What software is available for the SDP?
Answer: Board Support Packages (BSPs) for High Level Operating Systems including WinCE, Linux and Symbian are available for selected SDPs. BSPs must be licensed from TI. For more information on the availability of a BSP for a particular SDP, and to begin the licensing process, please contact your TI sales representative.
TI also provides utility software supporting SDP board diagnostics and flashing. The utility software can be downloaded here:
Please contact your TI sales representative for information about source code releases.
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What software comes with the SDP?
Answer: The OMAP Software Development Platform (SDP) ships with software for board diagnostics. Updates to the board diagnostic software, OSTBoot, are available online:
Board Support Packages (BSPs) for High Level Operating Systems are not shipped with the SDP. BSPs must be licensed from TI. Please contact your TI sales representative to begin the licensing process.
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Is there an evaluation license available for the software?
Answer: Evaluation licenses are available for High Level Operating System Board Support Packages. Please contact your TI sales representative to begin the licensing process.
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What support is available with the purchase of an SDP?
Answer: There is no paid support program available at this time. Please contact your TI sales representative or the TI Product Information Center.
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Does the SDP come with a cellular modem?
Answer: The OMAP1710 and OMAP242x SDPs do not ship with a cellular modem. There are cellular modem interfaces on both the OMAP1710 and OMAP242x SDPs. At this time, TI does not have a cellular modem available for purchase with these platforms.
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Does the SDP come with Bluetooth, 802.11 and aGPS modules?
Answer: TI does not have Bluetooth, 802.11 or aGPS modules available for purchase for the SDP at this time. The SDP does have interfaces for each of these peripheral devices on the OMAP SDP.
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Do I need a JTAG emulator?
Answer: An emulator is required for software development and debug.
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Where can I purchase a JTAG emulator?
Answer: TI offers a JTAG emulator compatible with the OMAP SDPs. You can purchase one online.
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Do I need Code Composer Studio?
Answer: Code Composer Studio (CCS) is useful for DSP or ARM code development and debugging on OMAP processors. For ARM code development, there are several tools available from other vendors in addition to CCS that may be used. Your TI sales representative can help you decide if CCS is necessary for your development and debugging activities.
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What other development tools are required?
Answer: Software development and debugging using the TI provided High Level Operating System Board Support Packages will require code generation tools and IDEs specific to the particular operating system. Please contact your TI sales representative for more information.
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What is a Virtual Platform?
Answer: A Virtual Platform is a high performance software simulator of a TI Software Development Platform (SDP). It is for use by hardware-dependent software developers in creating device drivers, codecs, and DSP and ARM middleware. Virtual Platforms simplify multi-core debugging for the developer, and are often available to OEMs and developers months before the physical SDP hardware is available. Virtual Platforms are available through Synopsys.
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