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. :)
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