Overview
The
BeagleBone Black is the newest member of the BeagleBoard family. It is a
lower-cost, high-expansion focused BeagleBoard using a low cost Sitara™ AM3358 ARM Cortex A8 processor from Texas
Instruements, and can connect with the
Internet and run software such as Angstrom and Ubuntu. BeagleBone Black ships
with the Ångström Linux distribution in onboard FLASH to start evaluation and
development. Many other Linux distributions and operating systems are also
supported on BeagleBone Black including Ubuntu, Android, and Fedora. Like
its predecessors, the BeagleBone Black is designed to address the Open Source
Community, early adopters, and anyone interested in a low cost ARM® Cortex™-A8
based processor.
The
BeagleBone Black features TI's Sitara™ AM3358AZCZ100 microprocessor (Note:
For the initial release, the board uses the Sitara XAM3359AZCZ processor. But
eventually the board will move to the Sitara AM3358BZCZ100 device.), which
is based on ARM Cortex A8 core with
enhanced image, graphics processing, peripherals and industrial interface
options such as EtherCAT and PROFIBUS. The board is equipped with 256Mb
x16 DDR3L 4Gb (512MB) SDRAM, 32KB EEPROM, and 2GB embedded MMC (eMMC) Flash as
default boot source. The board is also populated with a single microSD
connector to act as the secondary boot source for the board and, if selected as
such, can be the primary boot source. The BeagleBone Black supports four boot
modes, including eMMC boot, microSD boot, serial boot, and USB boot. A switch
is provided to allow switching between the modes.
Different
from the original BeagleBone, the BeagleBone Black has an onboard HDMI
interface to connect directly to TVs and monitors. Other features include a
10/100 Ethernet interface, a serial debug port, a PC USB interface, an USB 2.0
host port, a reset button, a power button, and five indicating blue LEDs. The
BeagleBone Black has the ability to accept up to four expansion boards or capes
that can be stacked onto the expansion headers. The majority of capes designed
for the original BeagleBone will work on the BeagleBone Black.
Beaglebone Black
Features:
Processor: Sitara AM3358AZCZ100, 1GHz, 2000 MIPS
- 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8
- SGX530 Graphics Engine
- Programmable Real-Time Unit Subsystem
Memory
- SDRAM: 512MB DDR3L 800MHZ
- Onboard Flash: 2GB, 8bit Embedded MMC (eMMC)
SD/MMC Connector for microSD
Power management:
- TPS65217C PMIC is used along with a separate LDO to provide power to the system
Debug Support:
- Optional Onboard 20-pin CTI JTAG, Serial Header
Power Source
- miniUSB USB or DC Jack
- 5VDC External Via Expansion Header
Connectivity
- High speed USB 2.0 Client port: Access to USB0, Client mode via miniUSB
- High Speed USB 2.0 Host port: Access to USB1, Type A Socket, 500mA LS/FS/HS
- Serial Port: UART0 access via 6 pin 3.3V TTL Header. Header is populated
- 10/100M Ethernet (RJ45)
User Input / Output
- 1 Reset Button
- 1 Boot Button
- 1 Power Button
- 1 LED power indicator
- 4 user
Video/Audio Interfaces
- HDMI D type interface
- LCD interface
- Stereo audio over HDMI interface
Expansion Interfaces
- LCD, UART, eMMC
- ADC, I2C, SPI, PWM
Operating Power: 5V@0.35A
Board Size: 3.4” x 2.1”
Kit contains:
- BeagleBone Black Board
- miniUSB to USB Type A Cable
- Instruction Card
