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BeagleBone Green
SeeedStudio BeagleBone Green (BBG) is a low cost, open-source, community
supported development platform for developers and hobbyists. It is a joint
effort by
BeagleBoard.org
source hardware design of
differentiated version. The BBG includes two Grove connectors, making it
easier to connect to the large family of Grove sensors. The on-board HDMI is
removed to make room for these Grove connectors.
Boot Linux in under 10 seconds and get started on development in less than 5
minutes with just a single USB cable.
Features¶
Fully Compatible with BeagleBone Black
Processor: AM335x 1GHz ARMR Cortex-A8
512MB DDR3 RAM
4GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage
3D graphics accelerator
NEON floating-point accelerator
2x PRU 32-bit microcontrollers
Connectivity
USB client for power & communications
USB host
Ethernet
and Seeed Studio. It is based on the classical open-
BeagleBone Black
and developed into this

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  • Page 1 BeagleBone Green SeeedStudio BeagleBone Green (BBG) is a low cost, open-source, community supported development platform for developers and hobbyists. It is a joint effort by BeagleBoard.org and Seeed Studio. It is based on the classical open- source hardware design of...
  • Page 2: Specification

    2x 46 pin headers  2x Grove connectors (I2C and UART)  Software Compatibility  Debian  Android  Ubuntu  Cloud9 IDE on Node.js w/ BoneScript library  plus much more  Specification¶ Item Value Processor AM335x 1GHz ARMR Cortex-A8 512MB DDR3 on-board Flash Storage 4GB eMMC CPU Supports...
  • Page 3 Hardware Overview¶ USB Host - USB Host  DC Power and USB Client - Power the board and act as client  LEDs  D2 is configured at boot to blink in a heartbeat pattern  D3 is configured at boot to light during microSD card accesses ...
  • Page 4 PWMs s and Tim mers Note Up to 8 8 digital I/O O pins can be configu ured with p ulse-width modulator rs (PWM) t produc e signals t to control m motors or c create pseu udo analog g voltage le evels, with taking u up any ext...
  • Page 5 Make s sure you do on't input m more than 1.8V to the e analog in nput pins. T This is a si ngle 12-bit a analog-to-d digital conv verter with 8 channel s, 7 of whi ch are ma ade availab ble on the hea...
  • Page 6 Note The firs st I2C bus is utilized f for reading g EEPROM MS on cape e add-on b boards and d can't be used d for other r digital I/O operation s without i nterfering with that fu unction, bu ut you can stil l use it to a...
  • Page 7 Getting Started¶ Note This chapter is writing under Win10. The steps are familiar for the other operate systems. STEP1. Plug in your BBG via USB Use the provided micro USB cable to plug your BBG into your computer. This will both power the board and provide a development interface. BBG will boot Linux from the on-board 2GB or 4GB eMMC.
  • Page 8 Note Additio nal FTDI U USB to ser ial/JTAG in nformation n and drive rs are avai ilable from ttps://www .ftdichip.co om/Drivers/ /VCP.htm. Note Additio nal USB to o virtual Et hernet info ormation a nd drivers are availa from ttps://www .linux-usb.
  • Page 9 Upda ate to la atest so oftware¶ ¶ You ne eed to upd date the b board to la atest softw ware to ke ep a bette er perform mance, here w we will sho ow you ho w to make e it step b by step.
  • Page 10 Note ou may see e a warning g about da maging yo our device. This is fin e to accep pt as  ng as you a are pointing g to your S SD card for r writing. ou should n not have yo our Beagle eBone conn...
  • Page 11 Note If you don't find the upper tracing light, please press the RESET button to reset the board. When the flashing is complete, all 4 USRx LEDs will be off. The latest Debian flasher images automatically power down the board upon completion. This can take up to 10 minutes.
  • Page 12 FAQ¶ 1. What is the different between BBG 1 and BBG 2? We have updated the eMMC on Beaglebone Green in 2016. So the previous firmware for BBG1 is not workable on BBG2, but the new firmware is ok on...
  • Page 13 2. Som metimes t the BBG's s network k port do es not wo ork and m must be restart ted to res sume wor rk. Occas sionally t his happe ens. Please e replace a a stable p power sup pply and tr ry again.