.. _beagley-ai-introduction:

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

.. image:: images/beagley-ai-board.png

.. _beagley-ai-detailed-overview:

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:: 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
==========================

.. tabs:: 

    .. group-tab:: Front

        .. figure:: images/components-location/front.*
            :width: 1400
            :align: center
            :alt: BeagleY-AI board front components location 

        .. table:: BeagleY-AI board front components location
            :align: center

            +----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
            | 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)                 |
            +----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

    .. group-tab:: Back

        .. figure:: images/components-location/back.*
            :width: 1400
            :align: center
            :alt: BeagleY-AI board back components location 

        .. table:: BeagleY-AI board back components location
            :align: center

            +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
            | Feature        | Description                                               |
            +================+===========================================================+
            | Tag-Connect    | 1 x JTAG & 1 x Tag Connect for PMIC NVM Programming       |
            +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
            | Display output | 1 x OLDI display                                          |
            +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
            | Storage        | microSD card slot with support for high-speed SDR104 mode |
            +----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+