Quick Start Guide#
This section provides instructions on how to hook up your board. This Beagle requires a 5V > 3A (15W) power supply to work properly via either USB Type-C power adapter or a barrel jack power adapter.
Recommended adapters can be found at Power supplies section. All the BeagleBone AI-64 connections ports we will use in this chapter are shown in the figure below.
What’s In the Box#
In the box you will find two main items as shown in BeagleBone AI-64 box content.
Instruction card
Note
A USB-C to USB-C cable is not included, but recommended for the tethered scenario and creates a developer experience where the board can be used immediately with no other equipment needed.
Tip
For board files, 3D model, and more, you can checkout BeagleBona AI-64 repository on OpenBeagle.
Methods of operation#
Tethered to a PC
Standalone development platform in a PC configuration using external peripherals
Main Connection Scenarios#
This section describes how to connect and power the board and serves as a slightly more detailed description of the Quick Start Guide included in the box. The board can be configured in several different ways, but we will discuss the two most common scenarios.
Tethered to a PC via the USB cable
Board is accessed as a storage drive and virtual Ethernet connection.
Standalone Desktop
Display
Keyboard and Mouse
External 5V > 3A power supply
Each of these configurations is discussed in general terms in the following sections.
Update software#
Production boards currently ship with the factory-installed 2022-01-14-8GB image. To upgrade from the software image on your BeagleBone AI-64 to the latest, you don’t need to completely reflash the board. If you do want to reflash it, visit the flashing instructions on the getting started page. Factory Image update (without reflashing)…
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --only-upgrade bb-j721e-evm-firmware generic-sys-mods
sudo apt upgrade
Update U-Boot:#
to ensure only tiboot3.bin is in boot0, the pre-production image we tried to do more in boot0, but failed…
sudo /opt/u-boot/bb-u-boot-beagleboneai64/install-emmc.sh
sudo /opt/u-boot/bb-u-boot-beagleboneai64/install-microsd.sh
sudo reboot
Update Kernel and SGX modules:#
sudo apt install bbb.io-kernel-5.10-ti-k3-j721e
Update xfce:#
sudo apt install bbb.io-xfce4-desktop
Update ti-edge-ai 8.2 examples#
sudo apt install ti-edgeai-8.2-base ti-vision-apps-8.2 ti-vision-apps-eaik-firmware-8.2
Cleanup:#
sudo apt autoremove --purge