Boise, Idaho — (press release excerpt) — RidgeRun Inc. announced a new DSPLinux Software Development Kit (SDK) for the OMAP1510 and TMS320DSC21 processors from Texas Instruments. These new platforms combine an ARM7 or ARM9 core with a C5X digital signal processor (DSP). The DSPLinux SDK, now available in beta, includes a 2.4 version of the Linux operating system optimized for embedded devices, standard… GNU development tools, and the Desktop Simulation Environment.

The Desktop Simulation Environment runs the embedded DSPLinux operating system as an application on a standard 2.4 Linux x86 development system. The entire DSPLinux operating system environment runs as part of the simulation, down to the lowest level of the Linux kernel. Developers can use the simulation environment to develop the applications, user interface, industrial design, and other key components of their embedded device. The development tools provided in the SDK include the Open Source GNU C/C++ compiler, linker, assembler, and debugger. These are the same tools used by most Open Source projects, which makes it easy to run existing Open Source software on DSPLinux in the Desktop Simulation Environment.

The DSPLinux SDK is currently available in beta form to qualified embedded developers. Developers wishing to apply for participation in the beta program should send email to [email protected], or fill out the online application.

 
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