BeagleBone Black
What is BeagleBone Black?
BeagleBone Black is a low-cost, community-supported development platform for developers and hobbyists. Boot Linux in under 10 seconds and get started on development in less than 5 minutes with just a single USB cable.
Processor: AM335x 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8
- 512MB DDR3 RAM
- 4GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage
- 3D graphics accelerator
- NEON floating-point accelerator
- 2x PRU 32-bit microcontrollers
Connectivity
- USB client for power & communications
- USB host
- Ethernet
- HDMI
- 2x 46 pin headers
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Software Compatibility
- Debian
- Android
- Ubuntu
- Cloud9 IDE on Node.js w/ BoneScript library
- plus much more
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- Element14 - Farnell/Newark
- Digi-Key
- Mouser
- Special Computing
- Adafruit
- Maker Shed
- Arrow
- Avnet
- Jameco
- Openhacks.com
- Tigal
- Conrad
- Watterott
- TechShare Store
- Electroshop
- Chipsee
- Tenet Technetronics
- EXP Tech
- Abra Electronics
- EmbeddedComputer.nl
- RP Electronics
- Active
- RoboSavvy
- Sumeet Instruments
- Logic Supply
- Lextronic
- GarageLab
- Dynamo Electronics
- RS Components
- Robotistan
- Embest Version
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BeagleBone Black Projects
Gaming Cape
Transform your BeagleBone into a full fledged hand-held gaming console
Ubuntu on Beagle
Run Ubuntu Linux distribution on your BeagleBone Black
Oracle Java
Oracle Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) including the Java Development Kit (JDK) and JavaFX for ARM
PRU Cape
TI tool for learning to program the 2 on-board 32-bit 200-MHz microcontrollers for real-time tasks
BeagleBone Black Support
Getting Started
First step: connect your Beagle to this site
Discussion Groups
Collaborate on the Beagle community forum
IRC Group Chat
Live chat with other open-source enthusiasts
Books
Read books to help you learn fundamental concepts