TI Sitara ARM processors now support Android 4.0

A new software development kit (SDK) from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) brings Android 4.0 to TI’s Sitara AM335x and AM37x ARM-Cortex-A8 processors. The new offering allows innovators to fully evaluate Android 4.0 on embedded applications running on TI’s Sitara processors.

Complete with pre-integrated connectivity and 3D graphics capabilities, the SDK provides a stable software foundation that can be utilized on a wide range of Sitara processor products. To help developers quickly and easily integrate and evaluate Android-based applications, the SDK is fully tested for functionality using the Android compatibility test suite on the AM335x evaluation module (EVM), Beagleboard-xM, BeagleBone, AM37x EVM and Flash Board platforms.

The SDK includes:

• Linux kernel
• Boot loaders (uboot/x-loader)
• Android 4.0.3 “Ice Cream Sandwich” operating system (OS)
• 3D graphics using Imagination Technologies' POWERVR SGX OpenGL driver and libraries
• TI’s WiLink 6.0 combo connectivity drivers for Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n) and Bluetooth v2.1 technologies
• RowboPERF, a performance measurement and benchmarking application
• Host tools for Android debugging with TI’s Code Composer Studio integrated development environment
• Application notes, guides and test results to help developers with their designs

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