BeaconBoard

= Description =

Beacon Board is a small accessory board that is primarily intended for use with the PandaBoard or BeagleBoard however it can be used with anything that supports the use of GPIO's such as AVR based development boards like the Arduino.

= Features =


 * Single tricolored RGB LED
 * [[media:rgb-led.pdf|datasheet]]
 * Available from Sparkfun
 * WS2801 RGB LED PWM controller
 * [[media:ws2801.pdf|datasheet]]
 * Available from Sparkfun
 * PWM Tutorial
 * 74HC595 Serial Shift Register
 * [[media:74hc595.pdf|datasheet]]
 * 595 Tutorial
 * 7 Segment Display
 * [[media:7seg-display.pdf|datasheet]]
 * 74AVC8T245 Level Shifter
 * [[media:74AVC8T245.pdf|datasheet]]
 * I2C EEPROM
 * [[media:cat24aa01.pdf|datasheet]]

= Design =


 * schematic
 * layout

= Interface =

PandaBoard

 * pinmux
 * gpio numbers

BeagleBoard

 * pinmux
 * gpio numbers