BeagleBone Black – Now Available at Mouser!

It's finally here! The anticipation is finally over, and it was definitely worth the wait! This week, Mouser welcomes the BeagleBone Black, the newest member of the BeagleBoard family and a lower-cost, high-expansion focused BeagleBone, featuring the Sitara AM3359 ARM Cortex-A8 32-Bit RISC microprocessor from Texas Instruments. It is similar to the original BeagleBone but with some previous features removed to make way for the excellent new features!

The Beagleboard.org platform has a proven track record of facilitating innovation from concept to market and BeagleBone Black's enhanced feature set enables developers to turn ideas into prototypes more easily than ever. Whether operating standalone or in conjunction with another computer, this new BeagleBone will provide developers easy access to industry standard interfaces and a well-developed ecosystem of software and tools. The original BeagleBone's cape plug-in boards are also compatible with the BeagleBone Black, making easy integration with previous projects yet another advantage.

Some of our tech guys here at Mouser got a chance to play with the classy new BeagleBone Black. Take a look at their first encounters in the videos below!

Features

• Sitara AM3359 ARM Cortex-A8 32-Bit RISC microprocessor, up to 1GHz
• On-board HDMI to connect directly to TVs and monitors
• More and faster memory now with 512MB DDR3L 400MHz SDRAM, 2GB 8-bit eMMC On-board Flash
• On-board storage frees up the microSD card slot for greater expansion
• Support for existing Cape plug-in boards
• TPS65217C PMIC regulator and one additional LDO
• Debug support: Optional onboard 20-pin CTI JTAG
• HS USB 2.0 Client and Host ports
• Serial port: UART0 access via 6-pin 3.3V TTL header
• 10/100 RJ45 Ethernet

Suzanna Brooks joined Mouser Electronics in 2011 as a Technical Content Specialist and writes web content about the newest embedded and optoelectronic products available. Suzanna holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and is a private pilot.