The BeagleBone Black is the newest member of the BeagleBoard family. It is a lower-cost, high-expansion-focused BeagleBoard using a low-cost Sitara XAM3359AZCZ100 Cortex A8 ARM processor from Texas Instruments. It is similar to the Beaglebone, but with some features removed and some features added. The table below gives the high points on the differences between the BeagleBone and BeagleBone Black.

Resources:

Datasheet

User Manual

Official Website

Features:

• Sitara AM3358BZCZ100 ARM Cortex-A8 32-Bit RISC microprocessor, up to 1GHz
• Onboard HDMI to connect directly to TVs and monitors
• More and faster memory now with 512MB DDR3L 400MHz SDRAM, 4GB eMMC Memory
• Onboard storage frees up the microSD card slot for greater expansion
• Support for existing Cape plug-in boards
• TPS65217C PMIC regulator and one additional LDO
• Debug Support: Optional Onboard 20-pin CTI JTAG
• HS USB 2.0 Client and Host ports
• Serial port: UART0 access via 6-pin 3.3V TTL header
• 10/100 RJ45 Ethernet
• Linux Debian Distribution flashed to the eMMC (no longer Angstrom)

 

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