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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#

System block diagram — Fig. 501 System block diagram#

I2C-Usage diagram — Fig. 502 I2C-Usage diagram#

System on Chip (SoC)#

SoC eMMC power switch — Fig. 503 SoC eMMC power switch#

SoC DDR Power — Fig. 504 SoC DDR Power#

SoC MIPI CSI DSI HDMI — Fig. 505 SoC MIPI CSI DSI HDMI#

SoC power — Fig. 506 SoC power#

SoC sys, ADC, and Clock — Fig. 507 SoC sys, ADC, and Clock#

SoC USB GMAC Audio — Fig. 508 SoC USB GMAC Audio#

Power management#

Barrel jack#

Barrel jack power input — Fig. 509 Barrel jack power input#

0.8V DCDC buck#

0.8V DCDC buck converter — Fig. 510 0.8V DCDC buck converter#

3.3V DCDC buck#

3.3V DCDC buck converter — Fig. 511 3.3V DCDC buck converter#

1.8V LDO#

1.8V LDO regulator — Fig. 512 1.8V LDO regulator#

PMIC#

PMIC Buck — Fig. 513 PMIC Buck#

PMIC Control — Fig. 514 PMIC Control#

PMIC LDO — Fig. 515 PMIC LDO#

General Connectivity and Expansion#

microUSB 3.0 port#

microUSB 3.0 port — Fig. 516 microUSB 3.0 port#

P8 & P9 cape header pins#

P8 cape header — Fig. 517 P8 cape header#

P9 cape header — Fig. 518 P9 cape header#

mikroBUS shuttle connector#

mikroBUS shuttle connector

P8, P9, and mikroBUS helper circuitry#

mikroBUS reset circuitry

P8, P9, and mikroBUS level shifters — Fig. 519 P8, P9, and mikroBUS level shifters#

Buttons and LEDs#

Boot select buttons#

Boot select buttons — Fig. 520 Boot select buttons#

User LEDs and Power LED#

User LEDs and power LED — Fig. 521 User LEDs and power LED#

Power and reset button#

Power and reset button — Fig. 522 Power and reset button#

Wired and wireless connectivity#

Ethernet#

Ethernet — Fig. 523 Ethernet#

Ethernet LevelShifter and Strapping — Fig. 524 Ethernet LevelShifter and Strapping#

WiFi & Bluetooth#

WiFi and Bluetooth — Fig. 525 WiFi and Bluetooth#

Memory, Media and Data storage#

DDR memory#

2GB DDR4 Memory chip1 — Fig. 526 2GB DDR4 Memory chip1#

2GB DDR4 Memory chip2 — Fig. 527 2GB DDR4 Memory chip2#

eMMC#

16GB eMMC — Fig. 528 16GB eMMC#

microSD#

microSD card connector — Fig. 529 microSD card connector#

EEPROM#

16GB EEPROM — Fig. 530 16GB EEPROM#

Multimedia I/O#

CSI0#

CSI0 camera interface — Fig. 531 CSI0 camera interface#

CSI1#

CSI1 camera interface — Fig. 532 CSI1 camera interface#

DSI#

DSI display interface — Fig. 533 DSI display interface#

CSI & DSI level shifter#

CSI & DSI level shifter — Fig. 534 CSI & DSI level shifter#

HDMI#

HDMI display interface — Fig. 535 HDMI display interface#

Debug#

UART debug port#

UART Debug port — Fig. 536 UART Debug port#

JTAG debug port#

JTAG debug port — Fig. 537 JTAG debug port#

Mechanical Specifications#

Top	Bottom

Front	Left	Right

Table 100 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