Easy. Affordable. Connected. Open.
BeaglePlay is Linux computing made simple and fun with 1,000s of available off-the-shelf sensors, actuators, indicators and connectivity options over mikroBUS, Grove, and QWIIC connections, a TI Sitara AM625 system-on-chip with 1.4GHz quad-core Arm Cortex-A53, PRU and M4 microcontrollers, Gigabit Ethernet, full-size HDMI, USB, 5GHz, 2.4GHz and sub-1GHz wireless, and single-pair Ethernet with power-over-data-line. Camera and touchscreen display ribbon-cable connectors also included.
No breadboarding expertise needed to expand this system, just connect, power, and leverage the massive ecosystem of Linux drivers. Want a remote sensor? Utilize BeagleConnect® technology over the sub-1GHz IEEE 802.15.4 wireless network to a BeagleConnect® Freedom up to 1km away.
After you download and boot?
Basic OS configuration is conducted at first boot. You are asked to set a root password, normal user and confirm your, automatically determined, language settings. If your hardware has internal media, you might want to transfer your OS to it. You can also choose to configure your OS first, setup applications, enable services and install to internal media later.
armbian-config
You can select different login shell (ZSH), enable 2FA for your SSH, enable virtual read-only file-system, switch to rolling releases, ... and more. Armbian config tool helps you configure your network (static, dynamic, enabling hotspot). Once you are done configurion your OS, you can proceed to software section. Armbian config provides clean and fast way of installing great selection of popular software titles. If you plan to use your board for running a home automation, file server, ad blocking, downloading media, ... we got you covered.
Different images? Missing features? -> Download SDK Looking for compatible accessories? Want to participate in development?
Specifications
* Specifications differ from hardware revision, model and software support level
Rolling releases images with Armbian Linux v6.6
Build Date: Mar 28, 2025
| Distro | Variant | User space | Kernel | Torrent | Integrity | Size | |
 Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky) |
Minimal / IOT | rolling | 6.6.58 |  | SHA | ASC | 266 MB |
 Debian Testing (Trixie) |
Minimal / IOT | rolling | 6.6.58 | | SHA | ASC | 275.7 MB |
* The torrent option is recommended, as it will likely maximize your download connection speed.
Rolling releases are suitable for Linux enthusiasts who want cutting edge packages and have the skills to fix damage that a bad update might cause. If you want stability in a production environment or low headaches as a novice user, skip rolling releases.
They are only at, build and ship, Debian testing / Arch / Manjaro / Suse Tumbleweed / Kali / Gentoo support quality level!