BeagleBoard’s New BeagleY-AI SBC Features Texas Instruments AM67A SoC with 4 TOPS Edge AI Accelerator

The BeagleBoard.org Foundation has recently released BeagleY-AI a Texas Instruments AM67A SoC powered SBC which promises open-source hardware in a standard form factor.

The AM67A SoC features a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 CPU, and dual DSPs with Matrix Multiply Accelerator, achieving a total of 4 TOPS Edge Acceleration. other than that this setup also supports real-time deep learning and vision tasks, vision accelerators, a GPU for video processing, and Arm Cortex-R5 cores for rapid control.

The AI race is heating and recently we have seen many products, development boards, and camera modules coming preloaded with Edge AI capabilities. We’ve covered several of these in our previous posts, including the Toradex SoM, Avnet MaaXBoard OSM93, Toybrick TB-RK3588SD, and very recently Espressif has launched the ESP32-P4 MCU their first AI-enabled MUC without a Radio Module. If you’re interested in AI-related SBCs and MCUs, feel free to explore those articles for more in-depth information.

BeagleY-AI’s open-source design offers flexibility beyond typical constraints, allowing for custom modifications in industrial uses and giving businesses control over product development and supply chains. It’s also ideal for researchers and educators for consistent, customizable experimentation and teaching.

BeagleY-AI SBC Specifications:

• SoC: Texas Instruments AM67A Arm-based vision processor
• CPU: Quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1.4GHz
• DSP: Dual C7x DSPs with Matrix Multiply Accelerator (MMA), capable of 4 TOPs
• Control Subsystem: Arm Cortex-R5 for low-latency I/O and control
• Graphics and Video:
  • Integrated GPU
  • Dedicated video and vision accelerators
• High-Speed Interfaces:
  • PCI-Express Gen3 single-lane controller
  • USB3.1-Gen1 port
  • Gigabit Ethernet
• Memory:
  • 4GB LPDDR4
  • MicroSD card socket
  • Board identifier EEPROM
• Networking:
  • BeagleBoard.org BM3301 module (TI CC3301 chipset)
  • WiFi 6 (IEEE802.11ax)
  • Bluetooth 5.4 with BLE
  • Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+ support (addon required)
• Display Interfaces:
  • Micro HDMI
  • OLDI (LVDS) with touchscreen support
  • MIPI-DSI with touchscreen support (shared with MIPI-CSI)
• Camera Interfaces:
  • 2x MIPI CSI
• Expansion and Peripheral Interfaces:
  • PCI-Express Gen3 x1 (external adapter needed)
  • 4x USB3 (5Gbps) Type-A host ports
  • 1x USB2 (480Mbps) Type-C device port and power input
  • 40-pin expansion header
  • Fan power and control connector
• Debugging Ports:
  • 3-pin JST-SH console UART
  • 10-pin TAG-CONNECT for JTAG

At the time of writing the company does not talk about software support or any related documentation, when available we will release an update to this post.

As of now, the BeagleY-AI is priced at $70 but is currently on backorder. Those interested can purchase it from SeeedStudio, Farnell, Newark, and other online retailers, with prices ranging from $70 to $75.

The company has announced that the product will be available starting June 2024.

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