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3. Getting Started

3.1. Skywire Placement

Mount the Skywire on the cape with the Skywire's UFL connectors towards the

middle of the board.

3.2. Connect the UFL Antenna Cables

Attach the UFL antenna cables to the Skywire.

PN 1001407 rev 1

© NimbeLink Corp. 2017. All rights reserved.

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Summary of Contents for NL-AB-BBCL

Page 1: ...Skywire BeagleBone Cape Lite User Manual NimbeLink Corp Updated October 2017 PN 1001407 rev 1 NimbeLink Corp 2017 All rights reserved 1 ...

Page 2: ...ns 5 Block Diagram 5 Pinout 6 Getting Started 7 Skywire Placement 7 Connect the UFL Antenna Cables 7 Cape Placement 8 Attach Antennas 8 Connect USB 9 Apply Power 9 Connect 10 Device Tree Overlay 10 Activate Modem one time step 11 UART Configuration 11 USB Configuration 12 Grove Connections 13 Additional Resources 13 PN 1001407 rev 1 NimbeLink Corp 2017 All rights reserved 2 ...

Page 3: ...nection BeagleBone Black and BeagleBone Green are low cost community supported development platforms that allows quick easy application development They accepts plug in boards called capes that allow a wide variety of expanded capabilities The Skywire BeagleBone Cape Light supports any of NimbeLink s end device certified Skywire plug in cellular modems with optional bundled no contract cellular pl...

Page 4: ...588 T Skywire 4G LTE CAT 4 AT T T Mobile NimbeLink Verizon 4G LTE NL SW LTE S7588 V Skywire 4G LTE CAT 4 Verizon NimbeLink AT T T Mobile 4G LTE TG 08 0113 Monopole Cellular Antenna Taoglas TG 30 8113 Dipole Cellular Antenna Taoglas 1 4 Compatible BeagleBones Number Notes BeagleBone Black BeagleBone Black Wireless BeagleBone Black Industrial BeagleBone Green BeagleBone Green Wireless Users must use...

Page 5: ...2 Technical Specifications 2 1 Block Diagram PN 1001407 rev 1 NimbeLink Corp 2017 All rights reserved 5 ...

Page 6: ...ot connected P9 24 I O UART1_TXD Skywire DIO3 Not configured by DTO not connected P8 17 Input GPIO_0_27 4V Regulator Enable P8 26 Output GPIO1_29 4V Regulator PG P8 38 Output UART5_RXD Grove UART5 RX Not configured by DTO P8 37 Input UART5_TXD Grove UART5 TX Not configured by DTO P9 17 Input I2C1_SCL Grove I2C1 SDA Not configured by DTO P9 18 I O I2C1_SDA Grove I2C1 SCL Not configured by DTO P9 19...

Page 7: ...ent Mount the Skywire on the cape with the Skywire s UFL connectors towards the middle of the board 3 2 Connect the UFL Antenna Cables Attach the UFL antenna cables to the Skywire PN 1001407 rev 1 NimbeLink Corp 2017 All rights reserved 7 ...

Page 8: ...e capes P8 P9 headers with the BeagleBone s headers and gently press the two boards together to connect them 3 4 Attach Antennas Connect the cellular antennas to the cape PN 1001407 rev 1 NimbeLink Corp 2017 All rights reserved 8 ...

Page 9: ...nnect the Skywire s USB interface to the capes 3 6 Apply Power Apply 12V power to the cape The capes onboard 12V to 5V regulator will supply 5V to the BeagleBone PN 1001407 rev 1 NimbeLink Corp 2017 All rights reserved 9 ...

Page 10: ...e system log for anything to do with the cape If the cape did not load you will see a message similar to this 2 435969 bone_capemgr bone_capemgr slot 2 NL AB BBCL 00B0 NimbeLink NL AB BBCL 3 490471 bone_capemgr bone_capemgr loader failed to load slot 2 NL AB BBCL 00B0 prio 0 If the cape did successfully load you will see the following when you query the system log dmesg grep NL AB BBCL 2 463957 bo...

Page 11: ... nimbelink com to set up a data plan account 3 10 UART Configuration The capes DTO will automatically configure the Beaglebones UART4 for communication with flow control RTS CTS with the Skywire To test the communication launch a terminal interface from the BeagleBone to the modem In this example we ll use picocom to interface to the modem On the beaglebones command line enter the following comman...

Page 12: ...e listed below for your modem Please note that this list is not exhaustive of the reference materials for the Skywire modems and additional application notes may be available under your modem s product page in the Application Notes section NL SW LTE GELS3 C Sending and Receiving Data with CDC ECM NL SW LTE GELS3 C Sending and Receiving data with PPPd NL SW LTE WM14 Sending and Receiving data with ...

Page 13: ...ape does not configure any of the pins attached to the connectors The footprint on the PCB is designed to fit JST S4B PH K S LF SN connectors 4 Additional Resources Skywire Cellular Modems Product Page Sending and Receiving files with FTP Sending and Receiving data with Socket Dials Sending and Receiving SMS messages Sending GPS data using Python Defining PDP Contexts MSCs Streaming Video over LTE...

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