PrKERNELv4 RTOS and eBinder IDE Support TMS320DM355 Digital Media Processor - eSOL

Posted in RTOS, Development Tools, Compiler Assembler, Multimedia
On Friday, September 7, 2007

eSOL announced that its PrKERNELv4 RTOS suites and eBinder IDE now support TI’s TMS320DM355 digital media processor (DaVinci technology). eSOL’s PrKERNELv4 RTOS Suite and eBinder IDE are available now. The board support package for TMS320DM355 Digital Video Evaluation Module is scheduled to be available in the end of this year.

About eSOL
eSOL Co., Ltd, a Japanese company, is an embedded software developer with core technologies in real time operating systems. eSOL develop, market and sell RTOS suites, along with a rich set of vertical oriented middleware libraries. eSOL’s rugged software development tools provide optimal reliability in backing up the highly complicated development process for RTOS-based applications.

PrKERNELv4 RTOS (Real Time Operating System) suites include the µITRON compliant micro-kernel and accompanies middleware packages, including FAT file system, TCP/IP stack with WiFi support, and USB peripheral/host driver. PrKERNELv4 RTOS suites are ideally suited for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and ODMs (original design manufacturers) looking to minimize development times.

eSOL’s eBinder IDE (Integrated Development Environment) offers the industry's leading ARM RVCT compiler, along with comprehensive debugging and profiling tools to fine-tune the embedded application. It uses insightful snapshots of the PrKERNELv4 RTOS suites to help both firmware and application engineers easily identify glitches in their codes.

TI’s TMS320DM355 DaVinci Digital Media Processor

The TMS320DM355 (DM355) is one of TI’s DaVinci digital media processor, which includes Digital Signal Processing (DSP), audio-video codecs, Authorized Service Providers and frameworks. TMS320DM355 has been designed to offer portable video designers and manufacturers the ability to produce affordable portable digital video solutions with high picture quality. The DM355 also enables seamless interface to most additional external devices required for a complete digital camera implementation. The DM355 is suitable for IP security cameras, digital still camera, 4-channel digital video recorders, digital photo frames, video door bell system, and other portable digital video applications.

Features of TMS320DM355 digital media processor:

High-Performance Digital Media SoC
- 216- and 270-MHz ARM926EJ-S Clock Rate
- Fully Software-Compatible With ARM9
ARM926EJ-S Core
- Support for 32-Bit and 16-Bit (Thumb Mode) Instruction Sets
- ARM Jazelle Technology
- DSP Instruction Extensions and Single Cycle MAC
- EmbeddedICE-RT Logic for Real-Time Debug
ARM9 Memory Architecture
- 16K-Byte Instruction Cache
- 32K-Byte RAM
- 8K-Byte Data Cache
- 8K-Byte ROM
- Little Endian
Video Processing Subsystem
- Front End Provides:
  - Hardware IPIPE for Real-Time Image Processing
  - 14-Bit Parallel AFE (Analog Front End) Interface Up to 75MHz
  - CCD and CMOS Imager Interface
  - BT.601/BT.656 Digital YCbCr 4:2:2 (8-/16-Bit) Interface
  - Glueless Interface to Common Video Decoders
  - Resize Engine
    - Resize Images From 1/16x to 8x
    - Separate Horizontal/Vertical Control
    - Two Simultaneous Output Paths
  - Histogram Module
- Back End Provides:
  - Hardware On-Screen Display (OSD)
  - 8-/16-bit YCC and Up to 18-Bit RGB666 Digital Output
  - Composite NTSC/PAL video encoder output
  - BT.601/BT.656 Digital YCbCr 4:2:2 (8-/16-Bit) Interface
  - Supports digital HDTV (720p/1080i) output for connection to external encoder

External Memory Interfaces (EMIFs)
- DDR2 and mDDR SDRAM 16-bit wide EMIF With 256 MByte Address Space (1.8-V I/O)
- Asynchronous16-/8-bit Wide EMIF (AEMIF)
  - Flash Memory Interfaces
    - NAND (8-/16-bit Wide Data)
    - OneNAND(16-bit Wide Data)
Flash Card Interfaces
- MMC/SD/SDIO
- SmartMedia
Enhanced Direct-Memory-Access (EDMA) Controller (64 Independent Channels)
Three 64-Bit General-Purpose Timers (each configurable as two 32-bit timers)
One 64-Bit Watch Dog Timer
USB Port with Integrated 2.0 High-Speed PHY that Supports
- USB 2.0 Full and High-Speed Device
- USB 2.0 Low, Full, and High-Speed Host
Three UARTs (One fast UART with RTS and CTS Flow Control)
Three Serial Port Interfaces (SPI) each with two Chip-Selects
One Master/Slave Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) Bus™
Two Audio Serial Port (ASP)
- I2S and TDM I2S
- S/PDIF via Software
- AC97 Audio Codec Interface
- Standard Voice Codec Interface (AIC12)
- SPI Protocol (Master Mode Only)
Four PWM Outputs
Four RTO (Real Time Out) Outputs
Up to 104 GPIO (General-Purpose I/O) Pins (Multiplexed with Other Device Functions)
On-Chip ARM ROM Bootloader (RBL) to Boot From NAND Flash, MMC/SD, or UART
Crystal or External Clock Input (typically 24MHz or 36MHz)
Flexible PLL Clock Generators
Debug Interface Support
- IEEE-1149.1 (JTAG) Boundary-Scan-Compatible
- Device Revision ID Readable by ARM
- ETB (Embedded Trace Buffer) with 4K-Bytes Trace Buffer memory
90nm Process Technology
Configurable Power-Saving Modes
337-Pin Ball Grid Array (BGA) Package (ZCE Suffix), 0.65-mm Ball Pitch
3.3-V and 1.8-V I/O, 1.3-V Internal

Source: http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320dm355.html

Bob Ueyama, Embedded Products Division at eSOL:

We are very pleased to offer more and more software development solutions for this highly competitive new TI processor… Our product value proposition is a perfect match with the product concept of DM355, and I envision that our software will serve as a robust system foundation for our customers, reducing the overall embedded development lifecycle…

ODMs and OEMs are under more competitive pressures than ever due to increasing levels of technology complexity and advancement… They face a number of time and budget constraints that can impede success in today’s marketplace. Consequently, it is getting more critical to shorten overall development times while adding more features for product differentiation.

More info: eSOL’s PrKERNELv4 RTOS and eBinder IDE Support TI’s DM355

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