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What is PocketBeagle^® TechLab Cape?

BeagleBoard.org PocketBeagle TechLab Cape was designed from lessons-learned in teaching hundreds of individuals getting their first introduction to programming, Linux, and ultimately hacking the kernel itself. TechLab has taken inspiration from the GHI Electronics BrainPad as well as the QWERTY Embedded Design BaconBits Cape, maintaining complete pinout compatibility with BaconBits such that users can follow along with the excellent introduction to Linux kernel programming provided in the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer seminars and useful for associated follow-on training available from The Linux Foundation .

Board Features

USB-to-serial (micro B connector)
USB host (A connector)
Reset button
2 push buttons (L and R) (via GPIO)
Light sensor (via ADC)
Tri-color LED (via PWM)
2-digit 7-segment display (via SPI)
Accelerometer (via I2C)
EEPROM (write-protected) (via I2C)
mikroBus header

Resources

Learn to Program using PocketBeagle® and TechLab Cape

Embedded Linux turns physical hardware into files you can simply read and write

Software and tutorials

Using Bonescript Node.js library
- Workshop materials »
- Workshop SD card image »
Work in progress using Node-RED+Blockly
Work in progress using Makecode

Learn to program the Linux kernel

Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer seminars

Hardware info

Design files

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