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The Zippy2 Ethernet Combo Board is an expansion board for the BeagleBoard that adds the following:
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The Zippy2 Ethernet Combo Board (KSZ8851SNL-BBE-EVAL) is an expansion board for the BeagleBoard that adds the following:
 
* Battery Backed RTC
 
* Battery Backed RTC
 
* Second MMC slot
 
* Second MMC slot

Revision as of 15:19, 6 February 2010


The Zippy2 Ethernet Combo Board (KSZ8851SNL-BBE-EVAL) is an expansion board for the BeagleBoard that adds the following:

  • Battery Backed RTC
  • Second MMC slot
  • 10BaseT Ethernet
  • Second RS-232
  • +5V level I2C
  • AT24 EEPROM

Hardware

The Zippy2 is a low-cost expansion board for the BeagleBoard beagleboard.org which provides the following peripherals:

Ethernet

SD/MMC Interface

RS232 Serial Interface

Real-time Clock

I2C Interface

Serial EEPROM

Connecting the Zippy2 to the BeagleBoard

Soldering the Expansion Header

Attaching the BeagleBoard

Creating a bootable SD/SDHC card in Ubuntu

Automated script

Design Documents

Zippy2-base.jpg


Software

  • place these files on your formated SD card per the instuctions at the LinuxBootDiskFormat page
  • boot your BeagleBoard while holding down the "User" button.