Re: [beagleboard] Can we turn BeagleBone Black to an FM receiver ?

2016-01-07 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I've had good luck with receiving FM on the Bone using the SDR Dongles. Checkout: http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr. If you have the SDR, you can install the software with: apt-get install rtl-sdr # Then you can decode on the Bone and send the data to a host to play. # On the bone # rtl_

[beagleboard] Re: Disable unwanted services, like Apache and Avahi

2016-01-09 Thread Mark A. Yoder
A simple script I use is: # Turn off some services cd /etc/init.d/ mkdir -p hide mv apache2 hide This keeps apache from starting a boot time, but it also makes it easy to undo the change by simply moving apache2 out of the hide folder if you want it to start again. --Mark On Saturday, January

[beagleboard] Re: How to figure out the minimal set of services for an embedded Beaglebone Black app on Debian Wheezy

2016-01-26 Thread Mark A. Yoder
You could start with the console image[1] and then add what you need. The console has just the bare bones (so to speak) needed to get booted. --Mark [1] http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBW.2FBBB.2FBBG_.28All_Revs.29 On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 12:22:10 AM UTC-5, Super

Re: [beagleboard] Enable PWM on BBB Debian 4.1 Jessie

2016-02-08 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I'm have trouble reproducing this. I'm running *cat /etc/dogtag* BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2016-01-24 *cat $SLOTS * 0: PF -1 1: PF -1 2: PF -1 3: PF -1 4: P-O-L- 0 Override Board Name,00A0,Override Manuf,cape-universaln Wire an LED to P9_14 and then: *cd /sys/cl

Re: [beagleboard] Enable PWM on BBB Debian 4.1 Jessie

2016-02-08 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Sorry, I left that out. *config-pin -q P9_14* P9_14 Mode: pwm It appears to be set right. --Mark On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 5:27:42 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:22 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > I'm have trouble reproducing this. I

Re: [beagleboard] Enable PWM on BBB Debian 4.1 Jessie

2016-02-08 Thread Mark A. Yoder
" in this kernel again ? > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > >> Sorry, I left that out. >> >> *config-pin -q P9_14* >> P9_14 Mode: pwm >> >> It appears to be set right. >> >> --Mark >> >> On Monday,

Re: [beagleboard] Enable PWM on BBB Debian 4.1 Jessie

2016-02-08 Thread Mark A. Yoder
6:42:11 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > Well /sys/class/pwm/pwmchip2/pwm0 worked! Thanks... > > > > So given the pin name (P9_14 for example) how do I find the pwm path? > (I'm >

Re: [beagleboard] Enable PWM on BBB Debian 4.1 Jessie

2016-02-08 Thread Mark A. Yoder
--Mark On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 6:42:11 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > Well /sys/class/pwm/pwmchip2/pwm0 worked! Thanks... > > > > So given the pin name (P9_14 for example) how do I find

Re: [beagleboard] Enable PWM on BBB Debian 4.1 Jessie

2016-02-09 Thread Mark A. Yoder
--Mark On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 7:58:39 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Robert Nelson > wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > >> Yup, here's the mappings depending on which dts file is u

Re: [beagleboard] Enable PWM on BBB Debian 4.1 Jessie

2016-02-09 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Thanks for the help Robert. I'e hacked around the problem for the short term. --Mark On Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 11:44:56 AM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > Robert: > > I tried it. What should I see

Re: [beagleboard] Read analog inputs BBB running Debian Jessie

2016-02-10 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Thanks! This was a big help. I now have analogRead() working on BoneScript for Jessie. --Mark On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 6:42:06 PM UTC-5, Caveman wrote: > > Right after I posted the last question I found the answer. > > this command > cat /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device0/in_voltage5_raw

[beagleboard] Re: Append to a text file using Bonescript

2016-03-03 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I think nodejs's appendFile[1] will do just what you want. --Mark [1] https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v4.x/docs/api/fs.html#fs_fs_appendfile_file_data_options_callback On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 4:26:19 PM UTC-5, mced...@gmail.com wrote: > > > function appendTextFile(filename,text){ > var b

Re: [beagleboard] Temperature Sensor in my BBB

2013-11-30 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Indeed there is a temp sensor. I looked in up in the TRM and then wrote this script to read it. *#!/bin/bash* *# Reads internal temperature of AM335x* *# 0x44e1_ is the starting address of the Control Module (Table 2.2 p 171 of TRM)* *# 0x0448 is the address of the bandgap_crtl register whi

