BeagleBone Blue

The BeagleBone Blue is a complete, robotics-focused single-board computer built on the BeagleBone platform. It integrates motor drivers, sensor interfaces, and wireless connectivity directly on-board — everything you need to build a mobile robot or drone, without the wiring mess of external shields.

Key Features

• Processor: Texas Instruments AM3358 — Arm Cortex-A8 @ 1GHz
• RAM: 512MB DDR3
• Storage: 4GB eMMC + MicroSD card slot
• Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n & Bluetooth 4.1 LE (TI WiLink8)
• Motor Control: 8× servo/ESC outputs, 4× DC motor outputs (H-bridge), quadrature encoder inputs
• Power: 2-cell LiPo battery connector with onboard charger + 9–18V DC input
• Sensors: 9-axis IMU (MPU-9250 — accel, gyro, magnetometer) + barometer (BMP280)
• Real-Time: 2× 32-bit 200MHz PRU for deterministic I/O and motor control
• Connectivity: USB 2.0 client/host, DSM2 RC radio receiver input, GPS UART
• GPIO: SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, PWM via expansion headers
• OS: Debian Linux (pre-installed), compatible with Robot Control Library

What's Included

• 1× BeagleBone Blue board

Ideal For

Drones, ground robots, robotic arms, and autonomous vehicles. The integrated IMU, barometer, motor drivers, and LiPo charger make it a self-contained robotics controller — pair it with the open-source Robot Control Library for rapid development of balancing robots, quadcopters, and more.