From: Savas P. <sa...@dp...> - 2011-12-13 09:24:25
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I tried to use the Sparkfun BOB-08745 logic level converter ( http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 ) to connect the serial port of my Gumstix Overo Fire COM to a 5V TTL level serial port. At my overo board I use the O0 serial port (pins 9, 10 of the 40 pin header connected to the TXI and RXO at the low voltage level side of the converter) and the VCC_1.8 and GND ( pins 26, 25 of the 40 pin header connected to the LV and GND at the low voltage side of the converter). At the high voltage side of the converter I connect the appropriate data and power signals of the 5V TTL serial port device. I double checked all the connections and I used the libserial C++ library and the minicom program for communication but, unfortunately, the connection is dead. It seems to work for receiving data from the device's 5V TTL serial port but it is not possible to send data from the Overo board. From the technical specifications of the Sparkfun BOB-08745 converter it seems that it is compatible with the signal levels of my devices. Has anybody some previous experience with this converter? I would also like to ask why at the /dev directory of my overo board exist the O0, O1, O2 ports that seems to work, but also exist the S0, S1, S2, S3 ports that seems to be dead? For several days I tried everything I could think but the connection is not working. I have checked the 5V TTL serial port of the device, establishing a connection with my PC, through a ftdi usb to serial converter and it is working fine. The O0 serial port of my overo board is also working if I use a different connection than the one with the converter. Any Ideas? Savas Piperidis -- View this message in context: http://gumstix.8.n6.nabble.com/Serial-port-communication-problem-logic-level-converter-tp1602396p1602396.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Trevor W. <two...@gm...> - 2011-12-13 12:29:33
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On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Savas Piperidis <sa...@dp...> wrote: > I tried to use the Sparkfun BOB-08745 logic level converter ( > http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 > ) to connect the serial port of my Gumstix Overo Fire COM to a 5V TTL level > serial port. Does anything on the following pages help: http://sakoman.com/OMAP/how-to-add-a-serial-console-to-overo-thumbopinto.html http://sakoman.com/OMAP/how-to-add-a-serial-7-segment-display-to-overo.html > I would also like to ask why at the /dev directory of my overo board exist > the O0, O1, O2 ports that seems to work, but also exist the S0, S1, S2, S3 > ports that seems to be dead? On these processors the serial ports are Ox; these processors don't have Sx-style serial ports. |
From: Alex G. <al...@al...> - 2011-12-15 02:13:08
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On 13/12/2011 8:08 PM, Savas Piperidis wrote: > I tried to use the Sparkfun BOB-08745 logic level converter ( > http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 > ) to connect the serial port of my Gumstix Overo Fire COM to a 5V TTL level > serial port. At my overo board I use the O0 serial port (pins 9, 10 of the > 40 pin header connected to the TXI and RXO at the low voltage level side of > the converter) and the VCC_1.8 and GND ( pins 26, 25 of the 40 pin header > connected to the LV and GND at the low voltage side of the converter). At > the high voltage side of the converter I connect the appropriate data and > power signals of the 5V TTL serial port device. I double checked all the > connections and I used the libserial C++ library and the minicom program for > communication but, unfortunately, the connection is dead. It seems to work > for receiving data from the device's 5V TTL serial port but it is not > possible to send data from the Overo board. From the technical > specifications of the Sparkfun BOB-08745 converter it seems that it is > compatible with the signal levels of my devices. Has anybody some previous > experience with this converter? > > I would also like to ask why at the /dev directory of my overo board exist > the O0, O1, O2 ports that seems to work, but also exist the S0, S1, S2, S3 > ports that seems to be dead? > > For several days I tried everything I could think but the connection is not > working. I have checked the 5V TTL serial port of the device, establishing a > connection with my PC, through a ftdi usb to serial converter and it is > working fine. The O0 serial port of my overo board is also working if I use > a different connection than the one with the converter. > > Any Ideas? > Savas Piperidis We use the exact same sparkfun level converter for a serial connection (root console) then a max232 chip then to a standard pc serial port. Works great. We don't connect the low side ground to the level shifter, as the spark fun level shifter board has a common ground. We've done the same(not connect the low side ground) for spi and i2c with the level shifters. For i2c even though the boards have pullups builtin, we've found we need 4.7k ohm pullups Which pins are you using ? tx and rx or tx and tx ? Scott Ellis has code and schematic on his site for i2c connections http://www.jumpnowtek.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&Itemid=78 Alex |
From: Savas P. <sa...@dp...> - 2011-12-15 09:33:15
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Dear Alex, Thank you for your useful comments and instructions. I have connected the overo-side low level GND to the Sparkfun converter. I think this is necessary and Scott Ellis also uses this connection at his examples. Also, I use the Tx and Rx signals. I tried, once, to use the Tx and Tx signals but as far as I remember, this didn't solve the communication problem. Savas Piperidis -- View this message in context: http://gumstix.8.n6.nabble.com/Serial-port-communication-problem-logic-level-converter-tp1602396p1744889.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Savas P. <sa...@dp...> - 2011-12-15 16:00:37
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I tried, again, using the two Tx lines at the Sparkfun converter, instead of the Tx and Rx. This way I manage to establish communication through the overo serial port, using minicom or kermit. Unfortunately, until now, I could not communicate using the C++ code and the libserial library, which was and my initial intention. No matter what changes I made to my code, overo receives data from the device but cannot send. Should I keep on trying using only the Tx lines on the Sparkfun BOB-08745 logic level converter? Has anybody previous experience with the libserial library? Savas -- View this message in context: http://gumstix.8.n6.nabble.com/Serial-port-communication-problem-logic-level-converter-tp1602396p1752991.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Savas P. <sa...@dp...> - 2011-12-25 15:55:19
