Beagle Board

BeagleBoard rev.B
Common manufacturers	Circuitco LLC on behalf of BeagleBoard.org
Design firm	Texas Instruments
Introduced	BeagleBoard July 28, 2008 (2008-07-28) BeagleBoard rev.C May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13) BeagleBoard-xM September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14) BeagleBone October 31, 2011 (2011-10-31) BeagleBone Black April 23, 2013 (2013-04-23) BeagleBoard-X15 November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01)
Cost	US$95 to $149
Type	Single-board computer
Processor	ARM Cortex-A8
Frequency	600 MHz to 1 GHz
Memory	128 MB to 512 MB
Connection	USB On-The-Go
Ports	USB On-The-Go/DVI-D/PC audio/SDHC/JTAG/HDMI
Power consumption	2 W
Weight	~37 g
Dimensions	7.62 cm × 7.62 cm × 1.6 cm

The BeagleBoard is a low-power open-source hardware single-board computer produced by Texas Instruments in association with Digi-Key and Newark element14. The BeagleBoard was also designed with open source software development in mind, and as a way of demonstrating the Texas Instrument's OMAP3530 system-on-a-chip. The board was developed by a small team of engineers as an educational board that could be used in colleges around the world to teach open source hardware and software capabilities. It is also sold to the public under the Creative Commons share-alike license. The board was designed using Cadence OrCAD for schematics and Cadence Allegro for PCB manufacturing; no simulation software was used.

The BeagleBoard measures approximately 75 by 75 mm and has all the functionality of a basic computer. The OMAP3530 includes an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU (which can run Linux, Minix,FreeBSD,OpenBSD,RISC OS, or Symbian; Android is being ported), a TMS320C64x+ DSP for accelerated video and audio decoding, and an Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX530 GPU to provide accelerated 2D and 3D rendering that supports OpenGL ES 2.0. Video out is provided through separate S-Video and HDMI connections. A single SD/MMC card slot supporting SDIO, a USB On-The-Go port, an RS-232 serial connection, a JTAG connection, and two stereo 3.5 mm jacks for audio in/out are provided.