Re: [beagleboard] Temperature Sensor in my BBB

2013-12-02 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Hmmm I'm running Angstrum with the 3.8 kernel. What are you running? --Mark On Saturday, November 30, 2013 9:43:58 PM UTC-5, Junkytomato wrote: > > I just compiled devmem2 from source and your script is reading from memory > correctly now. But the second read is returning 0x00 and it still

Re: [beagleboard] Temperature Sensor in my BBB

2013-12-02 Thread Mark A. Yoder
n, but I also have an SD card for Ubuntu and Angstrom > on-board. Should I test it in one of those? > > > > *From:* beagl...@googlegroups.com [mailto: > beagl...@googlegroups.com ] *On Behalf Of *Mark A. Yoder > *Sent:* Monday, December 2, 2013 6:44 AM > *To:* beagl...@g

[beagleboard] Re: Wifi Packet Sniffer by Beagle Bone Black

2013-12-18 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Two ideas: 1. Did you "sudo" when running WireShark? 2. If that doesn't work, my students did a nice project[1] that runs *tcpdump* on the bone to collect data and passes the data to WireShark (running on the host) to display the data. --Mark [1] http://elinux.org/ECE497_Project_Wi

[beagleboard] BeagleBone Black Based Christmas Tree

2013-12-20 Thread Mark A. Yoder
The Rose-Hulman ECE department's Christmas tree's lights are controlled by a Beagle Bone Black. You can check it out here http://youtu.be/4BbRNn3VadA --Mark -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[beagleboard] Re: Happy New Year Beaglers!

2014-01-06 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Jason: This sounds good. It looks like I can to retool my BeagleClass again. Have you considered including Mathematica on the image? I see it's going to be included on the Pi[2]. --Mark [1] http://www.wolfram.com/raspberry-pi/ [2] http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/5282 On Saturday, Janu

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Happy New Year Beaglers!

2014-01-06 Thread Mark A. Yoder
, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Mark A. Yoder > > > wrote: > > Jason: > > This sounds good. It looks like I can to retool my BeagleClass again. > > > > Have you considered including Mathematica on the image? I see it

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Happy New Year Beaglers!

2014-01-06 Thread Mark A. Yoder
, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Mark A. Yoder > > > wrote: > > Wow, I hadn't noticed it was so BIG. Maybe a separate SD image just for > Mma > > could be created that you would insert when you want to run it. > > If they pu

[beagleboard] Re: BeagleBone Black Book

2014-01-14 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Richard: Sounds like it could be a good resource to the community. However I don't think you have the right link. --Mark On Monday, January 13, 2014 5:36:13 PM UTC-5, richard.g...@gmail.com wrote: > > I hope it is OK, but I would like to make folks aware of my new Book on > BeagleBone Black

[beagleboard] Re: Mathematica on the Beagle

2014-01-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Success! I have Mathematica running on a BeagleBone Black. I'm running under the lasted Debina beta image[1]. --Mark [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/beagleboard/uDKIP63nY8A On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 10:23:22 AM UTC-5, Daniel Chisholm wrote: > > What great news! I've sent off

Re: [beagleboard] Re: debian: test images (2014-01-29) (resend with correct topic..)

2014-01-31 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I've been having fun playing with the new images. So far things have worked well, but something new has popped up on the latest image that wasn't there before. I'm using bonescript and I get a failure if I try to use certain pins (P9_42 and P9_21) that worked in the earlier images. On the fir

Re: [beagleboard] Re: debian: test images (2014-01-29) (resend with correct topic..)

2014-01-31 Thread Mark A. Yoder
plan on using the new Debian image. --Mark On Friday, January 31, 2014 2:22:33 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Mark A. Yoder > > > wrote: > > I've been having fun playing with the new images. So far things have > worked > &g

[beagleboard] Re: debian: test images (2014-02-05)

2014-02-08 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Robert: *gedit* is missing. Unfortunately it needs an additional 223M to install. --Mark On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 5:56:23 PM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > Another week, more fixes, do you sense we are getting closer to release??? > > First, for tracking please report all bugs to: > h

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Detecting a Beaglebone IP Addtress

2014-02-18 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Last night I set up a VM (Ubuntu 12.04 with Virtual Box) and was able to plug my BBB in via USB, have the VM take control of the USB and then ssh 192.168.7.2 and talk to the beagle. This seems like the easiest way to set up the beagles. --Mark On Monday, February 17, 2014 10:33:10 PM UTC-5, Wa

[beagleboard] Re: Reading an Analog input from a web page ?

