On 2/25/2014 7:21 AM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> On 2/25/2014 8:16 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
>>
>> 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.   ;-)
>
> It's a twist on "shield" from the Arduino world.  The Beagle folks
> wanted a new term to avoid confusion with existing sheilds, and you
> apparently can't just call it a daughter-card or add-on-module because
> the target audience is creative types who need to be shielded (pun
> intended) from such harsh real-world concepts.  :)

Remember Underdog? The super flying beagle who wore a cape?


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