SeeedStudio BeagleBone Green Reference Manual
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Page 1: Reference Manual
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual BeagleBone Green System Reference Manual Revision v1 July 22, 2015 Reference to the BBB_SRM THIS DOCUMENT... - Page 2 REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.
- Page 3 REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual BEAGLEBONE DESIGN These design materials referred to in this document are *NOT SUPPORTED* and DO NOT constitute a reference design. Only “community” support is allowed via resources at BeagleBoard.org/discuss. THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE DESIGN MATERIALS, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
3.3.2 Accessing the Board as a Storage Drive............11 4.0 BeagleBone Green Overview 11 BeagleBone Black Compatibility ..............11 BeagleBone Green Features and Specification ..........12 Board Component Locations ............... 13 4.3.1 Connectors, LEDs, and Switches ..............13 Key Components ..................14 4.3.2... - Page 5 7.0 Pictures 24 8.0 Support Information 26 Hardware Design ..................26 Software Updates ..................26 Tables Table 1. Change History 6 Table 2. BeagleBone Green Features 12 Figures Figure 1. In The Box 7 Figure 2. Tethered Configuration 8 Figure 3.
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Page 6: Introduction
The board will primarily be referred to in the remainder of this document simply as the board, although it may also be referred to as the BeagleBone Green as a reminder. There are also references to the original BeagleBone as well, and will be referenced as simply BeagleBone. -
Page 7: Connecting Up Your Beaglebone Green
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual 3.0 Connecting Up Your BeagleBone Green This section provides instructions on how to hook up your board. Two scenarios will be discussed: 1) Tethered to a PC and 2) As a standalone development platform in a desktop PC configuration. -
Page 8: Main Connection Scenarios
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual Main Connection Scenarios This section will describe how to connect the board for use. This section is basically a slightly more detailed description of the Quick Start Guide that came in the box. There is also a Quick Start Guide document on the board that should also be referred to. -
Page 9: Connect The Cable To The Board
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual All the power for the board is provided by the PC via the USB cable. In some instances, the PC may not be able to supply sufficient power for the board. In that case, an external 5VDC power supply can be used to power the board through VDD_5V pin in P9 connector, but this should rarely be necessary. -
Page 10: Figure 4. Board Power Led
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual Figure 4. Board Power LED 4. When the board starts to the booting process started by the process of applying power, the LEDs will come on in sequence as shown in Figure 5 below. It will take a few seconds for the status LEDs to come on, so be patient. -
Page 11: Accessing The Board As A Storage Drive
BeagleBone Black (BBB) and added two Grove connectors. It has removed the HDMI port on the BBB and also updated the 5V barrel to Micro USB host. The main improvement about BeagleBone Green is that adding two Grove connector for supporting Grove system. For more information about Grove system please visit: http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Grove_System... -
Page 12: Beaglebone Green Features And Specification
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual BeagleBone Green Features and Specification Table 2. BeagleBone Green Features Feature Processor Sitara AM3358BZCZ100 1GHz, 2000 MIPS Graphics Engine SGX530 3D, 20M Polygons/S 512MB DDR3L 800MHZ SDRAM Memory PMIC 4GB, 8bit Embedded MMC... -
Page 13: Board Component Locations
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual Board Component Locations This section describes the key components on the board. It provides information on their location and function. Familiarize yourself with the various components on the board. 4.3.1 Connectors, LEDs, and Switches ... -
Page 14: Key Components
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual Grove Interface is where the Grove sensor is connected to. USB Host can be connected different USB interfaces such as Wi-Fi, BT, Keyboard, etc. 4.3.2 Key Components Figure 7 below shows the locations of the key components on the PCB layout of the board. -
Page 15: Beaglebone Green High Level Specification
System Reference Manual 5.0 BeagleBone Green High Level Specification This section provides the high level specification of the BeagleBone Green. Block Diagram Figure 8 below is the high level block diagram of the BeagleBone Green. Figure 8. BeagleBone Green Block diagram... -
Page 16: Processor
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual Processor Sitara AM3358BZCZ100 Memory Described in the following sections are the three memory devices found on the board. 5.3.1 512MB DDR3L A single 256Mb x16 DDR3L 4Gb (512MB) memory device is used. The memory used is is... -
Page 17: Boot Modes
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual with the board. Booting from MMC0 will be used to flash the eMMC in the production environment or can be used by the user to update the SW as needed. 5.3.5 Boot Modes As mentioned earlier, there are four boot modes: ... -
Page 18: Pc Usb Interface
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual DDR3L requires 1.5V instead of 1.8V on the DDR2 as is the case on the original BeagleBone. The 1.8V regulator setting has been changed to 1.5V for the DDR3L. The LDO3 3.3V rail has been changed to 1.8V to support those rails on the processor. -
Page 19: Reset Button
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual numerous sources. A 1A supply is sufficient to power the board, but if there is a cape plugged into the board or you have a power hungry device or hub plugged into the host port, then more current may needed from the P9 Expansion connector VDD_5V pin. -
Page 20: Cti Jtag Header
5.14 Cape Board Support The BeagleBone Green has the ability to accept up to four expansion boards or capes that can be stacked onto the expansion headers. The word cape comes from the shape of the board as it is fitted around the Ethernet connector on the main board. This notch acts as... -
Page 21: Expansion Board External Power
5V. You should not supply any voltage into any other pin of the expansion connectors. Based on the board design, this rail is limited to 1A per pin to the BeagleBone Green. There are several precautions that need to be taken when working with the expansion headers to prevent damage to the board. -
Page 22: Beaglebone Green Mechanical
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual 6.0 BeagleBone Green Mechanical Dimensions and Weight Size: 3.5” x 2.15” (86.36mm x 53.34mm) Max height: .187” (4.76mm) PCB Layers: 6 .062” PCB thickness: RoHS Compliant: 1.4 oz... -
Page 23: Board Dimensions
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual Board Dimensions Figure 9. Board Dimensions... -
Page 24: Figure 10. Top Side
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual 7.0 Pictures Figure 10. Top Side... -
Page 25: Figure 11. Bottom Side
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual Figure 11. Bottom Side... -
Page 26: Support Information
REF: BBONEGRN_SRM BeagleBone Green Rev v1 System Reference Manual 8.0 Support Information All support for this design is through the BeagleBoard.org community at: beagleboard@googlegroups.com http://beagleboard.org/discuss. Hardware Design Design documentation can be found on the eMMC of the board under the documents/hardware directory when connected using the USB cable.
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