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BeagleBone Black Proto Cape Hookup Guide
Board Overview
The BeagleBone Black Proto Cape is a great way to prototype or design
custom capes for the BeagleBone Black. This cape gives you access to all
gpio available on the BeagleBone Black. There are also two red LED’s
available for user applications. The included EEPROM lets the user
prototype cape description files, which are used by the BeagleBoard
Foundation to register boards.
Suggested Reading
Before you start, we recommend the following background knowledge:
• How to Solder
• Working with Wire
• Logic Levels
Assembly
First let’s solder some headers to the cape. There are two styles of headers
you may choose from.
If you only plan on using one cape, straight headers will do just fine.
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