(Click for larger view of the OMAP5912 starter kit)

According to Mistral, the basic BSP includes drivers for serial, display, keypad, touch panel, audio, CompactFlash, USB, NOR flash, and Ethernet devices. Drivers for HDD, camera, GSM/GPRS, GPS, WLAN, and Bluetooth are available as part of the special purpose Accelerator BSP for the company's Rapid Development Kit (RDK). Drivers for SDIO and NAND flash are available as separate add-ons, and also as part of the RDK BSP.


Accelerator 2.0 block diagram
Mistral VP of product development Samyeer Metrani stated, "We aim to provide solutions that help embedded designers and OEMs shorten the development timeline and move products to market faster. The Accelerator Program Ver 2.0 is a continuation of our OMAP5912 based endeavors that consists of plug-in modules for the OMAP5912 Starter Kit like the Q-VGA LCD Module (QVLM) and Rapid Development Kit and the SUNADA reference design."

OMAP 5912

The Texas Instruments OMAP 5912 system-on-chip (SoC) processor features dual-core containing both ARM9 and DSP processor cores, together with 250 KB of shared, on-chip SRAM. TI targets the device at portable data terminal (PDT) applications that require high-performance signal processing capabilities, as well as high-level application support via advanced operating systems such as Windows CE.

Availability

Mistral's Windows CE 5.0 board support package (BSP) for TI's OMAP5912 starter kit is available now, according to the company. Further details are on Mistral's website. The TI OMAP 5912 starter kit is available from Spectrum Digital, and TI distributors.

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