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by gpvillamil
Fri Feb 23, 2018 3:21 pm
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: volts.py output problem
Replies: 49
Views: 182420

Re: volts.py output problem

Do you like the rainbow? :) My Raspbian install also acted strange after first installing the python software (high CPU for the python process, very erratic behavior of Arduino sketches that use I2C) but it cleared up after a reboot. gpvillamil, Thank you for the speed settings, the sketch uploaded ...
by gpvillamil
Fri Feb 23, 2018 3:15 am
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: pin mapping between Raspberry Pi and main board connector?
Replies: 3
Views: 10154

pin mapping between Raspberry Pi and main board connector?

Would it be possible to get some documentation on that big connector between the Raspberry Pi and the main board? (Also the XBee, Bluetooth, WiFi connectors - but the big one is the GPIO.) I've been going through the Python code but I can't find any clear definitions. As far as I can tell, the spide...
by gpvillamil
Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:35 pm
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: volts.py output problem
Replies: 49
Views: 182420

Re: volts.py output problem

by gpvillamil
Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:47 am
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: volts.py output problem
Replies: 49
Views: 182420

Re: volts.py output problem

by gpvillamil
Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:38 am
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: volts.py output problem
Replies: 49
Views: 182420

Re: volts.py output problem

by gpvillamil
Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:12 am
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: volts.py output problem
Replies: 49
Views: 182420

Re: volts.py output problem

Kevin, I wonder if this might have something to do with the Raspberry Pi firmware (that was updated with rpi-update, NOT apt-get). I noticed the build of Raspbian that shipped was out of date, so when I did apt-get dist-upgrade I got the latest Jessie build (with Pixel GUI, VNC, etc). I believe this...
by gpvillamil
Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:56 am
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: volts.py output problem
Replies: 49
Views: 182420

Re: volts.py output problem

Regarding this: I hard a hard time figuring out how I should be storing the value returned from PIC_ReadPower(), I eventually gave up and started testing the serial monitor, and discovered that I'm not getting good data back, I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong. You don't use the value returned ...
by gpvillamil
Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:25 pm
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: volts.py output problem
Replies: 49
Views: 182420

Re: volts.py output problem

Yes, this makes a lot of sense. Defining a protocol for the RPi to talk to Arduino over SPI seems like an architecturally sound way to do it. Kevin has given us all the information we need to implement this, in a dedicated post. Then we can get rid of the pixelserver. I saw some VERY strange behavio...
by gpvillamil
Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:49 pm
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: volts.py output problem
Replies: 49
Views: 182420

Re: volts.py output problem

I followed your software install instructions exactly, and I am also getting the volts.py output problem. I get the same response from rangefinder.py, lightsense_surface.py and lightsense_ambient.py. motors_spinleft.py and motors.py work correctly, when the appropriate Arduino baseSketch is running....
by gpvillamil
Fri Feb 16, 2018 4:03 pm
Forum: Spirit Technical Discussion
Topic: Battery Charge LED ?
Replies: 3
Views: 10016

Re: Battery Charge LED ?

It should switch off. Note that it can take a while for first charge to complete. If the battery is fully charged and you are unplugged, it will light up when plugged back in, but then turn off shortly thereafter. Hi, Should the Charge LED switch-off when the battery is fully charged ? Mine does not...