2014-06-06 Thread Mark A. Yoder
William: I have an example[1] that not only reads analog in, but it also plots it on a web page. --Mark [1] https://github.com/MarkAYoder/BeagleBoard-exercises/tree/master/realtime On Thursday, June 5, 2014 11:09:58 AM UTC-5, William Pretty Security wrote: > > Hello group; > > > > I am won

[beagleboard] Re: Reading an Analog input from a web page ?

2014-06-06 Thread Mark A. Yoder
p.s. I also have a homework[1] assignment that gives an overview of it. --Mark [1] https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B5UNMAgIJB74cUhIRlRwcXdQaTQ On Friday, June 6, 2014 3:44:36 PM UTC-5, Mark A. Yoder wrote: > > William: > I have an example[1] that not only reads analog in, bu

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Official eQEP driver Support

2014-06-23 Thread Mark A. Yoder
James: Thanks. That works for me. Can this be included in the next debian release? --Mark On Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:16:27 PM UTC-4, James Zapico wrote: > > eQEP2 is connected to two sets of pins, one of which may also be exposed > without disabling the HDMI. Here are the pins: > >

[beagleboard] Using a hardware timer (eCAP?) to measure the width of a pulse from a Ultrasonic Range finder

2014-07-10 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I have a HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Ranging Module[1] I want to interface to the Bone. It outputs a pulse whose width is proportional to the distance to the object. The AM335x TRM says the eCAP Module (Enhanced Capture) can measure the time of a pulse. Has anyone written an eCAP kernel driver? Are th

[beagleboard] Re: Using a hardware timer (eCAP?) to measure the width of a pulse from a Ultrasonic Range finder

2014-07-10 Thread Mark A. Yoder
:50:05 AM UTC-4, Troy Dack wrote: > > I came across this today > https://github.com/Teknoman117/beaglebot/tree/master/hcsr04-demo > > Might be just what you need. > > On Thursday, 10 July 2014 23:21:55 UTC+10, Mark A. Yoder wrote: >> >> I have a HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Rangi

[beagleboard] miniDisplay Cape - Looking for sample code

2014-07-15 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I just got a miniDisplay Cape from CircuitCo[1]. It's a slick looking 128x128 color display, but I can find drivers for it. Does anyone have sample code for the miniDisplay Cape? --Mark [1] http://elinux.org/CircuitCo:MiniDisplay_Cape -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss

Re: [beagleboard] miniDisplay Cape - Looking for sample code

2014-07-15 Thread Mark A. Yoder
David: Thanks for updating [1] so quickly. Do you have any out-if-the-box demos that show how to use the miniDisplay Cape? --Mark [1] http://elinux.org/CircuitCo:MiniDisplay_Cape On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 12:25:05 PM UTC-4, David Anders wrote: > > "Hopefully the developer will respond. " > >

Re: [beagleboard] miniDisplay Cape - Looking for sample code

2014-07-15 Thread Mark A. Yoder
.inbedded.net/blog/2013/06/02/beaglebone-black-and-lcd-equals-fun/ > > http://guy.carpenter.id.au/gaugette/2014/01/28/controlling-an-adafruit-spi-oled-with-a-beaglebone-black/ > > > Dave > > > On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 12:10:59 PM UTC-5, Mark A. Yoder wrote: >> >>

Re: [beagleboard] miniDisplay Cape - Looking for sample code

2014-07-16 Thread Mark A. Yoder
apemgr.*/slots to disable a pwm that was in conflict. Thanks again... --Mark On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 2:45:23 PM UTC-4, Mark A. Yoder wrote: > > David: > I'm looking forward to seeing your example. A simple working example > goes a long to way to understanding the device. &g

Re: [beagleboard] miniDisplay Cape - Looking for sample code

2014-07-16 Thread Mark A. Yoder
at a time to the SPI?* With only small changes the code here[1] drives the miniDisplay and sends a bmp file to it. --Mark [1] https://github.com/jeidon/cfa_bmp_loader.git On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 12:00:03 PM UTC-4, David Anders wrote: > > Mark, > > > On Wednesday, Jul

[beagleboard] Using USB WIfi adapter on Debian 16-July-2014 image

2014-07-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Is there an easy way to use a Wifi adapter on Debian? My definition of easy is that you plug it in and it works. I've searched the web and have found several solutions that involve installing kernel modules, but I don't want to go that route. I've tried several USB Wifi adapters this morning.

