Craneboard, developed by Mistral, is a hardware development platform that enables customers to develop general purpose computing and other applications based on the Sitara AM3517 ARM Cortex - A8 microprocessor device. Craneboard is a low cost, open source reference platform to help the developer community leverage the benefits of the AM3517 processor while leveraging a host of exciting peripherals.

The AM3517 processor from TI comprises of Microprocessor Unit (MPU) TM sub-system based on ARM Cortex - A8 microprocessor, POWERVR SGX Graphics Accelerator sub-system for 3D graphics acceleration to support exciting Graphical User Interface options while maintaining fast and fluid transitions display and gaming effects and Display sub-system with several features for multiple concurrent image manipulation, and a programmable interface supporting a wide variety of displays.

Hardware

• AM3517 Sitara Processor

             600 MHz ARM Cortex-A8
             3D Graphics Engine
             CAN, USB OTG PHY, 3.3V I/O, EMAC and other peripherals

• Power Management Device - TPS65910
• Memory - 256MB DDR2 memory
• 256MB NAND Flash
• SD/MMC card connector
• Power Over Ethernet (POE 802.3af)
• Other Interfaces

             Debug Interface (JTAG and Serial)
             USB Interface (OTG and EHCI Host)
             CAN Interface
             DVI-D Interface on HDMI connector
             TV-OUT interface (CVBS)
             10/100 Ethernet Interface

• Power

              Power source options (DC, USB, POE)
              3.3 V I/O operation
              DC supply 5V +/- 5%, 3A Max

• Other features

              Boot-mode option switches
              Expansion connector

• Board Dimensions 5.5 x 4.5 inches

Expansion Connector

The following peripheral interfaces are available via the expansion connector
on the CraneBoard:

• I2C2, I2C3
• McBSP
• UART
• DSS
• Camera Input (Connector not mounted)
• MMC/SD/SDIO

Software Package

• Linux Software Package

             Free of charge and fully open source
             Based on TI’s AM3517 Software Development Kit
             Sources and pre-built binary image of u-boot (u-boot.bin)
             Linux Kernel Sources
             Pre-built Linux Kernel image (ulmage)
             Pre-built RAM disk image containing root file system (ramdisk.gz)

• Pre-built NFS mountable root file system (nfs.tar.gz)

• Device Drivers for:

             NAND and SD/MMC interface
             USB Host (EHCI) and USB OTG (Host and Gadget) interfaces
             24-Bit DVI interface
             CAN controller interface
             10/100 Ethernet interface
             TV-OUT interface
             UART
             RTC available on TPS65910 device
             Code Sourcery Toolchain

 

 

Data Sheet

CraneBoard