Introduction to BeagleBoard-xM

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BeagleBoard-xM

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What to expect?
W's of BeagleBoard
BeagleBoard-xM Features
Booting the BeagleBoard-xM with default images

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W's Of BeagleBoard
An open hardware system, low cost board.
Beagle Stands for
B – Bring your Peripherals
E – Entry Level Cost
A – Arm Cortex-A8
G - Graphics and DSP accelerated
L - Linux & Open Source Community
E - Environment for innovators
Two types
Original BeagleBoard – Revisons A, B, C1, C2, C3, C4
BeagleBoard-xM
Enhancement of Original – Revisions A, B, C
BeagleBoard-xM revision C is used in workshop

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BeagleBoard-xM Features
DM3730
Arm Cortex – A8
512 MB DDR RAM
Image from http://www.mouser.com/new/beagleboardorg/beagleboardxm/

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BeagleBoard-xM as Available From
Manufacturer
Available with 4G SD Card
No Nand Flash
Pre Loaded Angstrom Distro
Required Components
Power Supply / USB Cable
Serial Cable
HDMI to DVI-D Converter Cable (Optional)
USB Keyboard & Mouse (Optional)

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Booting With Default Images On SD
Card
Angstrom Distro
Linux Distribution for Small Computers like BeagleBoard-xM
vfat partition of ~120 MB
x-Loader (MLO) – Stage 1 Bootloader
u-boot.bin – Stage 2 Bootloader
uEnv.txt – Environment for Uboot
ext3 Partition
Contains the Root Filesystem
Kernel Image

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What all have we visited?
W's of BeagleBoard
BeagleBoard-xM Features
Booting the BeagleBoard-xM with default images

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