the beagleboard.org foundation is a usbased 501(c) nonprofit corporation existing to provide education in and promotion of the design and use of opensource software and hardware in embedded computing. beagleboard.org provides a forum for the owners and developers of opensource software and hardware to exchange ideas, knowledge and experience. on occasion, beagleboard.org provides for the promotion of communication with other individuals interested in opensource software and hardware.
beagleboard.org is the result of an effort by a collection of passionate individuals, including several employees of texas instruments, interested in creating powerful, open, and embedded devices. we invite you to participate and become part of beagleboard.org, defining its direction.
support for beagleboard.org boards comes from the very active development community through this website, the mailing list, and the irc channel. original production funding was provided by digikey, a major international distributor, but distribution has now been opened up to dozens of distributors across the world. ongoing funding for board prototypes has been provided by circuitco, manufacturer of the boards. texas instruments generously allows gerald coley, hardware designer of all of the beagleboard.org boards, and jason kridner, community manager and software cat herder, to spend time to provide support and development of the beagleboard.org project as part of their duties at ti. circuitco pays volume prices for the ti (and all other) components. beagleboard.org does not currently get any money on board sales.
circuitco printed circuit board solutions out of richardson, tx is the primary manufacturer of beagleboard.org products, but all the designs are fully open source and components are available for anyone to manufacture compatible hardware. we do request contact and permission before considering the use of the beagleboard.org name on any products.
