The BeagleBoard-xM is an ultra-low cost, high performance, low power OMAP3 based platform designed by BeagleBoard.org community members. The BeagleBoard-xM delivers extra ARM Cortex-A8 MHz (1GHz) and extra memory with 512MB of low-power DDR RAM, enabling hobbyists, innovators and engineers to go beyond their current imagination and be inspired by the BeagleBoard community. Designed with the community inputs in mind, this open hardware design improves upon the laptop-like performance and expandability, while keeping at hand-held power levels. Direct connectivity is supported by the on-board four-port hub with 10/100 Ethernet, while maintaining a tiny 3.25 x 3.25" footprint.

As with previous BeagleBoard offerings, the BeagleBoard-xM is not intended to be a complete development environment, but rather a community-supported platform that can be used as the basis for building more complete development systems and as a target for community software baselines. Please consider purchasing an evaluation module (EVM) from Texas Instruments or one of the several commercial system-on-module vendors for the device with which you plan to develop if you are building a commercial product.

BeagleBoard-xM features:

• Super-scalar ARM Cortex-A8 1GHz.
• 512-MB LPDDR RAM.
• High-speed USB 2.0 OTG port optionally powers the board.
• On-board four-port high-speed USB 2.0 hub with 10/100 Ethernet.
• DVI-D (digital computer monitors and HDTVs).
• S-video (TV out).
• Stereo audio out/in.
• High-capacity microSD slot and 4-GB microSD card.
• JTAG interface.
• Camera port.
• Temperature range: 0ºC to 70ºC

Some possible applications of the BeagleBoard-xM:

• Web services.
• 3-D gaming.
• 3-D UI.
• Linux kernel and driver development.
• Boot loaders and firmware.
• UI framework.
• ARM NEON codecs.
• Codec plug-ins for GStreamers.
• OpenGL applications.
• OpenMAX TM IL applications.
• Ubuntu TM , Android, MeeGo, WinCE, QNX, Angstrom, Symbian, Debian, Gentoo and others.
• Home media centers.
• In-vehicle entertainment.
• Robotics.
• Web kiosks.
• And many more...

What´s in the box:

• BeagleBoard-xM