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RaspberryPi: Revision 26




OV7670

DHT11/DHT22

BlinkM + i2c

CEC - control your TV

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=15749

root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# git clone https://github.com/Pulse-Eight/libcec.git
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# cd libcec/
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi/libcec# apt-get install autoconf automake libtool liblockdev1-dev libudev-dev libraspberrypi-dev
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi/libcec# sh -x bootstrap
root@raspberrypi:/home/pi/libcec# ./configure --with-rpi-include-path=/opt/vc/include/ --with-rpi-lib-path=/opt/vc/lib/

##############################################################################

libCEC version 2:1:0 configured

Compilation flags:
  CXXFLAGS :       -g -O2 -fPIC -Wall -Wextra -Wno-missing-field-initializers  -Wno-psabi
  libCEC LDFLAGS : -lbcm_host -llockdev -lrt -ldl -lpthread  -L/opt/vc/lib/ -lvcos -lvchiq_arm -ludev  
  client LDFLAGS : -lrt -ldl -lpthread 

Configured features:
  Pulse-Eight CEC Adapter :             yes
  Pulse-Eight CEC Adapter detection :   yes
  Raspberry Pi support :                yes
  TDA995x support :                     no

You can now build libCEC by running:
  make

##############################################################################

make install

TV on

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ echo "on 0" | cec-client -s

Hints from forum

screen saver

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=84831#p84831

# prevent screensaver from powering down display
setterm -blank 0 -powerdown 0 > /dev/tty0

# clear the display and turn off the flashing cursor
clear > /dev/tty0
setterm -cursor 0 > /dev/tty0

# turn the cursor back on when done with omxplayer
setterm -cursor 1 > /dev/tty0

YouTube transcoding in VLC

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=163658#p163658

cvlc 'youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXX' :sout='#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=0,fps=0,scale=0,height=720,acodec=mp4a,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:http{mux=ffmpeg{mux=flv},dst=:8080/youtube}' :sout-keep

Education materials

Raspberry Pi Accessories Starter Kit

http://www.conrad.com/ce/en/product/409208/Raspberry-Pi-Accessories-Starter-Kit?ref=searchDetail

  • 1x Rapberry sticker

GPU

Arduino

JTAG

Arduino ProMini 3.3V 8MHz

Disable serial port console

edit /boot/cmdline.txt and remove all ttyAMA0 leaving:

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cat /boot/cmdline.txt
dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline rootwait bcm2708.w1_gpio_pin=4

also, comment out ttyAMA0 in /etc/inittab

connect Arduino serial

RX->TX
TX->RX

https://github.com/dpavlin/avrdude-rpi/tree/fix_channel_in_use

pin definitions in GPIO.RPi are physical pins on board not BCM or wiring ip!

gpio1.png

flasing

dpavlin@blue:~/Arduino/RF433_Sockets$ scp /tmp/build*.tmp/*.hex pi@rpi.tv:/tmp/
RF433_Sockets.cpp.hex                                        100%   19KB  18.6KB/s   00:00

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cat avrdude.sh 
#!/bin/sh
hex=`ls -t /tmp/*.hex | head -1`
echo "flash hex: $hex"
sudo /home/pi/avrdude-rpi/avrdude-autoreset -C /home/pi/avrdude.conf -v -v -patmega328p -carduino -P/dev/ttyAMA0 -b57600 -D -Uflash:w:$hex:i 

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ./avrdude.sh
flash hex: /tmp/RF433_Sockets.cpp.hex

avrdude: Version 6.1, compiled on Sep 17 2014 at 05:41:35
         Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Brian Dean, http://www.bdmicro.com/
         Copyright (c) 2007-2014 Joerg Wunsch

         System wide configuration file is "/home/pi/avrdude.conf"
         User configuration file is "/root/.avrduderc"
         User configuration file does not exist or is not a regular file, skipping

         Using Port                    : /dev/ttyAMA0
         Using Programmer              : arduino
         Overriding Baud Rate          : 57600
done with autoreset
strace: |/home/pi/avrdude-rpi/autoreset: Broken pipe
strace: |/home/pi/avrdude-rpi/autoreset: Broken pipe
         AVR Part                      : ATmega328P
         Chip Erase delay              : 9000 us
         PAGEL                         : PD7
         BS2                           : PC2
         RESET disposition             : dedicated
         RETRY pulse                   : SCK
         serial program mode           : yes
         parallel program mode         : yes
         Timeout                       : 200
         StabDelay                     : 100
         CmdexeDelay                   : 25
         SyncLoops                     : 32
         ByteDelay                     : 0
         PollIndex                     : 3
         PollValue                     : 0x53
         Memory Detail                 :

                                  Block Poll               Page                       Polled
           Memory Type Mode Delay Size  Indx Paged  Size   Size #Pages MinW  MaxW   ReadBack
           ----------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ----- ---------
           eeprom        65    20     4    0 no       1024    4      0  3600  3600 0xff 0xff
           flash         65     6   128    0 yes     32768  128    256  4500  4500 0xff 0xff
           lfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           hfuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           efuse          0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           lock           0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0  4500  4500 0x00 0x00
           calibration    0     0     0    0 no          1    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00
           signature      0     0     0    0 no          3    0      0     0     0 0x00 0x00

         Programmer Type : Arduino
         Description     : Arduino
         Hardware Version: 2
         Firmware Version: 1.16
         Vtarget         : 0.0 V
         Varef           : 0.0 V
         Oscillator      : Off
         SCK period      : 0.1 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e950f
avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as 0
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as 0
avrdude: safemode: efuse reads as 0
avrdude: reading input file "/tmp/RF433_Sockets.cpp.hex"
avrdude: writing flash (6770 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 1.98s

avrdude: 6770 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against /tmp/RF433_Sockets.cpp.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file /tmp/RF433_Sockets.cpp.hex:
avrdude: input file /tmp/RF433_Sockets.cpp.hex contains 6770 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 1.49s

avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: 6770 bytes of flash verified

avrdude: safemode: lfuse reads as 0
avrdude: safemode: hfuse reads as 0
avrdude: safemode: efuse reads as 0
avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK (E:00, H:00, L:00)
strace: |/home/pi/avrdude-rpi/autoreset: Broken pipe
strace: |/home/pi/avrdude-rpi/autoreset: Broken pipe
strace: |/home/pi/avrdude-rpi/autoreset: Broken pipe
strace: |/home/pi/avrdude-rpi/autoreset: Broken pipe
strace: |/home/pi/avrdude-rpi/autoreset: Broken pipe

avrdude done.  Thank you.

strace: |/home/pi/avrdude-rpi/autoreset: Broken pipe



Interestring projects

  • FreeLSS is a laser scanning program for the Raspberry Pi. It allows a Raspberry Pi to function as the core to a complete turn table laser scanning system.

https://github.com/hairu/freelss

  • PWM on the Raspberry pi - done properly (in hardware, stable)

https://github.com/sarfata/pi-blaster