Nh5cape
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Descriptions
The Nh5cape is a LCD extension for beaglebone / beaglebone black.
- Resolution: 800x480
- 24 bit color
- PWM backlight control
- Multitouch capacitive touchscreen
- 4 user buttons
Power is taken from the beaglebone.
Video demo can be seen at http://youtu.be/zDcHMCXM60A
Revision Changes
Revision A0
Initial release of BeagleBone LCD 5" Cape.
Revision A1
Cape now consists of 3 separate boards: stackable cape, LCD with adapter, and buttons board. Removed support of adxl345
Software Support
- Ubuntu with Kernel 3.15 support.
- Ubuntu with Kernel 3.8 (device tree) support.
- Rowboat android with Kernel 3.2 support.
- Available: patches to the current kernel, images of ubuntu and android.
Specifications
Followings are some specifications of the BeagleBone LCD 5" Cape:
Electrical Specifications
| Power | 3.3V via BeagleBone header |
| 5V via BeagleBone header | |
| Display Model | Newhaven NHD-5.0-800480TF-ATXL#-CTP |
| Display Type | 5" TFT LCD |
| Resolution | 800x480 |
| Touchscreen | multitouch capacitive |
| Switches | Four user Switches |
| Connectors | One 46-position male headers |
| One 9-position male connector for accelerometer |
Mechanical Specifications
| Size | 95 x 195 mm |
| Layers | 2 |
| PCB Thickness | 1.6 mm |
| RoHS Compliant | Yes |
Signal Usage
The BeagleBone LCD 5" Cape uses 41 signals including:
- VDD_3V3EXP
- VDD_5V
- DGND
- EHRPWM1A
- GPIO1_16
- GPIO1_19
- I2C2_SCL
- I2C2_SDA
- GPIO1_17
- GPIO3_19
- GPIO3_16
- GPIO3_19
- GPIO0_31 (removed in rev. A1)
- GPIO3_21
- LCD_VSYNC
- LCD_HSYNC
- LCD_PCLK
- LCD_DATA[0..23]
EEPROM
| EEPROM Suport | Yes |
| Board Name | nh5cape |
| Version | 00A0 |
| Manufacturer | Cembsoft |
| Part Number | BB-BONE-NH5C-01 |
| Pins Used | 38 |
Software
http://elinux.org/Nh5capeSoftware
Distributors
Distributors are welcome at victor.0xf at gmail.com
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