BeagleBoard BeagleBone® Blue

BeagleBone® Blue is a cost-effective and complete robotics controller built around the popular BeagleBone open hardware computer. Linux-enabled, Blue is community-supported and fully open-source. High-performance, flexible networking capabilities are coupled with a real-time capable Linux system and a compelling set of peripherals for building mobile robots quickly and affordably. BeagleBone Blue utilizes a pre-configured Wi-Fi® access point to make starting code development as simple as connecting a battery and opening a web browser.

BeagleBone® Blue features an Octavo Systems OSD3358 System-in-Package which incorporates a Texas Instruments AM335x Sitara™ ProcessorTPS65217C Power Management ICTL5209 LDO Voltage Regulator, a DDR3 SDRAM, and over 140 passive components.

Features

  • Processor
    • Octavo Systems OSD3358 1GHz Arm® Cortex-A8
    • 512MB DDR3 RAM
    • 4GB 8-bit onboard flash storage
    • 2×32-bit 200MHz programmable real-time units (PRUs)
    • On-board flash programmed with Linux distribution
    • Debian, ROS, Ardupilot, ...
    • Graphical programming, Cloud9 IDE on Node.js plus much more
  • Connectivity and sensors
    • Battery: 2-cell LiPo support with balancing, 6-16V charger input
    • Wireless: 802.11bgn, BLUETOOTH® 4.0, and BLE
    • Motor control: 8 servo motor outputs, 6V servo out, 4 DC motor out, 4 quad encoder inputs
    • 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

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On-The-Board

BeagleBoard BeagleBone® Blue

Octavo Systems OSD335x System-In-Packages

BeagleBoard BeagleBone® Blue

Octavo Systems OSD335x System-In-Packages (SiP) are designed to easily implement cost-effective products based on the ARM® Cortex®-A8 Core. The OSD335x is housed in easy-to-use, very small packages making them perfect for size-constrained applications. The devices incorporate a Texas Instruments AM335x Sitara™ Processor, TPS65217C Power Management IC, TL5209 LDO Voltage Regulator, a DDR3 SDRAM, and over 140 passive components.

Texas Instruments WiLink™ 8 Combo Solutions

BeagleBoard BeagleBone® Blue

Texas Instruments WiLink™ 8 Combo Solutions help manufacturers easily add Wi-Fi and dual-mode BLUETOOTH to embedded applications. The WiLink 8 combo connectivity modules support Wi-Fi in the 2.4 and 5GHz bands. The new highly-integrated modules offer high throughput and extended industrial temperature range with robust Wi-Fi + BLUETOOTH coexistence.

Published: 2017-02-21 | Updated: 2022-03-11