Beagleboard BeagleY-AI Open Source Single Board Computer ARM Cortex-A53

The Beagleboard BeagleY-AI is an open source single board computer built around a 1.4 GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 CPU, designed for embedded artificial intelligence workloads.

Overview

The BeagleY-AI features a Texas Instruments AM67A Arm-based vision processor. Alongside the quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 CPU subsystem, it includes a dedicated dual-core C7x DSP with a matrix multiply accelerator (MMA), which provides 4 trillion operations per second (4 TOPS) for complex AI tasks. This makes it a suitable platform for developers and engineers accelerating AI development across a range of industrial applications.

The board is intended for rapid prototyping and deployment in fields such as robotics, industrial and building automation, advanced test and measurement equipment, medical devices, and human-machine interfaces (HMIs). Its vision accelerators are suited to intelligent vision applications, including real-time image classification, object detection, and semantic segmentation, supporting the development of smart, responsive systems.

Key Features

• Core processor: Texas Instruments AM67A vision processor with quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 CPU (1.4 GHz), Arm Cortex-R5 for low-latency control, and dual-core C7x DSP with MMA
• Memory: 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM with a microSD card socket for storage expansion
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5.4 with BLE via an integrated BM3301 module, plus Gigabit Ethernet with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE+) support via an add-on interface
• Expansion and I/O: Four USB 3.0 Type-A host ports (5 Gb/s), one USB 2.0 Type-C device/power port, a 40-pin GPIO expansion header, and PCI-Express

Physical Details

The product weighs 130 g. Dimensions are listed as width 3.3, depth 1.5, and height 4.3.