Hardware

Discussing Bela's hardware.

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TCA9555 as IO expander on the Bela
- Hardware
- I'm trying to connect a TCA9555 (to get more digital ins) to Bela via I2C. AS there is no Bela library for that board, can I use the Adafruit_TSC2007-Linux-master as basis and...
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Pepper feature requests
- HardwareEurorack
- When using Pepper regularly, often ideas for new features pop up. Maybe these can be considered while developing the new version (Rev C). These are just my ideas as a user, I ...
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Bela Cape + CTAG Beast Issues
- Hardware
- I'm having trouble getting my Bela and CTAG Beast setup to upload anything from the IDE. Initially, attempted uploads returned: audio frame 1267552, errorCode: 3 McASP unexpec...
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LED D6
- Hardware
- When a patch (pd) is running on the bela, the D6 LED flashes, this one: When running the bela as a standalone, and having built it into a box, is it possible to assign this LE...
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Securing Bela Mini with cable ties
- Hardware
- Hi all, I'm getting my first instrument with an embedded Bela Mini ready for performance, and I've been struggling a bit with securing the Mini so it doesn't flop about inside...
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UART + I2C pins interfering with analog inputs on Bela Mini
- Hardware
- Dear forum, I'm building something like a HAT for a Bela Mini project that will use both Midi and Trill as well as all the digital and analog inputs. However, the UART4 and I2...
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Summing Headphone & Line Outputs
- Hardware
- Hello - I'm planning to sum the headphone audio outputs of four Bela Minis, and send this signal to headphones. Also, I'd like to sum the line outputs of the same four Belas a...
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Voltage levels on analog inputs on Bela
- Hardware
- Hi, I have two FSRs connected to the analog ins of the Bela with the Bela powered over USB. I am using a simple 10k resistor and some breadboard connections with the Bela's gr...
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96kHz Audio Channels on Bela Mini
- Hardware
- Hi there! I'm attempting to run audio channels at a 96kHz sample rate, rather than the default 44.1kHz. I don't need digital or analog I/O so I don't need that synchronization...
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Can I use an Analog Pin for a button?
- HardwareSolved
- Dear forum: I've run out of Digital pins in my project. Can I use Analog pins for a digital inputs? For something like a push button or a toggle switch. I assume yes, but plea...
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Pocketbeagle 2 compatible with Bela Mini?
- Hardware
- Hei. I can't find any information about this. I'm thinking about buying the pocketbeagle 2 and the Bela Mini cape separately. Any experiences?
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No analog I/O or audio on new Pepper build
- HardwareEurorack
- Hi all, I've just built a pepper from the kit bought directly from Bela.io. I can use the IDE to upload to the "Getting Started" pure data example to the Bela board fine, and ...
10 replies
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Help required with Bela Board not turning on
- Hardware
- I recently implemented a code on Bela for real-time audio storage. However, when I tried to run the board afterwards, it started blinking red and blue LEDs continuously. Since...
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Controlling 16x LEDs with Bela mini via PD
- Hardware
- Hi, I have a Bela project where my arduino right now manages 16 LEDs by parsing messages it receives via PD from bela. see picture: it works very well with no latency. However...
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Analog Joystick for Bela Mini
- HardwareSolved
- Hi, I’m developing a project which requires the configuration of 2 analog joysticks to control parameters in Pure Data. Has anyone already used some? Would these work with bel...
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Suggestions on adding a Power On/OFf switch?
- HardwareSolved
- So I'm going to try running the Bela from the battery 5V DC input and running my project from boot. I was wondering if anybody had a neat way to include an on/off switch? I ha...
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Need 5-10x More CPU
- Hardware
- I need 5-10x more CPU to run multiple physical modelling PD patches, with multiple digital and analog inputs controlling different variables. How can I increase the CPU power ...
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Salt faceplate
- HardwareEurorack
- Hi, I just added a programmed Salt module to my eurorack and wonder if the faceplate measures are available somewhere, much like the Pepper https://github.com/BelaPlatform/bel...
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Array Matrix
- Hardware
- Hi, Using Bela and Pd, I would like to build an FSR array matrix similar to the picture below. My array would consist of 6 rows and 24 columns, with velostat material in betwe...
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Communication between 2 Bela Mini
- Hardware
- As anybody achived to communicate between 2 Bela Mini with the USB A port? And what bit rate can be achived by that? Would there be a faster way to communicate between the 2 B...
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Hardware

Discussing Bela's hardware.

TCA9555 as IO expander on the Bela

Pepper feature requests

Bela Cape + CTAG Beast Issues

LED D6

Securing Bela Mini with cable ties

UART + I2C pins interfering with analog inputs on Bela Mini

Summing Headphone & Line Outputs

Voltage levels on analog inputs on Bela

96kHz Audio Channels on Bela Mini

Can I use an Analog Pin for a button?

Pocketbeagle 2 compatible with Bela Mini?

No analog I/O or audio on new Pepper build

Help required with Bela Board not turning on

Controlling 16x LEDs with Bela mini via PD

Analog Joystick for Bela Mini

Suggestions on adding a Power On/OFf switch?

Need 5-10x More CPU

Salt faceplate

Array Matrix

Communication between 2 Bela Mini