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Meet the Beagles: Open Source Computing
Get your hands in technology's guts and control your development destiny with these credit-card sized, low-power, open-hardware computers.
The boards are low-cost, fan-less single-board computers based on low-power Texas Instruments processors featuring the ARM Cortex-A series core with all of the expandability of today's desktop machines, but without the bulk, expense, or noise.
BeagleBoard.org develops low-cost, fan-less single-board computers based on low-power Texas Instruments processors featuring the ARM Cortex-A8 core with all of the expandability of today's desktop machines, but without the bulk, expense, or noise. BeagleBoard.org provides an open source development platform for the creation of high-performance embedded designs.
Initially, development was targeted at enabling Linux distributions to improve support for ARM devices. With tremendous success and support by numerous Linux distributions, development has become more focused on enabling simplified physical computing on advanced GUI-enabled and/or networked-enabled devices with a super-simple out-of-box learning experience and support for development environments familiar to just about every developer, from Ubuntu, QNX, Windows Embedded, Android and web tools to bare metal and even Arduino/Wiring-style programming.
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element14 is an authorised BeagleBoard distributor
Meet the Beagles: Open Source Computing
Get your hands in technology's guts and control your development destiny with these credit-card sized, low-power, open-hardware computers.
Boards
Explore the high-performance, low-power world with the tiny, affordable, open-source Beagles. Putting Android, Ubuntu and other Linux flavors at your fingertips, the Beagle family revs as high as 1.5GHz with flexible peripheral interfaces and a proven ecosystem of feature-rich "Cape" plug-in boards.
What can these boards do?
- The Beagles are tiny open-hardware open-software computers that plug into whatever you have around the house.
- Beagles mean big functionality in small packages because these little PCs can be used for all kinds of applications you've been tinkering with... and can handle many of the same tasks as your desktop PC.
- The Beagle family is happiest when helping students to learn programming, hobbyists to push the boundaries of DIY and developers move to production quickly without excess noise, expense or bulk.
Technical Specifications
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| Processor | AM3358 ARM Cortex-A8 1 GHZ | AM3358 RM Cortex-A8 1 GHz | AM3358 ARM Cortex-A8 1 GHZ |
| RAM | 512MB | 512MB | 512MB |
| Input Voltages | 500mA | 5V | 9-18V |
| GPIO Pins | 72 | 92 | 136 |
| Connectivity | Wireless 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 4.1/BLE | Wireless 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 4.1/BLE | |
| Product Video | Play Video | Play Video |
Robotics – boards & capes designed with your robotics project in mind
BeagleBone Blue
Built around the popular BeagleBone® open hardware computer, the BeagleBone® Blue is an affordable and complete robotics controller.
Linux-enabled, the Blue is community supported and fully open source. High-performance, flexible networking capabilities are coupled with a real-time Linux system and a compelling set of peripherals for building mobile robots quickly and affordably. Utilizing the pre-configured WiFi access point, starting your code development is as simple as connecting a battery and opening your web browser.
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Features:
Processor: Octavo Systems OSD3358 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8
- 512MB DDR3 RAM
- 4GB 8-bit on-board flash storage
- 2×32-bit 200-MHz programmable real-time units (PRUs)
- On-board flash programmed with Linux distribution
Connectivity and sensors
- Battery: 2-cell LiPo support with balancing, 6-16V charger input
- Wireless: 802.11bgn, Bluetooth 4.1 and BLE
- Motor control: 8 6V servo out, 4 DC motor out, 4 quad enc in
- Sensors: 9 axis IMU, barometer
- Connectivity: HighSpeed USB 2.0 client and host
- Other easy connect interfaces: GPS, DSM2 radio, UARTs, SPI, I2C, analog, buttons, LEDs
Software Compatibility
- Debian, ROS, Ardupilot, ...
- Graphical programming, Cloud9 IDE on Node.js
- Plus much more
Alternatively, if you’d rather develop your Robotics project using the BeagleBone Black board – try out the BeagleBone Black Robotics Cape
BeagleBone Black Robotics Cape
The Robotics cape is an add-on accessory for the BeagleBone Black or BeagleBone Black Wireless. Bring the power of the BeagleBone Black to your robotics project with almost no setup time. Built by engineers for engineers, the robotics cape is loaded with innovative features and a comprehensive software library designed to effortlessly take your robotics concepts from design to reality. A huge array of on-board sensors and controllers and even more expansion options gives you everything you need for your robotics project.
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Features:
- 9-Axis IMU: Invensense MPU-9250
- Barometer: Bosch BMP280
- 4 x H-Bridge DC motor controllers
- 8-Channel Servo/ESC output
- 5V 2A switching regulator for robust power supply (8V -18V input voltage)
- 6V 4A regulated power supply to protect servos
- Charges a 2-cell LiPo battery
- 4 Quadrature encoder inputs
- GPS input with EM-406/EM-506 style µART connector
- Headers for I2C, µART, SPI, ADC, PWM, GPIO connectivity
- Supports DSM2 and DSMX satellite radios
BeagleBone Capes
Capes are daughter-board add-on products for BeagleBone® boards and the PocketBeagle®. Each cape extends the functionality of your BeagleBone or PocketBeagle with new exciting capabilities and applications e.g. Robotics, Connectivity, Touchscreen capability etc. BeagleBone wears them, they typically have a cut-out around the Ethernet connector that gives them a cape-like shape and Underdog is a Beagle.
Element14 has a complete range of cape designs with supporting projects in the element14 community to provide all the information required for your solution
Accessories
Accessories to maximise your BeagleBoard experience with our wide range of capes, displays, adaptors and other accessories:
Getting Started
Get started with your BeagleBoard in minutes with these easy to follow instructions
Firmware images
Download the latest firmware images for your BeagleBoard.
Projects, reviews, webinars and more
Makers, educators, and professional engineers seeking to build upon the full BeagleBoard ecosystem are all welcome at the element14 community. With lots of projects for all abilities; a series of webinars from Jason Kridner, BeagleBoard Founder; technical specifications and much much more visit the the element14 community and join in the discussion for all things BeagleBoard.
Applications
A typical configuration of a Beagle Board system would draw power off of a USB port on standard laptop or desktop PC used for developing and downloading the low-level Beagle Board software, but additional peripherals would allow the Beagle Board to operate as a multimedia computer on its own.
Possible applications
- Low-cost Linux PC
- Network-connected digital signage
- 3D user interface development (Clutter, etc.)
- Game console
- LCD-to-picture-frame conversion kit
- Adobe Flash client "alarm clock" (like the Chumby)
- Kitchen computer
- Web services development
- Google Talk video phone
- Notebook TV-out via USB
- Projector media reader and presenter
- Gaming platform emulator
- Thin client terminal
- Web browser for the TV
- Multimedia codec and framework development
- Home networked media (DLNA/XMPP) server/client
- Security camera analyzer, streamer, recorder, and monitor
- USB traffic monitor (looks like a HUB)
- USB class conversion (add software support where drivers aren't available on the PC)
- Network sniffer
- Set-top box
- Vehicle telematics and automation
- Software defined radio
- Mobile digital television
- Robotics
- Home automation
- and many more that community members can imagine...