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Unfortunately, I still can not communicate using the C++ code and the the /SerialStream/ class of the /libserial/ library. The overo serial port O0 (pins 09, 10 at the 40pin header) receives data from the device but cannot send. Has anybody previous experience with the libserial library? -- View this message in context: http://gumstix.8.n6.nabble.com/Serial-port-communication-problem-logic-level-converter-tp1602396p2278349.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Dario C. <dar...@gm...> - 2012-09-03 03:10:09
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Savas Piperidis <savas <at> dpem.tuc.gr> writes: > > Unfortunately, I still can not communicate using the C++ code and the the > /SerialStream/ class of the /libserial/ library. The overo serial port O0 > (pins 09, 10 at the 40pin header) receives data from the device but cannot > send. > > Has anybody previous experience with the libserial library? > > -- > View this message in context: http://gumstix.8.n6.nabble.com/Serial-port- communication-problem-logic-level-converter-tp1602396p2278349.html > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Write once. Port to many. > Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create > new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the > Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev > Hello Savas, I'm having the exact same problems you are/were having. Did you find a solution? The last I've tried was transmitting through the SparkFun logic converter but to no avail. I've connected a Logic Analyzer from Sparkfun (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8938) and looked at the messages being sent back and forth through the devices and found this: 1. Each one of the devices transmits its message correctly. 2. When the devices are connected, the messages from the Gumstix appear on the 5V logic line corrupted. By the way, I doubt it's your C++ code that's the problem as I have checked and ran into the same problem as you. Thanks, Dario |
From: Savas P. <sa...@dp...> - 2012-09-03 08:16:56
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Hello Dario, It's been a long time since I solved the serial communication problems and I don't remember what exactly was the cause or causes of them. Though, I can advise the following: 1* If the serial port of the device you want to communicate with, has different logic level than the 1.8V of overo, you have to use a logic level converter. I use, successfully, the Sparkfun BOB-08745 logic level converter ( http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 ). The connections schematic of the overo - BOB-08745 - 5V TTL serial device that I use in my project is available at: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13520357/2011_12_SparkfunLogicConverter/converterOveroCMU.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13520357/2011_12_SparkfunLogicConverter/converterOveroCMU.png . In all cases, with or without the use of converter, the Rx of the one device is wired to the Tx of the other device! 2* In the default overo console image I use, the available serial port is only the O0 (GPIO148_TXD1 and GPIO151_RXD1). In order to use the O2 serial port (GPIO166_IR_TXD3 and GPIO165_IR_RXD3) you have to comment the following line at the /etc/inittab file, and so the O2 will not be reserved as the overo console port: 3* I, successfully, use the minicom program as communication software to perform my tests and my debugging. I can assure you that since I established and properly set the serial communications, everything works fine for months, until now. I use both O0 and O2 to communicate with two serial port devices: one at 5V and the other at 3.3V. In both serial connections, I use the Sparkfun BOB-08745 logic level converter. Good Luck! -- View this message in context: http://gumstix.8.n6.nabble.com/Serial-port-communication-problem-logic-level-converter-tp1602396p4965288.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: <dan...@gm...> - 2012-09-03 12:59:53
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I to have used the sparkfun device to allow a gumstix to talk to a motor controller. It works quite well. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Savas Piperidis <sa...@dp...> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 01:16:44 To: <gum...@li...> Reply-To: "General mailing list for gumstix users." <gum...@li...> Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Serial port communication problem - logic level converter Hello Dario, It's been a long time since I solved the serial communication problems and I don't remember what exactly was the cause or causes of them. Though, I can advise the following: 1* If the serial port of the device you want to communicate with, has different logic level than the 1.8V of overo, you have to use a logic level converter. I use, successfully, the Sparkfun BOB-08745 logic level converter ( http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8745 ). The connections schematic of the overo - BOB-08745 - 5V TTL serial device that I use in my project is available at: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13520357/2011_12_SparkfunLogicConverter/converterOveroCMU.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13520357/2011_12_SparkfunLogicConverter/converterOveroCMU.png . In all cases, with or without the use of converter, the Rx of the one device is wired to the Tx of the other device! 2* In the default overo console image I use, the available serial port is only the O0 (GPIO148_TXD1 and GPIO151_RXD1). In order to use the O2 serial port (GPIO166_IR_TXD3 and GPIO165_IR_RXD3) you have to comment the following line at the /etc/inittab file, and so the O2 will not be reserved as the overo console port: 3* I, successfully, use the minicom program as communication software to perform my tests and my debugging. I can assure you that since I established and properly set the serial communications, everything works fine for months, until now. I use both O0 and O2 to communicate with two serial port devices: one at 5V and the other at 3.3V. In both serial connections, I use the Sparkfun BOB-08745 logic level converter. Good Luck! -- View this message in context: http://gumstix.8.n6.nabble.com/Serial-port-communication-problem-logic-level-converter-tp1602396p4965288.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |