Introduction

BeagleY-AI is an open-source single board computer designed for edge AI applications.

Detailed overview

BeagleY-AI is based on the Texas Instruments AM67A Arm-based vision processor. It features a quad-core 64-bit Arm®Cortex®-A53 CPU subsystem at 1.4GHz, Dual general-purpose C7x DSP with Matrix Multiply Accelerator (MMA) capable of 4 TOPs each, Arm Cortex-R5 subsystem for low-latency I/O and control, a 50 GFlop GPU, video and vision accelerators, and other specialized processing capability.

Table 2 BeagleY-AI features

Feature	Description
Processor	Texas Instruments AM67A, Quad 64-bit Arm® Cortex®-A53 @1.4 GHz, multiple cores including Arm/GPU processors, DSP, and vision/deep learning accelerators
RAM	4GB LPDDR4
Wi-Fi	Beagleboard BM3301, 802.11ax Wi-Fi
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 (BLE)
USB Ports	4 x USB 3.0 TypeA ports supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation, 1 x USB 2.0 TypeC, supports USB 2.0 device mode
Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires separate PoE HAT)
Camera/Display	2 x 4-lane MIPI camera connector (one connector muxed with DSI capability)
Display Output	1 x HDMI display, 1 x OLDI display, 1 x DSI MIPI Display
Real-time Clock (RTC)	Supports external coin-cell battery for power failure time retention
Debug UART	1 x 3-pin debug UART
Power	5V/3A DC power via USB-C
Power Button	On/Off included
PCIe Interface	PCI-Express® Gen3 x 1 interface for fast peripherals (requires separate M.2 HAT or other adapter)
Expansion Connector	40-pin header
Fan connector	1 x 4-pin fan connector, supports PWM control and fan speed measurement
Storage	microSD card slot with UHS-1 support
Tag Connect	1 x JTAG, 1 x External PMIC programming port

AM67A SoC

Todo

Add AM67A SoC details

Board components location

FrontBack

Table 3 BeagleY-AI board front components location

Feature	Description
WiFi/BLE	Beagleboard BM3301 with 802.11ax Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 (BLE)
RAM	4GB LPDDR4
Expansion	40pin Expansion header compatible with HATs
SoC	TI AM67A Arm®Cortex®-A53 4 TOPS vision SoC with RGB-IR ISP for 4 cameras, machine vision, robotics, and smart HMI
Fan	4pin Fan connector
USB-A	4 x USB 3 TypeA ports supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation host ports
Network Connectivity	Gigabit Ethernet
PoE	Power over Ethernet HAT connector
Camera/Display	1 x 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers, 1 x 4-lane MIPI camera
Debug UART	1 x 3-pin JST-SH 1.0mm debug UART port
Display Output	1 x HDMI display
USB-C	1 x Type-C port for power, and supports USB 2 device
PMIC	Power Management Integrated Circuit for 5V/5A DC power via USB-C with Power Delivery support
Bicolor LED	Indicator LED
Power button	ON/OFF button
PCIe	PCI-Express® Gen3 x 1 interface for fast peripherals (requires separate M.2 HAT or other adapter)