The BeagleBoard is a low-cost development kit (about 130 euros in Europe, including P&P) based on the TI OMAP3, a powerful Cortex A8 ARM SoC running at 600MHz and a OpenGL ES 2.0 compatible graphics circuit. It also contains a TMS320C64x DSP that's capable of decoding HD video content, memory, USB2 JTAG and S-Video controllers. All in a single chip.

On the BeagleBoard, the OMAP is used with a TPS65950, 256MB of RAM and 256MB of NAND flash to offer the following I/O ports:

• HDMI DVI-D output
  
• two USB2 ports (of which one is OTG)
  
• analog audio inputs and outputs
  
• SD card port
  
• RS232 port
  
• 14-pin JTAG port

The BeagleBoard is an ideal choice for testing mobile OS's like Android, Moblin or Symbian. However since it lacks an Ethernet port, we'll be using a USB to Ethernet dongle.