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Freescale offers iMX Android eval kit
Austin, Tex. — Freescale Semiconductor has introduced a new evaluation kit based on the Android platform and Freescale’s i.MX51 processor.
The i.MX51 applications processor, based on the ARM Cortex-A8 core, works together with the Android OS to deliver a solution for the development of high-performance, low-power and cost-effective mobile devices such as smartphones, says Freescale.
The i.MX51 evaluation kit (EVK) is based on the latest Android kernel/release, and runs the Android OS with highly accelerated multimedia codecs and graphics. The common code base across the Freescale i.MX Board Support Packages (BSPs) streamlines porting efforts to next-generation i.MX processors. The kit includes binary images for the Android OS on i.MX51, patches for Freescale source, and documentation such as a reference manual, user’s guide and release notes.
Availability: Available now, the i.MX51 EVK ships with software BSPs on accompanying pre-flashed SD cards. The Android OS BSP images for the i.MX51 processor can be downloaded at www.freescale.com/imxandroid. The Android OS sources can be obtained from http://source.android.com.
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