On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:24:12 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: >Hey guys, > >I'm currently designing an automation control system for my aeroponic >greenhouse and would like to use the BeagleBone Black as the brain. I >would like all wiring to the BBB to be done using terminal blocks. The >Arduino Mega has a shield that breaks out all GPIO pins to terminal block > connectors and I would love to find the same thing for the BBB. Do you >know if this exists? Google hasn't really turned anything up so I'm >doubtful.
> >How would I make one myself? If you can't find one that's commercial, then you design your own if you can do hardware. You need to consider which pins can do what, how you want them buffered, whether or not they're inputs/outputs/or inout. How much current you want them to drive and at what voltages. You also need to consider the BBB's boot sequence to avoid using any pins involved in that until the sequence is done. You also need the configuration EEPROM and that needs to be set up properly. All of these are steps. A board the size of the BBB would be roughly 37 us dollars at Oshpark, you'd have to be able to submit them an eagle layout or gerbers. >What alternatives are there? I created a >wire harness that fits into the P8 and P9 headers but it's not an elegant >solution. Then all you need is a breakout if you've considered all these other matters. I'd be tempted to take a 46 pin ribbon connector and wire it to each header, then patch that over to whatever breakout board you want, which could be individual pins. Harvey > >I've seen others use the Arduino Mega with the terminal block shield as the >brain for various greenhouse automation projects but I want to utilize the >BBB as it has a more appropriate amount of IO and processing power. > >Thoughts? > >Thank you. -- 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.
