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May 14 22:19:50 <set_> Hey! What is going on w/ this new BeagleV? I mean to say, WHEN, when is it going to be available for the little man like myself over here?
May 14 22:20:22 <set_> I am starting to learn all this odd source and I think it will be neat to use it w/ the BeagleV.
May 14 22:20:47 <set_> AI, Deep Learning, and all that talk...but.
May 14 22:21:30 <set_> I am really excited about the 64-bit arch. and putting heavy loads of computing to use!
May 14 22:23:01 <set_> I finally even learned that thing called Jupyter Notebooks along w/ a repo. for deep learning in Python.
May 14 22:23:41 <set_> Anyway, if you guys are not too busy, let this brother know of when the time and date are for expuslion into society, heh?
May 14 22:24:13 <set_> expulsion <<< Neat!
May 14 23:16:07 <set_> Expel it into society!
May 14 23:17:34 <set_> Oh and GenTooMan: I am not sure if you read my last rambling or not! I got the motor to work! Now, it is BBB time w/ motor-'ville.'
May 14 23:21:24 <set_> For my honest opinion, it is the quietest motor I have come across. No noise, literal noise. No humming or chuga-chuga-chuga. Nothing. Of course, i was at five step intervals.
May 14 23:22:53 <set_> Would anyone like to see this old project in terms of a write up? I know @zmatt thinks it is not so neat b/c of the USB used in the process.
May 14 23:23:12 <set_> I ousted you, @zmatt. Ha.
May 14 23:25:17 <set_> I can use RS485 too! Which the the BBB can handle.
May 14 23:28:43 <set_> Hey? What type of UARTs are on the BBB?
May 14 23:47:13 <zmatt> what do you mean "what type" ?
May 15 02:11:06 <set_> I saw on a Wiki that different mfg. have different types of UARTs.
May 15 02:11:26 <set_> For instance, xxx from NXP and others.
May 15 02:11:38 <set_> Let me see which wikipedia page I found that on.
May 15 02:12:20 <set_> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_asynchronous_receiver-transmitter shows some different models.
May 15 02:12:34 <set_> I was not sure if the BBB carried a specific type.
May 15 02:12:41 <set_> type or model.
May 15 02:14:03 <set_> Sorry it took me so long to reply. I went to the "field!"
May 15 02:14:14 <zmatt> it's not like the peripherals are separate chips with their own part numbers, they're just part of the AM335x
May 15 02:14:14 <set_> I almost did not make it!
May 15 02:14:15 <set_> Ha.
May 15 02:14:20 <set_> Okay.
May 15 02:14:28 <set_> Alright.
May 15 02:15:35 <set_> Okay...I understand. They are not extra parts. It is hardbaked, literally, into the am335x.
May 15 02:19:07 <zmatt> it's generally just referred to as the OMAP UART (referring to TI's OMAP mobile SoCs which are now mostly obsolete, though current SoCs still inherit lots of stuff from them)
May 15 02:19:23 <zmatt> and like most UARTs it's an 8250-derivative
May 15 02:20:39 <zmatt> or TL16C550-derivative more precisely
May 15 02:22:24 <zmatt> why do you care?
May 15 02:29:36 <set_> Oh.
May 15 02:29:48 <set_> I was just wondering...I am still just learning.
May 15 02:29:54 <set_> I do not know everything.
May 15 02:30:29 <set_> @zmatt: Could I find that info. in the TRM?
May 15 02:35:28 <zmatt> sorta, again why does it matter?  it really only matters to the poor sods maintaining its linux driver
May 15 02:41:25 <set_> Oh...I figured this much.
May 15 02:41:35 <set_> And...you are right. It should not matter much to me.
May 15 02:42:33 <set_> I was unaware of writing linux drivers for specific peripherals. I was trying to get a "jump start" on this idea.
May 15 02:42:39 <set_> For instance...
May 15 02:43:38 <set_> Some of the hardware I get has specific chips on them. Right. So, I figured if looking through the drivers on linux for these peripherals could help, why not at least look around.
May 15 02:44:00 <set_> B/c...they use some of the same tech.
May 15 02:45:15 <set_> Let me backtrack a bit. Someone in beagleboard.org or another related entity closely tied to the .org wanted a PWM driver written.
May 15 02:45:17 <set_> ...
May 15 02:45:38 <set_> I said, "What in the hell and why not?" So, I researched and researched ideas.
May 15 02:46:07 <set_> I came across the many pwm drivers in linux and in other locations around the inter-world-webs.
May 15 02:47:27 <set_> But...I never got how to incorporate this specific linux pwm driver w/ the BBB...my skillset is just not what I figured it was when I thought I could attain the ideas pertaining to the driver for BBIO.PWM.
May 15 02:47:43 <set_> ...
May 15 02:48:11 <set_> So...in my quest for knowledge, I have come across many ideas that have lead me to nowhere.
May 15 02:48:59 <set_> It is not so easy. I get this idea. But, until someone replaces the PWM driver for BBB related boards for BBIO.PWM, I will keep trying.
May 15 02:49:41 <set_> so... skillset / time + stress = nowhere (so far)
May 15 02:49:55 <set_> I mean...
May 15 02:51:33 <set_> I could just copy and paste the driver line for line from linux, add it to the BBB, and receive errors. I know there is another way, esp. since the board (BBB) is a specific board. So, I went to the drivers for the TI people on Linux.
May 15 02:52:18 <set_> I found tons of info.
May 15 02:53:14 <set_> I have just not found the info. to support my ideas. TRM, Linux Driver(s), and TI drivers for the peripheral on the kernel are all places I have been searching for answers.
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