Things I like about the  BeagleBone Black: • ARMv7: superscalar dual-issue architecture,

Things I like about the BeagleBone Black:

• ARMv7: superscalar dual-issue architecture, NEON SIMD instructions
• Fast: 1 GHz clock frequency
• On-chip Ethernet – not via USB
• 2 GB Flash on board, does not necessarily need a SD card
• MicroSD card slot – not a bulky full-sized card slot
• Choice between DC power jack and USB power
• Can be turned off by software – no need to remove the power cord
• I/O – lots of it: two 46-pin expansion headers, GPIO, A/D converter, I²S, etc.
• Two Programmable Real-time Unit (PRU) 32-bit microcontrollers
• Excellent documentation