BeagleBone Black tutorial
BeagleBone Black is a low-cost, community-supported development platform for developers and hobbyists. The Beagle bone Black board is the newest member of the BeagleBoard family.
Boot Linux in under 10 seconds and get started on development in less than 5 minutes with just a single USB cable.
This is board is very useful in developing IoT applications.
This is Open source Hardware, BeagleBone Black is great for design engineers to prototype with and then modify for their specific application if we compare it with the Raspberry Pi board.
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Processor: AM335x 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8
It is a lower-cost, high-expansion focused BeagleBoard using a low-cost Sitara XAM3359AZCZ100 Cortex A8 ARM processor from Texas Instruments.
- 512MB DDR3 RAM
- 4GB 8-bit eMMC onboard flash storage
- 3D graphics accelerator
- NEON floating-point accelerator
- 2x PRU 32-bit microcontrollers
Software Compatibility
- Debian
- Android
- Ubuntu
- Cloud9 IDE on Node.js w/ BoneScript library
- plus much more
Connectivity
- USB client for power & communications
- USB host
- Ethernet
- HDMI
- 2x 46 pin headers
Specifications of Beagle Bone Black
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Product Category | Single Board Computers |
| Manufacturer | BeagleBoard |
| Processor Brand | Texas Instruments |
| Processor Type | TI AM3358BZCZ100 |
| Frequency | 1 GHz |
| Memory Size | 4 GB |
| Interface Type | Ethernet, HDMI, I2C, UART, USB |
| Operating Supply Voltage | 5 V |
| Cache Memory | 512 MB |
| Core: | ARM Cortex A8 |
| Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Video | 16b HDMI,1280x1024(MAX) |
| Audio | via HDMI interface, Sterio |
Beagle Bone Black vs BeagleBone
It is similar to the Beaglebone, but with some features removed and some features added.
| BeagleBone Black | BeagleBone | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | AM3358BZCZ100, 1GHz | AM3358, 720MHZ |
| On-board HDMI | Yes | No |
| DRAM | 512MB DDR3L 800MHZ | 256MB DDR2 |
| Flash | 4GB eMMC onboard, uSD | uSD |
| Serial Interface | Header | Via USB |
| Onboard JTAG | Optional | Yes |
| Cost | Comparative less | More |
Beaglebone black features:
- Sitara AM3358BZCZ100ARM Cortex-A8 32-Bit RISC microprocessor, up to 1GHz
- On-board HDMI to connect directly to TVs and monitors
- More and faster memory now with 512MB DDR3L 400MHz SDRAM, 4GB eMMC Memory
- On-board storage frees up the microSD card slot for greater expansion
- Support for existing Cape plug-in boards
- TPS65217C PMIC regulator and one additional LDO
- Debug support: Optional Onboard 20-pin CTI JTAG
- HS USB 2.0 Client and Host ports
- Serial port: UART0 access via 6-pin 3.3V TTL header
- 10/100 RJ45 Ethernet
- Linux Debian Distribution flashed to the eMMC (no longer Angstrom)
Applications:
All Projects did with Beagle Bone, can also do with Beagle Bone Black. You can develop many IoT applications using Beagle Black board.
for examples
- Home Automation
- Temperature & Humidity measurement,
- Network Monitoring Device
- Android on BleagleBone Black, etc.
See also: Intel® Galileo Board for the Internet of Things Development
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References:
https://beagleboard.org/black
http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack
