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Hunyue Yau
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Hunyue Yau

Hunyue Yau is an electrical engineer who graduated from the California Institute of Technology. He has worked with Linux since the early '90s, starting with the Soft Landing System. He created one of the first embedded Linux devices in 1996 with a custom-made distribution. He has worked on various products such as embedded Linux appliances, embedded BSD-based devices, and embedded Linux mobile devices. As an active member of the BeagleBoard community, he has volunteered at numerous community events, from Maker Faire to Google Summer of Code mentoring. Today, Hunyue synergizes his electrical engineering skills with embedded Linux software skills to provide turnkey embedded Linux consulting services through HY Research LLC (http://www.hy-research.com/), a company founded by him.
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The BeagleBone capes

Capes are expansion boards that plug in to the expansion connectors, P8 and P9, on the BeagleBone and have a specific pin usage. Capes are defined in the BeagleBone SRM document. Capes are specific to the BeagleBone subfamily and specifically do not include the BeagleBoard Classic or the BeagleBoard xM. Anyone can build a cape using the description in the SRM.

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For readers familiar with the microcontroller-based Arduino boards, capes are conceptually similar to a shield for Arduino boards.

As defined in the BeagleBone SRM, capes can be of any shape, but the location of the Ethernet RJ45 connector along with the location of the LED can dictate a specific cut-out pattern. Alternatively, extra tall connectors can be used to clear the Ethernet RJ45 connector. Up to four capes can be stacked using dual-sided connectors. A dual-sided connector is a through hole connector with male pins on one side to fit the expansion connectors P8 and P9, and a female socket on the other...

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Hunyue Yau

Hunyue Yau is an electrical engineer who graduated from the California Institute of Technology. He has worked with Linux since the early '90s, starting with the Soft Landing System. He created one of the first embedded Linux devices in 1996 with a custom-made distribution. He has worked on various products such as embedded Linux appliances, embedded BSD-based devices, and embedded Linux mobile devices. As an active member of the BeagleBoard community, he has volunteered at numerous community events, from Maker Faire to Google Summer of Code mentoring. Today, Hunyue synergizes his electrical engineering skills with embedded Linux software skills to provide turnkey embedded Linux consulting services through HY Research LLC (http://www.hy-research.com/), a company founded by him.
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