[raspberry-vi] Re: GPIO Pin-outs

  • From: "Darren Brewer" <darren.m.brewer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:24:24 -0000

Aha I see

You mentioned your meter has an opto coupler? What purpose does that serve? 
Or did I misunderstand. Been on this computer too long today so probably in 
stupid mode.

Darren.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael A. Ray" <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 9:18 PM
Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: GPIO Pin-outs


> Darren,
>
> I do have a talking multimeter.  This I got from the Radio Amateurs
> Invalid and Blind Club a while ago when they imported a batch.
>
> But I also have a Unitrend UT60A meter with a serial interface.  I am
> currently writing some code for the Pi to make it read from this
> interface and speak the measurements.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 16/03/2013 21:11, Darren Brewer wrote:
>> Hi Mike
>>
>> Yes I did mention them , think it was in relation to the blind handy man
>> list where quite a few people on there had one, but it was only available 
>> in
>> the US or Canada. Have you managed to find one ?
>>
>> Darren.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael A. Ray" <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 8:57 PM
>> Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: GPIO Pin-outs
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Very good Darren.  Was it you that was talking about talking multimeters
>>> a couple of weeks ago?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16/03/2013 20:45, Darren Brewer wrote:
>>>> May the FARCE, be with you !
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Michael A. Ray" <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 8:31 PM
>>>> Subject: [raspberry-vi] GPIO Pin-outs
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello list,
>>>>>
>>>>> I did say I wasn't going to do this specifically and that I wasn't 
>>>>> going
>>>>> to duplicate content to be found on the Foundation web-site or elinux.
>>>>>
>>>>> But after a frustrating search for the data, and after finding several
>>>>> conflicting entries, and the usual frustration associated with finding
>>>>> numerous posts that say stuff like 'look at this diagram', I have put 
>>>>> a
>>>>> page on our wiki that details the pin-outs of the Raspi GPIO bus:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.raspberryvi.org/wiki/doku.php/gpio
>>>>>
>>>>> Please note the bit on the page that says it aint my fault if you blow
>>>>> up your Raspi, or your house.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have checked and double and triple checked the entries in the two
>>>>> tables and they are, as far as I can find, correct.  I even checked
>>>>> against a posting from the Foundation forums from one of the RPI team 
>>>>> in
>>>>> response to my appeal for help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Every time I type 'the Foundation' I get  a mental image of Darth 
>>>>> Vader
>>>>> clutching a Raspi.  I need to get out more.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Michael A. Ray
>>>>>
>>>>> Analyst/Programmer
>>>>> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
>>>>>
>>>>> github username: cromarty
>>>>> raspberrypi.org username: cromarty
>>>>> Ham Radio Call-sign: G4XBF, licensed since 1982
>>>>>
>>>>> 'Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem' - Ockham's razor
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael A. Ray
>>>
>>> Analyst/Programmer
>>> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
>>>
>>> github username: cromarty
>>> raspberrypi.org username: cromarty
>>> Ham Radio Call-sign: G4XBF, licensed since 1982
>>>
>>> 'Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem' - Ockham's razor
>>>
>>>
>>> Raspberry VI:
>>> http://www.raspberryvi.org/
>>> NVDA, the best free screen-reader in the world:
>>> http://www.nvda-project.org/
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>>>
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>
> -- 
> Michael A. Ray
>
> Analyst/Programmer
> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
>
> github username: cromarty
> raspberrypi.org username: cromarty
> Ham Radio Call-sign: G4XBF, licensed since 1982
>
> 'Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem' - Ockham's razor
>
>
> Raspberry VI:
> http://www.raspberryvi.org/
> NVDA, the best free screen-reader in the world:
> http://www.nvda-project.org/
>
>
>
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