Beagleboard is your friend…..


The USB-powered Beagle Board is a low-cost, fan-less single board computer utilizing Texas Instruments’ OMAP3530 application processor that unleashes laptop-like performance and expansion without the bulk, expense, or noise of typical desktop machines.

Beagle Board is based on an OMAP3530 application processor featuring an ARM® Cortex™-A8 running at up to 600MHz and delivering over 1,200 Dhrystone MIPS of performance via superscalar operation with highly accurate branch prediction and 256KB of L2 cache. Focal to Beagle Board experience is the high-speed USB 2.0 on-the-go (OTG) port that can be utilized to provide power to the board or to deliver highly flexible expansion. Standard PC peripherals can be connected to Beagle Board using the USB with a mini-A to standard-A cable adapter, DVI-D using an HDMI to DVI-D adapter, or through the MMC/SD/SDIO connector enabling a complete desktop experience. The picture below should give you a good idea of it’s size beside the tiny Pico Projector.

Hardware Specifications are as follows:

  • OMAP3530 applications processor featuring the ARM® Cortex™-A8
  • 128MB low-power DDR RAM
  • 256MB NAND flash
  • USB 2.0 high-speed on-the-go port
  • DVI-D output
  • NTSC/PAL TV via S-Video output
  • 6-in-one 8-bit MMC+/SD/SDIO connection
  • Stereo audio in/output
  • JTAG header
  • I2S, I2S, SPI, MMC/SD expansion header
  • Power via USB or alternate jack

Looks very nice and complete, a good alternative to Gumstix Avero stuff we covered earlier . And did I mention it’s only $149. Perfect for your next project.

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