BeagleBoard.org has quietly improve its PocketBeagle 2, simply three months post-launch — switching to a higher-end Texas Devices Sitara system-on-chip with double the cores, a sooner clock velocity, and a brand new 3D-capable graphics processing unit.
“PocketBeagle 2 is an upgraded model of the favored PocketBeagle, designed as an ultra-compact, low-cost, and highly effective single-board laptop (SBC),” the corporate says of the gadget. “Focused at builders, college students, and hobbyists, PocketBeagle 2 retains the simplicity and suppleness of its predecessor whereas delivering enhanced efficiency and expanded options to assist trendy growth wants. PocketBeagle 2 is right for creating IoT [Internet of Things] gadgets, robotics initiatives, and academic purposes. Its small kind issue and low energy consumption make it a flexible platform for embedded growth, whether or not prototyping or deploying at scale.”
The PocketBeagle 2 (prime) has had a quiet improve, shifting to TI’s AM6254 — doubling the core rely, rising their velocity, and including a 3D-capable GPU. (📷: Texas Devices)
The PocketBeagle 2 hasn’t been out all that lengthy: BeagleBoard.org launched the low-cost single-board laptop simply three months in the past with a Texas Devices Sitara AM6232 system-on-chip at its coronary heart — providing two Arm Cortex-A53 cores operating at as much as 1GHz. The brand new mannequin drops this half in favor of a Sitara AM6254, which doubles the core rely to 4 whereas boosting the utmost clock velocity to 1.4GHz. Surprisingly, it additionally provides a 3D-capable graphics processor — a characteristic lacking at launch.
“Rev[ision] A0 shipped with [the Texas Instruments] AM6232 (dual-core A53, no GPU),” BeagleBoard.org says in a quick and surprisingly little-publicized replace, dropped at our consideration by Electronics Weekly, “however Rev A1 has shipped with [the] AM6254 (quad-core A53 plus GPU) at no further value!” This, the corporate has clarified, is the model stocked in any respect resellers now — that means anybody ordering a PocketBeagle 2 any longer will obtain the higher-performance quad-core variant as commonplace.
Extra data is offered on the BeagleBoard.org web site.
