BeagleBone Blue

BeagleBone® Blue is the affordable and complete robotics controller built around the popular BeagleBone® open hardware computer. Linux-enabled, Blue is community-supported and fully open-source.

High-performance, flexible networking capabilities are coupled with a real-time capable Linux system and a compelling set of peripherals for building mobile robots quickly and affordably. Utilizing the pre-configured Wi-Fi access point, starting your code development is as simple as connecting a battery and opening your web browser.

BeagleBone® Blue features an Octavo Systems OSD3358 System-in-Package which incorporates a Texas Instruments AM335x Sitara™ Processor, TPS65217C Power Management IC, TL5209 LDO Voltage Regulator, a DDR3 SDRAM, and over 140 passive components.

Processor:

• Octavo Systems OSD3358 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8
• 512MB DDR3 RAM
• 4GB 8-bit on-board flash storage
• 2×32-bit 200MHz programmable real-time units (PRUs)
• On-board flash programmed with Linux distribution
• Debian, ROS, Ardupilot, ...
• Graphical programming, Cloud9 IDE on Node.js plus much more

Connectivity and sensors

• Battery: 2-cell LiPo support with balancing, 6-16V charger input
• Wireless: 802.11bgn, Bluetooth 4.0 and BLE
• Motor control: 8 servo motor outputs, 6V servo out, 4 DC motor out, 4 quad encoder inputs
• Sensors: 9-axis IMU, barometer
• Connectivity: HighSpeed USB 2.0 client and host
• Other easy connect interfaces: GPS, DSM2 radio, UARTs, SPI, I2C, analog, buttons, LEDs