Mistral OMAP2430 Starter Kit

Mistral introduced the new OMAP2430 Starter Kit for development of wireless and multimedia portable devices. OMAP2430 processor is a high performance processor from Texas Instruments targeted to multimedia and wireless device applications.

Mistral OMAP2430 Starter Kit

The OMAP2430 Starter Kit is designed with a modular and extendable architecture. The processor module and power module are separated to provide flexibility to future configuration. Expansion connectors on the board provide extensibility to a wide range of peripheral interfaces.

The Mistral OMAP2430 Starter Kit will be on display at the ESC Silicon Valley scheduled for 3-5 April 2007 in San Jose, California.

OMAP2430 Starter Kit is shipped with preprogrammed binaries for X-Loader, UBoot, Linux Kernel and JFFS2 File system for Linux 2.6.19. The kit includes quick starting development tools. It also includes TI's DSP/BIOS Link for ARM-DSP communication.

Key specification of Mistral OMAP2430 Starter Kit:

• Hardware:
  • OMAP 2430 Processor
  • 64 MB DDR SDRAM
  • 128 MB NAND Flash
  • Dual mode LCD with Touch screen interface (640×480/320×240 )
• Supported Interfaces:
  • 10/100 Ethernet (LAN9115)
  • JTAG
  • USB 2.0 On The Go (OTG)
  • TV out  (CVBS)
  • DVI
  • Stereo Audio Input-Output
  • 4-bit SD/MMC
  • I2C
  • Embedded Trace Macro
  • Keypad
  • Smart Battery
  • AC Battery Charger
  • General Purpose Expansion connectors
  • Board Dimensions: 4.25’’ x 7’’
• Expansion Connector:
  • 16-bit General-Purpose Memory Controller
  • 12-bit Digital Video In
  • 24-bit Digital Video Out
  • SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface )
  • I2C
  • Two UART
  • Two McBSP
  • Two High-Speed MMC/SD/SDIO
  • GPIO
  • 7 channels ADC from the TWL4030
  • Camera Port
  • IRDA
  • 16-bit Embedded Trace Macro Interface
  • System Boot Configurations

Mistral expects it’s starter kit will be able to accelerate the development of OMAP2430 in broad range of applications, including:

• Smart phones
• PDAs
• VoIP devices
• Video conferencing devices
• Medical devices
• Gaming devices
• Software Defined Radios
• Biometric Devices
• Security devices
• Network Projectors

Mistral also offer Accelerator Program for OMAP2430 Starter Kit on Linux, which shipped with Linux 2.6 Kernel, drivers and Board Support Packages (BSP). The included Board Support Packages supports  modules and drivers such as Ethernet, camera, keypad, touch screen, serial, USB and TWL4030 driver.

The runtime Board Support Packages includes:

• Linux Kernel 2.6.19
• Support for NAND Boot
• Cross Development Tool chain including GNU GCC 3.4.4, GLIBC 2.3.5 and Binutils 2.15
• NFS/JFFS2 Root File System support
• JFFS2 File System Support
• X-Windows Support
• BusyBox 1.0
• Board Testing (ITBOK=Is The Board OK)and Flashing Utilities
• Drivers for all supported devices

Deliverables:

• 2430 OSK consisting of:
  • OSK Main Board
  • OMAP 2430 Processor Module
  • TWL4030 Power Module
• USB Cable
• Serial Cable
• Stylus Pen
• 15 Watt Adapter
• Power Cord
• CD with Runtime BSP for Linux 2.6.19 and demo applications that exercise the features of the OSK
• Users Manuals
• Quick Start Guide

Price of the Mistral’s OMAP2430 Starter Kit is US$1795. The kit can be purchased online from Mistral’s website.

Source: Mistral’s OMAP2430 Starter Kit