The Arduino has shields as the add-om board, so I guess a cape was sort of the other side of the shield.
ron ginger On 2/25/2014 9:19 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > Dave Cole<linuxcncro...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] beaglebone fpga with linuxcnc > To:emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID:<530ca5d7.2020...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > I'm sure it would depend upon how Xylotex or others are implementing > their cape.. > > BTW, I'm curious; Does anyone know who came up with the term "cape" ?? > That seems totally non-obvious to me, compared to "add-on board", > "daughter board", etc. > Did that arrive out of a language translation? Or was that a TI > invention. I used to work for TI long ago and some of those guys lived > a little over the edge. ;-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flow-based real-time traffic analytics software. Cisco certified tool. Monitor traffic, SLAs, QoS, Medianet, WAAS etc. with NetFlow Analyzer Customize your own dashboards, set traffic alerts and generate reports. Network behavioral analysis & security monitoring. All-in-one tool. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=126839071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users