Time to play the BeaglePlay
The slogan for the BeaglePlay is “making improvement work into play! ” The concept is that “connections make computing enjoyable” and this board helps a wide array of sensor and prototyping system connections…
It’s powered by 1.4GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 processing (the 64-bit TI AM625) which suggests its coming into Raspberry Pi-like territory, says our Expertise Editor – he lined the board intimately final week, as you possibly can learn right here.
Linux
What’s a BeaglePlay precisely, although? The Beagleboard group reply that query:
“Linux computing made easy and enjoyable with 1,000s of accessible off-the-shelf sensors, actuators, indicators and connectivity choices over mikroBUS, Grove, and QWIIC connections, a TI Sitara AM625 system-on-chip with 1.4GHz quad-core Arm Cortex-A53, PRU and M4 microcontrollers, Gigabit Ethernet, full-size HDMI, USB, 5GHz, 2.4GHz and sub-1GHz wi-fi, and single-pair Ethernet with power-over-data-line. Digital camera and touchscreen show ribbon-cable connectors additionally included.”
Additionally, it could actually deal with distant sensors – utilizing BeagleConnect expertise, over the sub-1GHz IEEE 802.15.4 wi-fi community, it could actually connect with a BeagleConnect Freedom (primarily based on the TI CC1352P7 wi-fi MCU operating Zephyr and Micropython) as much as 1km away.
Advised functions vary from Edge AI or Imaginative and prescient Analytics to POS Automation or Industrial HMI makes use of…
A pleasant graphic for what does what on the board could be seen under.
Measuring 8cm squared, it’s priced at £80.
GooglePlay spec
You may see some its options specified under:
- Multicore A53s with R5, M4s and PRUs processor, TI AM6254
- Wi-Fi/2.4G, MIMO/5G, SISO M2 1216, TI WL1807 Wi-Fi module, U.FL x2
- TI BLE/SubG CC1352P7 M4+M0 with BeagleConnect firmware
- 2GB(1Gb x 16)-1600MHz 3200Mbps DDR
- Kingston 16GB eMMC
- Gigabit Ethernet with RJ45 x1, single pair Ethernet and energy over with RJ11
- Energy enter with USB Kind-C
- HDMI Kind-A helps as much as Full-HD/1080P with 24-bit RGB
- Help FPC 22pin CSI and FPC 40pin OLDI
For connections:
- 1x MikroBus connector
- 1x USB Kind-A
- 1x micro SD socket
- 1x QWIIC
- 1x grove connector
- 1x RTC
You may learn extra concerning the BeaglePlay on the Beagleboard web site.
See additionally: BeagleBone board turns into extra brainy and brawny
