FlashRunner 2.0 Platform Now Supports Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara AM335x.

SMH Technologies is excited to announce the support for the TI Sitara AM335x family on the FlashRunner 2.0 platform.

The Sitara AM335x Arm Processor family, developed by Texas Instruments, features ARM Cortex-A8 application core to serve a broad base of applications in portable navigation systems, handheld gaming devices, education, home/building automation, and industrial automation, with performance up to 1 GHz to design robust and lower-power solutions.

The AM335x microprocessors are enhanced with image, graphics processing, peripherals, and industrial interface options such as EtherCAT and PROFIBUS.

Development using Sitara processors is supported by the open-source Beagle community as well as Texas Instruments’ open-source development community.

FlashRunner 2.0 fully supports Sitara AM335x family in JTAG protocol up to 37,5 MHz communication speed.

In particular, SMH Technologies supports the programming of external memories through a microprocessor, establishing in this case the communication via JTAG between the device and FlashRunner. In other cases, communication is possible depending on the interface made available by the device.

SMH Technologies is also focused on developing this programming methodology, which can be explained in three steps:

– Attach to the debug interface of the microprocessor;

– Download and execute an embedded application into the microprocessor’s RAM;

– Programming the external memory by interacting with it.

Parallel NAND programming is currently supported using Sitara AM335x family devices and FlashRunner, but other external memory types can be supported upon request.

Looking to the future, Texas Instruments (TI) continues to optimize and expand its portfolio, delivering to new levels of integration at very low-price points, combining graphics, connectivity and software solutions support, 3D graphics acceleration, and key peripherals offered by families as Sitara AM335x.

The easy scalability, enabled by software compatibility within TI’s Arm MPU products and across other TI processor generations, can quickly expand market opportunities for new end products and reduce development time.