SliTaz Repositories

     1.1 --- a/arm/codex/pibook.html	Wed May 07 18:56:35 2014 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/arm/codex/pibook.html	Thu May 08 00:34:52 2014 +0200
     1.3 @@ -58,9 +58,10 @@
     1.4  	<li><a href="#setup">Pi setup suggestions</a></li>
     1.5  	<li><a href="#desktop">Desktop customization</a></li>
     1.6  	<li><a href="#gpio">GPIO Pins &amp; I2C Bus</a></li>
     1.7 +	<li><a href="#pileds">Using leds with the RPi</a></li>
     1.8  	<li><a href="#picam">Pi Camera - Pi NoIR</a></li>
     1.9  	<li><a href="#piglow">PiGlow from Pimorini</a></li>
    1.10 -	<li><a href="#pileds">Using leds with the RPi</a></li>
    1.11 +	<li><a href="#piface">PiFace Digital setup</a></li>
    1.12  </ul>
    1.13  
    1.14  <p>
    1.15 @@ -280,6 +281,11 @@
    1.16  	
    1.17  	<li>pi-blaster - Enables PWM on the GPIO pins you request of a Raspberry Pi.</li>
    1.18  	
    1.19 +	<li>libmcp23s17 - A simple C library for accessing an MCP23S17 port expander
    1.20 +	found on PiFace board.</li>
    1.21 +	
    1.22 +	<li>libpifacedigital - A simple library for controlling PiFace Digital</li>
    1.23 +	
    1.24  	<li>(xorg-xf86-video-fbturbo) - Buggy Xorg server module for the R-Pi.</li>
    1.25  </ul>
    1.26  
    1.27 @@ -440,6 +446,43 @@
    1.28  LOAD_MODULES="snd-bcm2835 i2c-dev"
    1.29  </pre>
    1.30  
    1.31 +<h2 id="pileds">Using leds with the RPi</h2>
    1.32 +
    1.33 +<p>
    1.34 +	Leds can be used for many purposes such as for a notification or as a light show.
    1.35 +	SliTaz Raspberry Pi provides a built-in utility to help set up and
    1.36 +	use leds. The RPi has an onboard green led (ACT) that you can 
    1.37 +	turn on or off:
    1.38 +</p>
    1.39 +<pre>
    1.40 +# pileds act
    1.41 +</pre>
    1.42 +
    1.43 +<p>
    1.44 +	Pileds also provides examples and usable commands for Adafruit 7segment
    1.45 +	LED Backpack and the 8x8 LED Matrix. Creating visual elements with
    1.46 +	Kids is fun and lets them learn mathematics at the same time, since
    1.47 +	the leds must be mapped (ie: 0, 3) on a grid. Let's display a nice 
    1.48 +	little boat and pileds built in help:
    1.49 +</p>
    1.50 +
    1.51 +<pre>
    1.52 +# pileds 8x8 --boat
    1.53 +# pileds help
    1.54 +</pre>
    1.55 +
    1.56 +<p>
    1.57 +	PiLeds uses some example code from Adafruit and PiClass Git Hub 
    1.58 +	repositories. We have packaged them for easy install/updates and
    1.59 +	to provide some code right under the hood. Adafruit and PiClass
    1.60 +	code examples are located in:
    1.61 +</p>
    1.62 +
    1.63 +<pre class="box-up">
    1.64 +/usr/share/adafruit
    1.65 +/usr/share/piclass
    1.66 +</pre>
    1.67 +
    1.68  <h2 id="picam">Pi Camera - Pi NoIR</h2>
    1.69  
    1.70  <p>
    1.71 @@ -492,43 +535,36 @@
    1.72  /usr/share/pyglow
    1.73  </pre>
    1.74  
    1.75 -<h2 id="pileds">Using leds with the RPi</h2>
    1.76 +<h2 id="piface">PiFace Digital</h2>
    1.77  
    1.78  <p>
    1.79 -	Leds can be used for many purposes such as for a notification or as a light show.
    1.80 -	SliTaz Raspberry Pi provides a built-in utility to help set up and
    1.81 -	use leds. The RPi has an onboard green led (ACT) that you can 
    1.82 -	turn on or off:
    1.83 +	The PiFace Digital board allows you to connect things like switches,
    1.84 +	lights and motors so your Raspberry Pi becomes aware of, and can 
    1.85 +	influence the world around it. Plugin your PiFace board then install
    1.86 +	the official C library including the 'pifacedigital' utility and
    1.87 +	testsuite:
    1.88  </p>
    1.89 +
    1.90  <pre>
    1.91 -# pileds act
    1.92 +# spk-add libpifacedigital
    1.93  </pre>
    1.94  
    1.95  <p>
    1.96 -	Pileds also provides examples and usable commands for Adafruit 7segment
    1.97 -	LED Backpack and the 8x8 LED Matrix. Creating visual elements with
    1.98 -	Kids is fun and lets them learn mathematics at the same time, since
    1.99 -	the leds must be mapped (ie: 0, 3) on a grid. Let's display a nice 
   1.100 -	little boat and pileds built in help:
   1.101 +	To test your Piface Digital board on SliTaz Raspberry Pi you simply
   1.102 +	have to run the testsuite from the cmdline. The tool will test GPIO 
   1.103 +	pns, leds and input button:
   1.104  </p>
   1.105  
   1.106  <pre>
   1.107 -# pileds 8x8 --boat
   1.108 -# pileds help
   1.109 +# pifacedigital-test
   1.110  </pre>
   1.111  
   1.112  <p>
   1.113 -	PiLeds uses some example code from Adafruit and PiClass Git Hub 
   1.114 -	repositories. We have packaged them for easy install/updates and
   1.115 -	to provide some code right under the hood. Adafruit and PiClass
   1.116 -	code examples are located in:
   1.117 +	PiFace official website: 
   1.118 +	<a href="http://www.piface.org.uk/">www.piface.org.uk</a>
   1.119 +	and <a href="http://www.piface.org.uk/guides/">guides</a>
   1.120  </p>
   1.121  
   1.122 -<pre class="box-up">
   1.123 -/usr/share/adafruit
   1.124 -/usr/share/piclass
   1.125 -</pre>
   1.126 -
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     2.1 --- a/arm/news.txt	Wed May 07 18:56:35 2014 +0100
     2.2 +++ b/arm/news.txt	Thu May 08 00:34:52 2014 +0200
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     2.4  20140425: Full PiGlow support: PyGlow + Wiring Pi + custom SliTaz utility
     2.5  20140501: <a href="codex/pibook.html">SliTaz PiBook</a> is out! Learn how to use SliTaz Raspberry Pi distro
     2.6  20140502: Blog post: <a href="http://scn.slitaz.org/index.cgi?blog&p=20">SliTaz Raspberry Pi news</a>
     2.7 +20140507: Blog post: <a href="http://scn.slitaz.org/index.cgi?blog&p=21">SliTaz RPi Box and PiLeds</a>

     3.1 --- a/arm/rpi/index.html	Wed May 07 18:56:35 2014 +0100
     3.2 +++ b/arm/rpi/index.html	Thu May 08 00:34:52 2014 +0200
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     3.4  <ul>
     3.5  	<li><a href="../codex/pibook.html#picam">Pi Camera - Pi NoIR</a></li>
     3.6  	<li><a href="../codex/pibook.html#piglow">PiGlow from Pimorini</a></li>
     3.7 +	<li><a href="../codex/pibook.html#piface">PiFace Digital</a></li>
     3.8  </ul>
     3.9  
    3.10  <h2>Sat-rpi builder</h2>