T208-Software

1. Update software source on Ubuntu, refer to Update software source on Ubuntu

2. To install pip for Python 3 on Ubuntu, run the following commands as root or sudo user in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-pip  

3. To install Jetson GPIO library:

sudo pip install Jetson.GPIO

4. To install I2C dev library

sudo apt-get install libi2c-dev i2c-tools
pip install smbus

5. To check what i2c devices connected

sudo i2cdetect -y -r 1   (T208 used the I2C address 0x36)

6. To install Nano editor on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install nano 

7. Create a python file with the code sample below - For i2c battery voltage & percentage reading

sudo nano t208bat.py

File:Bat.py

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Anonymous user #2

25 months ago

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Hi, is there any way to obtain the actual continuous value of current flowing into the T208 and out of it to the Jetson Nano?

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Lisa

25 months ago

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Hi，

you can use the python 'Pld.py' to check the input charge. Refer to step 7 above

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Anonymous user #1

29 months ago

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Not working

Traceback (most recent call last): File "Pld.py", line 13, in <module> GPIO.add_event_detect(4, GPIO.BOTH, callback=my_callback) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Jetson/GPIO/gpio.py", line 500, in add_event_detect raise RuntimeError("You must setup() the GPIO channel as an input " RuntimeError: You must setup() the GPIO channel as an input first

fixme

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Lisa

29 months ago

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