Product category: Design and Development Hardware
News Release from: Mistral Software | Subject: OMAP2430 Starter Kit and Linux BSP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 10 September 2007
Kit hosts OMAP Linux development
Starter kit comes preloaded with Linux BSP, and includes tools for developers to begin application development immediately.
Mistral Solutions has begun shipping its OMAP2430 Starter Kit, which it reckons is an ideal software development and device prototyping platform for users to get started on their wireless/multimedia based application development The OMAP2430 OSK comes preloaded with Linux BSP, and includes tools for developers to begin application development immediately
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The OSK has several features that will facilitate developers building next generation small form factor devices.
Priced at US $1795, the OMAP Starter Kit can be purchased online from Mistral's website.
Also available separately, the Linux BSP supports a wide range of modules and drivers.
These include display, touch screen, keypad, NAND, audio, Ethernet and serial UART.
It also includes ITBOK (Is the Board OK?), a Mistral proprietary Windows based diagnostic and peripheral boot utility to help the developers to bootstrap the hardware without requiring an expensive JTAG tool.
"Our starter kit and BSP for the OMAP2430 is helping developers prototype and test their application well before their hardware is ready, helping them reduce development costs and time".
"Along with the OSK, we have also released the Linux kernel patch that is available to kernel hackers who would like to put our board through its paces", says Samyeer Metrani, VP Product Development, Mistral Solutions.
"We look forward to seeing our platform and BSP used as a launch pad for the development of the portable devices of tomorrow".
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