Replacement: None. We have retired this product and carry no direct replacement. The Beagleboard xM, however, has many of these features built-in. This page is for reference only.
The Zippy is a expansion board for the BeagleBoard that provides: Ethernet, SD/MMC, battery backed-up RTC, RS-232 serial port, and a 5V I2C interface for the BeagleBoard.
The Zippy board attaches to the BeagleBoard via the expansion connector. The board connects to the back of the BeagleBoard and is the same physical size (3.1 x 3.0").
All drivers for the Zippy are included in the mainline Linux kernel tree as of version 2.6.29
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the zippy2 includes the 0.1" header you need to solder onto your Beagle RevC board. detailed information is available here:<br />
http://www.elinux.org/BeagleBoard_Zippy2<br />
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the zippy2 is electrically compatible with the BeagleXM, however the XM is populated with a female header which means you would need to desolder the female header on either the XM or the zippy2 and replace with a male header.<br />
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tincantools isn't planning a version of the zippy2 for the beagleXM since the XM already has an ethernet interface onboard.
Will this work with the BeagleBoard xM?
Would love to know this too!
Apparently, the physical size of the Beagleboard changed between the original and xM variant. However, the spacing between the feet drill holes, as well as the position of the expansion connector did not! However, note that all Beagleboard revisions now come with a 2x14 female expansion header soldered to the underside. So, you should factor this into your design!
Does anyone have replacement part numbers for the 2x14 headers. I need both the male and female.
They appear to be just 0.1" spaced headers. We carry them in 40-pin lengths. Cut them to length, and put two side-by-side.
I don't have the board yet but from the pictures they look like standard pin headers. Unfortunately I don't think there are any standard part numbers for them :/
Generally I just drill down through the categories (sometimes you have to look in more than one category, for example on newark I had to look in wire to board and board to board) and specify parametrics until I find something that looks suitable for example on newark I found
http://www.newark.com/tyco-electronics-amp/6-534206-4/board-board-conn-receptacle-28way/dp/52K3793
http://www.newark.com/molex/90131-0134/wire-board-conn-header-28pos-2/dp/25M5903
If you care about the hight of the connection (I generally don't) you will have to check the height of the socket and the length of the pins.
Presumably, the dog house doesn't fit with the combo board installed, correct?
That is correct