NEW PRODUCT – Beagle Bone v1.0. New from the fine people who have brought us the Beagle Board, we now have a smaller, lighter, but powerful single board linux computer, Beagle Bone! We like this move to a more compact and integrated SBC. For example, there is onboard Ethernet and USB host, as well as a USB client interface (a FTDI chip for shell access). It even comes preloaded with Angstrom Linux on the 2GB microSD card, all you need is a 5V adapter and a mini-B cable and you’re ready to rock!
We are currently allowing sign ups for the ‘Bone, but not backorders. We expect to have these in hand in late November. Sign up to get an email the moment we have these in stock!
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Board size: 3.4″ x 2.1″
Shipped with 2GB microSD card with the Angstrom Distribution with node.js and Cloud9 IDE
Single cable development environment with built-in FTDI-based serial/JTAG and on-board hub to give the same cable simultaneous access to a USB device port on the target processor
Industry standard 3.3V I/Os on the expansion headers with easy-to-use 0.1″ spacing
On-chip Ethernet, not off of USB
256MB of DDR2
700-MHz super-scalar ARM Cortex™-A8
Easier to clone thanks to larger pitch on BGA devices (0.8mm vs. 0.4mm), no package-on-package memories, standard DDR2 vs. LPDDR, integrated USB PHYs and more.
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Between the 0.8mm BGA pitch and no PoP, is it expected that this will have less availability problems than its BeagleBoard brother?
The BeagleBoard is a classic example of unobtainium. In time since I first became aware of the project, today is the FIRST time I’ve ever seen any boards (original or -xM) in stock at any distributor.
We (BeagleBoard.org) shipped over 50,000 of them. Several people complained about them not being available, but the truth was that distributors with large orders kept getting boards every week and the backlog stayed at just a couple weeks. The problem was that people wouldn’t order if they weren’t in stock. The hope is to better enable smaller distributors with early orders this time as well and we will be able to produce more every week because of the simpler assembly process. Also, you should find stock at most of the listed distributor now.
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Between the 0.8mm BGA pitch and no PoP, is it expected that this will have less availability problems than its BeagleBoard brother?
The BeagleBoard is a classic example of unobtainium. In time since I first became aware of the project, today is the FIRST time I’ve ever seen any boards (original or -xM) in stock at any distributor.
We (BeagleBoard.org) shipped over 50,000 of them. Several people complained about them not being available, but the truth was that distributors with large orders kept getting boards every week and the backlog stayed at just a couple weeks. The problem was that people wouldn’t order if they weren’t in stock. The hope is to better enable smaller distributors with early orders this time as well and we will be able to produce more every week because of the simpler assembly process. Also, you should find stock at most of the listed distributor now.
I ordered Beagleboards several times. Never had a problem.
How much current does this board draw (typical, max)?
Thanks.
Dear All Could I run Android 3.0 With this New BegalBone ?