Re: [beagleboard] Using USB WIfi adapter on Debian 16-July-2014 image

2014-07-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
It's the lxde image. I have a Atheros AR9271. I'm running with external 5V supply. Is there something special that needs to be configured first? --Mark On Thursday, July 17, 2014 11:52:26 AM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Mark A. Yoder

Re: [beagleboard] Using USB WIfi adapter on Debian 16-July-2014 image

2014-07-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
ifconfig -a doesn't list wlan0. What do I put in /etc/network/interfaces? --Mark On Thursday, July 17, 2014 12:53:43 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > It's the lxde image. I have a Atheros AR9271. I'

Re: [beagleboard] Using USB WIfi adapter on Debian 16-July-2014 image

2014-07-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
the same results. Thanks... --Mark On Thursday, July 17, 2014 12:59:20 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > ifconfig -a doesn't list wlan0. > > > > What do I put in /etc/network/interfaces? > >

Re: [beagleboard] miniDisplay Cape - Looking for sample code

2014-07-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Hmmm I tried sending 1024 and the display didn't show anything. Maybe you can only send one line at a time. --Mark On Thursday, July 17, 2014 3:02:38 PM UTC-4, David Anders wrote: > > Mark, > > > On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 11:23:59 AM UTC-5, Mark A. Yoder wrote: >

Re: [beagleboard] Using USB WIfi adapter on Debian 16-July-2014 image

2014-07-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
;m heading home where the wifi is much simpler. I hope it works there. --Mark On Thursday, July 17, 2014 2:12:06 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Robert Nelson > wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > >>

Re: [beagleboard] Using USB WIfi adapter on Debian 16-July-2014 image

2014-07-19 Thread Mark A. Yoder
usb0 inet6 fe80::e4bd:12ff:feae:62dc/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 4: wlan0: mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000 link/ether 60:02:b4:86:90:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff *dmesg:* http://paste.debian.net/110547/ On Thursday, July 17, 2014 4:09:27 PM UTC-4, Mark A.

Re: [beagleboard] debian 2014-07-16

2014-07-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I like the idea of using apt-get install to update the kernel. I just tried it and got an error when it tried to edit uEnv.txt. I hand edited uEnv.txt and rebooted into the new kernel with no problems. --Mark [1] apt-get install linux-image-3.8.13.bone59 Reading package lists... Done Building

Re: [beagleboard] debian 2014-07-16

2014-07-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
ror code (1) [2] cat uEnv.txt #Docs: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:U-boot_partitioning_layout_2.0 uname_r=3.8.13-bone60 *# uname_r=3.15.6-bone5* #dtb= cmdline=quiet init=/lib/systemd/systemd ... On Monday, July 21, 2014 12:05:40 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:5

Re: [beagleboard] debian 2014-07-16

2014-07-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Yup, removing the commented out line fixed it. Thanks... --Mark On Monday, July 21, 2014 12:19:38 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > Looks like the same error[1]. I am logged in as root. I do have an > ext

[beagleboard] Compiling Debian kernel for BBB

2014-07-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I'm pulling together some notes for my students[1] on installing and compiling different kernels for BeagleBone Black. The installing side is now easy with the latest (2014-7-16) Debian image. Run: apt-cache pkgnames | grep linux-image to see what images are out there and then: apt-get insta

Re: [beagleboard] Compiling Debian kernel for BBB

2014-07-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
t; > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Robert Nelson > wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > >> I'm pulling together some notes for my students[1] on installing and > >> compiling different kernels for BeagleBone Black. &

Re: [beagleboard] Compiling Debian kernel for BBB

2014-07-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Are you scripts smart enough to install the right cross compilers? Do I need *sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi?* --Mark On Monday, July 21, 2014 4:05:15 PM UTC-4, Mark A. Yoder wrote: > > Let me summarize Here is what I tell my students: > > host$ *sudo apt-get ins

Re: [beagleboard] Compiling Debian kernel for BBB

2014-07-22 Thread Mark A. Yoder
ersion of the kernel? --Mark On Monday, July 21, 2014 4:17:49 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > Are you scripts smart enough to install the right cross compilers? Do I > > need sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gn

