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4.0 element14 BeagleBone Black Overview
The element14 BeagleBone Black is the latest addition to the BeagleBoard.org family and
like its predecessors, is designed to address the Open Source Community, early adopters,
and anyone interested in a low cost ARM Cortex-A8 based processor.
It has been equipped with a minimum set of features to allow the user to experience the
power of the processor and is not intended as a full development platform as many of the
features and interfaces supplied by the processor are not accessible from the element14
BeagleBone Black via onboard support of some interfaces. It is not a complete product
designed to do any particular function. It is a foundation for experimentation and learning
how to program the processor and to access the peripherals by the creation of your own
software and hardware.
It also offers access to many of the interfaces and allows for the use of add-on boards
called capes, to add many different combinations of features. A user may also develop
their own board or add their own circuitry.
The element14 BeagleBone Black is manufactured by element14 in China for the benefit
of the community and its supporters. In addition, elememt14 will provide the RMA
support for the element14 BeagleBone Black.
Jason Kridner of Texas Instruments handles the community promotions and is the
spokesmen for BeagleBoard.org.
The board is designed by Gerald Coley, an employee of Texas Instruments and a charter
member of the BeagleBoard.org community.
The PCB layout was done by CircuitCo and C i r c u i t C o is the sole funder of
its development and transition to production.
The Software is written and supported by the thousands of community members, including
Jason Kridner, employees of Texas Instruments, DigiKey and element14.