(http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/08/01/ti-launches-hackable-beagle-board-for-hobbyist-projects)
===== TI launches hackable Beagle Board for hobbyist projects By Ryan Paul | Published: August 01, 2008 - 04:12PM CT TI has announced the availability of the Beagle Board, a hackable embedded development platform built around an OMAP3530 processor, which incorporates an ARM Cortex A8 and a TMS320C64x+ DSP. Aimed squarely at hobbyist developers, the board provides an expandable foundation for experimentation and homebrew computing appliance projects. The board, which is sold through Digi-Key for $149, includes DVI and S-Video outputs, an SD card slot, stereo audio input and output, and a USB OTG port. It has 128MB of LPDDR RAM and 256MB of NAND flash. It has a small footprint (only 3 inch by 3 inch), very low power requirements, and no fan. It can be powered via a USB connector, AC adapter, portable battery, car adaptor, or even a solar-powered backpack. Several flavors of Linux have already been experimentally ported and tested on the board, including Ubuntu, Maemo, and an OpenEmbedded derivative called Angstrom. There is also a project that aims to bring an embedded version of Windows to the device. [...] ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