Re: [beagleboard] Compiling Debian kernel for BBB

2014-07-22 Thread Mark A. Yoder
xpected (expecting "then") Looks like features are being added, but aren't there yet... --Mark On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 11:55:34 AM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > Robert, your kernel building tools are re

Re: [beagleboard] Compiling Debian kernel for BBB

2014-07-23 Thread Mark A. Yoder
04 GMT+04:00 Robert Nelson >: > >> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Mark A. Yoder > > wrote: >> > It works! So you only use tools/rebuild.sh if you are working with the >> same >> > version of the kernel. >> > >> > On to the next pro

[beagleboard] Re: ALSA program for capture and play audio file

2014-08-06 Thread Mark A. Yoder
They have been moved to github. They are here[1] now. Let me know if they still work, I haven't messed with them recently. --Mark [1] https://github.com/MarkAYoder/BeagleBoard-exercises/tree/master/audioThru On Thursday, July 31, 2014 8:35:25 PM UTC-4, Jesse Forgues wrote: > > Stumbled upon

Re: [beagleboard] Re: ALSA program for capture and play audio file

2014-08-06 Thread Mark A. Yoder
quot; > > Your GitHub just has a,b and d... > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > >> They have been moved to github. They are here[1] now. Let me know if >> they still work, I haven't messed with them recently. >> >>

[beagleboard] Re: debian testing: 2014-08-19

2014-08-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Robert: I like this approach. It should be easy to teach to my students. --Mark On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 12:40:16 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > btw, what's your guys thoughts on the simplified dts file, here is the > black: Simple enough for end users to enable/disable things for t

[beagleboard] If This Then That BeagleBoard channel

2014-08-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I see littlbits[1] has an IF This Then That channel[2]. Is anyone working on a BeagleBone channel for ifttt? If you haven't looked at ifttt[3], check it out. It's a slick way to interface to the Internet of Things. --Mark [1] http://littlebits.cc/ [2] https://ifttt.com/littlebits [3] https:/

[beagleboard] USR LEDS in 3.14 kernel

2014-08-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I loaded up the 3.14 kernel and discovered two of the USR LEDs had changed names. bone$ *ls /sys/class/leds* beaglebone:green:heartbeat beaglebone:green:usr2 beaglebone:green:mmc0 beaglebone:green:usr3 Seems like this will break a bunch of things. --Mark -- For more options, visit ht

[beagleboard] Re: How do I find out what image my brand new Beaglebone Black is running?

2014-09-05 Thread Mark A. Yoder
jgold: Try: *cat /etc/dogtag * I think the May image is the latest released image, that is the image that ships on the Bone. There was a new test image pushed yesterday (4-Sep-2014). --Mark On Friday, September 5, 2014 1:48:36 AM UTC-4, jgold wrote: > > I just got a Beaglebone Black from Ad

[beagleboard] Welcome the Fall 2014 Beagle Class to the group

2014-09-05 Thread Mark A. Yoder
what topics to include in the class and suggestions for interesting course projects. For example we are starting BoneScript today and hope to be writing simple kernel module 5 weeks from now. Class, please respond to this posting. Others, please welcome my class. --Mark --Prof. Mark A. Yoder

[beagleboard] Re: Welcome the Fall 2014 Beagle Class to the group

2014-09-08 Thread Mark A. Yoder
*does* look interesting. Is there any way to audit the course > -- uStream archives or something like that? > Cheers, Tim > > > > On Friday, September 5, 2014 11:13:58 AM UTC-4, Mark A. Yoder wrote: >> >> The purpose of this posting is to announce that I'm once ag

Re: [beagleboard] Debian Jessie (armhf) and wxPython

2016-03-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I have a bigger question Robert. How do you know which version goes with which release? Is there a web site I could check? --Mark On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 10:25:00 AM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Robert Jonathan Šimon > > wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: debian: test images (2014-02-24) Cloud9 BETA!

2014-02-25 Thread Mark A. Yoder
It's nice to have cloud9 back. I even have the latest prerelease of Mathematica running on it. --Mark On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9:31:01 AM UTC-5, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Lee Crocker > > > wrote: > > You didn't actually make the "bb.org-v2014-02-24" tag.

