Circuitco: BeagleBoard-xM Board based on TI DM3730 Processor

wendydu — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:20:02 GMT

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Kit Overview

BeagleBoard-xMBeagleBoard-xM delivers extra ARM® Cortex™-A8 MHz now at 1 GHz and extra memory with 512MB of low-power DDR RAM, enabling hobbyists, innovators and engineers to go beyond their current imagination and be inspired by the BeagleBoard.org community. Designed with the community inputs in mind, this open hardware design improves upon the laptop-like performance and expandability, while keeping at hand-held power levels. Direct connectivity is supported by the on-board four-port hub with 10/100 Ethernet, while maintaining a tiny 3.25" × 3.25" footprint. The BeagleBoard-xM is not intended to be a complete development environment, but rather a community-supported platform that can be used as the basis for building more complete development systems and as a target for community software baselines. Currently, the BeagleBoard-xMBeagleBoard-xM is shipped with a micro SD card included that has an Angstrom demo loaded on it.

BeagleBoard-xMBeagleBoard-xM is based on the TI DM3730DM3730 and delivers increased perfromance over the BeagleBoard. The DM3730DM3730 high-performance, applications processor is based on the enhanced device architecture and are integrated on TI's advanced 45-nm process technology. This architecture is designed to provide best in class ARM and Graphics performance while delivering low power consumption.

Key Applications: Web services, 3-D gaming, 3-D UI, Linux kernel and driver development, Boot loaders and firmware, UI framework, ARM ® NEON codecs, Codec plug-ins for GStreamers, OpenGL ® applications, OpenMAX TM IL applications, Ubuntu TM , Android TM , MeeGo TM , WinCE TM , QNX TM , Angstrom, Symbian TM , Debian, Gentoo and others, Home media centers, In-vehicle entertainment, Robotics, Web kiosk.

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Development Tools

Software Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	MPN	Supported Family	Description
IDE	Texas Instruments	Code Composer Studio (CCStudio)	TI ARM MCUs	CCStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for TI embedded processor families. CCStudio comprises a suite of tools used to develop and debug embedded applications. It includes compilers for each of TI's device families, source code editor, project build environment, debugger, profiler, simulators, real-time operating system and many other features. Learn More
IDE	ARM	Keil MDK-ARM	ARM Cortex™-M / Cortex-R4 / ARM7™ / ARM9™	The MDK-ARM is a complete software development environment for Cortex™-M, Cortex-R4, ARM7™ and ARM9™ processor-based devices. MDK-ARM is specifically designed for microcontroller applications, it is easy to learn and use, yet powerful enough for the most demanding embedded applications. Learn More

Hardware Development Tools:

Tool Type	Supplier	MPN	Supported Family	Description
Emulator / Debugger / Programmer	ARM	ULINK2ULINK2	ARM Cortex™-M / ARM7™ / ARM9™	ULINK2 Debug Adapter
Emulator / Debugger / Programmer	ARM	ULINKProULINKPro	ARM Cortex™-M / ARM7™ / ARM9™	ULINKpro Debug and Trace Unit
Emulator	Segger	J-LinkJ-Link	ARM Cortex™-M / Cortex-R4 / ARM7™ / ARM9™	JTAG/SWD Emulator with USB interface
Programmer	Segger	Flasher ARMFlasher ARM	ARM Cortex™-M / Cortex-R4 / ARM7™ / ARM9™	Flash Programmer for ARM and Cortex cores

Technical Documents

Learning Center

Type	Description
User Guide	TI: AM37x EVM Software Developer's Guide
Datasheet	TI: Datasheet of DM3730, DM3725 Digital Media Processors
Reference Manual	CIRCUITCO: BeagleBoard-xM Rev C System Reference Manual
Application Note	TI: PCB Design Req for Dist. Network for TI OMAP3630, AM37xx, and DM37xx MCUs
Application Note	TI: AM/DM37x Overview
Revision Note	TI: DM3730, DM3725 Digital Media Processors Silicon Errata (Revs 1.2, 1.1 & 1.0) (Rev. E)

Design Elements

Type	Description
Simulation Model	TI: AM/DM37x CBP IBIS Model

Video

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Kit Features

Super-scalar ARM Cortex TM -A8
DM3730CBPDM3730CBP 1GHz Processor
512-MB LPDDR RAM
High-speed USB 2.0 OTG port optionally powers the board
On-board four-port high-speed USB 2.0 hub with 10/100 Ethernet
DVI-D (digital computer monitors and HDTVs)
S-video (TV out)
Stereo audio out/in
High-capacity microSD slot and 4-GB microSD card
JTAG
Camera port

Kit Contents

1 Box with the following items inside:
1 BeagleBoard in an ESD Bag
1 MicroSD card
1 MicroSD Card to MMC Adapter

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