Aimed at hardware and software engineers, makers and university education markets, BeagleBoneBlue is built around the familiar BeagleBone open hardware computer, and is fully community supported.
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; from precise motor control and feedback to rechargeable, portable power management.
The onboard 9-axis inertial measurement unit and barometer enable the development of self-aligning and orientating robotics, whether grounded or air borne, all directed with the support of on-board 802.11/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.1/BLE wireless technology.
BeagleBone Blue uses an Octavo Systems OSD3358 System-in-Package device which includes a TI AM3358 1-GHz 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 200-MHz, making BeagleBone Blue ideally suited for application in robotics.
As ever, getting started with BeagleBone Blue is simple and code development can be started by utilizing a pre-configured WiFi access point, connecting a battery and opening a web browser.