The document introduces the BeagleBone Blue, a new single-board computer that combines the capabilities of the BeagleBone Black Wireless and Robotics Cape. It evolves from previous BeagleBone models with ARM processors and is designed for industrial applications. Key features include WiFi/Bluetooth connectivity, on-board microcontrollers, and interfaces integrated onto a single board to simplify building robotics and IoT projects.
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BeagleBone Blue at Maker Faire 2017
1. Maker Faire Bay Area 2017
BeagleBone Blue
Drew Fustini
BeagleBoard.org Foundation
drew@beagleboard.org
/DrewFustini/beaglebone-blue-at-maker-faire-2017
2. Meet BeagleBone Blue
Jason Kridner
Co-Founder of BeagleBoard.org
and co-creator of BeagleBone
jkridner@beagleboard.org
3. BeagleBones Evoution
Born from mobile phone processor technology
Designed specifically for industrial applications
Power, develop and debug over a single USB cable
Shipped with Debian GNU/Linux and Cloud9 IDE
Built-in microcontrollers and peripherals for hard-real time
BeagleBone BeagleBone Black BeagleBone BlueBeagleBone Black Wireless
4. Even More at http://bbb.io/logo
BeagleBone BeagleBone Black BeagleBone BlueBeagleBone Black Wireless
bbb.io/green
bbb.io/green-wireless
bbb.io/enhanced bbb.io/air bbb.io/ghiosddev bbb.io/usomiq
bbb.io/e14-bbbi
bbb.io/arrowbbbi
5. BeagleBone: The Original
AM3358 processor with multiple CPUs
ARM Cortex-A8 @ 720-MHz to 1-GHz
Superscalar CPU running Linux
NEON vector floating-point accelerator
ARM Cortex-M3
Power management and security functions
2200-MHz RISC Programmable Real-time Units (PRU)
SGX530 3D graphics accelerator
Storage
256MB RAM
microSD card slot
Connectivity
USB client with built-in serial and JTAG adapter
10/100 Ethernet
USB host
46-pin multifunction cape headers
Family of daughterboards from 3rd parties
65GPIO, 7AIN (1.8V), 8PWM, 4timer, 4UART,
2I2C, LCD, 2SPI, 3QEP and much more
6. BeagleBone Black: The Standard
ARM Cortex-A8 speed at 1-GHz
Increased RAM from 256MB to 512MB
Removed hardware USB-to-serial/JTAG
Added 2 on-board cape functions
4-GB eMMC flash storage
microHDMI adapter for video/audio output
Price and static power consumption dropped
Still the most popular BeagleBone
Sales continue to increase as used in more and more
projects
7. BeagleBone Black Wireless
Integrated around 150 components into a single easy to
design-around system-in-package (SIP) from Octavo
Systems
Migrated design from Orcad to Autodesk EAGLE
Swapped 10/100 Ethernet for WiFi/Bluetooth integrated
module
802.11n (with b/g support)
Bluetooth 4.1 with Bluetooth low-energy
8. Robotics Cape
Designed at UCSD by James Strawson
Used in hundreds of student projects
On fourth revision
Supported by libroboticscape software
C library
Examples for all major functions
Features
2-cell LiPo support with balancing and LED power
gauge
9-18V charger input
4 DC motor & 8 servo outputs,
4 quadrature encoder inputs
9 axis IMU, barometer
Easy connect JST interfaces for: I2C, SPI, UART,
CAN, GPIOs, GPS, DSM2 radio, power, ADC
User-programmable LEDs and buttons
strawsondesign.com
9. Wireless + Robotics Cape = Blue
Combines Wireless and cape
4 layer PCB
Designed in Autodesk EAGLE
In mass production, lowering cost
Simplifies system configuration
Added CAN interface