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BeagleBoard-X15 Description

The BeagleBoard-X15 is the newest member of the BeagleBoard family. Measuring 4" x 4.2", it is based on a Dual Core A15 processor running at 1.5GHZ and features 2GB of DDR3L Memory.

Below is a picture of the top side of the board



BeagleBoard-X15 Production Status and Distributors

Special Computing offers both A2 and a few B1 versions plus related accessories.

https://specialcomp.com/beagleboard/x15.htm

We do have a few of the A2 versions available for sale at RS Components. These boards have the same functionality, features, and performance that the newer board has but without the FCC or CE marking.

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/8874764/



RS Components

Avnet

MCM

Special Computing



CURRENT STATUS: Rev C in production at PTI, now available:



Mouser- https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Beagleboard-by-PTI/BeagleBoard-X15?qs=sGAEpiMZZMspCjQQiuQ1fGdkAG55gAhWDjtEoPXsYwJnKyBUUNieSw%3D%3D

DigiKey- https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/BEAGLEBOARD%2520X15/1777-1001-ND/6834154

Arrow- https://www.arrow.com/en/products/beagleboardx15/beagleboardorg



Top View of the Board Bottom View of the Board

BeagleBoard-X15 Features





BeagleBoard-X15 Hardware Files

See https://github.com/beagleboard/beagleboard-x15

BeagleBoard-X15 Questions and Answers

Does this replace the BeagleBone Black?

No



What is the expected price?

MSRP is $239



How many general purpose I/O pins are there?

There are four connectors with 60 pins each with about 157 GPIO pins[1]. The connectors are high-speed surface-mount on the back side of the board and even include PCIe[2].

Will this be open hardware?

Yes, all BeagleBoard.org designs are released as open hardware, with source schematics and layout available for your modification. We choose devices that are available in single unit quantities from worldwide distributors and publish our bill of materials. Documentation for the devices are available without NDA at the time of product launch. Within the processor, there may be some undocumented features, but no closed-source blobs are required to be loaded to boot the devices and full control is turned over to the users.

Is the graphics engine software open source?

The TI Sitara device used on BeagleBoard-X15 utilizes Imagination Technologies' PowerVR SGX544 GPU[3]. The kernel components of the current solution are GPLv2 licensed. There is no open source support for the user space components of this GPU from Imagination, but the FSF has proposed a project to create an open driver[4].

Will I be able to program the C66x DSPs?

Yes, there is a free C/C++ compiler from Texas Instruments and support in the mainline of the open source GCC C/C++ compiler. Support for interprocessor communication is also included in the mainline Linux kernel via RPMSG[5] [6] [7] .

bb.org: debian wheezy/jessie images: sudo apt-get install ti-c6000-cgt-v8.0.x-installer

TI OpenCL[8] Support

bb.org: needs linux kernel: 4.1.10-ti-r23/4.1.10-ti-rt-r23 or greater from the v4.1.x-ti branch sudo apt-get install firmware-am57xx-opencl-monitor ti-opencl examples under: /usr/share/ti/examples/opencl/

What are the recommended power supplies?

DC POWER SUPPLY

12V Supply

60W (5A min)

2.5mm x 5.5mm Barrel Plug Size

Recommended supply: VEC65US1

Possible alternatives TRG70A120-02E01 CENB1060A1203F01



BeagleBoard-X15 Mainline Support

U-Boot

As of v2015.01-rc3, mainline u-boot supports the x15 : http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=commit;h=1e4ad74b875f4da91193afffb0bb0db90ec7b886

git clone https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot cd u-boot/ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} distclean make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} am57xx_evm_defconfig make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC}

Kernel

Hardware Enabled Kernel Version Commit Initial Support 3.19-rc1 5a0f93c6576a83d8d07c1b569641934294439ac0 Dual Ethernet 3.20-rc1 a75dacf8204a8ace6d42a28a157af3cc65ed3ddc GPIO Fan Control (1) 3.20-rc1 7a03f2c08d62371a6459331036e214bd7288ed10 USB Client (USB2) 3.20-rc1 f60db98eaa67e02915f01e11933501127bc004b0 726806ad9ba10f8ba8d26ba8154d98a7c9b89a12 HDMI Example Example Audio Example Example

1: kernel: CONFIG_SENSORS_TMP102 & CONFIG_SENSORS_GPIO_FAN

echo enabled > /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/mode

BeagleBoard-X15 Firmware

dra7-ipu2-fw.xem4

This firmware was found in the meta-ti tree: http://arago-project.org/git/meta-ti.git?p=meta-ti.git;a=tree;f=recipes-bsp/ipumm-fw

bb.org: debian wheezy/jessie images: sudo apt-get install ipumm-dra7xx-installer