amescon RasPiComm User Manual Download

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User Manual

Extension board for the Raspberry Pi single-board computer

Main Features

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RS-485 port

– for control over stepper motors, etc.

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RS-232 port

– connect to serial port devices like a modem or your PC

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I2C connector

– directly connect a display or sensors

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real-time clock with battery backup

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5-way joystick

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piggyback mounting – no cables or additional space required

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driver support and sample applications code

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fully assembled including the backup-battery

Summary of Contents for RasPiComm

Page 1: ...ors etc RS 232 port connect to serial port devices like a modem or your PC I2C connector directly connect a display or sensors real time clock with battery backup 5 way joystick piggyback mounting no...

Page 2: ...0 baud o pluggable screw terminal connector RX TX GND Real Time Clock o CR2032 RTC backup battery included o powers the clock for approximately 10 years 5 Inputs o connected to onboard joystick 4 way...

Page 3: ...User Manual amescon 3 2 Technical Drawing...

Page 4: ...2 Save it to the SD card You can find further instructions for setting up your SD Card here 3 Boot Raspberry Pi from the SD card 4 Configure your distribution on first boot To reconfigure your distrib...

Page 5: ...other devices are ready to go without a restart 3 4 Setup Script Parameters The script can be run with parameters that are however not needed for a routine setup For a full list of parameters please u...

Page 6: ...be adapted for use with the RS 232 port by replacing the RS 485 name dev ttyRPC0 by its RS 232 counterpart dev ttyAMA0 4 3 Joystick The joystick is mapped to the following GPIOs 1 4 right side towards...

Page 7: ...sudo hwclock hctosys To manually set your HWClock use the following command sudo hwclock set date mm dd yy hh mm ss localtime 5 Additional Links Should you require further information or are looking f...