[beagleboard] Re: GSoC 2014 idea

2014-02-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Looks like a neat project. The BBB might have enough power, it depends on what you want it to do. --Mark On Thursday, February 27, 2014 6:41:11 AM UTC-5, Tianlei Zhang wrote: > > hi, guys: > > This is Zhang Tianlei, a PHD candidate of Computer Science, Tsinghua > University > @BeiJing, China.

Re: [beagleboard] Re: debian: test images (2014-02-24) Cloud9 BETA!

2014-02-28 Thread Mark A. Yoder
HDMI 7: ff:P-O-L Override Board Name,00A0,Override Manuf,bspm_P9_42_27 8: ff:P-O-L Override Board Name,00A0,Override Manuf,bspm_P9_41_27 9: ff:P-O-L Override Board Name,00A0,Override Manuf,bspm_P9_21_27 On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 3:24:57 PM UTC-5, Mark A. Yoder wrote: > > It's nice

Re: [beagleboard] Re: debian: test images (2014-02-24) Cloud9 BETA!

2014-02-28 Thread Mark A. Yoder
#x27;ll be compiling the 3.8.13-bone40 kernel? --Mark On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 3:24:57 PM UTC-5, Mark A. Yoder wrote: > > It's nice to have cloud9 back. I even have the latest prerelease of > Mathematica running on it. > > --Mark > > On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 9

Re: [beagleboard] Directly accessing ARM registers from C/C++

2014-03-04 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Here's[1] and example I use with my students. --Mark [1] http://elinux.org/EBC_Exercise_11b_gpio_via_mmap On Monday, March 3, 2014 9:29:14 PM UTC-5, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > You are running on a system with virtual memory, so you can't just > access the physical memory location and expe

[beagleboard] i2c via bonescript under Debian

2014-03-26 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I see the bonescript has some i2c methods. Are there any examples out there that work under Debian on the Black Bone? --Mark -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubsc

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

2014-03-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I see a 2014-03-26 image has appeared. Unfortunately when I flash [1] and boot from it, it appears to never leave u-boot. Just 3 LEDs light and it just hangs. I try this on two SD cards and both had the same behavior. --Mark [1] http://rcn-ee.net/deb/testing/2014-03-26/bone-debian-7.4-2014-

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

2014-03-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Thanks Robert. I'll watch for the update. --Mark On Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:22:12 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Robert Nelson > > > wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Mark A. Yoder > > > > wro

Re: [beagleboard] i2c via bonescript under Debian

2014-03-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
nReadByte: {"event":"return","return":[240]} res: undefined Scan finds two devices, but I don't see how they relate to whats on the bus. Any ideas? --Mark On Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:40:09 AM UTC-4, Jason Kridner wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 5:42

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

2014-03-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
It's working. Thanks! --Mark On Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:18:20 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Mark A. Yoder > > > wrote: > > Thanks Robert. I'll watch for the update. > > Just pushed out &am

[beagleboard] Re: How to use UART Serial Port Using BoneScript Library

2014-03-27 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Nick: I have some bonescript code that works with the UART, but I'm not using the built-in bonescript calls. It works fine with a GPS, though I don't use it to transmit. I took would like to see an example that uses the bonescript calls. Before ruing the code you need to: beagle# *npm insta

Re: [beagleboard] i2c via bonescript under Debian

2014-03-28 Thread Mark A. Yoder
0 PM, Jason Kridner > > > wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Mark A. Yoder > > > > wrote: > >> Hmm... I'm not getting anywhere with this. I have a TMP101 i2c device > wired > >> to P9_19 and P9_20. From the command line this works:

[beagleboard] Re: How to use UART Serial Port Using BoneScript Library

2014-04-09 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Jason: I just cut and pasted your code and it worked! Thanks... --Mark On Monday, April 7, 2014 1:13:13 PM UTC-4, Jason Kridner wrote: > > > > On Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:59:00 PM UTC-4, Mark A. Yoder wrote: >> >> Nick: >> I have some bonescript code that wo

[beagleboard] Re: How to use UART Serial Port Using BoneScript Library

2014-04-09 Thread Mark A. Yoder
It almost works out of the box. I changed baudrate to 9600 for my GPS and data shows up. However I wanted one line of data at a time so I added: var options = { baudrate: 9600, parser: b.*serialParsers*.readline("\n") }; But *serialParsers* isn't defined! I added the following line at

