Sensors - BeagleBone - page 85

2.0 Introduction
In this chapter, you will learn how to sense the physical world with BeagleBone Black.
Various types of electronic sensors, such as cameras and microphones, can be connected to
the Bone using one or more interfaces provided by the standard USB 2.0 host port, as
shown in Figure 2-1 .
Figure 2-1. The USB 2.0 host port
The two 46-pin cape headers (called P8 and P9 ) along the long edges of the board ( Fig-
ure 2-2 ) provide connections for cape add-on boards, digital and analog sensors, and more.