BeagleBoard

Updated: 09/12/2023 by Computer Hope
Texas Instruments BeagleBoard, revision C

The BeagleBoard is a single-board computer manufactured by Texas Instruments, introduced in 2008. It was designed for hobbyists and as an educational tool for developing open source software. It uses an ARM (Advanced RISC Machine) Cortex-A8 CPU (Central Processing Unit) that runs at speeds up to 1 GHz, and can be configured with between 128 MB and 512 MB of RAM (Random-Access Memory). It measures 7.5 mm on each side, and has all the functionality of a basic computer.

The BeagleBoard can run a growing list of operating systems including Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, RISC (reduced instruction set computing) OS (Operating System) and SymbianOS, with support for Android in active development. It features a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, an onboard GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that supports OpenGL ES 3D acceleration, and two stereo audio jacks for audio input and output. Newer models include onboard Wi-Fi networking.

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