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- Page 1 Skywire BeagleBone Cape Lite ® User Manual NimbeLink Corp Updated: October 2017 PN 1001407 rev 1 © NimbeLink Corp. 2017. All rights reserved.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Connect the UFL Antenna Cables Cape Placement Attach Antennas Connect USB Apply Power Connect Device Tree Overlay Activate Modem (one-time step) UART Configuration USB Configuration Grove Connections Additional Resources PN 1001407 rev 1 © NimbeLink Corp. 2017. All rights reserved. -
Page 3: Introduction
1.1 Overview This document is the System Reference Manual for the Skywire® BeagleBone Cape Lite. Throughout the document Skywire BeagleBone Cape Lite will often be referred to as 'the cape,' although it may be referred to by its full name. -
Page 4: Orderable Parts
Adafruit 706 1.5 Additional Resources ● NimbeLink's Skywire BeagleBone Cape Lite Product Page ● NimbeLink’s Skywire BeagleBone Cape Lite Device Tree Overlay ● NimbeLink's Skywire BeagleBone Cape Lite Schematic ● NimbeLink's Skywire BeagleBone Cape Lite Design Files PN 1001407 rev 1... -
Page 5: Technical Specifications
2. Technical Specifications 2.1. Block Diagram PN 1001407 rev 1 © NimbeLink Corp. 2017. All rights reserved. -
Page 6: Pinout
Not configured by DTO P9-19 Input I2C2_SCL I2C2 SCL P9-20 I2C2_SDA I2C2 SDA P9-25 Input GPIO3_21 EEPROM WP Pulled High via external pullup 12V recommended. 6V-15V Input 12V Input Accepted. PN 1001407 rev 1 © NimbeLink Corp. 2017. All rights reserved. -
Page 7: Getting Started
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. -
Page 8: Cape Placement
Align the 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. -
Page 9: Connect Usb
Connect 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. -
Page 10: Connect
If the cape did successfully load you will see the following when you query the system log: # d mesg | grep NL-AB-BBCL [2.463957] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #2: 'NL-AB-BBCL,00B0,NimbeLink,NL-AB-BBCL' [2.531693] bone_capemgr bone_capemgr: slot #2: dtbo 'NL-AB-BBCL-00B0.dtbo' loaded; overlay id #0 PN 1001407 rev 1 © NimbeLink Corp. 2017. All rights reserved. -
Page 11: Activate Modem (One-Time Step)
# d mesg | grep NL-AB-BBCL 3.9. Activate Modem (one-time step) Your Skywire cellular modem does not ship with an active cellular plan. NimbeLink provides reduced rate M2M data plans for Skywire products. To activate a data plan, please visit g o.nimbelink.com to set up a data plan account. -
Page 12: Usb Configuration
● NL-SW-LTE-S7588-T: S ending and Receiving data with PPPd ● NL-SW-LTE-S7588-V: S ending and Receiving Data with CDC-NCM ● NL-SW-LTE-S7588-V: S ending and Receiving data with PPPd PN 1001407 rev 1 © NimbeLink Corp. 2017. All rights reserved. -
Page 13: Grove Connections
Sending GPS data using Python ● Defining PDP Contexts MSCs ● Streaming Video over LTE on BBC ● Starting PPP at Boot ● Starting PPP with SSH over Ethernet PN 1001407 rev 1 © NimbeLink Corp. 2017. All rights reserved.
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