/soninst

Sonex instruments via Beaglebone

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soninst

installing

first, flash bbb to /bone-debian-8.3-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-01-24-4gb.img

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade - required apt-get install chromium
tar xzf nwjs-v0.12.0-linux-arm.tar.gz
ln -s nwjs-v0.12.0-linux-arm nwjs

nwjs code at https://github.com/jtg-gg/node-webkit/releases

added to /boot/uEnv.txt

cape_enable=bone_capemgr.enable_partno=BB-ADC

running

As debian user:

export XAUTHORITY=/home/debian/.Xauthority
export DISPLAY=':0'
./nwjs/nw ./soninst/.

issues

  1. there is some sort of memory leak. heap space crash after a few hours
  2. os flash appears to have broken the usb interface

BBB Notes

Hide the panel

in /home/debian/.config/lxqt/panel.conf [panel1] set

hidable=true

in /home/debian/.xessionrc add

/mnt/microsd/nwjs/nw /mnt/microsd/soninst/.