BeaconBoard
Contents
Description
Beacon Board is a small accessory board that is primarily intended for use with the PandaBoard or BeagleBoard however it can be wired into any development platform that supports GPIOs
Sponsors
The Beacon Board is sponsored by:
- TinCanTools
- BoardZoo
- Designed by David Anders
- Layout by Chris Auten
- Assembly by CircuitCo
Features
- Single tricolored RGB LED (datasheet)
- WS2801 RGB LED PWM controller (datasheet)
- 74HC595 Serial Shift Register (datasheet)
- 7 Segment Display (datasheet)
- 74AVC8T245 Level Shifter (datasheet)
- I2C EEPROM (datasheet)
References
Design
Interface
7 Segment Display
| Pin | Function | Beagle | Panda | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | CLOCK | GPIO161 | GPIO139 | |
| 16 | LATCH | GPIO162 | GPIO137 | |
| 10 | DATA | GPIO145 | GPIO138 |
RGB LED
| Pin | Function | Beagle | Panda | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | DATA | GPIO158 | GPIO136 | |
| 18 | CLOCK | GPIO159 | GPIO135 |
Software
7 Segment Display
- Driver for Linux Kernel 3.0
- Userspace shell script
RGB LED
- WS2801 Driver for Linux Kernel 3.0
- Userspace shell script
