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. 209 System block diagram¶

Fig. 210 I2C-Usage diagram¶
System on Chip (SoC)¶

Fig. 211 SoC eMMC power switch¶

Fig. 212 SoC DDR Power¶

Fig. 213 SoC MIPI CSI DSI HDMI¶

Fig. 214 SoC power¶

Fig. 215 SoC sys, ADC, and Clock¶

Fig. 216 SoC USB GMAC Audio¶
Power management¶
Barrel jack¶

Fig. 217 Barrel jack power input¶
0.8V DCDC buck¶

Fig. 218 0.8V DCDC buck converter¶
3.3V DCDC buck¶

Fig. 219 3.3V DCDC buck converter¶
1.8V LDO¶

Fig. 220 1.8V LDO regulator¶
PMIC¶

Fig. 221 PMIC Buck¶

Fig. 222 PMIC Control¶

Fig. 223 PMIC LDO¶
General Connectivity and Expansion¶
microUSB 3.0 port¶

Fig. 224 microUSB 3.0 port¶
P8 & P9 cape header pins¶

Fig. 225 P8 cape header¶

Fig. 226 P9 cape header¶
mikroBUS shuttle connector¶

P8, P9, and mikroBUS helper circuitry¶


Fig. 227 P8, P9, and mikroBUS level shifters¶
Wired and wireless connectivity¶
Ethernet¶

Fig. 231 Ethernet¶

Fig. 232 Ethernet LevelShifter and Strapping¶
WiFi & Bluetooth¶

Fig. 233 WiFi and Bluetooth¶
Memory, Media and Data storage¶
DDR memory¶

Fig. 234 2GB DDR4 Memory chip1¶

Fig. 235 2GB DDR4 Memory chip2¶
eMMC¶

Fig. 236 16GB eMMC¶
microSD¶

Fig. 237 microSD card connector¶
EEPROM¶

Fig. 238 16GB EEPROM¶
Multimedia I/O¶
CSI0¶

Fig. 239 CSI0 camera interface¶
CSI1¶

Fig. 240 CSI1 camera interface¶
DSI¶

Fig. 241 DSI display interface¶
CSI & DSI level shifter¶

Fig. 242 CSI & DSI level shifter¶
HDMI¶

Fig. 243 HDMI display interface¶
Debug¶
UART debug port¶

Fig. 244 UART Debug port¶
JTAG debug port¶

Fig. 245 JTAG debug port¶
Mechanical Specifications¶
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Parameter |
Values |
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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 |