Nimbelink:SkywireCape

Descriptions
The BeagleBone Black Skywire Cellular Cape provides a cellular link capability for BeagleBone Black boards. The onboard Nimbelink Skywire Module is a pre-certified, Verizon compatible cellular modem allowing your device to connect to the Internet of Things!

FAQ
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Revision D
Initial release of BeagleBone Black Skywire Cape

Software Support

 * Software to be developed

Getting Started
Required setup:
 * A BeagleBone Black Skywire Cape
 * A BeagleBone Black(with supported software)
 * A Nimbelink Skywire Module
 * A 5V DC power supply (we recommend 5V - 2A)

Following the instructions below to start using your BeagleBone Black Skywire Cape:

You can start using the board.

Specifications
Followings are some specifications of the BeagleBone Black Skywire Cape:

Capabilities

 * Cellular Communication through the Nimbelink Skywire Module
 * 2X CAN lines
 * Xbee socket for Wifi/BlueTooth/Zigbee Modules
 * 4 Port USB hub
 * Two ports broken out to USBA connectors, one port directly wire to Skywire Module, and one port is broken out to a four pin header

Signal Usage
The Nimbelink Skywire BeagleBone Black Cape uses upto 29 signals including:
 * P9-1: GND
 * P9-2: GND
 * P9-3: VCC3.3V
 * P9-4: VCC3.3V
 * P9-5: VCC5VRAW
 * P9-6: VCC5VRAW
 * P9-7: VCC5V
 * P9-8: VCC5V
 * P9-10: SYS_RESETn
 * P9-11: UART4_RXD
 * P9-13: UART5_TXD
 * P9-19: I2C2_SCL
 * P9-20: I2C2_SDA
 * P9-21: UART2_TXD
 * P9-22: UART2_RXD
 * P9-24: UART1_TXD
 * P9-26: UART1_RXD
 * P9-43: GND
 * P9-44: GND
 * P9-45: GND
 * P9-46: GND


 * P8-1: GND
 * P8-2: GND
 * P8-7: gpio2[2]
 * P8-8: gpio2[3]
 * P8-9: gpio2[5]
 * P8-10: gpio2[4]
 * P8-37: UART5_TXD
 * P8-38: UART5_RXD

Distributors

 * Boardzoo (USA)
 * Arrow Electronics (US)
 * Digi-Key (USA)
 * Mouser Electronics (USA)
 * Special Computing (USA)
 * Tigal (Austria)

System Reference Manual

 * Latest

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 * Bill of Materials
 * Manufacturing Files
 * Schematic (PDF)
 * Schematic (OrCAD)

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 * Bill of Materials
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 * Schematic (PDF)
 * Schematic (OrCAD)

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