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  Games in Play Store
Posted by: top3b - 07-26-2016, 04:22 AM - Forum: Android on Pine A64(+) - Replies (2)

Hi,

is there someone that downloaded some games from the play store and found problems to play them with the air mouse or keyboard?
I downloaded Fast and Furious and Flight simulator, but both cannot recognize my inputs to continue starting the game after the first home screen.
Waiting for your help.
Thank you 

Regards


  hardware installation video tutorial
Posted by: top3b - 07-26-2016, 04:10 AM - Forum: POT modules - Replies (2)

Hi mates,

I need an help to understand how to connect the camera and LCD cable to the board connectors, is there any video tutorial?
How should i have to release the connector and then put in the flat cable?
Thank you in advance
Regards Smile Smile


  Earth to Pine64, please respond!
Posted by: EvanBeem - 07-26-2016, 03:50 AM - Forum: Shipment Related Discussion - Replies (43)

Hi fellow backers!

I'm not quick to post something like this, but I really need to get this off my chest.

What the -bleep- is wrong with this project? What is wrong with Pine64?
Reading thru the threads there is a pattern emerging:

From a successful Kickstarter fundraiser (yes, I'm calling it that, by now Angry ), it turned into something very doubtful.
It's awfully quiet from Pine64 themselves on how they are trying to solve the mess and that is never a good sign.

A quick resume: 
- successful backing: 1.7 mln; 
- late development of board; 
- late development add-ons like zwave; 
- completely overwhelmed logistics staff resulting in wrong or late deliveries; 
- wrong charges to credit cards; 
- issues with shippers because of regulations for shipping dangerous goods like lithium polymer batteries (duhh); 
- wrong ABS mold and thus: more delays; 
- incomplete and buggy software.

And to top this off the continuous whining of Pine64 staff about their email backlog, backer complaints and complete silence in the last month. 
Well...what a surprise that people are starting to lose confidence in this project and even become aggressive.

Myself, I'm still waiting on the battery, the enclosure and the Z-wave component AND I'm dealing with a double charge on my credit card by Pine64.
As I live on the other side of this planet, I'm not likely to come by the Pine64 office and have a quick word with their CEO on how to go about these things, but even I could teach them a few tricks on customer satisfaction, project management, R&D and shipping.

Nice, guys, nice. Now, where is your reassuring plan of action?  Huh


  Startup Woes
Posted by: abasel - 07-26-2016, 01:36 AM - Forum: General Discussion on PINE A64(+) - Replies (9)

I have just received most of my hardware. I switch the Pine64 on (powering with the power adapter provided) nothing displays on either of the screens ie not on my TV and not on the 7" LCD that was provided.

Any ideas?


Information Lost parcel by french post
Posted by: aegiap - 07-25-2016, 01:53 PM - Forum: Shipment Related Discussion - Replies (4)

Hello,

On may 25, my boards and accessories were send to France and I was waiting patiently. But on june 04 the french post officialy declared the parcel lost. Tracking code: LM016242605CN
I send a couple of email to support@pine64.com and was able to contact one of the mods here but the situation is still the same today: no status, no new parcel shipped.
Backer #20, I was to receive my boards and accessories on february. I got no reply, no news from my emails to support@pine64.com sent in june or in july.

The lack of organization was funny and fresh in the first month. 5 months later, it is not.


  Wifi 802.11BGN/ Bluetooth 4.0 Module
Posted by: jesse1234 - 07-25-2016, 01:40 PM - Forum: Getting Started - Replies (1)

Hello everyone

I just logged in into the forum using Pine64+ 1GB board with the "Wifi 802.11BGN/ Bluetooth 4.0 Module".

Also I am using the Debian Jesse with the Mate desktop release dated 20160701

The module does bootup and the bluetooth icon appears in the upper right. But the wifi does not appear anywhere. I am missing something here?

Thanks for your help.

Jesse

[url=https://shop.pine64.com/collections/modules/products/wifi-bluetooth-4-0-module][/url]


  Android USB debugging and OTG device mode
Posted by: jonsmirl - 07-25-2016, 10:46 AM - Forum: Android on Pine A64(+) - No Replies

From what I can tell Android USB debugging is not working because the OTG port can't be forced into device mode.  It boots in host mode and stays that way.

So is there some command that will force it into device mode? Even better would be to hook up "enable USB debugging" to force the port into device mode.

How this is normally accomplished is via a pin in the OTG cable. But we only have a normal USB jack so the OTG detection pin is not available. So... we need some kind of software command to force USB device mode onto the jack.


