Difference between revisions of "Beagleboard:BeagleBone Black Capes"

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|Battery Cape||PASS||NC||PASS||PASS||PASS||YES||NONE REQUIRED||APPROVED||
 
|Battery Cape||PASS||NC||PASS||PASS||PASS||YES||NONE REQUIRED||APPROVED||
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|LCD3 Cape||PASS||NC||USED||PASS||PASS||YES||YES||APPROVED||use image 2013-06-06 or newer - Must be revision A2 or better
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|LCD4 Cape||PASS||NC||USED||PASS||PASS||YES||YES||APPROVED||use image 2013-06-06 or newer
 
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|RS-232 Cape||PASS||NC||PASS||PASS||PASS||YES||NO||YES||UART5 not supported without disabling HDMI
 
|RS-232 Cape||PASS||NC||PASS||PASS||PASS||YES||NO||YES||UART5 not supported without disabling HDMI
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|Weather Cape||PASS||NC||PASS||USED||PASS||NO||NO||YES||this board will need a hardware revision for full suppport
 
|Weather Cape||PASS||NC||PASS||USED||PASS||NO||NO||YES||this board will need a hardware revision for full suppport
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|LCD3 Cape||PASS||NC||USED||PASS||PASS||YES||YES||YES||Must be revision A2 or better - low image quality unresolved
 
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|LCD4 Cape||PASS||NC||USED||PASS||PASS||YES||YES||YES||issues with buttons unresolved
 
 
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|LCD7 Cape||PASS||NC||USED||PASS||PASS||YES||YES||YES||initialization issues unresolved and requires boot from microSD card
 
|LCD7 Cape||PASS||NC||USED||PASS||PASS||YES||YES||YES||initialization issues unresolved and requires boot from microSD card
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== Support Hacks ==
 
== Support Hacks ==
  
 
* [http://www.berriman.co.uk/beaglebone-black-with-rs232-cape/ RS-232 Cape Support Hack]
 
* [http://www.berriman.co.uk/beaglebone-black-with-rs232-cape/ RS-232 Cape Support Hack]
 
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/beagleboard/audio$20cape|sort:date/beagleboard/ZJGwxA7BG4E/CV2jm9bY4qgJ Audio Cape Support Hack]
 
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/beagleboard/audio$20cape|sort:date/beagleboard/ZJGwxA7BG4E/CV2jm9bY4qgJ Audio Cape Support Hack]

Revision as of 09:44, 7 June 2013

Compatibilty



Virtual Capes

  • The BeagleBone Black essentially is an original BeagleBone with three virtual capes:
    • Memory Cape for on board eMMC
    • HDMI Cape for on board video
    • Audio Cape for audio through HDMI



Used Signals

  • When adding a Cape to the BeagleBone Black, if the same signals are used for the on board virtual capes, then only one of these devices can be supported at a time.
    • MMC signals P8[25:20] and P8[6:3]
    • LCD signals P8[46:27]
    • AUDIO signals P9[31] and P9[29:28]



Pin Chart

Bbb-cape-pinout.jpg

Supported Capes



Description

  • Each cape is listed with a column to indicate if the cape uses any of the same signals as the virtual cape for each.
  • Mechanical means that the cape has been physcially plugged into a BeagleBone Black and has no clearance issues.
  • Hardware Support means that the cape will electrically work with the BeagleBone Black.
  • Software Support means that the cape is supported in the bootable linux distribution image that ships with the BeagleBone Black.
  • Support Planned
    • APPROVED - both hardware and software are fully functional and tested
    • YES - hardware and/or software support are under development
    • NO - there are specific hardware and/or software reasons that prevent support
    • EXPERIMENTAL - hardware and/or software provided without direct product support


NOTE: Status for 2013.05.27

Chart

Board Mechanical P9-Battery LCD P8[46:27] EMMC P8[25:20] P8[6:3] AUDIO signals P9[31] and P9[29:28] Hardware Support Software Support Support Planned Notes
Breakout Cape PASS NC PASS PASS PASS YES NONE REQUIRED APPROVED
Breadboard Cape PASS NC PASS PASS PASS YES NONE REQUIRED APPROVED
Battery Cape PASS NC PASS PASS PASS YES NONE REQUIRED APPROVED
LCD3 Cape PASS NC USED PASS PASS YES YES APPROVED use image 2013-06-06 or newer - Must be revision A2 or better
LCD4 Cape PASS NC USED PASS PASS YES YES APPROVED use image 2013-06-06 or newer
RS-232 Cape PASS NC PASS PASS PASS YES NO YES UART5 not supported without disabling HDMI
CAN Bus Cape PASS NC PASS USED PASS YES NO YES UART5 not supported without disabling HDMI
RS-485 Cape PASS NC PASS USED PASS NO NO YES this board will need a hardware revision for full suppport
Profi Bus Cape PASS NC PASS USED PASS NO NO YES this board will need a hardware revision for full suppport
Weather Cape PASS NC PASS USED PASS NO NO YES this board will need a hardware revision for full suppport
LCD7 Cape PASS NC USED PASS PASS YES YES YES initialization issues unresolved and requires boot from microSD card
3.1MP Camera Cape PASS NC PASS USED PASS YES YES YES Functional but requires boot from microSD card
Audio Cape PASS NC PASS PASS USED YES NO EXPERIMENTAL only supported by disabling onboard HDMI
Memory Cape PASS NC USED USED PASS YES NO EXPERIMENTAL This cape is sold for development purposes only
HDMI Cape PASS NC USED USED USED YES NO NO duplicated by onboard virtual HDMI cape
DVI-D Cape PASS NC USED PASS PASS YES NO NO duplicated by onboard virtual HDMI cape
DVI-D w/Audio Cape PASS NC USED PASS PASS YES NO NO duplicated by onboard virtual HDMI cape
TiWi-5E Cape PASS NC USED USED USED NO NO NO hardware incompatible and will damage BeagleBone Black
TiWi-BLE Cape PASS NC USED USED USED NO NO NO hardware incompatible and will damage BeagleBone Black



Support Hacks