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The PandaBoard was a low-power single-board computer development platform based on the Texas InstrumentsOMAP4430system on a chip (SoC). The board has been available to the public at the subsidized[1] price of US$174 since 27 October 2010. It is a community supported development platform.[2]
The PandaBoard ES is a newer version based on the OMAP4460 SoC, with the CPU and GPU running at higher clock rates. Like its predecessor, it is a community supported development platform.[3]
The OMAP4430 SoC on the PandaBoard features a dual-core 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU, a 304 MHz PowerVR SGX540 GPU, IVA3 multimedia hardware accelerator with a programmable DSP, and 1 GiB of DDR2 SDRAM. The PandaBoard ES uses a newer SoC, with a dual-core 1.2 GHz CPU and 384 MHz GPU. Primary persistent storage is via an SD Card slot allowing SDHC cards up to 32 GB to be used. The board includes wired 10/100 Ethernet as well as wireless Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity. Its size is slightly larger than the ETX/XTX Computer form factor at 4 in × 4.5 in (100 mm × 110 mm). The board can output video signals via DVI and HDMI interfaces. It also has 3.5 mm audio connectors. It has two USB host ports and one USB On-The-Go port, supporting USB 2.0.[4]
Operating systemsedit
The device runs the Linux kernel, with either traditional distributions or the Android or Mozilla Firefox OS[5] user environment. Optimised versions of Android and Ubuntu are available from the Linaro Foundation. Linaro has selected the PandaBoard to be one of the hardware platforms they support with monthly build images.
OpenBSD supports PandaBoard.[6]FreeBSD added PandaBoard support in August 2012.[7]
QNX Neutrino 6.5.0 SP1 and 6.6.0 have Board Support Packages for the PandaBoard and PandaBoard ES.[10]
Graphicsedit
The PandaBoard has an integrated SGX540 graphics processor and provides 1080p HDMI output.[11] This GPU supports OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, OpenVG 1.1 and EGL 1.3.
The situation for Linux - X11 utilizing hardware floating point libraries is PowerVR's SGX540 GPU hardware is unusable without a GPU driver. Furthermore, PowerVR will not release documentation so that an open source driver could be produced. This all adds up to the GPU hardware being unavailable, so the above-mentioned features of course will not function. To be perfectly clear, a Pandaboard es will not play any low quality video, so 1080p output via the HDMI is certainly and proven not possible.
Due to PowerVR making the driver unavailable, and withholding the documentation on the GPU hardware, the only alternative is the difficult and inefficient reverse engineering method to develop a GPU driver. An effort was started in July 2012, but as of June 2013 there is no visible progress.[12]
The Linaro Linux project had a Linux X11 software floating point GPU driver available, but all current efforts with ARM Linux seem to be utilizing the hardware floating point libraries. The soft/hard floating point systems are not compatible.
Clockedit
The PandaBoard has a real-time clock, but it does not have a battery to save the time when power is removed. As an alternative, a software clock can set the clock time at bootup based on the time of the last modification to the file system so that times stored in files will be more reasonable.[13]NTP can set the correct date and time if the PandaBoard has network access to an NTP server.
Similar productsedit
Main article: Comparison of single-board computers
Raspberry Pi Single-board computer using an older ARM11 core with a more powerful GPU featuring 1080p hardware accelerated video decoding of H.264, significantly cheaper.
Hawk Board Low power OMAP SBC with SATA & VGA out.
Gumstix Overo COMs use the OMAP3503 or the OMAP3530 to provide a full product line of BeagleBoard-compatible products for hobbyist, robotic and commercial use.
CuBox - Low-power Marvell ARM desktop/nettop computer
BeagleBoard - Similar to PandaBoard but using OMAP3530 or OMAP3730, JTAG connector and one of the expansion connectors is the same.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article February 2013 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources PandaBoard news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message The PandaBoard was a low power single board computer development platform based on the Texas Instruments OMAP4430 system on a chip SoC The board has been available to the public at the subsidized 1 price of US 174 since 27 October 2010 It is a community supported development platform 2 PandaBoard and PandaBoard ESPandaBoardCostUS 174 PandaBoard US 182 PandaBoard ES TypeSingle board computerProcessorARM Cortex A9 MPCoreFrequency1 GHz PandaBoard 1 2 GHz PandaBoard ES Memory1 GiBWeight74 g PandaBoard 81 5 g PandaBoard ES Dimensions4 5 by 4 0 inches 114 3 mm 101 6 mm The PandaBoard ES is a newer version based on the OMAP4460 SoC with the CPU and GPU running at higher clock rates Like its predecessor it is a community supported development platform 3 Contents 1 Features 1 1 Operating systems 1 2 Graphics 1 3 Clock 1 4 Similar products 2 Expansion boards 3 See also 4 ReferencesFeatures edit nbsp Description of the PandaBoard The OMAP4430 SoC on the PandaBoard features a dual core 1 GHz ARM Cortex A9 MPCore CPU a 304 MHz PowerVR SGX540 GPU IVA3 multimedia hardware accelerator with a