[beagleboard] LEDscape and adafruit NEOpixel LEDs on BBB

2014-04-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Hi Beagle'ers: I have a string adafruit NEOpixel LEDs[1] that I want to drive with the BBB. LEDscape[2] looks like a good way to drive the LEDs via the PRUs. I'm not sure how to get started. Has anyone used this software to drive the LEDs? What should I wire where? --Mark [1] http://www.a

Re: [beagleboard] LEDscape and adafruit NEOpixel LEDs on BBB

2014-04-22 Thread Mark A. Yoder
21, 2014 1:48:15 PM UTC-4, dwfunk4475 wrote: > > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=beaglebone+black+ws2812 > > > Plenty of tutorials . . . adapt to whatever pin(s) you wish to use on our > BBB > > > > > -david > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Mark A. Yoder > > &

Re: [beagleboard] LEDscape and adafruit NEOpixel LEDs on BBB

2014-04-30 Thread Mark A. Yoder
at the dtb file is being read I've got everything >>>> showing up properly, which is great because I've got my first NeoPixel >>>> stick arriving in the mail today. Unfortunately I'll be out of town this >>>> weekend, but I've got a 4 hour

Re: [beagleboard] Re: 4GB eMMC Shipping

2014-05-08 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Gerald: Congratulations! Another Beagle birthed. --Mark On Thursday, May 8, 2014 9:35:52 AM UTC-4, Gerald wrote: > > We are shipping the Rev C. That is why it shows the status as PRODUCTION, > We shipped the first batch on Tuesday. > > Gerald > > > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 3:10 AM, > wrote: > >

[beagleboard] Re: WS2801 and Beaglebone

2014-05-28 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Thanks for the detailed instructions. It's working for me with very little effort. In fact, if your are running the latest Debian image [1] the setup is even easier. py-spidev is already installed and you don't have to disable the HDMI, rather you just disable a PWM. - beagle$ *cat **/sys/

[beagleboard] Re: BeagleBone Cookbook - O'Reilly Media

2015-02-11 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I kind of like the book too. :-> I'd like to hear what people think of it. In the long run, I'd like to know what other recipes could be included. There are some many other things the Bone can do. --Mark On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 5:18:16 PM UTC-5, Peter Lawler wrote: > > Just wondering

Re: [beagleboard] BeagleBoard XM or BeagleBone Black?

2015-02-20 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I've had good luck using a USB Audio dongle such as [1]. They are cheap and work right out of the box via ALSA. --Mark [1] http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-External-Adapter-Windows-AU-MMSA/dp/B00IRVQ0F8/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1424442555&sr=1-1&keywords=audio+usb On Friday, February 20, 20

[beagleboard] Re: What to do next with the beaglebone black

2015-03-21 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Adafruit has a Tutorial on interfacing servos to the bone. They use Python. --Mark On Friday, March 20, 2015 at 12:45:37 PM UTC-4, Zock77 wrote: > > Hey guys! I just bought a beaglebone black, for the purpose of controlli

[beagleboard] Re: Welcome the Fall 2014 Beagle Class to the group

2014-09-30 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I've had a few of my students say there reply to this post was *denied by the group moderator*. How can I get them approved for this list? --Mark On Friday, September 5, 2014 11:13:58 AM UTC-4, Mark A. Yoder wrote: > > The purpose of this posting is to announce that I'm onc

[beagleboard] Re: How to get PWM working with latest Debian image?

2014-10-02 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Here's[1] the instructions I gave my students. --Mark [1] http://elinux.org/EBC_Pulse_Width_Modulation On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 11:45:33 PM UTC-4, Bill Gray wrote: > > > So, I'm trying to get PWM up and running on my BBB. > > I've spent a good deal of time trying to track down instructions

[beagleboard] Backing up u-boot.img and MLO

2014-10-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I see on the recent test images[1] that u-boot and MLO are handled differently than before[2]. You copy u-boot.img and MLO using: dd if=MLO of=/dev/sdX count=1 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=128k dd if=u-boot.img of=/dev/sdX count=2 seek=1 conv=notrunc bs=384k I want to try my own u-boot, but before o

Re: [beagleboard] Backing up u-boot.img and MLO

2014-10-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
AM, Robert Nelson > wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > >> I see on the recent test images[1] that u-boot and MLO are handled > >> differently than before[2]. You copy u-boot.img and MLO using: > >> > >> dd if=MLO

