[May 21, 2013] element14 Unveils Newest Member of BeagleBone Family in China [Health & Beauty Close - Up] Tweet (Health & Beauty Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) element14 said that it has launched the much anticipated newest member of the BeagleBone family in China. In a release, the Company said that this lower-cost, higher performance BeagleBone Black development platform, based on TI's Sitara AM3358 processor, is made exclusively for China. It features an ARM Cortex-A8 processor running at 1GHz, an onboard HDMI, and delivers double the memory. Available from element14 for immediate despatch at cn.element14.com, order code 2313800, it can be ordered at RMB399. element14 said that BeagleBone Black provides outstanding value for China customers as its enhancements allow developers and hobbyists to experience faster processing and access up to four expansion boards or capes, augmenting functionality and enabling a variety of combinations. It ships with Angstrom Linux in its onboard Flash for connection and a start under 5 minutes, to evaluation and development. It supports other operating systems such as Ubuntu, Android and Fedora. "element14 is delighted to partner with Embest and Texas Instruments to bring this latest generation of the BeagleBone family exclusively to China," said Uma Pingali, Regional Director - North Asia, element14 Asia-Pacific. "BeagleBone is one of the most popular open source hardware platforms ever developed and its enhanced features and lower cost, will help even more design engineers develop applications quickly and efficiently." element14 is a high-service distributor of technology products and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair including a range of development kits and PCB boards, semiconductors, connectors, cables, electromechanical and passives components; switches, relays, capacitors and resistors. More Information: cn.element14.com/2313800 ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2013 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]