Octavo Systems Releases OSD3358-SM-RED Beaglebone Black Compatible Board

Octavo Systems back in 2017 released their OSD335x-SM System-In-Package device, a powerful ARM Cortex®-A8 SIP-based package. The OSD335x-SM was a device of its class, measured at just 21mm x 21mm, and the OSD335x-SM is the smallest AM335x processor-based module on the market today that still allows complete access to all the AM335x device I/Os including PRUs. The OSD335x-SM helps in removing the need for DDR routing, power sequencing, complex supply chains and even the need for building larger PCBs to accommodate several components.

Octavo has announced the availability of the OSD3358-SM-RED platform.  The OSD3358-SM-RED platform is the official Reference, Evaluation, and Development platform for the OSD335x-SM SiP family. It is designed by Octavo Systems to allow users to evaluate the OSD335x-SM SiP for their application quickly.

The OSD3358-SM-RED is fully designed around the OSD335x-SM SiP at its core, thus inheriting all the features of the SiP device. The OSD335x-SM integrates a powerful 1GHz Texas Instruments Sitara AM335x processor, DDR3 Memory, two power supplies, and passives into a single easy to use package.  The 256 Ball BGA is 60% smaller than an equivalent design using discrete devices, making it the smallest ARM Cortex-A8 system implementation.

The development board comes included with a Gigabyte Ethernet (10/100/1000 Ethernet), a whopping 5 USB 2.o ports (comes with 4 USB hub ports and 1 micro USB client port), a micro HDMI for display, and two 46 pin expansion headers which makes it compatible with the Beaglebone ecosystem. The OSD3358-SM-RED has a 16GB eMMC on board and a microSD card interface.

The board also adds some onboard sensors providing a possible real-world case study. It comes with a 9-axis IMU that provides acceleration, gyroscope, and magnetometer data; a barometer to provide altitude; and a multi-channel temperature sensor.

Even though the SM-RED shares some compatibility with the BeagleBone it has no onboard WiFi and Bluetooth, but there’s an Ethernet port, and unlike the BB Black and other BeagleBone variants, it’s a GbE port. You also get 16GB eMMC compared to 4GB on the other BeagleBones.

The following are the specifications for the OSD3358-SM-RED:

• Processor  — TI Sitara AM335x (1x Cortex-A8 @ 1GHz)
  • PowerVR SGX530 GPU
  • 32-bit 200MHz Cortex-M3 based programmable real-time units (PRUs)
• Memory —  512MB DDR3 RAM
• Storage — 16GB eMMC
  • microSD slot with card pre-installed with Debian and drivers
• Display — Micro-HDMI port
• Networking — 10/100/1000 Ethernet port
• Other I/O:
  • 4x USB 2.0 host/device ports
  • Micro-USB client port
  • UART and JTAG
  • 2x BeagleBone Black Cape compatible expansion connectors
• Other features — 9-axis IMU
  • Barometer and temperature sensors
  • 4x LEDs
  • TPM and secure NOR (currently not supported)
• Power — 5V input
  • LiPo battery connector
  • Power and reset buttons
  • PMIC (via OSD3358 SiP)
• Dimensions – 108 x 54 x 32mm
• Operating system — Debian Linux

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