BeagleBoard-based Laptop

This page has been created to share information on creating a laptop based on the BeagleBoard.

The easy way

Just buy a Touch Book, and be done with it. But, that's no fun, now, is it?

The hard way

So, you want to actually do this yourself.

Here's what you'll need, at bare minimum:

• BeagleBoard (revision C3 recommended)
• Powered USB hub
• USB keyboard and pointing device
• USB mass storage device of some kind
• LCD that can be interfaced to DVI/HDMI or the BeagleBoard's built-in LCD controller
• Some way of powering this LCD (if it can run off of +5 VDC, and its inverter can too, all the better)
• Some form of case (hinges are important, too)

Other things that you'll want:

• Speakers
• A DVI/HDMI splitter, if you're using a DVI/HDMI LCD
• USB Wifi
• USB ethernet

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