CRANE

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CRANE SITARA, AM3517, POE, CAN, DEV BOARD

Crane board is a hardware development platform that enables customers to develop general purpose computing and other applications based on the Sitara AM3517 ARM Cortex - A8 microprocessor device. Crane board is a low cost, open source reference platform to help the developer community leverage the benefits of the AM3517 processor while leveraging a host of exciting peripherals. The AM3517 processor from comprises of Microprocessor Unit MPU TM sub-system based on ARM Cortex - A8 microprocessor, POWERVR SGX Graphics Accelerator sub-system for 3D graphics acceleration to support exciting Graphical User Interface options while maintaining fast and fluid transitions display and gaming effects and Display sub-system with several features for multiple concurrent image manipulation and a programmable interface supporting a wide variety of displays.

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Uses AM3517 Sitara Processor with 600MHz ARM Cortex-A8

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Power Management Device - TPS65910

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Memory of 256MB DDR2 memory, 256MB NAND Flash

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SD/MMC card connector

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Power Over Ethernet POE 802.3af

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JTAG and Serial interface, USBOTG, EHCI Host, CAN, DVI-D, TV-OUTCVBS,10/100 Ethernet Interface

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Boot mode option switches

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Expansion connector

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Board Dimensions of 5.5"" x 4.5""

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3D Graphics Engine