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Introduction
The BeagleBone delivers the bare bones with a very affordable price and the greatest access to interface signals for sensors and controls, while eliminating the need for additional equipment with a single cable development environment.
Specifications
700-MHz superscalar ARM Cortex™-A8
256-MB DDR2 RAM
1-port USB 2.0 host
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
microSD slot and 2-GB microSD card with validation and demonstration image from the Angstrom Distribution
USB 2.0 flexible device port with ability to supply power
On-board USB-to-serial/JTAG over shared USB device port
3.3-V 2× 46-pin peripheral with multiplexed LCD signals and battery-control expansion headers
Board size: 3.4” × 2.1”
Applications
3D printers and industrial robotics
Autonomous robots and flying drones
Web servers and Internet-enabled kiosks
Home media centers and automation
In-vehicle entertainment and monitoring
Thin clients and digital signage
Development with Ubuntu, Android™, Open Embedded, Windows® Embedded, QNX, Symbian, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and more ..
freakin out here, can't wait to test this thing, wait .... I retract that as I do not wish to hurt it's feelings... I can't wait to test this mystical geek beast from the planet of awesome... this would even make a great little media center for any room just box it and velcro it right to the back of a led tv and you're set
Didn't see any capes featuring HDMI, but that definitely sounds like a good idea. The only thing I would wonder about is whether the breakout pins would be able to carry that data load quick enough to stream HDMI without any lag. They did have several Beagleboard XMs hooked up to HDMI monitors to make one giant HDMI screen - and the Beaglebone was playing some kind of role, possibly controlling the massed Beagleboards with the cape that was attached. The other apps they had were Beaglebones controlling a motorised arm using a touch screen interface - this arm here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-tQyrBm48M
Top Comments
it's perfect!!!
Just been to see the TI open source hardware stand at Embedded World in Nuremberg - they were doing some really cool stuff with the Beaglebone and had some interesting new capes for it that they had just…
Didn't see any capes featuring HDMI, but that definitely sounds like a good idea. The only thing I would wonder about is whether the breakout pins would be able to carry that data load quick enough to…