Re: [Gumstix-users] Beginner Problems

[Shane K. <ski...@uc...>]

Thanks for the quick reply! Can I use the verdex in place of the 
gumstix board to do this?

~Shane
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:27:25 -0700
  "Dave Hylands" <dhy...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Shane,
> 
>> I have: a robostix, a verdex board, a consoleLCD-vx, and the Samsung
>> touchscreen LCD.  I would like to have my robostix control some
>> motors, and interface with these motors using the LCD touch screen.
>>  My partner and I have looked for awhile for this configuration, but
>> we couldn't find anything. Could anyone point us in the right
>> direction? Thanks.
> 
> You can't plug both the consoleLCD-vx and the robostix into the
> gumstix at the same time. However, you should be able to connect 
>them
> together using i2c.
> 
> Unfortunately, the i2c pins on the consoleLCD-vx are at 3.3v and the
> i2c pin on the robostix are at 5v, so you'll need a small voltage
> converter. If you search through the archives (using gmane)
> <http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.gumstix.general>
> using a search term like "i2c voltage converter" you should find 
>lots
> of past discussions about this.
> 
> I've put together some code for communicating between the gumstix 
>and
> robostix via i2c.
> 
> See the following links:
> <http://docswiki.gumstix.com/Robostix_i2c_io>
> <http://docswiki.gumstix.com/Robostix_i2c_load>
> <http://docswiki.gumstix.com/Robostix_i2c_bootloader>
> 
> -- 
> Dave Hylands
> Vancouver, BC, Canada
> http://www.DaveHylands.com/
> 
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