[gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[Christopher Friedt]

Hi again,

(with yet another new platform question)

Is there anyone out there using the beagleboard?

http://www.beagleboard.org

If so, are the cortex-8 (aka NEON) kernel / toolchain patches yet 
incorporated into the portage tree? The C64x DSP ?

Cheers,

Chris

Re: [gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[Peter Stuge]

Christopher Friedt wrote:
> If so, are the cortex-8 (aka NEON) kernel / toolchain patches yet
> incorporated into the portage tree?

I'm interested also in Cortex-1. Maybe it's too puny to run Linux?


//Peter

Re: [gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[Ned Ludd]

On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 09:30 -0400, Christopher Friedt wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> (with yet another new platform question)
> 
> Is there anyone out there using the beagleboard?
> 
> http://www.beagleboard.org


For those of you interested in the beagleboard I'd suggest checking out
#edev / elinux.org wiki. Note they were only available for a short
period of time via digikey. All the boards sold out in 2-4 days flat
(think 400 units)

I had the chance to see one while I was at LWE. I must admit. For the
price it's a really nice board. If you want an embedded desktop alike
device.

Please submit patches for areas that we might need to support in
relation to that board when you get one.

Re: [gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[wireless]

Ned Ludd wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 09:30 -0400, Christopher Friedt wrote:
>> Hi again,
>>
>> (with yet another new platform question)
>>
>> Is there anyone out there using the beagleboard?
>>
>> http://www.beagleboard.org
> 
> 
> For those of you interested in the beagleboard I'd suggest checking out
> #edev / elinux.org wiki. Note they were only available for a short
> period of time via digikey. All the boards sold out in 2-4 days flat
> (think 400 units)


Hello Ned et. al.

It seems the boards are available again:


http://www.dev-monkey.com/blogs/jon_titus.php?mid=338&lp_id=72&nid=4277&rid=498614042


fresh off the EDN press.


James

Re: [gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[wireless]

wireless wrote:

>>> http://www.beagleboard.org

> It seems the boards are available again:
> 
> 
> http://www.dev-monkey.com/blogs/jon_titus.php?mid=338&lp_id=72&nid=4277&rid=498614042 

Yep Beagle boards (25) in stock: but they'll go quickly!


http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=296-23428-ND


TI rocks!


hth,
James

Re: [gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[Christopher Friedt]

I would highly recommend that you order a USB Mini-A cable from DigiKey 
along with your BeagleBoard. The BeagleBoard does not ship with any 
power or connectivity cables of any kind.

Without a USB Mini-A or JTAG debugger+cable, all that can be done with 
the board is to power it on (assuming that you have an extra 5V adapter 
or a USB Std A -> Mini B).

Finding a USB Mini A cable is practically impossible these days because 
it's officially been retired by the USB consortium. It's primarily TI 
that uses these cables for their calculators. I haven't found a single 
walk-in surplus store that carries a Mini-A cable, so getting it from 
DigiKey is probably your best bet.

Incidentally, the FlySwatter JTAG debugger from Tin Can tools has 
already been proven to work with the BeagleBoard - their adapter kit is 
sold out, but the pinouts are free online for DIYers.

Cheers,

Chris

wireless wrote:
> Ned Ludd wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 09:30 -0400, Christopher Friedt wrote:
>>> Hi again,
>>>
>>> (with yet another new platform question)
>>>
>>> Is there anyone out there using the beagleboard?
>>>
>>> http://www.beagleboard.org
>>
>>
>> For those of you interested in the beagleboard I'd suggest checking out
>> #edev / elinux.org wiki. Note they were only available for a short
>> period of time via digikey. All the boards sold out in 2-4 days flat
>> (think 400 units)
> 
> 
> Hello Ned et. al.
> 
> It seems the boards are available again:
> 
> 
> http://www.dev-monkey.com/blogs/jon_titus.php?mid=338&lp_id=72&nid=4277&rid=498614042 
> 
> 
> 
> fresh off the EDN press.
> 
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 

Re: [gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[David Ford]

Christopher Friedt wrote:
> [...]
> Incidentally, the FlySwatter JTAG debugger from Tin Can tools has
> already been proven to work with the BeagleBoard - their adapter kit
> is sold out, but the pinouts are free online for DIYers.

If you want one, they're currently showing 50 in stock.  But wait until
my order goes through ;-)

http://www.tincantools.com/product.php?productid=16134&cat=251&page=1

-david

Re: [gentoo-embedded] beagleboard users?

[Christopher Friedt]

Hi David,

David Ford wrote:
> If you want one, they're currently showing 50 in stock.  But wait until
> my order goes through ;-)

This actually the link for the product I was talking about (the 
beagleboard adapter kit as opposed to the actual flyswatter board).

http://www.tincantools.com/product.php?productid=16144

And you must have bought all of them, because they're still sold out!

The schematics are there for the flyswatter, and it really is just a 
matter of swapping a couple of pins to have a beagleboard-compatible 
debugger. In spite of that, I would probably still buy one just to save 
myself some time.

Cheers,

Chris