programmable DSP and 1 GiB of DDR2 SDRAM The PandaBoard ES uses a newer SoC with a dual core 1 2 GHz CPU and 384 MHz GPU Primary persistent storage is via an SD Card slot allowing SDHC cards up to 32 GB to be used The board includes wired 10 100 Ethernet as well as wireless Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity Its size is slightly larger than the ETX XTX Computer form factor at 4 in 4 5 in 100 mm 110 mm The board can output video signals via DVI and HDMI interfaces It also has 3 5 mm audio connectors It has two USB host ports and one USB On The Go port supporting USB 2 0 4 Operating systems edit The device runs the Linux kernel with either traditional distributions or the Android or Mozilla Firefox OS 5 user environment Optimised versions of Android and Ubuntu are available from the Linaro Foundation Linaro has selected the PandaBoard to be one of the hardware platforms they support with monthly build images OpenBSD supports PandaBoard 6 FreeBSD added PandaBoard support in August 2012 7 The Genode Operating System Framework added support in release 12 05 8 May 2012 A version of RISC OS 5 is actively developed 9 QNX Neutrino 6 5 0 SP1 and 6 6 0 have Board Support Packages for the PandaBoard and PandaBoard ES 10 Graphics edit The PandaBoard has an integrated SGX540 graphics processor and provides 1080p HDMI output 11 This GPU supports OpenGL ES 2 0 OpenGL ES 1 1 OpenVG 1 1 and EGL 1 3 The situation for Linux X11 utilizing hardware floating point libraries is PowerVR s SGX540 GPU hardware is unusable without a GPU driver Furthermore PowerVR will not release documentation so that an open source driver could be produced This all adds up to the GPU hardware being unavailable so the above mentioned features of course will not function To be perfectly clear a Pandaboard es will not play any low quality video so 1080p output via the HDMI is certainly and proven not possible Due to PowerVR making the driver unavailable and withholding the documentation on the GPU hardware the only alternative is the difficult and inefficient reverse engineering method to develop a GPU driver An effort was started in July 2012 but as of June 2013 there is no visible progress 12 The Linaro Linux project had a Linux X11 software floating point GPU driver available but all current efforts with ARM Linux seem to be utilizing the hardware floating point libraries The soft hard floating point systems are not compatible Clock edit The PandaBoard has a real time clock but it does not have a battery to save the time when power is removed As an alternative a software clock can set the clock time at bootup based on the time of the last modification to the file system so that times stored in files will be more reasonable 13 NTP can set the correct date and time if the PandaBoard has network access to an NTP server Similar products edit Main article Comparison of single board computers Raspberry Pi Single board computer using an older ARM11 core with a more powerful GPU featuring 1080p hardware accelerated video decoding of H 264 significantly cheaper Cotton Candy is a single board computer on stick Hawk Board Low power OMAP SBC with SATA amp VGA out Gumstix Overo COMs use the OMAP3503 or the OMAP3530 to provide a full product line of BeagleBoard compatible products for hobbyist robotic and commercial use CuBox Low power Marvell ARM desktop nettop computer BeagleBoard Similar to PandaBoard but using OMAP3530 or OMAP3730 JTAG connector and one of the expansion connectors is the same BeagleBone A Sitara based development boardExpansion boards edit nbsp BeadaFrameBeadaFrame 7 LCD display kit 7 800x480 TFT LCD screen PWM Backlight control Resistive touch screen RTC time keeper Plastic frameSee also editOpenMAX IL Open Media Acceleration Integration Layer a royalty free cross platform media abstraction API from the Khronos Group Distributed Codec Engine libcde is a Texas Instruments API for the video codec engine in OMAP based embedded systemsReferences edit PandaBoard FAQ Is TI subsidizing the PandaBoard OMAPpedia Omap World 24 December 2011 Archived from the original on 2018 10 16 Retrieved 24 December 2011 PandaBoard ships Cortex A9 board for devs hobbyists Electronista MNM Media LLC 27 October 2010 Archived from the original on 15 October 2012 Retrieved 6 Nov 2010 PandaBoard ES equips open source mobile developers with TI s OMAP4460 processor Pandaboard org EETimes 11 December 2010 Retrieved 11 December 2010 Chris Davies 4 October 2010 PandaBoard offers TI Cortex A9 OMAP4 to imaginative devs SlashGear R3 Media LLC Retrieved 5 Nov 2010 Pandaboard Mozilla MDN Archived from the original on 2016 03 12 OpenBSD armv7 Retrieved 2014 05 15 Projects Armv6 merged to HEAD 16 August 2012 Release notes for the Genode OS Framework 12 05 Retrieved 2016 10 28 Lee Jeffrey 2011 08 02 Have I Got Old News For You The Icon Bar Retrieved September 28 2011 Willi Theiss has recently announced that he s been working on a port of RISC OS to the PandaBoard TI OMAP 4430 Panda 4460 Panda ES Board Support Package Retrieved 2014 05 14 PandaBoard Technical Specs Archived from the original on 2012 12 13 Retrieved 2012 06 03 Group PowerVR drivers Retrieved 2013 06 09 Gentoo on the Pandaboard and Pandaboard ES Gentoo Linux Archived from the original on 2012 05 20 Retrieved 2012 06 02 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title PandaBoard amp oldid 1212792481, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
