Beagleboard:BeagleBone Black Capes
Contents
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
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 2013.06.20
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 |
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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 2013-06-20 or newer - see notes |
LCD4 Cape | PASS | NC | USED | PASS | PASS | YES | YES | APPROVED | use image 2013-06-20 or newer - see notes |
LCD7 Cape | PASS | NC | USED | PASS | PASS | YES | YES | APPROVED | use image 2013-06-20 or newer - see notes |
RS-232 Cape | PASS | NC | PASS | PASS | PASS | YES | YES | APPROVED | use image 2013-06-20 or newer - see notes |
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 |
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 |
Notes
- RS-232 Cape - Uart5 is not supported without disabling the onboard HDMI, defaults to Uart2 in software
- LCD7 Cape - RevA2 only supports booting from microSD card, RevA3 or newer is fully supported
- LCD3 Cape - RevA2 or newer is fully supported
- LCD4 Cape - RevA1 or newer is fully supported