Hardware support for the Raspberry Pi

[Amok]

Perhaps we will give it a try with the Java Version ...

[Ralph]

It's difficult to find a RASPBIAN distribution that still supports JavaFX, therefore we've removed the Raspberry Pi support. If you can still find one, then it should work. Good luck

[Amok]

I have it already running on the Pi2, so the only question is: Is the Hardware so much better on the Pi3

Of course you have to manually install the latest Java supporting FX on ARM ...

[Ralph]

For the Java version it probably helps to have a faster CPU, because Java has a big impact on the CPU usage.

[yogi149]

Hi,

therefore we've removed the Raspberry Pi support.

complete?
The OpenGL version too?

[Corjan]

Hi,


No, we drop support for the java version on the Raspberry Pi, because Oracle stopped supporting javafx on it.
The openGL version will be the future. When we release AM 2.2, we will also release an official raspberry openGL image.


Corjan

[Ralph]

Yup, and the OpenGL version hasn't been officially supported anyway

[Ralph]

We added PWM support. It's linked to the slip indicator.

The code for this project is very simple:

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output_pwm = hw_output_pwm_add("RPI_V2_P1_03", 50, 10)

function new_data(slip)

	-- The duty cycle goes from 3 minimum to 13 maximum (full left <---> full right)
	slip = var_cap((5 / 7 * slip) + 8, -7, 7)
	hw_output_pwm_duty_cycle(output_pwm, slip)

end

xpl_dataref_subscribe("sim/cockpit2/gauges/indicators/slip_deg", "FLOAT", new_data)

[Amok]

Is it possible to use Stepper motors, too?

[Corjan]

I theory, this should certainly be possible, since you can simply drive pins high or low from the code.
You should code the logic yourself though. It is not implemented in the API.

Corjan