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Apr 11 18:17:28 <Guest101> Hi guys I wanted to ask a question about the use of products developed for raspberry pi. Are these sensors compatible with beaglebone? I have a project that needs to implement LIDAR and the best cheap sensor I could find was an Okdo Lidar Module. I really want to use the Beaglebone Blue as it fits the motor control and IMU needs.
Apr 11 18:21:30 <zmatt> Guest101: I mean, that depends on the module
Apr 11 18:21:49 <zmatt> and how it's interfaced
Apr 11 18:25:03 <Guest101> It's only connected through a TX, PWM, GND and 5V connections. And has public drivers available on github. However many places in the datasheet it's stated it was developed to be used with raspberry pi 2-4 models.
Apr 11 18:26:40 <zmatt> yeah that's probably just laziness on their part
Apr 11 18:27:06 <zmatt> it looks like it just needs a pwm and an uart (used for receive only)
Apr 11 18:27:48 <zmatt> the main problem will be to figure out how their software works and what needs to be adapted
Apr 11 18:28:28 <zmatt> especially since the module itself doesn't really appear to be documented
Apr 11 18:29:27 <zmatt> it's just "here, use this software on an rpi"
Apr 11 18:30:41 <Guest101> Yeah I see that, I'll have a look around for any other 360 degree LIDAR sensors but so far this one is much better priced than any other
Apr 11 18:33:51 <zmatt> their code doesn't look very complex
Apr 11 18:34:02 <zmatt> curiously I haven't yet noticed where exactly they're doing anything with the pwm
Apr 11 18:36:59 <zmatt> ah, they don't, the docs just have some vague remark that you can use it for "speed control", but that you'd just have to do that yourself
Apr 11 18:38:11 <zmatt> so yeah, the installer would be useless on a beaglebone but based on what I've seen I'd expect the code itself to work just fine
Apr 11 18:38:15 <zmatt> oh he left
Apr 11 18:38:20 <zmatt> :/
Apr 12 02:42:23 <set_> is anyone using the linuxcnc builds w/ Bullseye yet?
Apr 12 02:43:25 <set_> I am asking b/c I had a real difficult time, panicking mostly, erasing some MachineKit .deb files off a Win 'puter last time I doused myself in their builds.
Apr 12 02:45:42 <set_> and...I made some posts, mostly garbage now, that have to do w/ building for the BBB and LinuxCNC.
Apr 12 02:46:47 <vvn> I have a beaglebone based product, where the "daughter board" is providing power to the bbb (so the bbb kinda is the daughter board in fact)
Apr 12 02:47:04 <set_> They have armhf builds which means, they have .deb files I can use. Anyway, if anyone is using such a tool online w/ their BBB(s), please let me know.
Apr 12 02:48:48 <vvn> I have a custom DTS and bootloader, and the only kernel change I carry is this: http://ix.io/3UTL
Apr 12 02:49:33 <vvn> I would like to get rid of this so I can use the stock beaglebone kernel. Is there a way to configure the sys/hw RTC via the device tree maybe?
Apr 12 02:49:40 <vvn> Cc: zmatt
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