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Win a new BeagleBone Blue from Farnell element14

31st March 2017
Anna Flockett
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The latest offering from the BeagleBone.org range, the BeagleBone Blue has been built specifically for use in the development of robotics and autonomous vehicles. Aimed at Hardware and Software engineers, makers and education markets, BeagleBone Blue is built around the familiar BeagleBone open hardware computer.

It’s high-performance and flexible networking capabilities are coupled with a real-time capable Linux system and a set of peripherals suited for building mobile robots quickly and affordably; these include precise motor control and feedback to rechargeable, portable power management withonboard inertial measurement unit, barometer and wireless technology.

BeagleBoneBlue uses an Octavo Systems OSD3358 System-in-Package device which includes a TI AM3358 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU with 512MB DDR3 RAM, 4GB 8-bit on-board flash storage and power management. 

One of the key benefits of the TI AM3358 device is that it has two 32-bit programmable real-time units (PRUs) running at 200MHz, making BeagleBone Blue well suited for application in robotics.

For your chance to win a BeagleBone Blue, enter your details now. Click here to enter.

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