What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb.) (Calculus Made Easy 1914)
To view the output of a device connected to UART4 on the BBB (I’ve got a 9600 baud GPS device sending data to P9.11) first set the RX pin to the correct pin mode. I running Debian on the BBB by the way.
config-pin P9.11 uart
I’m working on a small Radio Telescope! You can follow my progress in the series of build videos below. The next thing I want to do is get Spyserver installed on the Raspberry Pi and try streaming a waterfall display over WiFi.
I just started working for a new company as an Electrical Engineer. At my old job, we used Altium designer to make schematics and PCBs. At my new job, my supervisor asked if I thought I could get by using a cheaper or free option. I’d wanted to learn KiCad anyway for a while, so I suggested I start the next project using KiCad to design the PCBs. It took a week or two, but I’ve pretty well adjusted to using KiCad and I don’t really miss Altium at all now.
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