Beagleboard:BeagleBoard-X15

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BeagleBoard-X15 Description
The BeagleBoard-X15 is the newest member of the BeagleBoard family. Measuring 4" x 4.2", it is based on a Dual Core A15 processor running at 1.5GHZ and features 2GB of DDR3L Memory. It is in the beta phase. We will be adding more and more information to this site over the coming weeks.



What is the expected price?
This hasn't been announced yet. This is a high-end board compared to BeagleBone Black and is meant as a refresh to the BeagleBoard and BeagleBoard-xM line, not as a BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black replacement. Guidance is that it is certainly over $100, but no additional narrowing has yet been specified. There will, however, be a reduced-cost single-core version at some future point.

How many general purpose I/O pins are there?
There are four connectors with 66 pins each with about 157 GPIO pins. The connectors are high-speed surface-mount on the back side of the board and even include PCIe.

Will this be open hardware?
Yes, all BeagleBoard.org designs are released as open hardware, with source schematics and layout available for your modification. We choose devices that are available in single unit quantities from worldwide distributors and publish our bill of materials. Documentation for the devices are available without NDA at the time of product launch. Within the processor, there may be some undocumented features, but no closed-source blobs are required to be loaded to boot the devices and full control is turned over to the users.

Is the graphics engine software open source?
The TI Sitara device used on BeagleBoard-X15 utilizes Imagination Technologies' PowerVR SGX544 GPU. The kernel components of the current solution are GPLv2 licensed. There is no open source support for the user space components of this GPU from Imagination, but the FSF has proposed a project to create an open driver.

Will I be able to program the C66x DSPs?
Yes, there is a free C/C++ compiler from Texas Instruments and support in the mainline of the open source GCC C/C++ compiler. Support for interprocessor communication is also included in the mainline Linux kernel via RPMSG.

bb.org: debian wheezy/jessie images: sudo apt-get install ti-c6000-cgt-v8.0.x-installer

U-Boot
Mainline as of (v2015.01-rc3) : http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=commit;h=1e4ad74b875f4da91193afffb0bb0db90ec7b886

git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git cd u-boot/ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} distclean make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} beagle_x15_defconfig make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC}

dra7-ipu2-fw.xem4
This firmware was found in the Android tree: http://git.omapzoom.org/?p=device/ti/proprietary-open.git;a=summary

bb.org: debian wheezy/jessie images: sudo apt-get install bbx15-ducati-firmware-installer