OSK

OMAP 5912 Starter Kit


OMAP5912 Starter Kit is a development board available from Spectrum Digital for $US295. It does not include a display but there is a Q-VGA LCD Module (below) and a Wire Wrap Prototyping Module

Q-VGA from Mistral


Mistral Software Q-VGA LCD Module for OMAP5912 Starter Kit.

Aditec Graphic LCD Module(AGLM)
Aditec Graphic LCD Module (AGLM)

From the website:


 * CMOS Sensor Input, LCD Output
 * Touch Screen, Navigation Switch
 * Camera Input(2 Channel), TV Output

Files
The Angstrom distribution provides a replacement kernel and root file system for the OSK, based on the 2.6 kernel.

http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/images/omap5912osk/current:

Instructions for flashing these files:

http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/trac/wiki/OSKNotes

Please report bugs to: http://bugs.openembedded.org/ and include omap5912osk in the bug report.

Contact philip at balister dot org with questions.

Links

 * http://www.ti.com/omap5912osk
 * purchase from TI for $US295
 * purchase from Spectrum Digital for $US295
 * Wire Wrap Prototyping Module - for $US99
 * USB gender-bender - get one of these to use the USB client mode, or a different nonstandard part: a USB A-to-A cable
 * Q-VGA Module from Mistral Software - for $US799
 * http://omap.spectrumdigital.com/
 * http://focus.ti.com/docs/general/splashdsp.jhtml?&path=templatedata/cm/splashdsp/data/linux_com_downloads
 * MontaVista Linux Preview Kit - sign up and download (Linux 2.4)
 * TI's OMAP Linux website has goodies including:
 * 2.6.8-rc3_080804.tar.bz2 - a relatively old snapshot of the 2.6 OMAP kernel (warning: ~150MB download)
 * u-boot binaries and source - note that old versions use the Innovator-1510 board id, but U-Boot 1.1.2 should is used with 2.6
 * rootfsosk.tar.bz2
 * toolchain
 * omap5912osk_2.6.pdf - How to Build Linux for the OMAP5912 Processor
 * For current code (2.6.13-rc1-omap1 at this edit) install GIT and run the following command:
 * (This might take a while, the tree is big)
 * or just get OMAP-Linux patches less current than the linux-omap GIT tree, against various older http://kernel.org kernels
 * you might be able to use kernel.org kernels directly, but some important drivers haven't yet made it upstream
 * Use buildroot to quickly make a toolchain and rootfs
 * http://oskfordummies.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ - helpful OSK info
 * http://oskfordummies.hp.infoseek.co.jp/howto/audio.html - audio help
 * on irc.freenode.net is an omap-linux dedicated IRC channel, and has some OSK developers. See http://irchelp.org/ for information on IRC.
 * on irc.freenode.net is an omap-linux dedicated IRC channel, and has some OSK developers. See http://irchelp.org/ for information on IRC.

Hardware Features

 * Texas Instruments TMS320C55xx DSP core operating at 192 Mhz.
 * ARM926EJ-S core operating at 192 Mhz.
 * TLV320AIC23 codec with mic-in, line-in, and headphone jacks
 * 32 Mbyte mobile DDR RAM
 * 32 Mbyte on board NOR Flash ROM
 * 4 Expansion connectors (bottom side)
 * Compatible with Mistral's Q-VGA LCD/touchscreen card
 * Compatible with Spectrum Digital's OSK wire Wrap Prototype Card
 * RS-232 serial port
 * 10 MBPS Ethernet port
 * USB host port (usable as peripheral, with nonstandard cabling)
 * CompactFlash socket (type I or II), for storage ONLY (no WLAN etc)
 * On board IEEE 1149.1 JTAG connector for optional emulation
 * +5 Volt operation, power supply included
 * Size: 5.55" x 3.54" (141 x 90 mm), 0.062 thick, 8 layers

Software Features

 * Compatible with Monta Vista Linux for OSK5912
 * Compatible with OMAP Code Composer Studio from Texas Instruments
 * Runs Linux 2.6 quite nicely
 * Current development is focused on the 2.6 kernels
 * Note that you should first install u-boot-1.1.2.

What's Included

 * OMAP5912 OSK board
 * Monta Vista Linux 2.4 for OMAP5912 OSK
 * Documentation CD
 * RS-232 cable
 * Ethernet cable
 * Audio cable
 * AC Power cord(s) and Power supply
 * Quick Start Guide

Flash Recovery Utility

 * (free as in water) Flash Recovery Utility for the OSK5912 allows reflashing over USB - works with revision C boards
 * (free as in speech, GPL) OMAP Flash Loader - link on bottom of Flash Recovery Utility
 * ($79/$89 USD, supported product) FlashRecoveryUtility for OSK5912 from SDS Inc - works with revision C and D boards

HOWTOs and FAQs
This section tries to summarize various HOWTOs and FAQs existing for OMAP Linux and/or OSK.


 * General OMAP Linux readme, also available in each kernel tree in Documentation/arm/OMAP/README
 * OMAP GPIO usage HOWTO, also available in each kernel tree in Documentation/arm/OMAP/gpio
 * Collection of OSK HOWTOs
 * UBoot for OSK
 * Spectrum digital OSK5912 FAQ
 * OSK5912 Audio driver
 * USB Camera HOWTO
 * X on OMAP tutorial
 * OSK for dummies
 * Building Linux for the Innovator Development Kit for OMAP Platform
 * Building Linux for the OMAP5912 OSK
 * OSK5912 Newbie Guide
 * Readme GIT for OMAP
 * Submitting OMAP patches
 * Linux OMAP Open Source Mailing List, the archives are searchable by going to http://www.google.com/ and adding "site:linux.omap.com" to the search phrase.
 * LCD output from decompressor: If you care about the first impression your kernel makes :-), or your device has no serial ports, you might want to have the decompressor output its messages through LCD, like on a VGA.
 * Flash u-boot using USB OTG on H3 (sorry, not OSK, but H3 related ;) )
 * SuspendToDiskForARM
 * Execute kernel in place (XIP) from flash Kernel XIP

TODO list

 * Flash Recovery Utility (FRU) available above is uses an undocumented usb interface and is only for windows
 * Zach Welch wants the protocol specs so a scriptable version can be created for Linux
 * GPL'd OMAP Flash Loader listed above duplicates the protocol, but does not document it.
 * u-boot sources with correct arch number (515 as listed on http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/) should be available from http://u-boot.sourceforge.net; or use u-boot 1.1.1 with [[Media:u-boot-1.1.1-osk.diff]]
 * OE should build complete flash image
 * uClibc rootfs should be available
 * find/post patch info for 2.4 (2.6 is listed above)
 * Tim Riker thinks it would be nice to have a uclibc/tuxscreen style buildroot too. ;))