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Built on the proven BeagleBoard.org® open source Linux approach, BeagleBone® AI fills the gap between small SBCs and more powerful industrial computers. Based on the Texas Instruments AM5729, developers have access to the powerful SoC with the ease of BeagleBone® Black header and mechanical compatibility.
BeagleBone® AI makes it easy to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in everyday life via the TI C66x digital-signal-processor (DSP) cores and embedded-vision-engine (EVE) cores supported through an optimized TIDL machine learning OpenCL API with pre-installed tools. Focused on everyday automation in industrial, commercial and home applications.
Board Feature Highlights
- BeagleBone Black mechanical and header compatibility
- 1GB RAM and 16GB on-board eMMC flash with high-speed interface
- USB type-C for power and superspeed dual-role controller; and USB type-A host
- Gigabit Ethernet, 2.4/5GHz WiFi, and Bluetooth
- microHDMI
- Zero-download out-of-box software experience with Debian GNU/Linux
Board Feature Highlights
- BeagleBone Black mechanical and header compatibility
- 1GB RAM and 16GB on-board eMMC flash with high-speed interface
- USB type-C for power and superspeed dual-role controller; and USB type-A host
- Gigabit Ethernet, 2.4/5GHz WiFi, and Bluetooth
- microHDMI
- Zero-download out-of-box software experience with Debian GNU/Linux
Main Processor Features of the AM5729 Within BeagleBone® AI
- Dual 1.5GHz ARM® Cortex®-A15 with out-of-order speculative issue 3-way superscalar execution pipeline for the fastest execution of existing 32-bit code
- 2 C66x Floating-Point VLIW DSP supported by OpenCL
- 4 Embedded Vision Engines (EVEs) supported by TIDL machine learning library
- 2x Dual-Core Programmable Real-Time Unit (PRU) subsystems (4 PRUs total) for ultra low-latency control and software generated peripherals
- 2x Dual ARM® Cortex®-M4 co-processors for real-time control
- IVA-HD subsystem with support for 4K @ 15fps H.264 encode/decode and other codecs @ 1080p60
- Vivante® GC320 2D graphics accelerator
- Dual-Core PowerVR® SGX544™ 3D GPU
Communications
- BeagleBone Black header and mechanical compatibility
- 16-bit LCD interfaces
- 4+ UARTs
- 2 I2C ports
- 2 SPI ports
- Lots of PRU I/O pins
Memory
- 1GB RAM
- 16GB on-board eMMC flash
Connectors
- USB Type-C connector for power and SuperSpeed dual-role controller
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 802.11ac 2.4/5GHz WiFi via the AzureWave AW-CM256SM
Out of Box Software
- Zero-download out of box software environment
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Customer Reviews
5 out of 5
Based on 1 ratings:
A great improvement over the beagleboard black
Better hardware specs than the already popular beagleboard black. Note the port configuration is different so existing cases for the BBB are not compatible with the BB AI. It also replaces the micro USB and separate power jack with a USB-C port. Has on-board wifi and bluetooth. Still has USB-A and RJ45 Ethernet port.
Adding a better heatsink or a fan with 20mm screw spacing is absolutely required or it will thermal shutdown under load. The fan can be powered from the ground and 5V SYS pins. The small 3-pin connector is a debug port, not fan power.