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Design & specifications

If you want to know how BeagleV Ahead board is designed and what are it’s high-level specifications then this chapter is for you. We are going to discuss each hardware design element in detail and provide high-level device specifications in a short and crisp form as well.

Block diagram

Fig. 190 System block diagram

Fig. 191 I2C-Usage diagram

System on Chip (SoC)

Fig. 192 SoC eMMC power switch

Fig. 193 SoC DDR Power

Fig. 194 SoC MIPI CSI DSI HDMI

Fig. 195 SoC power

Fig. 196 SoC sys, ADC, and Clock

Fig. 197 SoC USB GMAC Audio

Power management

Barrel jack

Fig. 198 Barrel jack power input

0.8V DCDC buck

Fig. 199 0.8V DCDC buck converter

3.3V DCDC buck

Fig. 200 3.3V DCDC buck converter

1.8V LDO

Fig. 201 1.8V LDO regulator

PMIC

Fig. 202 PMIC Buck

Fig. 203 PMIC Control

Fig. 204 PMIC LDO

General Connectivity and Expansion

microUSB 3.0 port

Fig. 205 microUSB 3.0 port

P8 & P9 cape header pins

Fig. 206 P8 cape header

Fig. 207 P9 cape header

mikroBUS shuttle connector

P8, P9, and mikroBUS helper circuitry

Fig. 208 P8, P9, and mikroBUS level shifters

Buttons and LEDs

Boot select buttons

Fig. 209 Boot select buttons

User LEDs and Power LED

Fig. 210 User LEDs and power LED

Power and reset button

Fig. 211 Power and reset button

Wired and wireless connectivity

Ethernet

Fig. 212 Ethernet

Fig. 213 Ethernet LevelShifter and Strapping

WiFi & Bluetooth

Fig. 214 WiFi and Bluetooth

Memory, Media and Data storage

DDR memory

Fig. 215 2GB DDR4 Memory chip1

Fig. 216 2GB DDR4 Memory chip2

eMMC

Fig. 217 16GB eMMC

microSD

Fig. 218 microSD card connector

EEPROM

Fig. 219 16GB EEPROM

Multimedia I/O

CSI0

Fig. 220 CSI0 camera interface

CSI1

Fig. 221 CSI1 camera interface

DSI

Fig. 222 DSI display interface

CSI & DSI level shifter

Fig. 223 CSI & DSI level shifter

HDMI

Fig. 224 HDMI display interface

Debug

UART debug port

Fig. 225 UART Debug port

JTAG debug port

Fig. 226 JTAG debug port

Mechanical Specifications

Top	Bottom

Front	Left	Right

Table 67 Dimensions & weight

Parameter	Values
Size	96.5×60.7×19.9mm
Max heigh	21.1mm
PCB Size	96.5x60.5*1.6mm
PCB Layers	10 layers
PCB Thickness	1.6mm
RoHS compliant	yes
Gross Weight	128.8g
Net weight	49.7g