BeagleBoard.org has joined the Zephyr Project as an Associate Member, formalizing a collaboration that has been growing for years.
Zephyr is already a familiar tool across the Beagle ecosystem. Support for Beagle platforms has been developed upstream alongside the community, and many Beagle users are already using Zephyr for real-time, low-level, and microcontroller-class development (even on 64-bit superscalar RISC-V and Arm cores). This membership reflects that reality and gives BeagleBoard.org a direct role in ongoing Zephyr discussions and direction.
What this means for the Beagle community
BeagleBoard.org focuses on open hardware, open software, and learning by doing. Zephyr fits naturally into that mission:
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A fully open-source RTOS with strong upstream practices
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Widely used in production embedded systems
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Suitable for teaching how embedded systems actually work
By participating directly in the Zephyr Project, we can:
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Improve and maintain Zephyr support for Beagle hardware
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Make it easier for users to get started with RTOS-based workflows
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Help bridge the gap between learning, experimentation, and real deployments
This is especially important as more Beagle designs span Linux-capable processors and microcontrollers, where Zephyr is often the right tool for the job.
Continuing the open path
This isn’t a new direction for BeagleBoard.org — it’s a continuation of our long-standing commitment to upstream collaboration and community-driven development. Joining the Zephyr Project helps ensure Beagle hardware remains well supported by modern, vendor-neutral embedded software.
As always, we welcome community involvement — whether that’s contributing code, testing boards, improving documentation, or sharing what you’ve built.