BeagleBone Green Gateway SBC features Sitara AM3358, Ethernet, and a DC Jack

SeeedStudio has been working on an addition to their BeagleBone Green Development Board family with an update to the BeagleBone Green Wireless board named BeagleBone Green Gateway. The board features the new Octavo Systems OSD3358, which is a SiP (System in Package) that integrates the AM3358 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 Processor, 512MB DDR3 SRAM, and other wonderful features into one package. 

The new board is being designed to suit applications where the board is being used as a gateway, as such, it comes with both Ethernet Connectivity, WiFi and BLE Wireless connectivity options. The board also comes with an extra DC connector for power (overcoming the Micro USB only for power limitation), and an onboard I2C RTC, so that it is more suitable for industrial application or applications where time accuracy is required.

The board is available for pre-order for 59.90 USD

Key Features

• Fully Compatible with BeagleBone® Black and Seeed Studio BeagleBone® Green
• Compact size for convenient deployment
• Powerful Sitara™ AM3358 Arm® Cortex® A8 Processor
• Rich I/O Peripherals
• PRUs for Real-TIme Capabilities
• Cape Support for Expandability
• Open-Source
• Support from the fast-growing community

Some of the expected features and specifications of the new board include;

Processor

• Processor: Octavo Systems OSD3358
• AM3358 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8
• 2×32-bit 200-MHz programmable real-time units (PRUs)
• 3D graphics accelerator
• NEON floating-point accelerator
• 512MB DDR3 SDRAM
• 4KB EEPROM
• Integrated power management

Memory

• 4GB 8-bit eMMC onboard flash storage
• SD/MMC Connector for microSD

Connectivity

• DC Jack for power, 12V
• Ethernet 10/100Mbit
• USB 2.0 Host x2
• USB client for power and communications
• 2x 46 pin headers
• 2x Grove connectors (I2C and UART)
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz
• Bluetooth 4.1 with BLE
• I2C RTC, and 3V battery connector
• Debug UART header
• 3x Buttons
• 2x 46 pin headers and 2x Grove connectors fully compatible with Seeed Studio Beaglebone Green and Seeed Studio Beaglebone Green Wireless
• Operating Temperature: 0 ~ 70

The BeagleBone Green Gateway is expected to run Debian with the Cloud9 IDE just like the BeagleBone Green Wireless, and it’s price even though not yet announced by Seeed, is expected to be more than that of the BeagleBone Green Wireless due to the new features. Any thoughts/comments/ideas on the BeagleBone Green Gateway? Do share via the comment section.

more information: www.seeedstudio.com

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