According to TI, the PDT market represents a breadth of mobile and connected devices enabling optimized business efficiencies and enhanced employee productivity. These devices utilize extensive signal processing capabilities and require a robust user interface built on a high-level operating system, the company says. Products within this space include devices for industrial, portable medical, point-of-sale (POS), asset inventory, and enterprise applications.

OMAP5912 Block Diagram
(Click image for larger view)Key features of the new OMAP5912 include an ARM9 applications processor core, TI's TMS320C55x DSP core, USB "on the go" support, a dual camera interface, display capability, and a hardware encryption engine. In addition, the OMAP5912 supports Microsoft's Windows CE embedded operating system.
OMAP5912 processor samples are available now, with production volume scheduled during the first half of 2004.