What is a BeagleBone Black?

BeagleBoard BeagleBone® Black is a low-cost, community-supported development platform for developers and hobbyists, based on the Sitara AM3358BZCZ100 Arm Cortex-A8 32-Bit RISC microprocessor from Texas Instruments.

What is BeagleBoard xM?

BeagleBoard-xM delivers extra ARM Cortex-A8 MHz 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 community.

What are the variants of the BeagleBoard?

BeagleBone variants include the original BeagleBone and the newer BeagleBone Black, both hosting a powerful 32-bit, super-scalar ARM Cortex A8 processor capable of running numerous mobile and desktop-capable operating systems, typically variants of Linux including Debian, Android, and Ubuntu.

Which tools can you use to program the BeagleBoard?

Tools

• Ångström distribution of Linux, latest version.
• BeagleBone’s System Reference Manual.
• PuTTY, an SSH/Telnet client (optional)
• mrBBIO Python module.

What are the pin settings on the BeagleBone Black?

Beaglebone Black Pin Configuration. Each digital I/O pin has 8 different modes to choose from, including GPIO. Below are the BeagleBone Black Pinout tables for the P8 and P9 expansion headers of the Beaglebone black. The PROC column is the pin number on the processor. The MODE columns are the different mode setting available for each pin.

What kind of processor does BeagleBone XM have?

The xM boasts an extremely powerful AM37 1GHz processor. It has on-board Ethernet and four USB 2.0 ports, as opposed to the normal two on BeagleBone Black, meaning that it can incorporate USB peripherals like a keyboard, mouse, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, web cameras or USB hubs.

Which is better the BeagleBone or the Black?

It is a small packed of everything found on a computer or a laptop. The BeagleBone black is just like the simple BeagleBone but it is faster and has some extra features which make it preferable. Most of the engineers and developers like to use it as a server and hub for small networks.

Is the BeagleBone Black SBC compatible with Linux?

This SBC is the go-to starter if you are unfamiliar with BeagleBoard products. BeagleBone Black comes loaded with Linux right out of the box, meaning that it can be used as a standalone computer immediately or reprogrammed using a different device.