Introduction#

BeagleY-AI is an open-source single board computer designed for edge AI applications.

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Detailed overview#

BeagleY-AI is based on the Texas Instruments AM67A Arm-based vision processor. It features a quad-core 64-bit Arm®Cortex®-A53 CPU subsystem at 1.4GHz, Dual general-purpose C7x DSP with Matrix Multiply Accelerator (MMA) capable of 4 TOPs each, Arm Cortex-R5 subsystem for low-latency I/O and control, a 50 GFlop GPU, video and vision accelerators, and other specialized processing capability.

Table 2 BeagleY-AI features#

Feature

Description

Processor

Texas Instruments AM67A, Quad 64-bit Arm® Cortex®-A53 @1.4 GHz, multiple cores including Arm/GPU processors, DSP, and vision/deep learning accelerators

RAM

4GB LPDDR4 (x32)

Wi-Fi/Bluetooth

BeagleBoard.org BeagleMod BM3301, 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.4

USB Ports

4 x USB 3.0 TypeA ports supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation, 1 x USB 2.0 TypeC, supports USB 2.0 device mode

Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires separate PoE HAT)

Camera/Display

2 x 4-lane MIPI camera connector (one connector muxed with DSI capability)

Display Output

1 x HDMI display, 1 x OLDI display, 1 x DSI MIPI Display (DSI muxed with 1 CSI)

Real-time Clock (RTC)

Supports external coin-cell battery for power failure time retention

Debug UART

1 x 3-pin debug UART

Power

5V/3A DC power via USB-C

Power Button

On/Off included

PCIe Interface

PCI-Express® Gen3 x 1 interface for fast peripherals (requires separate M.2 HAT or other adapter)

Expansion Connector

40-pin header

Fan connector

1 x 4-pin fan connector, supports PWM control and fan speed measurement

Storage

microSD card slot with UHS-1 support

Tag Connect

1 x JTAG, 1 x External PMIC programming port

AM67A SoC#

The AM67A scalable processor family is based on the evolutionary Jacinto™ 7 architecture, targeted at Smart Vision Camera and General Compute applications and built on extensive market knowledge accumulated over a decade of TI’s leadership in the Vision processor market. The AM67A family is built for a broad set of cost-sensitive high performance compute applications in Factory Automation, Building Automation, and other markets.

Some Applications include:

  • Human Machine Interface (HMI)

  • Hospital patient monitoring

  • Industrial PC

  • Building security system

  • Off-highway vehicle

  • Test and measurement

  • Energy storage systems

  • Video Surveillance

  • Machine Vision

  • Industrial mobile robot (AGV/AMR)

  • Front camera systems

The AM67A provides high performance compute technology for both traditional and deep learning algorithms at industry leading power/performance ratios with a high level of system integration to enable scalability and lower costs for advanced vision camera applications. Key cores include the latest Arm and GPU processors for general compute, next generation DSP with scalar and vector cores, dedicated deep learning and traditional algorithm accelerators, an integrated next generation imaging subsystem (ISP), video codec, and MCU cores. All protected by industrial-grade security hardware accelerators.

Tip

For more information about AM67A SoC you can checkout https://www.ti.com/product/AM67A

Board components location#

Front components#

BeagleY-AI board front components location
Table 3 BeagleY-AI board front components location#

Feature

Description

WiFi/Bluetooth

BeagleBoard.org BeagleMod BM3301 with 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 & Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 (BLE)

RAM

4GB LPDDR4 (x32)

Expansion

40pin Expansion header compatible with HATs

SoC

TI AM67A Arm®Cortex®-A53 4 TOPS vision SoC with RGB-IR ISP for 4 cameras, machine vision, robotics, and smart HMI

Fan

4-pin fan connector

USB-A

4 x USB 3 TypeA ports supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation host ports

Network Connectivity

Gigabit Ethernet

PoE

Power over Ethernet HAT connector

Camera/Display

1 x 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers, 1 x 4-lane MIPI camera

Debug UART

1 x 3-pin JST-SH 1.0mm debug UART port

Display Output

1 x HDMI display

USB-C

1 x Type-C port for power, and supports USB 2 device

PMIC

Power Management Integrated Circuit for 5V/5A DC power via USB-C with Power Delivery support

Bicolor LED

Indicator LED

Power button

ON/OFF button

PCIe

PCI-Express® Gen3 x 1 interface for fast peripherals (requires separate M.2 HAT or other adapter)

Back components#

BeagleY-AI board back components location
Table 4 BeagleY-AI board back components location#

Feature

Description

Tag-Connect

1 x JTAG & 1 x Tag Connect for PMIC NVM Programming

Display output

1 x OLDI display

Storage

microSD card slot with support for high-speed SDR104 mode