I plugged in the HDMI connector to my beagleboard while it was running
and it is now toasted. It was working great before and it isn't
anymore. Is there anything I can do about it? Is it a capacitor or
resistor or some part that I can replace? Also, I would like to use my
beagleboard as a full fledged LCD TV device, so using full HDMI. Can I
do things like overlays and subpictures? I would like to receive and
respond to commands from the TV's remote. Is this something I can do
by building a board that uses the Beagleboard's LCD connectors? Anyone
else doing this already?
-Fred
I plugged in the HDMI connector to my beagleboard while it was running
and it is now toasted. It was working great before and it isn't
anymore. Is there anything I can do about it? Is it a capacitor or
You can replace the board 
I've also plugged the HDMI connector while it was running (actually
did that several times) and never had a problem with it.
Are you sure it is not a software issue?
It is hard to say what is broken. Guess it is not a n R or C.
resistor or some part that I can replace? Also, I would like to use my
beagleboard as a full fledged LCD TV device, so using full HDMI. Can I
do things like overlays and subpictures? I would like to receive and
1080p is at or above the beagle capability. I doubt if the hw is
capable to do overlays etc and in sw it is much too slow.
respond to commands from the TV's remote. Is this something I can do
remote control is no problem. Install lirc; See e.g.
www.elinux.org/BeagleBoard/James
by building a board that uses the Beagleboard's LCD connectors? Anyone
else doing this already?
There is hw around that already has an lcd (but not at 1080p). You
might e.g. want to look at a touchbook.
-Fred
Good luck & have nice holidays!
Frans
Well, depending on the grounding scheme of the monitor, this can definitely damage the board. That is why the manual says not to do it. It won’t always happen, but it can happen. No, it isn’t an R or C that needs to be replaced, but the TFP410 Framer chip. You need to get it repaired.
Beagle is not currently setup to do full HDMI (Display, Audio, and HDCP). By designing a board that plugs into the expansion header and the LCD headers, you could design a board to do it. You will need to get the attention of a silicon provider to provide you with the HDCP parts, but that won’t be easy unless you are a big company. I don’t know of a board that currently exists that does this.
Gerald
resistor or some part that I can replace? Also, I would like to use my
beagleboard as a full fledged LCD TV device, so using full HDMI. Can I
do things like overlays and subpictures? I would like to receive and
1080p is at or above the beagle capability. I doubt if the hw is
capable to do overlays etc and in sw it is much too slow.
I see. Yeah, I wouldn't insist on a 1080p overlay, I'll take whatever
I can get 720p, or whatever else. I just want to have the cool effect
of hitting a button on my Bravia remote and having it show an overlay
from Beagleboard on the LCD TV.
respond to commands from the TV's remote. Is this something I can do
remote control is no problem. Install lirc; See e.g.
www.elinux.org/BeagleBoard/James
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant take commands from the TV's remote over
HDMI. HDMI includes a signal called CEC which is used for sending
remote control commands and companies like Sony send Bravia-Sync
protocol on top of that CEC signal. I checked and it looks like lirc
does not have that capability. I am not even sure if that CEC signal
is exposed to anything on Beagleboard or whether it is accessible to
any software.
Good luck & have nice holidays!
Frans
Thanks, Merry Christmas to everyone.
-Fred
Well, depending on the grounding scheme of the monitor, this can definitely
damage the board. That is why the manual says not to do it. It won't always
I know, I saw the large red text in the manual. But it didn't stop my
brain/hands from being stupid.
happen, but it can happen. No, it isn't an R or C that needs to be replaced,
but the TFP410 Framer chip. You need to get it repaired.
I'll probably just buy another Beagle. But it looks like everyone's
sold out! Digikey say March, Mouser says 29 weeks!, Sparkfun is out of
stock. Special Computing is on backorder. Guess everyone went and got
a beagle for their tree.
Beagle is not currently setup to do full HDMI (Display, Audio, and HDCP). By
designing a board that plugs into the expansion header and the LCD headers,
you could design a board to do it. You will need to get the attention of a
silicon provider to provide you with the HDCP parts, but that won't be easy
unless you are a big company. I don't know of a board that currently exists
that does this.
I'll probably settle for doing HDMI output and being able to read the CEC data.
Merry Christmas,
-Fred
Stop spreading this info, if Gearld says January, that means January...
If you really want one, some older Beagle B's (non ehci) are available:
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=BEAGLE%20REV%20B-ND
Regards
I tell you what. If everyone wants it to be March or 29 weeks, then I will make it so! I prefer it be January, but I will bow to the wishes of the community.
Gerald
It'll be rough, but I think we can work with the earlier ship date...
Rob,
Sorry buddy, I didn't mean to step on anyone's toes there, I was just
talking about what I knew at the time. Now that I've read Gerald's
note, I know about the new date. It's awesome that Rev4 is going to be
in January and I'll be one of the first customers.
Merry Christmas,
-Fred