Another high power, low cost SBC: Beagle Bone Black

 

I just received a Beagle Bone Black, which is being used for prototype development for an open-hardware, open-software M2M project we are sponsoring.

Following are some photos of the board and a group shot with a few of its peers in the market, along with the basic specs of each board.

 

 

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Group shot of some of the low-cost Single Board Computers (SBC) available:

 

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Clockwise, beginning UL:

 

  • APC from Via Technologies

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The APC is still sold, but has been joined by an up-rated board that has more capability:

 

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  • DB9 CAN terminator provided for scale
  • Standard credit card form factor provided for scale
  • Gizmo board – 52 GigaFlops 

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  •  Raspberry Pi

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  •  Beagle Board Black

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