BeagleBone LCD4

Descriptions
The BeagleBone LCD4 Cape provides a portable LCD solution with touchscreen capability for BeagleBone boards. The 4.3" TFT LCD screen, attached to the topside of the board, can display up to a resolution of 480x272 and is a 4-wire resistive touchscreen. The board is equipped with seven buttons located at finger-friendly positions. These buttons include power, reset, and five user buttons, which are mapped to different GPIO signals. The backside of the cape is where a BeagleBone can be mounted.

Revision A1
Initial release of BeagleBone LCD4 Cape

Software Support

 * BeagleBone LCD4 Cape revision A1 is supported by Angstrom release 11-22-12 onward.


 * Major BeagleBone image releases can be downloaded here.
 * Intermediate BeagleBone image releases can be downloaded here

Please follow the instructions here to write the image file to your SD card on a Windows machine.

Getting Started
Required setup:
 * A BeagleBone LCD4 Cape
 * A BeagleBone (with supported software)
 * A 5V DC power supply (we recommend 5V - 2A)
 * A stylus (optional)

Following the instructions below to start using your BeagleBone LCD4 Cape:
 * 1) Mount the BeagleBone to the connectors on the bottom side of the LCD4 Cape.
 * 2) Make sure the SD card using with BeagleBone has image that supports LCD4 Cape.
 * 3) Plug in a 5V DC power supply to the DC connector on the BeagleBone.
 * 4) Following screens will be displayed on the LCD screen:
 * 5) * Angstrom log-in prompt
 * 6) * Auto Calibration utility (displays only on the first time)
 * 7) Follow the instructions given by the Auto Calibration utility to calibrate the LCD4 touchscreen.
 * 8) After calibrated, the Angstrom desktop will be displayed on the LCD screen.

You can start using the board.

Specifications
Followings are some specifications of the BeagleBone LCD4 Cape:

Distributors

 * Boardzoo (USA)
 * Digi-Key (USA)
 * Mouser Electronics (USA)
 * Farnell (USA)
 * Tigal (Austria)

BeagleBone LCD4 Revision A1
To download all files at once please click here
 * Bill of Materials
 * Manufacturing Files
 * Schematic (PDF)
 * Schematic (OrCAD)

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