I had an interesting experience today I thought I'd share. I'm working on a project that uses a bunch of HAL logic with an Android tablet for the UI (custom code, not haltalk or machinetalk) with communications over Ethernet. I don't really like wireless links in general, so I grabbed a USB OTG (on-the-go) cable, hooked it to my Android tablet, and plugged it into the USB client port on the BeagleBone (the port by the Ethernet connector).
The Android tablet saw the USB Ethernet gadget interface on the BeagleBone, grabbed an IP address from the BBB DHCP server, and I was able to seamlessly communicate with wires! I know most kids these days like their wireless, but I've always had better reliability (especially around motors) using wired links. If it matters, the tablet I was playing with is $35 from Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/RCA-Voyager-with-WiFi-7-Touchscreen-Tablet-PC-Featuring-Android-6.0-Marshmallow-Operating-System/53990885#about-item ...and the OTG cable was $3.15: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Tripp-Lite-Micro-USB-to-OTG-Host-Adapter-Cable-USB-cable-5-pin-Micro-USB-Type-B-M-4-pin-USB-Type-A-F-5.9-in/40137908 ...which makes for a pretty inexpensive multi-touch UI screen! Just a fun hack I thought might help someone else! -- Charles Steinkuehler [email protected] -- website: http://www.machinekit.io blog: http://blog.machinekit.io github: https://github.com/machinekit --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Machinekit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/machinekit. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
