HawkBoard has introduced an open source embedded processor development board, which the company says enables innovators, engineers, developers and hobbyists to effortlessly create advanced products, with enhanced processing power through a robust ARM and digital signal processor (DSP).
The new board has a multiple expansion and interface options to allow users to create end-use applications such as portable test and measurement systems, portable medical devices, public safety and military radios, power protection systems, networked audio/video servers and receivers, VoIP offerings and Qt development applications.
According to HawkBoard, the development board based on OMAP-L138 processor integrates an ARM 926 applications processor processor enables Linux developers to harness the power of floating-point DSP to design open source applications.
Developers can utilise ARM without DSP with TI’s pin-for-pin compatible AM1808 microprocessor from the Sitara family of processors. This low-power board requires only a five-volt power supply, allowing portability by connecting to a laptop.
HawkBoard features 128MB of DDR2 RAM and 128MB of NAND flash, allows developers to run multiple applications on an open platform; and a built-in SATA controller supports SATA I and II interfaces as well as built-in MMC/SD, allows developers to connect a high capacity storage drive or other memory interfaces.
In addition, JTAG interface provides low-level debugging and reads/writes software and data into system memories; has two integrated USB ports, including USB on-the-go (OTG); and power can be driven by PC or laptop; and developers can easily plug and play other USB-enabled devices.
The company said that the board has stereo audio in/out and video (VGA) in/out interfaces; contains serial interfaces and additional expansion ports (SPI, UPP, PRU, VPIF, GPIO, UART, I2C, LCDC, eCAP and eHRPWM); and allows communication with numerous devices and customisation for proprietary interface.
