virsion is easy ? 6.0 , 5.9 , 5.8 or snapshots 2) how long time do i need pushing switch S2 ? 3 seconds , 10 seconds or more 3) which /dev is good with ' USB to UART TTL connecter ' ? i think 'cu -l cua00 -s 115200

Re: beagleboneblack(BBB) beginner's qustion

2016-09-02 Thread Simon Fryer
Hi, 1) Read the FAQ for the definition of stable, snapshots and development. In short, I am running 5.9. 2) My BBB (a Element 14 / Farnell version) seems to boot happily from the mmc card without prompting so I can't provide definite advice here. Personally, I would be holding the button down unt

Re: beagleboneblack(BBB) beginner's qustion

2016-09-02 Thread Jonathan Gray
On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 08:08:02PM +1000, Simon Fryer wrote: > Hi, > > 1) Read the FAQ for the definition of stable, snapshots and development. In > short, I am running 5.9. > > 2) My BBB (a Element 14 / Farnell version) seems to boot happily from the > mmc card without prompting so I can't provi

Re: beagleboneblack(BBB) beginner's qustion

2016-09-02 Thread Tuyosi T
my chipset is cp2102 . so i may fail . i need to have PL2303 chipst's one.

Re: beagleboneblack(BBB) beginner's qustion

2016-09-02 Thread Eike Lantzsch
On Samstag, 3. September 2016 03:28:44 PYT Tuyosi T wrote: > my chipset is cp2102 . > so i may fail . > > i need to have PL2303 chipst's one. My experience with PL2303 chips were suboptimal. I'm using USB-RS232 adaptors with FT232 FTDI chips now. Works fine with OpenBSD, MAC OSX and with Linux.

Re: beagleboneblack(BBB) beginner's qustion

2016-09-02 Thread Tuyosi T
i will buy FT232 FTDI chips . by the way the correct step is 1) connect 5V 2) while pushing S2 button , do i swith on S3 power button ? - regards