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NimbeLink BeagleBone Cape Lite

NimbeLink BeagleBone Cape Lite Embedded Modem Development Kit

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The NimbeLink BeagleBone Cape Lite provides easy access to the Internet of Things (IoT) via cellular connection. BeagleBone Black and BeagleBone Green are low-cost, community-supported development platforms that allow quick, easy application development. They accept plug-in boards called “capes” which provide a wide variety of expanded capabilities. The BeagleBone power supply and adapter supports any of Airgain’s end-device certified NimbeLink plug-in cellular modems with optional bundled and no-contract cellular plans. In addition to cellular connectivity the NimbeLink BeagleBone Cape Lite offers:

Wide power supply input 5V-12V
Compatible with: BeagleBone Black, BeagleBone Black Wireless, and BeagleBone Green
BeagleBone Green Wireless can be used with additional standoffs
Grove sensor interface for unlimited sensor flexibility
Fast, easy prototyping made possible by the NimbeLink BeagleBone Cape Lite

Documents	Product Brief User Manual Datasheet Device Tree Overlay Cape Wiki
Development Kit Reference Design	Schematic 3D STEP Model Without Skywire 3D STEP Model With Skywire Altium Design Files PCB BOM PCB Gerber Files SolidWorks Enclosure Model Enclosure Model STEP File
Application Notes	Sending GPS data using Python Streaming Video over LTE on BBC Starting PPP at Boot Starting PPP with SSH over Ethernet Prototyping Considerations See each modem page for additional application notes for each modem
Certifications	RoHS Certificate of Compliance

Our Dev Kits Explained

Brandon Hart introduces a variety of dev kits available for Skywire.

BeagleBone Cape Lite

Kurt and Brandon discuss the features of the BBCL.

The Power of Skywire

Brandon teaches the requirements to power your Skywire device.

Getting Started

How to get started with the Skywire Development Kit.

Skywire LTE CAT 1 for Verizon

Kurt introduces the Skywire LTE CAT 1 modem.

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