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BeagleBone Black
Fig. 4.1: Connectors, LEDs and Switches
• Serial Debug is the serial debug port.
• USB Client is a miniUSB connection to a PC that can also power the board.
• BOOT switch can be used to force a boot from the microSD card if the power is cycled on the board,
removing power and reapplying the power to the board..
• There are four blue LED’s that can be used by the user.
• Reset Button allows the user to reset the processor.
• microSD slot is where a microSD card can be installed.
• microHDMI connector is where the display is connected to.
• USB Host can be connected di昀昀erent USB interfaces such as Wi-Fi, BT, Keyboard, etc.
4.3.2 Key Components
昀椀gure below shows the locations of the key components on the PCB layout of the board.
• Sitara AM3358BZCZ100 is the processor for the board.
• Micron 512MB DDR3L or**Kingston 512mB DDR3** is the Dual Data Rate RAM memory.
• TPS65217C PMIC provides the power rails to the various components on the board.
• SMSC Ethernet PHY is the physical interface to the network.
• Micron eMMC is an onboard MMC chip that holds up to 4GB of data.
• HDMI Framer provides control for an HDMI or DVI-D display with an adapter.
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Chapter 4. BeagleBone Black Overview
