Skywire® BeagleBone Cape Lite
Skywire® BeagleBone Cape Lite Embedded Modem Development Kit
The Skywire® 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 which allow quick, easy application development. They accepts plug-in boards called “capes” which provide a wide variety of expanded capabilities. The BeagleBone power supply and adapter supports any of NimbeLink’s end-device certified Skywire® plug-in cellular modems with optional bundled and no-contract cellular plans. In addition to cellular connectivity the Skywire® 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 Skywire® BeagleBone Cape Lite.
Documentation

Development Kit Reference Design
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
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