Product category: Design and Development Hardware
News Release from: Direct Insight | Subject: PXA320 design aids
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 4 December 2006
Reference kits enable XScale development
Direct Insight has a wide range of enabling solutions for developers using the new Marvell PXA320 32bit RISC processor
Following Marvell's completion of the acquisition of Intel's PXA series of XScale microcontrollers, and the announcement of the new PXA320, European PXA solutions specialist Direct Insight has announced the immediate availability of a wide range of enabling solutions for developers using the new 32bit RISC processor.
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These solutions, in conjunction with Direct Insight's years of experience as Europe's leading solutions integrator and support specialist for PXA255 and PXA270 micros, are intended to help early adopters of the new processor to achieve rapid time to market despite the steep learning curves that can be associated with adoption of brand new microcontrollers.
Reference kits based on Sophia's Sandgate III board are already shipping based on preproduction silicon, and these are available with Windows CE support.
A Linux BSP is also under development.
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The Sandgate III features a VGA touch-screen and includes full schematics and BSP sources.
An optional EJ-Debug JTAG probe with Platform Builder and GDB interfaces completes the kit.
Triton-320 modules are available for design-in into low and medium-volume product, and are equipped with production-quality board support packages for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 or Linux.
The associated StarterKit-4 development kit affords an out-of-the-box development solution and the supplied schematics provide a starting point for the design of a custom baseboard to complete the module-based development.
As an Intel Software Channel Partner, Direct Insight can provide Intel's Software Development Toolsuite for Xscale, which has been updated to support the WMMX2 extended instruction set offered for the first time by PXA320.
A plug-in compiler for Platform Builder is also available to provide enhanced multimedia performance for Windows CE based applications.
In addition to these tools, Direct Insight provides training and both hardware and software integration services to users of PXA320 and the mainstream PXA270 microcontroller.
'Like the PXA270, the PXA320 is expected to become a market leading platform for low-power systems based on Windows Embedded CE and Linux', said David Pashley, Direct Insight's MD.
'We look forward to providing enabling technologies, products and services to assist our customers in adopting the new micro', he continued.
All development kits, reference platforms and tools are available for immediate shipment.
Triton-320 modules are expected to ship early Q1 2007. Request a free brochure from Direct Insight....
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