BeagleBone Community



This page collects information about BeagleBoard.org's TI AM335x ARM-based BeagleBone board.

=Events=
 * ongoing 2009: Beagle Sponsored Project Program - add a cool project and get a free BeagleBoard to realize it!

= Description = The BeagleBone is a low-cost, high-expansion BeagleBoard using the TI AM3358/9 SoC based on an ARM Cortex-A8 processor core using the ARMv7-A architecture. It is similar to the earlier BeagleBoards and can act as a USB or Ethernet connected expansion companion for your current BeagleBoard and BeagleBoard-xM or work stand-alone. The BeagleBone is small even by BeagleBoard standards yet still provides much of the performance and capabilities of the larger BeagleBoards.

BeagleBone ships with a 4GB micro-SD card preloaded with the Angstrom ARM Linux distribution.

= Specifications =
 * 720-MHz superscalar ARM Cortex-A8
 * 256-MB DDR2 RAM
 * 10/100 Ethernet RJ45 socket
 * MicroSD slot and 4GB microSD card supplied
 * Preloaded with Angstrom ARM Linux Distribution
 * Single USB 2.0 type A host port
 * Dual USB hub on USB 2.0 type mini-A OTG device port
 * On-board USB-to-serial/JTAG over one shared USB device port
 * Storage-over-USB or Ethernet-over-USB on other USB device port
 * +5V DC power from barrel connector or USB device port
 * Two 46-pin 3.3-V peripheral headers with multiplexed LCD signals
 * Board size: 3.4" × 2.1" (fits in an Altoid tin)

= Expansion Boards and Accessories =

Capes

 * BeagleBone DVI-D cape
 * BeagleBone Breadboard cape
 * BeagleBone Breakout cape
 * Adafruit Proto Cape kit for BeagleBone
 * Spartan-3A FPGA cape for BeagleBone -- in development

Expansions and Modules

 * Beaglebone.jpgFrame with BeagleBone companion board
 * Hardware Features:
 * 7" 800x480 TFT LCD screen
 * PWM Backlight control
 * Resistive touch panel
 * Plastic frame
 * 256MB Nand flash(K9F2G08)
 * RS232 serial ports(UART1 w/ CTS&RTS)
 * Stereo audio out
 * Micro-phone in
 * 6 x USER buttons
 * PWM Beeper
 * RTC with Battery(DS1302)


 * BeagleBone LCD7 cape and LCD display

Cases

 * Adafruit Bone Box - Enclosure for Beagle Bone
 * SK Pang Acrylic Cover for BeagleBone
 * Special Computing Bone Acrylic Case
 * canadaduane's 3D-printable BeagleBone Case design
 * NinjaBlock's 3D-printable Beaglebone front panel design
 * builttospec's laser-cut design for BeagleBone Enclosure with DVI Cape
 * Built to Spec BeagleBone Case Update

=Board recovery=

=Development environments=

Instead of just using compiler + editor, you can use complete image create "development tool chains" which integrate compiler, build system, packaging tools etc. in one tool chain.

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=FAQ=

For BeagleBoard frequently asked questions (FAQ) see community FAQ and "official" BeagleBoard.org FAQ.

=Links=

Home page and Community

 * beagleboard.org -- home for BeagleBoard and BeagleBone products
 * irc://freenode.net/#beagle -- official combined IRC channel
 * Google Groups forums/mailing list -- English, Japan, Brasil, Turkey
 * BeagleBoard and BeagleBone projects list
 * Use Google to search beagleboard.org (including IRC logs) using site:beagleboard.org 

Manuals and resources

 * BeagleBone System Reference Manual (rev. A3_1.0).
 * Texas Instruments - Sitara ARM Cortex-A8 Microprocessor overview.
 * ARM Cortex-A8 Processor overview
 * ARM Cortex-A8 Technical Reference Manual r2p1
 * TI TPS65217 Power Management IC, TPS65217 PMIC datasheet

Errata
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