Exclamation Where are a rest of my items?
Posted by: visigalmarco - 07-25-2016, 09:56 AM - Forum: Shipment Related Discussion - Replies (1)

Good morning, this afternoon I receved a very little part of my items in particular:  

2- 4 Way 12C Cable;
2- 5 Way to 4-Way I2C Cable;
2- 5 Way 12C Cable;
2- PA642GB;
1- PMSD001;
1- PINE64 Basic Media IR Remote Control;              
1- POWER SUPPLY;
1- P64-ALUMENIUM ENCLOSURE.

they are missing:
1- 64GB MicroSD Android
1- 7" LCD Touch Screen
1- 802.11BGN Wifi/ BT4.0 Module
1- PlayBox Kit
1- HDMI to DVI Adapter
1- HDMI to VGA Adapter With Audio
2- 4K HDMI Cable - 3FT
2- 7" LCD Touch Screen Panel
1- Wifi 802.11BGN/ Bluetooth 4.0 Module
2- PINE64 PlayBox Enclosure
2- PINE64 Acrylic Open Enclosure
2- PoE Splitter comply to 802.3af standard
1- PINE64 Z-Wave Module (EU version)
1- PINE A64+ 2GB - PA642GBWIFI
1- 64GB MicroSD Card - 64GBLIN
1- PINE64 Basic Media IR Remote Control
2- 5MP Camera Module

Can you say me when send the rest of my items?

My Backer number is 21,219

best regards
Marco Visigalli


  [30/11/2016] pine64-config
Posted by: Terra854 - 07-25-2016, 08:46 AM - Forum: Linux on Pine A64(+) - Replies (10)

Pine A64 Configuration Tool [30/11/2016]

This tool is based on the raspi-config tool for the Raspberry Pi and it provides a straight-forward way to configure your Pine64.

Source code is available at https://github.com/Terra854/pine64-config

Prerequisites

You will need to have the xterm package installed in order to use this tool. You will also need to install newt (for openSUSE) or whiptail (for Debian/Ubuntu).

Note that for openSUSE, the tool and it's dependencies has been preloaded in the images.

Downloads

Github link

Installation/Update the tool

To install or to update this tool for your Pine64, you will need to run the following command:

Code:
sudo ./install.sh [ubuntu/debian/opensuse]

This will build the scripts that is relevant to your distribution of Linux and installs it to /usr/local/sbin.

Once it is installed, you can execute it with:

Code:
sudo pine64-config.sh


Enjoy!

Changelog

25/7/2016
- Initial Release

26/7/2016
- Added Debian support

2/8/2016
- Minor bugfix

3/10/2016
- Lot's of bug fixes and improvements.
- openSUSE is now supported.
- Added the ability to change the cpu governor
- Added a heath monitor (looping the pine64_health script)

6/10/2016
- Major bugfixes

30/11/2016
- Fixed the cpu governor feature

If you want to contribute or to file bugs, please feel free to post an issue or open a pull request on the GitHub page.


  Active Cooling soft PWM follow-on fan motor speed controller driver
Posted by: MarkHaysHarris777 - 07-25-2016, 07:21 AM - Forum: Pi2, Euler and Exp GPIO Ports - Replies (3)

(for schematic diagram and in-line wiring harness, see this link)

edit:  I changed the default soft-pwm to GPIO23, pin(16).

   

The PWM (pulse width modulation) is 'soft' because it does not use a hardware oscillator. The Python codes turn the transistor on and off ( 16ms on,  4ms off) about 50 pps. The base-emitter pulls only about 2ma from the GPIO pin, while the collector current takes the main motor drive current (about 140ma for this fan).

The following two pics are my 'double' controller one half driving the PI 3B, and the other half driving the PineA64. In each case the Python code is the same; posted below:

   

   

In the pic above I also have my ada fruit gps (746) breakout mounted on the ttyS4 uart4 on the PineA64 euler bus.

fan_motor.sh

Code:
#!/usr/bin/python
#
# fan_motor.sh
#*****************************************************************
#  author:     Mark H. Harris      
# license:     GPLv3
#
#   THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
#   CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
#   INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
#   MECHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
#   DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR
#   CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
#   SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENCIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
#   NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
#   LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERUPTION)
#   HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
#   CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
#   OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE
#   EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#
#*****************************************************************
## Import the necessary header modules
from time import sleep
import signal as SIGNAL
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)

## SOFTWARE PWM GPIO23 pin(16)
soft_pwm = 23
GPIO.setup(soft_pwm, GPIO.OUT)

ms_on = .016
ms_off = .004
hup_flag = False

## FUNCTION DEFINITIONS

def motor_duty_on(m_pin, t_delay):
    GPIO.output(m_pin, True)
    sleep(t_delay)
    
def motor_duty_off(m_pin, t_delay):
    GPIO.output(m_pin, False)
    sleep(t_delay)

def end():
    GPIO.cleanup()
    quit()

def ssighup(signum, frame):
    global hup_flag
    global ms_on
    global ms_off
    if (hup_flag):
        ms_on = .016
        hup_flag=False
    else:
        ms_on = .250
        hup_flag=True
    print(" ")
    print("HUP: duty_cycle toggled value: "+str(ms_on))

SIGNAL.signal(SIGNAL.SIGHUP, ssighup)

kb_interrupt = False

while(not kb_interrupt):
    try:
        motor_duty_on(soft_pwm, ms_on)
        motor_duty_off(soft_pwm, ms_off)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        kb_interrupt = True
        print(" ")
        print("motor controller ended by interrupt, bye!")

end()


marcus

edit:  I changed the default soft-pwm to GPIO23, pin(16).