<story><title>BeagleBone Blue – A complete, Linux-enabled robotics computer</title><url>https://beagleboard.org/blue</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tyingq</author><text>Was initially confused, because there was an earlier &amp;quot;BeagleBone Blue&amp;quot; (well, BlueSteel, I guess) that had nothing to do with robotics:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnx-software.com&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;18&amp;#x2F;bluesteel-basic-beaglebone-black&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnx-software.com&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;18&amp;#x2F;bluesteel-basic-beagl...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The interesting part of this one, to me, is the Octavo packaging of the AM335X processor with on-die RAM.  That makes the board much simpler.  Though, I thought it would make a bigger difference in price.   The BeagleBone wireless that uses the same chip is ~$68, which is $7 higher than the Black that has separate RAM.&lt;p&gt;If you haven&amp;#x27;t used a BB product, check out the thing that I think is the biggest upside of these...the built in pair of PRUs.  It&amp;#x27;s like having the best of a normal linux board plus a microcontroller on the same board.  Since the PRU shares memory with the main CPU, you can offload things that need to be realtime.   That allows for things like a near professional-level LED matrix controller (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;trmm.net&amp;#x2F;LEDscape&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;trmm.net&amp;#x2F;LEDscape&lt;/a&gt;)  or even a DIY video controller (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;trmm.net&amp;#x2F;Mac-SE_video&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;trmm.net&amp;#x2F;Mac-SE_video&lt;/a&gt;).</text></comment>
<story><title>BeagleBone Blue – A complete, Linux-enabled robotics computer</title><url>https://beagleboard.org/blue</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>MayeulC</author><text>Oh my. This looks perfect to replace the plethora of daughter boards I usually have in my robotics projects: encoders, power boards for DC and servo motors, I&amp;#x2F;O boards. This also looks clearly oriented towards drones, and seems to have a lot of potential in that regard.&lt;p&gt;To be fair, I was also recently considering switching to other,  more integrated boards recently;  but this one seems particularly well tailored to my use case, at a decent price, and (perhaps more important in some regard) open source.&lt;p&gt;I didn&amp;#x27;t read the full specification, the only thing I am worried about is the maximum power draw (especially for DC motors). I also usually use 24V PSU&amp;#x2F;batteries, but that&amp;#x27;s only a minimal inconvenience.</text></comment>