Have a question about the Next-Gen BeagleBone? Ask it here!

There is a lot of excitement about TI's Next-Gen BeagleBone. If you have a specific question about its performance characteristics, tech specs, or anything else, post it as a reply to this thread. We are working closely with TI and will make sure to respond to your questions. Thanks everyone! Sagar

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shabaz over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member +2

Until we have some space to work in, I might as well add to this thread: I've not had much time to experiment with the board recently, but I had an hour today, and I tried powering the board from a battery…
shobhitkukreti over 12 years ago +1

I just ordered a Beagle Bone. What will be the difference in the present beagle bone and the next gen beagle bone ?
jkridner over 12 years ago in reply to johnbeetem +1

The demo I've been showing here at ELC is using an Attic Lapdock. The only special hack required is a USB cable that doesn't short power sine the Lapdock sources power through a port that normally should…

shobhitkukreti over 12 years ago

I just ordered a Beagle Bone. What will be the difference in the present beagle bone and the next gen beagle bone ?
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shobhitkukreti over 12 years ago

Figured it out. I am going to cancel my order. I did need the beagle bone for an important research project on wireless sensor network at the university. Being a student, I cannot order many expensive tools. It would be great if someone could loan or sponsor me a Beagle Bone. I am ready to return it back, when I can purchase the new one
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johnbeetem over 12 years ago

Interesting news. Are there more details on the specs somewhere? I can't seem to find anything at beagleboard.org or at Google Groups.

I think it's great that HDMI is going to be included, since adding an HDMI cape makes a BBone system kind of pricey. Also, the current HDMI cape made by BeagleBoardToys is limited to 1024 x 768 unless you want to hack the kernel. I can't seem to find what resolutions the Embest HDMI cape supports. I'd really like BBone with an Atrix Lapdock which (I think) only supports 1366 x 768. So I hope the new BBone supports more general HDMI screen resolutions.
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vandana over 12 years ago in reply to shobhitkukreti

The Next-Gen Beaglebone features a higher performance next-gen processor. The on-board memory includea a 512MB DDR3 RAM (twice the size and of course faster than what was on the BeagleBone), and an eMMC Flash. Also featured is an on-board HDMI interface. THe Next-gen BeagleBone will of course be released with comprehensive software support. All this at a lower price!!. Too good o be true??...Be first to register your interest here...http://downloads.element14.com/beaglebone/
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vandana over 12 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

We will be releasing more details on the technical specifications in the coming days.

In the mean time if you happen to be at the Embedded Linux Conference, dont miss a chance for a sneak peek!
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Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to vandana

Vandana,
Can you tell us anything about the graphics processor?
Will it decode 1080p video?
Will it be user programmable?
Will it accelerate X11?
Will it accelerate image processing libs, like OpenCV?
Does it have proprietary binary blobs that prevent Linux mainline integration?
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jamodio over 12 years ago

Schematics ?

Cheers
Jorge
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shobhitkukreti over 12 years ago in reply to vandana

Vandana, I really need to buy one beagle bone to start with an important graduate project t Carnegie Mellon University. If a next gen beaglebone is in production, can I get one ? I do not want to be purchase an old one, when the new one will be available shortly.
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vandana over 12 years ago in reply to jamodio

Coming Soon!!
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vandana over 12 years ago in reply to shobhitkukreti

What are the timelines for your project?
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