Hello, I saw that yesterday online at Mouser. Today, the email showed up. Nice!
Seth P.S. I think you guys out-did yourselves. We shall see. Time to save a bit and then splurge on a nice, new board. Yea boy! On Thursday, September 19, 2019 at 7:02:00 AM UTC-5, Jason Kridner wrote: > > *BeagleBoard.org® Launches BeagleBone® AI, Offering a Fast Track to > Getting Started with Artificial Intelligence at the Edge* > > ROCHESTER, Mich., Sept.19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The BeagleBoard.org® > Foundation today announces general availability of the newest, fastest, > most powerful BeagleBoard.org® BeagleBone® low cost development board yet, > and it’s driving a whole new AI revolution. Built on our proven open source > Linux approach, BeagleBone® AI fills the gap between small single board > computers (SBCs) and more powerful industrial computers. Leveraging the > Texas Instruments Sitara™ AM5729 processor, developers have access to > powerful machine learning capabilities with the ease of the BeagleBone® > Black header and mechanical compatibility. > > BeagleBone® AI makes it easy to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) > and machine learning can be used in everyday life. Through BeagleBone® AI, > developers can take advantage of the TI C66x digital-signal-processor (DSP) > cores and embedded-vision-engine (EVE) cores on the Sitara AM5729 > processor. Machine learning is supported by an optimized TI Deep Learning > (TIDL) software framework and pre-installed software tools. Downloading and > running the latest examples of edge inference algorithms and applications > is only a few clicks away. > > “This board is the answer to our community’s request to see the next > major advancement in the BeagleBone® family” says Jason Kridner, co-founder > of the BeagleBoard.org*®* Foundation. “Its feature set is jam packed and > offers capabilities unparalleled by any other single board computer, open > hardware or not.” > > BeagleBone® AI has a feature set that includes: > > - > > BeagleBone® Black mechanical and header compatibility > - > > Works with existing BeagleBoard.org® BeagleBone® cape add-on boards > and many available third-party cape add-on boards and enclosures > > > - > > 1GB RAM and 16GB on-board eMMC flash with a high-speed interface > > > - > > USB Type-C for power and superspeed dual-role controller; and USB > Type-A host > > > - > > Gigabit Ethernet, 2.4/5GHz WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.2/BLE > > > - > > microHDMI video and audio output > > > - > > Zero-download out-of-box software experience > - > > TI Sitara™ *AM5729 <http://www.ti.com/product/AM5729>* processor with: > - > > Dual 1.5GHz Arm® Cortex®-A15 microprocessor subsystem > - > > 2 C66x Floating-Point VLIW DSPs > - > > 4 Embedded Vision Engines (EVEs) supported by the TIDL software > framework library for machine learning > - > > 2x Dual-Core Programmable Real-Time Unit (PRU) subsystems (4 PRUs > total) for ultra-low latency control and software generated peripherals > - > > 2x Dual Arm® Cortex®-M4 co-processors for real-time control and > subsystem management > - > > IVA-HD subsystem with support for 4K at 15fps H.264 encode/decode > and other codecs at 1080p60 > - > > Vivante® GC320 2D graphics accelerator > - > > Dual-Core PowerVR® SGX544™ 3D GPU > > “We believe this board will excel in everyday automation in industrial, > commercial and home applications” stated Christine Long, Executive Director > of the BeagleBoard.org® Foundation. “And at an extremely competitive price > point we’ve made this board available to everyone. It’s an industry game > changer.” > > BeagleBone® AI is available to buy as a standalone board, heat sink and > antenna included, from BeagleBoard.org’s® key distribution partners. Visit > *http://beaglebone.ai > <http://beaglebone.ai/>*. > ------------------------------ > > For information about BeagleBoard.org® Foundation, contact Christine Long, > Executive Director, at *chri...@beagleboard.org <javascript:>* > > BeagleBoard.org*®* and BeagleBone*®* are registered trademarks of the > BeagleBoard.org*®* Foundation, a 501c3 US-based non-profit corporation > > Sitara is a trademark of Texas Instruments > > -- > https://beagleboard.org/about - a 501c3 non-profit educating around open > hardware computing > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/a28dd432-de85-47bd-93e6-5ad48de63894%40googlegroups.com.