Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Solutions from Texas Instruments.

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Design Considerations

A Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a portable computing machine. Like a notebook PC (and in contrast to an embedded portable system such as a GPS, medical, test device), the PDA can run a wide variety of applications. The core subsystems include:

Processor/Memory: The processor runs applications stored in memory. The OS is stored in non-volatile memory such as NAND/NOR Flash. Application code and data may be loaded in SDRAM or SRAM.
User Interface: Allows user to input data to the PDA using input commands via touch screen or keypad. Video, pictures, internet, applications are displayed on a small LCD screen or sometimes can be displayed on a larger screen via a TV or projector connection. Audio can be output through the headphone connection, external audio out jacks, or possibly built-in speakers. Newer generation TI audio codecs process sound with better audio quality and longer battery life.
Connectivity: Allows PDA to connect to other peripherals, such as PCs via USB or Wireless LAN, headsets via Bluetooth, TVs or monitors via TV out, S-Video, or HDMI transceivers, memory cards via MMC/SD.
Power Management Unit: Integrates an audio/video codec, a High-Speed USB transceiver, a keypad controller, battery management, and an on-board power manager that monitors use of various functional blocks and shuts down or reduces power per application demand.

Application Notes (2)

Title	Abstract	Type	Size (KB)	Date	Views
EEPROM Emulation With the TMS320F28xxx DSCs	Read Abstract	HTM	9 KB	21 Sep 2009	3638
Power Management Techniques for OMAP35x Applications Processors White Paper		PDF	142 KB	29 Sep 2008	1644

Reference Designs

Description	Part #	Company
CC1101EM 315 and 433MHz Reference Design	CC1101EM433_REFDES	Texas Instruments
CC1101EM 868 and 915MHz Reference Design	CC1101EM868-915_REFDES	Texas Instruments
CC1110EM 315MHz Reference Design	CC1110EM315_REFDES	Texas Instruments
CC1110EM 433MHz Reference Design	CC1110EM433_REFDES	Texas Instruments
CC2500 Reference Design (62 mil layer spacing)	CC2500_REFDES_062	Texas Instruments
CC2500EM Reference Design	CC2500EM_REFDES	Texas Instruments
CC2510EM Reference Design	CC2510EM_REFDES	Texas Instruments

Selection and Solution Guides

Selection Guides (3)

Title	Type	Size (KB)	Date	Views
I2C Guide (Rev. C)	PDF	3.02 MB	19 Apr 2011	5173
Power Management Units for Embedded Processors (Rev. E)	PDF	328 KB	16 Dec 2010	3442
Микросхемы управления питанием для встраиваемых процессоров	PDF	1.54 MB	23 Sep 2010	988

Solution Guides (3)

Title	Type	Size (KB)	Date	Views
Audio Guide 1Q 2012 (Rev. G)	PDF	5.4 MB	15 Dec 2011	10603
Video and Vision (formerly Imaging Solutions) Guide 4Q 2009 (Rev. G)	PDF	3.37 MB	14 Dec 2009	4865
Analog and Logic for Low-Power Processors (Rev. C)	PDF	3.09 MB	19 Jun 2007	1289

Tools and Software

Name	Part #	Company	Software/Tool Type
Code Composer Studio (CCStudio) Integrated Development Environment (IDE) v5	CCSTUDIO	Texas Instruments	Code Composer Studio(TM) IDE

Product Bulletin & White Papers

Product Bulletin (1)

Title	Abstract	Type	Size (MB)	Date	Views
OMAP35x Applications Processors Product Bulletin (Rev. B)		PDF	147 KB	10 Jun 2009	1196

White Papers (4)

Title	Abstract	Type	Size (MB)	Date	Views
ARM The Cortex-A8 Microprocessor - White Paper (Rev. A)		PDF	77 KB	11 Mar 2008	4795
Introduction to Graphics Software Development for OMAP 2/3 - White Paper		PDF	1.04 MB	26 Feb 2008	1045
SmartReflex(TM) Power & Performance Management Technologies (Rev. A)		PDF	259 KB	19 Feb 2008	1222
Optimizing Power Consumption in DSP Designs Whitepaper	Read Abstract	HTM	8 KB	25 Oct 2006	597

News Releases & Authored Articles

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