Hello,
I was sifting through some older items from when I was learning more than not. Anyhow, the build I found had to do w/ the Motor Cape. I know the Motor Cape has the L298 functionality on it * 2.
Are there going to be any other “motor” styled Capes or is that one the only “motor” Cape beagleboard.org will come out w/ currently?
I have two of them and I wanted to utilize them to make some posts about it, them, and the board(s)…
Anyway, at the time of building the software for the Capes, which I received numerous ideas and extensive help on (you know who you are currently), I was using the lib. Adafruit_BBIO.
Since then, I have learned some more and wanted to try w/ other source outside of that particular lib.
Seth
P.S. I noticed that the Motor Cape is not in the spec. for handling pwm/gpio peripherals and have it accessible via a .dtbo file or hardcoded into u-boot. Is this going to be an always thing or is it allowed to be learned and pitching-in-on type thing too?
Update
This is not so much of a big deal for me. I learned how to handle the L298 build outside of the Cape. It is just so convenient and…
- I would like more motor styled Capes.
- Is it possible to use vehicle type chips for utilizing motor control via a Cape?
- And if possible, would the beagleboard.org people recognize a Cape of sorts w/ vehicle chips?
The reason I ask is that I wanted to contribute to the cause of Open Source and beagleboard.org has been there helping me along w/ plenty of other people that could further get a foothold on programming, Open Source, and technology.
I was using the LM358 along w/ a UC2637. Although a bit odd, it was nifty to me. I wanted to rehash it and see if an organization like this one could find any use cases for chips like these chips that are of course welcomed by the majority…
