Introduction

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

Detailed overview

It is based on Texas Instruments AM67A Arm-based vision processor with 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, Arm Cortex-R5 subsystem for low-latency I/O and control, GPU, video and vision accelerators, and other specialized processing capability.

Table 2 BeagleY-AI features

Feature	Description
Processor	TI AM67, Quad 64-bit Arm® Cortex®-A53 microprocessor subsystem at up to 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
Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires separate PoE+ HAT)
Camera/Display	1 x 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers, 1 x 4-lane MIPI camera
Display Output	1 x HDMI display, 1 x OLDI display
Real-time Clock (RTC)	Supports external button battery for power failure time retention. only populated on EVT samples.
Debug UART	1 x 3-pin debug UART
Power	5V/5A DC power via USB-C, with Power Delivery support
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 speed control and speed measurement
Storage	microSD card slot, with support for high-speed SDR104 mode
Tag Connect	1 x JTAG, 1 x Tag Connect for PMIC NVM Programming

AM67A SoC

Board components location

FrontBack

Table 3 BeagleY-AI board front components location

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)