BeagleBoard.org finally approves element14 as an official manufacturer of BeagleBone Black, one of the most popular open source hardware platform.
The BeagleBone Black will be manufactured by Premier Farnell’s wholly owned subsidiary Embest Technology. Embest Technology has extensive experience in the design and manufacturing of single board computers and will provide volume manufacturing capacity for the BeagleBone Black.
On this ocassion Christine Long, executive director at BeagleBoard.org said that they are delighted to further strengthen their partnership with element14 by approving them as an official manufacturer for the BeagleBone Black. As per him, this agreement reflects the relationship between BeagleBoard.org and element14.
To this, David Shen, group CTO at element14 said that they are proud to partner with BeagleBoard.org and produce one of the most popular single board computers. He further claims that this partnership shows their continuous commitment to providing engineers with the latest development tools as well as providing world class design and manufacturing services.