PocketBeagle

The PocketBeagle is an ultratiny open-source development board ideal for beginners and professionals. As with any other BeagleBoard, the PocketBeagle is a low cost Linux computer with tremendous expansibility, a slick design, and is easy to use. Learn many programming aspects from educators on-line, and the openness and flexibility of the PocketBeagle tears down limits on imagination.

The PocketBeagle is based on the Octavo Systems OSD3358-SM 21x21mm system-in-package that includes 512MB DDR3 RAM. The board has 72 expansion pin headers with power and battery I/Os, high-speed USB, 8 analog inputs, 44 digital I/Os, and numerous digital interface peripherals. The PocketBeagle has a microUSB host/client and microSD connectors.

Features:

• Texas Instruments® Sitara™ AM3358 Processor (Integrated in the OSD3358-SM):
  • 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8 with NEON floating-point accelerator
  • SGX530 graphics accelerator
  • 2x programmable real-time unit (PRU) 32-bit 200MHz microcontrollers
  • ARM® Cortex-M3 for power and security management functions
• 512MB DDR3 800MHZ RAM (Integrated in the OSD3358-SM)
• 4kB I2C EEPROM (Integrated in the OSD3358-SM)
• SD/MMC Connector for microSD
• High speed USB 2.0 OTG (host/client) micro-B connector (USB0)
• Bootable microSD card slot
• 8 analog inputs with 6 at 1.8V and 2 at 3.3V along with 1.8V voltage references
• 44 digital GPIOs accessible with 18 enabled by default including 2 shared with the 3.3V analog input pins
• 3 UARTs accessible with 2 enabled by default (UART0, UART4)
• 2 I2C busses enabled by default (I2C1, I2C2)
• 2 SPI busses with single chip selects enabled by default (SPI0, SPI1)
• 4 PWM outputs accessible with 2 enabled by default (PWM0A, PWM1A)
• 2 quadrature encoder inputs accessible
• 2 CAN bus controllers accessible
• 23 programmable real-time unit (PRU) 32-bit microcontroller I/O pins
• 2 voltage outputs, 1 with a 3.3V LDO and 1 with switch from voltage input
• Dimensions: 55mm x 35mm x 5mm

Documents:

• PocketBeagle Wiki
• Latest Software Images