BeagleBoard.org BeagleY-AI ($70 50g Open-Hardware TI AM67A 4-TOPS Dual-C7x DSP & Cortex-R5F SBC)
$70, 50-gram (85×56mm) 100% open-hardware single-board computer powered by the automotive/industrial-grade Texas Instruments AM67A Jacinto 7 SoC—uniting quad Cortex-A53 Linux cores, dual C7x DSPs with 4-TOPS Matrix Multiply Accelerators, a deterministic 800MHz Cortex-R5F real-time MCU, 4GB LPDDR4, PCIe Gen 3 x1, dual MIPI CSI cameras, triple concurrent display buses, and Wi-Fi 6 / BT 5.4.
Editorial Rating Methodology (★ 4.7 / 5.0): This score is an internal editorial evaluation compiled by the RECIWO Labs editorial team—not a user poll or crowd-voted rating. It assesses published silicon compute efficiency (25%), optical/sensor/actuator engineering (25%), battery & thermal envelope (20%), SDK/software openness (15%), and price-to-specification value (15%) based on official manufacturer datasheets and public technical documentation. Learn more about our evaluation rubric →
Key Engineering Highlights
- Combines 4 TOPS of dual-C7x DSP Matrix Multiply vision acceleration with an onboard 800MHz Arm Cortex-R5F real-time microcontroller—eliminating external STM32/ESP32 motor boards
- Ships as a 100% open-source hardware design on an 85×56mm (50g) Raspberry Pi form-factor PCB backed by Texas Instruments' 10+ year industrial silicon longevity commitment
- Drives up to three concurrent displays (microHDMI, OLDI LVDS industrial touch panel, and MIPI DSI) alongside dual MIPI CSI cameras, PCIe Gen 3 x1, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.4
Full Hardware Specifications
| Processor / Edge SoC | Texas Instruments AM67A (4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.4GHz + Dual C7x DSP/MMA + 800MHz Cortex-R5F MCU + BXS-4-64 Vulkan GPU) |
|---|---|
| AI Model Stack | 4.0 INT8 TOPS (2× 2-TOPS C7x Matrix Multiply Accelerators) Running TI Edge AI Studio, ONNX Runtime, TFLite & TVM |
| Display & Optics | Triple Independent Display Support: microHDMI + OLDI (LVDS Touchscreen) + MIPI DSI Display Interface |
| Camera & Vision | 2× MIPI CSI-2 Camera Connectors w/ Integrated TI Jacinto Vision ISP for Multi-Stream Factory & Robot Vision |
| Measured Weight | 50.0g Bare PCB (85 × 56 × 20mm Standard HAT-Compatible Footprint w/ Open-Source Design Files) |
| Battery & Runtime | 5V/3A USB Type-C Power Input + Optional Gigabit PoE+ HAT Power Delivery for Industrial Enclosures |
| Connectivity & I/O | TI BM3301 Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) + Bluetooth 5.4 BLE + Gigabit Ethernet + 4× USB 3.0 Type-A + PCIe Gen 3 x1 FPC + 40-Pin GPIO |
| Sensors & Acoustics | 4GB LPDDR4 RAM + UHS-I microSD + Board ID EEPROM + Real-Time Cortex-R5F Deterministic Motor/Sensor Control Bus |
⚖️ Side-by-Side Comparison: BeagleBoard.org BeagleY-AI ($70 50g Open-Hardware TI AM67A 4-TOPS Dual-C7x DSP & Cortex-R5F SBC) vs. Edge Compute & DevKits Peers
Direct specification comparison against leading competing devices in the Edge Compute & DevKits category.
| Specification | BeagleBoard.org BeagleY-AI ($70 50g Open-Hardware TI AM67A 4-TOPS Dual-C7x DSP & Cortex-R5F SBC) (Current) | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX Super Edge AI DevKit → | Xiaozhi AI Voice Cube Pro (ESP32-S3 Open DevKit) → | Apple Mac mini (M5 Pro 64GB) Private AI Node → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | BeagleBoard.org × TI | NVIDIA | Open Hardware Community | Apple |
| Retail Price | $70 | $499 | $12 | $1,799 |
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| Edge SoC | Texas Instruments AM67A (4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.4GHz + Dual C7x DSP/MMA + 800MHz Cortex-R5F MCU + BXS-4-64 Vulkan GPU) | NVIDIA Ampere GPU (1024 CUDA + 32 Tensor Cores) | Espressif ESP32-S3R8 (Dual-Core LX7 @ 240MHz + 8MB PSRAM) | Apple M5 Pro (14c CPU + 20c GPU + 16c Neural Engine) |
| AI Model Stack | 4.0 INT8 TOPS (2× 2-TOPS C7x Matrix Multiply Accelerators) Running TI Edge AI Studio, ONNX Runtime, TFLite & TVM | Runs Llama-3.2 8B / Qwen2.5-VL 7B / YOLO11 Locally | Edge ESP-SR Wake + Realtime Cloud Voice LLMs | MLX Accelerated Qwen3-32B / Llama-3.3-70B |
| Display / Optics | Triple Independent Display Support: microHDMI + OLDI (LVDS Touchscreen) + MIPI DSI Display Interface | HDMI 2.1 / DP 1.4 (Up to 8K) | 1.28-inch Circular IPS LCD (240×240) / 0.96" OLED | Supports up to three 6K displays |
| Camera | 2× MIPI CSI-2 Camera Connectors w/ Integrated TI Jacinto Vision ISP for Multi-Stream Factory & Robot Vision | Dual MIPI CSI-2 Camera Lanes + 4× USB 3.2 | Optional OV2640 / GC2145 Camera Module | External USB-C / Studio Display Camera |
| Weight | 50.0g Bare PCB (85 × 56 × 20mm Standard HAT-Compatible Footprint w/ Open-Source Design Files) | 450g (including active heatsink & carrier board) | 62g (with 3D-printed enclosure & speaker cavity) | 730g |
| Battery | 5V/3A USB Type-C Power Input + Optional Gigabit PoE+ HAT Power Delivery for Industrial Enclosures | 19V DC Input (15W–40W configurable TDP) | 800mAh LiPo (5h continuous dialogue) | Internal 155W PSU (4W idle draw) |
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