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BeagleBoard-xM
Embedded Community Development Board
The 1GHz pocket-size BeagleBoard-xM embedded community development
board is based on the Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara AM37x MPU. The
board features an on-board USB hub, Ethernet, and 512MB of memory. The
BeagleBoard-xM enables engineers to run multiple applications on a
fully loaded open platform, including the smooth operation of open
source office applications such as OpenOffice.org and Firefox.
Developers can also perform native development of various operating
systems, such as Ubuntu. The BeagleBoard-xM (Digi-Key part number
296-25798-ND) is priced at $179.
BeagleBoard-xM is ideal for embedded applications, home media
centers, in-vehicle entertainment, robotics, web kiosks and digital
signage.
BeagleBoard-xM Highlights
- Additional expansion headers provided
- Enables developers to directly add connected small camera modules
for on-board image signal processing and external audio converters
- Boots from external media, such as microSD slot, serial port or
USB port
- Developers are easily able to boot new operating systems from
external media without any dependencies on fixed non-volatile memory
like NAND flash
- More than 2,000 Dhrystone MIPS using the superscalar ARM Cortex-A8
- Runs a full Linux operating system with desktop windows managers
and office applications
- Open GL ES 2.0 capable 2D/3D graphics accelerator
- Achieves photo-realistic, real-time pixel-shaded graphics for
gaming and 3D user interface acceleration
- On-board Ethernet and four USB 2.0 ports that support low, full
and high speeds
- Can be used for USB peripherals like keyboard, mouse, WiFi,
Bluetooth, web cameras or additional USB hubs
- MMC/SD connector
- Adds multiple gigabytes of storage for your boot image and data
- DVI-D port
- Can add a digital computer monitor
- S-Video port
- Allows addition of an NTSC or PAL television
- USB miniAB connector
- Can act as a PC peripheral, such as a virtual USB-to-serial
adapter
or storage device, even providing power to the BeagleBoard-xM, or used
to connect additional USB peripherals
More info: BeagleBoard-xM
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