Specifications:
a. Texas Instruments® Sitara™ AM3358 Processor (Integrated in the OSD3358-SM):
i. 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8 with NEON floating-point accelerator
ii. SGX530 graphics accelerator
iii.2x programmable real-time unit (PRU) 32-bit 200MHz microcontrollers with
single-cycle I/O latency
iv. ARM® Cortex-M3 for power and security management functions
b. Memory:
i. 512MB DDR3 800MHZ RAM (Integrated in the OSD3358-SM)
ii. 4kB I2C EEPROM (Integrated in the OSD3358-SM)
iii.SD/MMC Connector for microSD
c. Software Compatibility
i. Debian GNU/Linux images customized for BeagleBone
ii. Cloud9 IDE on Node.js w/ BoneScript library
iii.Any BeagleBone Black software not needing access to unavailable expansion
pins
d. Connectivity
i. High speed USB 2.0 OTG (host/client) micro-B connector (USB0)
ii. Bootable microSD card slot (MMC0)
e. Expansion header
i. High speed USB 2.0 OTG (host/client) control signals (USB1)
ii. 8 analog inputs with 6 at 1.8V and 2 at 3.3V along with 1.8V voltage references
iii.44 digital GPIOs accessible with 18 enabled by default including 2 shared with
the 3.3V analog input pins
iv. 3 UARTs accessible with 2 enabled by default (UART0, UART4)
v. 2 I2C busses enabled by default (I2C1, I2C2)
vi. 2 SPI busses with single chip selects enabled by default (SPI0, SPI1)
vii.4 PWM outputs accessible with 2 enabled by default (PWM0A, PWM1A)
viii.2 quadrature encoder inputs accessible
ix. 2 CAN bus controllers accessible
x. 23 programmable real-time unit (PRU) 32-bit microcontroller I/O pins including
options for the PRU UART and eCAP accessible with 7 I/O pins enabled by
default for PRU0 and 1 enabled by default for PRU1
xi. 3 voltage inputs with 1 for battery, 1 shared with the USB connector and 1 for
power-line input and a battery temperature sense input
xii.2 voltage outputs, 1 with a 3.3V LDO and 1 with switch from voltage input
xiii.Power and reset button I/Os
f. Power management:
i. TPS65217C PMIC is used along with a separate LDO to provide power to the
system (Integrated in the OSD3358) with integrated 1-cell LiPo battery support
g. Debug Support:
i. JTAG test points
ii. gdb and other monitor-mode debug possible
h. Power Source
i. microUSB connector
ii. expansion header (3 options: battery, VIN or USB-VIN)
i. User Input / Output
i. Power Button with press detection interrupt via TPS65217C PMIC (hold for 10s
to initiate hardware power cycle)