.. _beaglev-ahead-home:

BeagleV-Ahead
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BeagleV-Ahead is a high-performance open-source RISC-V single board computer (SBC) built around the Alibaba TH1520 SoC. It has the same P8 & P9 cape header pins as
BeagleBone Black allowing you to stack your favourite BeagleBone cape on top to expand it's capability.
Featuring a powerful quad-core RISC-V processor BeagleV Ahead is designed as an affordable
RISC-V enabled pocket-size computer for anybody who want's to dive deep into the new RISC-V ISA.

.. admonition:: License Terms

    * This documentation is licensed under a `Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>`__
    * Design materials and license can be found in the `git repository <https://git.beagleboard.org/beaglev-ahead/beaglev-ahead>`__
    * Use of the boards or design materials constitutes an agreement to the :ref:`boards-terms-and-conditions`
    * Software images and purchase links available on the `board page <https://www.beagleboard.org/boards/beaglev-ahead>`__
    * For export, emissions and other compliance, see :ref:`beaglev-ahead-support`
    * All support for BeagleV Ahead design is through BeagleBoard.org community at `BeagleBoard.org forum <https://forum.beagleboard.org/tag/ahead>`_.

.. image:: images/BeagleV-Ahead-with-hand.*
    :align: center
    :alt: BeagleV Ahead with hand

.. important::
    This is a work in progress, for latest documentation please
    visit https://docs.beagleboard.org/latest/

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    .. grid-item-card::
        :link: beaglev-ahead-introduction
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        **1. Introduction**
        ^^^

        .. image:: images/chapter-thumbnails/01-introduction.*
            :align: center
            :alt: BeagleV Ahead Chapter01 thumbnail

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        Introduction to BeagleV Ahead board with information on each component
        location on both front and back of the board.

    .. grid-item-card::
        :link: beaglev-ahead-quick-start
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        **2. Quick start**
        ^^^

        .. image:: images/chapter-thumbnails/02-quick-start.*
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            :alt: BeagleV Ahead Chapter02 thumbnail

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        Getting started guide to enable you to start building your projects
        in no time.

    .. grid-item-card::
        :link: beaglev-ahead-design
        :link-type: ref

        **3. Design & Specifications**
        ^^^

        .. image:: images/chapter-thumbnails/03-design-and-specifications.*
            :align: center
            :alt: BeagleV Ahead Chapter03 thumbnail

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        Hardware and mechanical design and specifications of BeagleV Ahead board
        for those who want to know their board inside and out.

    .. grid-item-card::
        :link: beaglev-ahead-expansion
        :link-type: ref

        **4. Expansion**
        ^^^

        .. image:: images/chapter-thumbnails/04-connectors-and-pinouts.*
            :align: center
            :alt: BeagleV Ahead Chapter04 thumbnail

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        Connector pinout diagrams with expansion details so that you can
        easily debug your connections and create custom expansion hardware.

    .. grid-item-card::
        :link: beaglev-ahead-demos
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        **5. Demos**
        ^^^

        .. image:: images/chapter-thumbnails/05-demos-and-tutorials.*
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            :alt: BeagleV Ahead Chapter5 thumbnail

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        Demos and tutorials to quickly learn about BeagleV Ahead capabilities.

    .. grid-item-card::
        :link: beaglev-ahead-support
        :link-type: ref

        **6. Support**
        ^^^

        .. image:: images/chapter-thumbnails/06-support-documents.*
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            :alt: BeagleV Ahead Chapter6 thumbnail

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        Additional supporting information, images, documents, change history and
        hardware & software repositories including issue trackers.


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   01-introduction
   02-quick-start
   03-design
   04-expansion
   05-demos
   06-support