
BeagleBoard-xM delivers extra MIPS with 1-GHz ARM® Cortex™-A8 performance and extra memory with 512MB of low-power DDR RAM, enabling hobbyists, innovators and engineers to go beyond their current imagination and be inspired by the BeagleBoard.org community. Designed with the community inputs in mind, this open hardware design improves upon the laptop-like performance and expandability, while keeping at hand-held power levels. Direct connectivity is supported by the on-board four-port hub with 10/100 Ethernet, while maintaining a tiny 3.25” × 3.25” footprint.
As with previous BeagleBoard.org offerings, the BeagleBoard-xM is not intended to be a complete development environment, but rather a community-supported platform that can be used as the basis for building more complete development systems and as a target for community software baselines. For a complete development system, please consider the Sitara™ AM37x Evaluation Module from Texas Instruments.
Specifications:
Hardware:
• 1-GHz super-scalar ARM Cortex™-A8
• 512-MB LPDDR RAM
• High-speed USB 2.0 OTG port optionally powers the board
• On-board four-port high-speed USB 2.0 hub with 10/100 Ethernet
• DVI-D (digital computer monitors and HDTVs)
• S-video (TV out)
• Stereo audio out/in
• High-capacity microSD slot and 4-GB microSD card
• JTAG
• Camera port
Software:
• Validation and demonstration image from the Angstrom Distribution