Capes are a key feature that we offer on this board. Much like what you see in PCs with the concept of plug in boards. If you have ever tried to remove a cape, you will know that these connections are indeed solid and reliable. I do not see an upside to removing that feature at this time.
If you desire something different. I have donated hundreds of hours of engineering time to the community in the form of all the documentation and source files for this board. Feel free to modify it to your requirements and build the board you desire. Gerald On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 8:58 AM, BBQTrader . <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > I appreciate your thoughts on this, but the header connection, which is > required for a cape, in my opinion, is a poor long-term connection > (stressing long-term here). I'm saying this with years of experience as an > electronic technician. Thus the desire for a card that goes directly to > terminals rather than the intermediate step of the cape. > > Thanks for your thoughts! > > BBQ > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:36 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tuesday, 15 April 2014 12:28:54 UTC+10, BBQTrader wrote: >>> >>> Gerald, >>> >>> I'm working on a Home Automation/Security System project, and am >>> developing it for the BBB. I expect it to sit in a box for a long time, >>> connected to the network, and connected to various sensors. >>> >>> I would like to have a board that had physical terminals on it rather >>> than the headers, since this would work better for long term projects such >>> as a networked home security system. >>> >> >> That sounds like a job a simple cape would do well -- the cape could have >> a larger size than the BBB board if you wanted to break out every signal. >> >> I'm sure there are eagle files available for the standard cape footprint >> -- you could very easily lay this out yourself hand have (e.g.) >> seeedstudio's PCB service fabricate it. >> >> The only minor disadvantages would be increased height (but put the screw >> terminals on the bottom of the cape if that's important), and an extra >> mechanical connection, which theoretically could affect reliability. >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/CZkJyj29Gv8/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
