L&T Infotech reduces Time-to-Market for OEMs through TI’s OMAP3530 Reference Board

L&T Infotech, through its 100% owned subsidiary, GDA Technologies,
Inc. a Global Electronics Design services and IP provider, today announced the availability of TI
OMAP3530-based reference platform in Linux, WinCE and Android Flavors. The custom TI OMAP
3530 Reference board is targeted at OEMs developing products such as Mobile TV solutions,
Portable Media Players (PMP), Personal Navigation Devices (PND), Mobile Internet Devices (MID)
and Portable Gaming Devices, etc.
“Our Reference board solution allows OEMs to prototype and validates their innovative product
designs across various mobile operating systems. To enable faster time to market for our clients,
we also offer application support and product development and validation consulting services”,
said Mr. Isaac Sundarajan, Executive Vice President of Product Engineering Services at L&T
Infotech.
"TI’s OMAP3530 processor offers unprecedented performance at handheld power levels as well as
multimedia-rich features including OPENGL ES compatible graphics engine and video accelerators.
We are confident that L&T Infotech's Reference board solution will inspire sleek, optimized and
innovative designs across multiple platforms", said Mr. Praveen K Ganapathy, Director – Business
Development, Texas Instruments India.
The TI OMAP 3530 Application processor includes ARM Cortex-A8 operating at max speed of
600MHz and C64x+ DSP operating at max speed of 430MHz.The Processor is designed to be used in
rich multimedia featured handsets, high performance PDA, Video capturing for 2G and 3G wireless
terminals, Navigation device, Mobile TV, Mobile Gaming, and Video Conferencing applications.
The TI OMAP3530 Reference Platform features include 4.3” TFT LCD Touch Screen (480 x 272
QVGA), 128MB DDR II Memory, 256MB Nand Flash, 1.8” CE-ATA Hard Disk, VGA camera, DVB-H
receiver, GPS module, FM tuner, USB 2.0 Host and OTG support, Connectivity (WiFi, Bluetooth),
Speaker, Mic and Head Set, and 3 x 3 matrix key board.
The reference Platform also has Micro-SD slot, which can be used for WiMAX connectivity required
for MID functionality. The Reference Platform can be battery operated with 3.7V, 1AH LI-ON
Battery and provides a close-to-product form factor, comes very handy for the development
community to enable easy demonstration of their application in the hardware. The TI OMAP3530
Reference Platform includes support for Linux, WinCE 6.0, and Android 1.1 Board Support Package
(BSP).
The various applications available for this reference Platform are:
• Portable Media Player
• Portable Navigation Device: GPS – NEMA references are available as part of Driver for PND
applications
• Mobile TV: The DVB-H Middleware components will soon be available for WinCE. The
components available as part of Mobile TV Solution are ESG Engine, FLUTE Engine, PSI/SI
Manager & PAL (Platform Abstraction Layer). The solution also includes standard TV
application with Electronic Service Guide.
• Mobile Internet Device