Re: [beagleboard] Backing up u-boot.img and MLO

2014-10-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
n Friday, October 17, 2014 1:13:53 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > Thanks for the quick backup tip. > > > > What command do I run if I want to install a new u-boot while the Bone > is > > runn

Re: [beagleboard] Backing up u-boot.img and MLO

2014-10-17 Thread Mark A. Yoder
. I thought I had a nice exercise for my students, but it has me stumped. --Mark On Friday, October 17, 2014 2:39:53 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > Well, I must be doing something wrong. I've runn your suggested

Re: [beagleboard] Backing up u-boot.img and MLO

2014-10-18 Thread Mark A. Yoder
riday, October 17, 2014 3:24:20 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Mark A. Yoder > wrote: > > I think I've updated both. Since I'm booting off the SD card, doesn't > > /dev/mmcblk0p0 refer to the SD card and /dev/mmcblk1p0 refer to

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Books or Internet resources on Embedded linux

2014-11-29 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I have a bunch of wiki pages I use with my students[1]. They might be of some help. --Mark [1] http://elinux.org/index.php?title=Category:ECE597 On Friday, November 28, 2014 11:41:41 AM UTC-5, Philip Polstra wrote: > > If you aren't doing anything with hardware (using capes, etc.) then doing

Re: [beagleboard] Re: Books or Internet resources on Embedded linux

2014-11-29 Thread Mark A. Yoder
> I'd also recommend the BeagleBone Cookbook[1], but it won't be out until >> April! >> > --Mark [1] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033899.do -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Be

[beagleboard] Returning dead BeagleBone Blacks for repair

2014-12-10 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I have a stack of seven BeagleBone Blacks that have served me well, but in the hands of inexperienced students they have made the ultimate sacrifice. That is, they are dead. How do I go about returning them to get repaired (if possible)? --Mark -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.o

[beagleboard] Re: Mathematica on the Beagle

2014-12-22 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Unfortunately I'm no longer able to run Mathematica on the Bone. The Beta program has finished and my images no longer work. --Mark On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 1:27:40 PM UTC-5, Mark A. Yoder wrote: > > I see the raspberry pi is getting Mathematica[1][2]. Has anyone heard an

[beagleboard] Re: If This Then That BeagleBoard channel

2015-06-19 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Good question. It appears IFTTT has just announced a new Maker channel[1]. Looks like the Bone is supported. --Mark On Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 3:38:12 PM UTC-4, Mark A. Yoder wrote: > > I see littlbits[1] has an IF This Then That channel[2]. Is anyone working > on a BeagleBon

[beagleboard] Re: If This Then That BeagleBoard channel

2015-06-22 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I just posted a recipe on ifttt: https://ifttt.com/recipes/301640-beaglebone-test It points to my code of github. send.js sends an event to ifttt and receive.js is a simple server that ifttt accesses when the even occurs. --Mark On Thursday, August 21, 2014 at 3:38:12 PM UTC-4, Mark A

Re: [beagleboard] Xenomai for beginners

2015-06-24 Thread Mark A. Yoder
This sounds like an interesting study. Be sure to share your findings and your code. --Mark On Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 10:54:04 AM UTC-4, chnyc wrote: > > Right, sorry for the vagueness. > > I'm basically trying to duplicate a range of RT tests across the same > motor (basic, low cost stepp

[beagleboard] Re: Updating BBB Debian Image With Cross-Compiled Kernel

2015-07-08 Thread Mark A. Yoder
Jalodi: Here[1] are instructions I've used with my class. They are written for the 3.8 kernel, but if you checkout the right branch you can get newer kernels. The script *may_install_kernel.sh* can be found in my course repo[2]. It's based on Robert Nelson's install_kernel.sh. My approach

[beagleboard] Welcome the Fall 2015 Embedded Linux class to this group

2015-08-05 Thread Mark A. Yoder
BoneScript next week and hope to be writing simple kernel module a few weeks from now. Class, please respond to this posting. Others, please welcome my class. --Mark --Prof. Mark A. Yoder Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology [4] Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi [5] [1] ht

[beagleboard] Reinstalling Cloud9 on Debian Image 2015-03-01

2015-09-23 Thread Mark A. Yoder
I've managed to get Cloud9 uninstalled (or at least broken) on my Bone running "Debian Image 2015-03-01". *apt-get install cloud9-installer* results in The following packages have unmet dependencies: cloud9-installer : Depends: c9-core-installer but it is not going to be installed E: Unable t

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