14 DAY TRIAL // TES Electronic Solutions just issued a press release in which it reveals that it has finished updating its series of Media & Graphics Innovation Kits, items used in such things as electronic design serviced and manufacturing.
What TES did was adopt the Texas Instruments DaVinci DM3730 media processor and combine it with a generic I/O board.
This chip is a media processor that can play video in 720p quality and is faster than the OMAP35xx while consuming 40% less energy.
Basically, it merges the assets of an ARM Cortex-A8 1 GHz CPU, as well as a 3D graphics accelerator and an 800 MHz C64x+DSP core.
This processor allowed for the creation of a MAGiK system with a full set of multimedia connectivity and general purpose expansion ports which make it suited for many embedded development environments.
Other specifications include a 7-inch 800 x 480 pixel screen, Guiliani user interface framework on Linux , HDMI, RCA and component video ports and optional wireless (WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G).
"An upgrade to the DM3730 offers our customers enhanced performance, low power and flexibility of using an existing software stack," said Martin Gassner, Director sales and marketing TES-DST.
"We are bringing the features of the latest mobile processors to the industrial space offering a similar user experience and a longer life cycle as demanded by our customers. Early this year, we integrated our Guiliani user interface framework on MAGiK,” he added.
“As a step further we are now offering a choice of Android 2.2 or Linux on DM3730 with accelerated graphics and multimedia. We are positioning ourselves as a value adding ODM, capable of offering services, technology and manufacturing," Gassner went on to saying.
The device can run Android 2.2 or Linux operating systems, has a Micro SD on system module, 512MBytes Mobile DDR, 512MBytes or 1GByte NAND, 64MBytes NOR Flash and sells for 1099 Euro.