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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
User Manual
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Summary of Contents for amescon RasPiComm
- Page 1 User Manual Extension board for the Raspberry Pi single-board computer Main Features • RS-485 port – for control over stepper motors, etc. • RS-232 port – connect to serial port devices like a modem or your PC • I2C connector – directly connect a display or sensors •...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
3.2. Find out your Raspberry Pi's revision ..................4 3.3. Raspicomm Setup ........................5 3.4. Setup-Script Parameters ......................5 Using your Raspicomm ........................5 4.1. RS-485 Port ..........................5 4.2. Serial Port / RS-232 ........................6 4.3. Joystick ............................ 6 4.4. -
Page 3: Technical Drawing
Manual User 2. Technical Drawing amescon... -
Page 4: First Time Installation
To reconfigure your distribution later you can always use the following command: raspi-config 3.2. Find out your Raspberry Pi's revision Revision 1 looks like this: Raspberry Pi rev1 (Source: wikimedia.org) Revision 2 can be identified by the mounting hole on the top right corner. Raspberry Pi rev2 (Source: raspberrypi.org) amescon... -
Page 5: Raspicomm Setup
User 3.3. Raspicomm Setup Execute the setup-script from your home directory (cd ~) wget http://downloads.amescon.com/rpc_setup.sh && chmod +x ./rpc_setup.sh && sudo ./rpc_setup.sh The setup-script requires the following actions: • Choose revision according to your Raspberry Pi (switch revisions with the 'c'-button) •... -
Page 6: Serial Port / Rs-232
Example code for C or C++: int fd = open("/sys/class/gpio/gpio22/value", O_RDONLY); ... 4.4. Outputs (LEDs) The Output is mapped to the following GPIOs: Output 1 (D1): GPIO 18 • Output 2 (D2): GPIO 21 (Raspberry Pi rev.1) or GPIO 27 (Raspberry Pi rev.2) • amescon... -
Page 7: Hwclock
• Raspicomm F.A.Q: Answers to the most common questions. • Amescon Github: Our open-source sample applications for your Raspicomm. • Raspicomm Support Forum: If the manual and F.A.Q could not answer your questions, this is the place to go. •...
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