It’s high-performance and flexible networking capabilities are coupled with a real-time capable Linux system and a set of peripherals suited for building mobile robots quickly and affordably; these include precise motor control and feedback to rechargeable, portable power management withonboard inertial measurement unit, barometer and wireless technology.
BeagleBoneBlue uses an Octavo Systems OSD3358 System-in-Package device which includes a TI AM3358 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU with 512MB DDR3 RAM, 4GB 8-bit on-board flash storage and power management.
One of the key benefits of the TI AM3358 device is that it has two 32-bit programmable real-time units (PRUs) running at 200MHz, making BeagleBone Blue well suited for application in robotics.
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