Beaglebone Black vs Raspberry Pi
In this article, we discussed the specifications and features of Beaglebone Black and Raspberry Pi 4.
BeagleBone Black(BBB)
BeagleBone Black is a low-cost,low-power open-source single-board computer and community-supported development platform for developers and hobbyists. Boot Linux in under 10 seconds and get started on development in a few minutes with just a single USB cable.
Processor: AM335x 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8
Hardware configuration
- 512MB DDR3 RAM
- 4GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage
- 3D graphics accelerator
- NEON floating-point accelerator
- 2x PRU 32-bit microcontrollers
Connectivity
- USB client for power & communications
- USB host
- Ethernet
- HDMI
- 2x 46 pin headers
Software Compatibility
- Debian
- Android
- Ubuntu
- Cloud9 IDE on Node.js w/ BoneScript library
- plus much more
Raspberry Pi
It’s a single-board computer that comes in a variety of flavors, low-cost,low-power, and open-source. The Raspberry Pi 4’s hardware refresh affords more and faster RAM, a better SoC, and true Gigabit Ethernet for an overall massively improved maker board.
Processor: Broadcom BCM2711, Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
Hardware configuration
- Broadcom BCM2711, Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5GHz
- 1GB, 2GB or 4GB LPDDR4-2400 SDRAM (depending on model and your choice)
- 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 5V DC via GPIO header (minimum 3A*)
- Power over Ethernet (PoE) enabled (requires separate PoE HAT)
Connectivity
- 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz IEEE 802.11ac wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, BLE
- Gigabit Ethernet
- 2 USB 3.0 ports; 2 USB 2.0 ports.
- Raspberry Pi standard 40 pin GPIO header (fully backwards compatible with previous boards)
- 2 × micro-HDMI ports (up to 4kp60 supported)
- 2-lane MIPI DSI display port
- 2-lane MIPI CSI camera port
- 4-pole stereo audio and composite video port
- H.265 (4kp60 decode), H264 (1080p60 decode, 1080p30 encode)
- OpenGL ES 3.0 graphics
- MicroSD card slot for loading operating system and data storage
Software Compatibility
- Raspbian
- Debian
- Manjaro ARM
- Ubuntu
- Lakka
- RetroPie
- LibreELEC
- Many more OSes
Others
- Power over Ethernet (PoE) enabled (requires separate PoE HAT)
- Operating temperature: 0 – 50 degrees C ambient
