How to Obtain TI OMAP 4 Development Boards

Contents: TI OMAP 4 main L3 network-on-chip interconnect implementation OMAP 4 Platform Quality of Service (QoS) and Security:  Bandwidth Regulators, Rate Adapters and Firewalls Chip-to-Chip (C2C) low latency interface Debug and profiling How to obtain OMAP4 development boards
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There are two OMAP 4 development board currently available for purchase, the PandaBoard offered through Digi-Key and the Blaze™ Mobile Development Platform offered through SVTronics.

OMAP 4 PandaBoard

The OMAP 4 PandaBoard is offered through Digi-Key (Part number: UEVM4430F-01-00-00-ND) for under $200. Arteris has two of these boards in house. They are meant for software developers who do not require access to advanced options like capacitive touch screens, a QWERTY keyboard, mobile phone modems, or the TI DLP Pico™ projector.

The PandaBoard comes as a bare board, with no power supply or cables. But these are easily available through Digi-Key or nearly any local electronics shop. A thriving online community at www.pandaboard.org maintains a documentation wiki and excellent support through forums. You can also find great information on the PandaBoard and Blaze at www.omappedia.org. For operating systems, choose from Android (Pandroid), Ubuntu, or a Linux Minimal Filesystem.

OMAP 4 Blaze Mobile Development Platform

The OMAP 4 Blaze Mobile Development Platform is very different than the PandaBoard. It is like a large form factor mobile phone and costs about $2,000 from SVTronics. The Blaze has dual capacitive touchscreens, WIFI, Bluetooth, a QWERTY keyboard, and the ability to use mobile phone modem modules. Software and support is through www.omappedia.org, and the same OS options are available as for PandaBoard.

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Source: OMAP 4430 TRM, page 2816

 

 

 

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