BeagleBone TiWi-5E w/ EXT. Antenna
NOTE: This Cape has been discontinued
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Descriptions
The BeagleBone TiWi-5E Cape w/ External Antenna is an add-on board that provides Wi-Fi capability for the BeagleBone. This cape is equipped with LSR TiWi-5E module that is capable of providing high performance 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n. The TiWi-5E chip use on this cape is based on the Texas Instrument WL1273L chipset. This cape uses an external antenna.
Note: Bluetooth for this cape is NOT supported in the latest Angstrom release for BeagleBone.
Note: Hardware incompatible and will damage BeagleBone Black if used together.
Revision Changes
Revision A
Initial release of the BeagleBone TiWi-5E Cape w/ External Antenna
Software Support
- BeagleBone TiWi-5E Cape w/ External Antenna revision A is supported by Angstrom release 03-27-13 onward.
- Major BeagleBone image releases can be downloaded here.
- Intermediate BeagleBone image releases can be downloaded here
Please follow the instructions here to write the image file to your SD card on a Windows machine.
Getting Started
Required Setup:
- A BeagleBone TiWi-5E Cape w/ External Antenna
- A BeagleBone (with supported software)
- A 5V DC power supply (we recommend 5V - 2A)
- A mini-USB cable
Following the instructions below to start using your BeagleBone TiWi-5E Cape w/ External Antenna:
- Mount the BeagleBone TiWi Cape to the BeagleBone
- Make sure the SD card using with BeagleBone has supported Angstrom image or later
- Plug in a 5V DC power supply to the DC connector on BeagleBone
- Note: We recommend using a 5V - 2A supply. However, more current supply may be required if more capes or peripheral devices are connected.
- Connect the BeagleBone to your PC using mini-USB cable
- Note: the mini-USB port on the cable should go to the mini-USB connector on the BeagleBone. The other end of the cable should go to PC
- Open a terminal program (e.g. TeraTerm) and connect to the corresponding COM port for BeagleBone
- Log in as root
- Now you can start using linux command for wireless device.
- Example: use following command to scan available networks
- iw dev wlan0 scan
- For more information please visit Wireless Kernel
- Note: Latest Angstrom image for BeagleBone supports iw and nl80211
Specifications
Electrical Specifications
Power | 3.3V via expansion connector |
5V via expansion connector | |
WiFi | IEEE 802.11 a,b,g,n |
Antenna | External |
Connectors | Two 46-position stackable connectors |
LEDs | WLAN enable LED |
Bluetooth enable LED | |
3.6V power good indicator | |
1.8V power good indicator |
Mechanical Specifications
Size | 2.15" x 3.40" |
Layers | 4 |
PCB Thickness | .062" |
RoHS Compliant | Yes |
Signal Usage
The BeagleBone TiWi-BLE Cape w/ Chip Antenna uses 21 signals including:
- VDD_3V3EXP
- VDD_5V
- I2C2_SCL
- I2C2_SDA
- UART1_TXD
- UART1_RXD
- UART2_TXD
- UART2_RXD
- CLKOUT2
- GPIO1_7
- GPIO1_2
- GPIO1_12
- GPIO1_15
- GPIO1_27
- GPIO1_31
- GPIO1_30
- GPIO1_4
- GPIO1_1
- GPIO1_0
- GPIO1_29
- GND
EEPROM
EEPROM Suport | Yes |
Board Name | BeagleBone TiWi-5E Cape w/ External Antenna |
Version | A |
Manufacturer | BeagleBoardToys |
Part Number | BB-BONE-WIFI-04 |
Pins Used | 30 |
Product Images
Vendors
Documentations
Hardware Files
BeagleBone TiWi-5E Cape w/ External Antenna Revision A
To download all files at once please click here