PITTSBURGH, March 18 /PRNewswire/ — Timesys® Corporation (http://www.timesys.com), preferred Linux solution provider for Texas Instruments processors, today announced LinuxLink support for the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) TMS320DM365 DaVinci™ video processor. The new offering provides developers with tools and a pre-integrated build environment that allows them to take full advantage of the DM365 features and peripherals. The digital video software development kit (DVSDK) integration enables developers to design products that take advantage of TI’s value-add video acceleration and codecs, including H.264 and MPEG-4, while the Linux GStreamer framework allows developers’ Linux applications to take full advantage of hardware video acceleration in their value-add code.  

With a LinuxLink subscription, customers can design around Linux on the DM365 DaVinci video processor and benefit from the latest open source code. Developers using LinuxLink have access to rich user interface graphic frameworks — such as Qt Embedded — and many different media playback frameworks and applications. They can quickly design a variety of applications with LinuxLink’s award-winning online and desktop-hosted build tools (called Factory). By allowing users to integrate third-party packages, custom applications and proprietary software — including TI’s DVSDK — the desktop version of the Factory build tool offers unique flexibility compared to any other Linux build platform.  

LinuxLink customers can start with the recent 2.6.32 Linux kernel which comes with support for many of the device drivers present on the DM365 evaluation module (EVM), including Ethernet, Flash, LCD, McBSP, TV in/out, USB and more. The complete list of drivers, Linux packages/middleware and other utilities can be found in the TI DM365 Development Center, located on the Timesys Web site athttps://linuxlink.timesys.com/dev_center/dm365.

“We are very excited about expanding our support for the TI DaVinci processor family by adding LinuxLink support for the new DM365 processor,” said Maciej Halasz, Director of Product Management at Timesys. “LinuxLink is well-suited for building Linux products for target markets for which the TI processor is designed, such as digital picture frames, DVRs, media players and surveillance systems. It offers open source aligned Linux components and tools to help design a variety of embedded multimedia and video products, leveraging TI’s technology.”

Application developers will benefit from LinuxLink development tools, including the Eclipse-based TimeStorm IDE and commonly useddebugging tools including the integration of a number of JTAG debuggers commonly used with TI processors. The application development tools are integrated with the Factory assembled development environment. This integration makes it easy to use new APIs and ensures that development and runtime environments are in sync. When needed, LinuxLink customers have immediate access to a vast suite of documentation and tutorials as well as support from Timesys’ expert engineers.

“LinuxLink from Timesys enables customers to speed development for a variety of Linux-based applications by providing access to the latest open source code. By offering LinuxLink support on TI’s DM365 DaVinci video processor, this innovative solution allows developers to leverage the video acceleration and codec support needed for video applications, including H.264 and MPGEG-4,” says Sonia Ghelani, TI’s DM3xx marketing manager.

In addition to the LinuxLink product, Timesys also offers professional services to customers requiring access to highly experienced Linux system developers to work on specific projects in partnership with their in-house engineers.

For a limited time, developers can obtain free trial access to LinuxLink, to quickly configure, build and evaluate embedded Linux on the DM365 DaVinci video processor by registering at https://linuxlink.timesys.com/register/factory. Developers should enter promotion code PRDM365 when completing the form.

Additional information about LinuxLink subscriptions for TI’s DM365 can be found by visiting the Timesys TI DM365 Development Center at https://linuxlink.timesys.com/dev_center/dm365.

About Timesys

Timesys is the provider of LinuxLink, a high-productivity software development framework for embedded Linux applications. The LinuxLink framework includes the Linux kernel, cross-toolchain, application development IDE, an award-winning build system called Factory, a vast library of middleware packages, software stacks and libraries, documentation and expert technical support. LinuxLink enables development teams to consistently build and maintain a custom, open source embedded Linux platform through regularly updated Linux sources, proven middleware packages, and a scriptable GNU-based build environment. LinuxLink reduces the time, resources, risk and cost associated with building a product based on open source Linux. For more information, visithttp://www.timesys.com.

About the Texas Instruments Developer Network

Timesys is a member of the TI Developer Network, a community of respected, well-established companies offering products and services based on TI analog and digital technology. The Network provides a broad range of end-equipment solutions, embedded software, engineering services and development tools that help customers accelerate innovation to make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more fun. www.ti.com/dspdevnetwork

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 15, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its new release of SystemVue software generates C++ code and supports X-parameter* models for connecting communications system-level design to baseband DSP and RF design flows. SystemVue 2010.01 also includes 4G applications for digital pre-distortion and MIMO channel modeling, as well as updates to its LTE, DVB-2, OFDM, and ZigBee reference libraries.

The latest version introduces a new export capability for C++ source code generation and dynamic linked library (DLL) models. With this capability, SystemVue connects to virtual verification platforms and mainstream hardware design flows, even if those platforms lack a specific focus on communications and signal processing. The export capability also is included in the new W1718 C++ code generator.

Designers can generate compiled .DLL libraries that add custom physical layer (PHY) communications models to other development environments and for verification of RF component designs using ADS Ptolemy. Export of compiled models is free of charge with the W1461 SystemVue base platform.

“When we demonstrated SystemVue’s code-generation capability at SDR Forum 2009 in December, customers received it enthusiastically,” said José Luis Pino, principal engineer with Agilent’s SystemVue architecture team. “Together with recent advances in simulation, the SystemVue platform now goes beyond the original potential of the Ptolemy technology.”

SystemVue 2010.01’s system-level support for X-parameter models brings a new level of modeling convenience, RF simulation speed, and RF accuracy to a new audience: baseband DSP developers and system-level architects. By offering this support, Agilent has abstracted X-parameters as a design flow bridge between wireless component designers and baseband developers looking for a better way to co-design and co-verify during their design process. The models are available as a free upgrade to owners of the W1719 RF System Design Kit, which adds a dedicated RF capability to the main SystemVue platform.

New application and reference libraries include:

• W1715 MIMO Channel Builder, combines 4G standard WINNER-II fading models with EM propagation patterns for accurate, predictive MIMO performance;
• W1716 Digital Pre-Distortion Builder, a power amplifier linearization and modeling utility for 4G components;
• OFDM and ZigBee PHY reference libraries, included free of charge with the W1461 SystemVue base platform;
• W1910 LTE Baseband Verification Library, offers a LTE reference blockset with closed-loop HARQ throughput simulations, updated for v8.9 (Dec-2009);
• W1912 LTE Baseband Exploration Library, offers a source code version of the W1910 LTE library, updated for v8.9 (Dec-2009); and
• W1914 DVB-2 Baseband Verification Library, includes DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 reference blocks for link-level studies and receiver design.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

Agilent’s SystemVue 2010.01 is now available for download at www.agilent.com/find/eesof-systemvue-latest-downloads. Pricing for the SystemVue environment starts at approximately $17,000. A free 30-day evaluation is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof-systemvue-evaluation. A photo of SystemVue with the new modules is available at www.agilent.com/find/SystemVue2010.01_images.

About Agilent EEsof EDA Software

Agilent EEsof EDA is the leading supplier of electronic design automation software for microwave, RF, high-frequency, high-speed, RF system, electronic system level, circuit, 3-D electromagnetic, physical design and device-modeling applications. More information is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof.

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world’s premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company’s 16,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $4.5 billion in fiscal 2009. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.