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Commit 17b7959f authored by Mark Yoder's avatar Mark Yoder
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Cleaning up formatting

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......@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Here you have a choice. If you want a graphical approach,
choose the ``VS Code`` tab. If you want a command line
and are running Linux on your host,
take the ``ssh (Linux/Mac)`` tab. Finally take the
``Windown (Putty)`` tab for command line from windows.
``putty (Windows)`` tab for command line from windows.
.. tabs::
......@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ take the ``ssh (Linux/Mac)`` tab. Finally take the
(https://code.visualstudio.com/) installed and
running. To access it, open a web browse on
your host computer and browse to: ``192.168.7.2:3000``
(use ``192.168.6.2:3000`` for the Mac)
and you will see something like:
.. figure:: figures/vscode1.png
......@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ take the ``ssh (Linux/Mac)`` tab. Finally take the
Either way, use the password ``temppwd``.
.. group-tab:: Windows (Putty)
.. group-tab:: putty (Windows)
If you are running Window you need to run an ``ssh`` client
to connect to the Beagle. I suggest you use ``putty``.
......@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ take the ``ssh (Linux/Mac)`` tab. Finally take the
and password ``temppwd``.
Blink an LED
------------
Once logged in the rest is easy. First:
......@@ -158,9 +160,10 @@ internal LEDs.
^c
Here you see a simple bash script that turns an LED
on and off. Enter control-c to stop the script.
on and off. Enter Ctrl+c to stop the script.
Blinking via Python
-------------------
Here's a script that sequences the LEDs on and off.
......@@ -191,9 +194,12 @@ Here's a script that sequences the LEDs on and off.
bone:~$ ./seqLEDs.py
^c
Again, hit control-C to stop the script.
Again, hit Ctrl+c to stop the script.
Blinking from Command Line
--------------------------
You can control the LEDs from the command line.
.. code-block:: shell-session
......@@ -215,13 +221,13 @@ You can blink any of them. Let's try ``usr1``.
bone:~$ echo 0 > brightness
When you echo 1 into ``brightness`` the LED turns on.
Echoing a 0 turns it off. Congratulations, you've blinked
your first LED!
Echoing a 0 turns it off.
Blinking other LEDs
-------------------
You can blink the other LEDs by changing in to thier
directories and doing the same.
directories and doing the same. Let's blink the USR0 LED.
.. code-block:: shell-session
......@@ -255,11 +261,14 @@ Try experimenting with some of the other triggers and see if you
can figure them out.
Another way to Blink an LED
---------------------------
An interesting thing about Linux is there are often many ways
to do the same thing. For example, I can think of at least five ways to blink
an LED. Here's another way using the ``gpiod`` system.
First see where the LEDs are attached.
.. code-block:: shell-session
bone:~$ gpioinfo | grep -e chip -ie usr
......@@ -284,7 +293,7 @@ the ``gpioset`` command.
bone:~$ gpioset --mode=time --sec=2 1 22=1
bone:~$ gpioset --mode=time --sec=2 1 22=0
The first command sets chip 1, line 22 (the usr1 led) to 1 (on) for
The first command sets chip 1, line 22 (the usr1 LED) to 1 (on) for
2 seconds. The second command turns it off for 2 seconds.
Try it for the other LEDs.
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