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The new cape plug-in boards are made available through www.beaglebonecapes.com.
ENGADGET: BeagleBone gets plenty of expansion options with new 'cape' add-ons
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The BeagleBone LCD7 Cape, one of the most popular cape plug-in boards, delivers touch screen capability, featuring a 7-inch TFT LCD screen with 4-wire resistive touch and five user buttons.
ENGADGET: BeagleBone gets plenty of expansion options with new 'cape' add-ons
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"BeagleBone cape plug-in boards give open hardware examples of how to implement various interfaces and tested configurations that can be used for experimentation immediately, " said Jason Kridner, community advocate, BeagleBoard.org.
ENGADGET: BeagleBone gets plenty of expansion options with new 'cape' add-ons
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The cape plug-in boards can be plugged into BeagleBone's two 46-pin dual-row expansion headers, providing similar headers so that up to four cape plug-in boards can be stacked at a time.
ENGADGET: BeagleBone gets plenty of expansion options with new 'cape' add-ons
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Inspired to expand development options for their BeagleBone mini computer platforms, participants in the BeagleBoard.org community created cape plug-in boards to enhance the sensors, actuators and interfaces available on the BeagleBone platform.
ENGADGET: BeagleBone gets plenty of expansion options with new 'cape' add-ons
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Adding cape plug-in boards to the popular and expandable BeagleBone computer that is used as a development kit allows hobbyists and developers to quickly and easily augment BeagleBone's capabilities with LCD screens, motor control and battery power as well as the ability to create their own circuits.
ENGADGET: BeagleBone gets plenty of expansion options with new 'cape' add-ons
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Creatively calling the plug-in boards "capes" in reference to the cape worn by a beloved cartoon beagle super hero, the active open source BeagleBoard.org community designed the plug-in boards to foster an even wider range of innovations such as robot motor drivers and sensors that measure location and pressure.
ENGADGET: BeagleBone gets plenty of expansion options with new 'cape' add-ons