December 23, 2010

New Oak Studio Software Available for Download

Toradex has released a new verision of its free and simple to use data logging software for its range of Oak USB sensors - Oak Studio.  Formally called Oak DAT, this latest peice of software has been completely re-written and fully optimised.

For more information and to download this free software please visit: http://www.toradex.com/Products/USB_Sensors_and_Peripherals/Oak_Studio

December 16, 2010

Toradex Colibri Nvidia Tegra 2 千呼万唤始出来

Nvidia Tegra 2 也宣称出来了很久了,市面上还是鲜有基于这个处理器的产品,更不要说模块了。Nvidia对于Tegra T2也是寄予厚望,高调宣传。但是,市场上总是感觉未知庐山真面目。如今,Toradex Colibri Nvidia Tegra T2计算机模块的诞生总算是揭开了一小块面纱。

 

首先看Tegra 2 处理器。

_ NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core Cortex-A9 MPcore

_ Both CPUs have 32KB Instruction and 32KB Data Level 1 caches

_ 1MB shard Level 2 cache

_ VFPv3 Floating Point Unit

 

这里最大的特点是双1G Cortex A9 内核,对于密集计算应用一定是有优势的;另一个亮点是1MBL2缓存,这对于视频编解码有着至关重要的作用;Cortex-A9 FPU提供高性能的单精度和双精度浮点指令,浮点运算单元对于例如傅里叶变换甚至Mp3编解码都有帮助。

 

接口的亮点。

得益于新内核内部总线的变化,先进总线接口单元(Advanced Bus Interface Unit)引入,充分匹配处理器在高主频应用下的性能和数据吞吐能力,使Tegra 2显示分辨率较以往的ARM处理器有了大幅度提高。并且提供了独立的HDMI接口,剑指消费媒体应用。

_ LCD RGB (1680 x 1050)

_ HDMI 1.3 1080p (1920×1080)

_ Analog Video (1600×1200)

 

摄像头的接口数据率大幅度提高,

_ CMOS/CCD Image Sensor Interface (12MP)

 

通用接口 支持的更加完善

_ USB 2.0 high speed Hosts/Device

_ 10/100 Mbit Ethernet

_ 16/32-Bit Data Bus

_ Touch Screen (4/5 wire)

_ Audio I/O (16 Bit stereo)

_ I2C, 4x SPI , 5x UART, 2x SDCard up to 8Bit (SDIO, MMC), One-Wire

_ Up to 110 GPIOs

 

视频处理更加强大,看看H.264WMV9的解码,完全支持全高清的播放。

 

HD Video Decode

_ H.264

o Baseline Profile (B frames) — 1080p/20Mbps

o Main Profile (B Frames, CAVLC) — 1080p

o Main Profile (B Frames, CABAC, no weighted prediction) — 720p/6Mbps

o High Profile (B Frames, CABAC, no weighted prediction) — TDB

_ WMV9 VC-1 (Simple, Main and Advanced Profiles) — 1080p/20Mbps

_ MPEG-4 (Simple, B frames and ASP Profiles) — 1080p/8Mbps

_ H.263 (Profile 0) — 720×576/4Mbps

_ DiVX (DiVX 4/5) — 1080p/8Mbps

_ XviD (XviD Home Theater) — 1080p/8Mbps

_ MPEG-2 (Main Profile @ Main Level) — 720×576/10Mbps

_ VP6 (simple and advanced profile) — 720p30/2Mbps

_ Sorenson (simple and advanced profile) — 720×576/4Mbps

_ JPEG up to 80 Mpixel per second

 

编码能力相当强悍。

 

HD Video Encode

_ H.264 (Baseline Profile) — 1080p/10Mbps

_ MPEG-4 (Simple Profile) — 720p/4Mbps

_ H.263 (Profile 0) — 720×576/4Mbps

_ JPEG up to 80 MPixel per second

 

3D 加速首次集成在CPU内部

 

Ultra-low Power NVIDIA GeForce GPU

_ OpenGL® ES 2.0

_ Peak Triangle Rate: 71 million triangles per second

_ Peak File Rate (with Z-reject): 1200 million pixels per second

_ Programmable pixel shader

_ Programmable vertex and lighting

_ CSAA support (Coverage Sampling Antialiasing)

_ 2K x 2K texture and 4K x 4K render resolutions supported

_ Advanced 2D and vector engine

 

支持IDE 设备

The Colibri Tegra 2 supports an IDE interface

- ATA/ATAPI-5 compliant

- PIO mode 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

- Multiword DMA mode 0, 1, 2

- Ultra DMA mode 0, 1,2,3,4

- Peak throughput of 66 MB/Sec ¡n UDMA Mode 4

- AHB Master Capability for DMA modes

 

Toradex Colibri Tegra T2计算机模块配置了 256M DDR RAM 1GB Flash空间, 配合强大的Tegra处理器和WINCE6.0/7.0的支持, 为您的应用提供了充分的想象空间。

December 15, 2010

Colibri with Tegra 2 Engineering Samples on Webshop

The latest Colibri Module with Tegra 2 processor is now available to purchase in our webshop as engineering samples. Quantities are limited at this stage due to availability with shipment is expected to be early January 2011.

Please visit our webshop to place you order (be quick whilst initial stocks last!): www.toradex.com/Webshop

For more information on the module please our Colibri Tegra 2 product page: http://www.toradex.com/Products/Colibri/Modules/Colibri_Tegra_2

For technical questions regarding the module please contact our support team: support.arm@toradex.com

December 13, 2010

Benchmarking Video PXA270 vs PXA320 vs Tegra 2

Check out a short clip of the Colibri PXA 270, PXA320 and Tegra 2 modules performance. Clearly demonstrating the vast performance of the latest colibri Tegra 2 module.

Watch it here: http://www.toradex.com/pxa270_pxa320_tegra