Indeed, we are having a BBB celebration next week at http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2013-may ... we might even have the meeting text corrected by then...
On May 6, 2013, at 6:02 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > "BeagleBone Black" is the latest iteration of TI's BeagleBone open > hardware single board computer. Lots of chatter about it since its > release a few weeks ago. It outperform the Raspberry Pi, and is priced > at $45, just $10 more. > > I believe we'll be seeing one of these demoed at the next BLU meeting > happening next week. > > > BeagleBone Black Has Arrived > http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/22/beaglebone-black-has-arrived/ > > ...it has the same footprint and similar layout as the original > BeagleBone. However, there are a lot of new features and specs that > make this more than just a slight revision: > > -The processor gets a bump up to 1GHz, compared to the original's > 720MHz. > -RAM is doubled to 512MB. > -The BeagleBone Black can be connected directly to a monitor through > the on-board MicroHDMI port. > -They've added 2GB of on-board flash memory, which will be preloaded > with the Ångström distribution of Linux. This is in addition to the > MicroSD slot, which you can still boot from, if you wish. > -The software gets a big upgrade, too. The provided Ångström disk > image is now on Linux Kernel 3.8. They've also made many improvements > to BoneScript, their node.js library for physical computing on > embedded Linux. > > > The author of the above has a $10 ebook on the BeagleBone: > > Getting Started with BeagleBone > Linux-Powered Electronic Projects With Python and JavaScript > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920028116.do > > > More BeagleBone Black details at: > http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black > > where it says you can also run Ubuntu and Android on the board. Also > says it has: > > -3D graphics accelerator > -NEON floating-point accelerator > -USB host port; USB client port > -Ethernet > > It has two 46 pin headers, so presumably more I/O than a Pi, and I'm > assuming there are "shields" designed to plug into these headers. These > connectors aren't mentioned as new, so I assume they are carried over > from the older models. > > And even more hardware details here: > http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoneBlack#BeagleBone_Black_Description > > -Tom > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > Hardwarehacking@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
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