Description

The SYS/BIOS Industrial Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Sitara AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 processor family gives customers the ability to easily add real-time industrial communications to their design so they can focus on their differentiation: their applicationn code. The SDK is optimized to support real-time industrial communications protocols such as EtherCAT®, PROFIBUS®, Ethernet/IP and others. It includes a real-time, low-footprint SYS/BIOS kernel with boot loader and sample industrial applications to get started quickly on the AM3359 Industrial Communications Engine (ICE) and the AM3359 Industrial Development Kit (IDK).

Additional Information

• Sitara AM335x Industrial Communications Engine (ICE)
• Sitara AM335x Industrial Development Kit (IDK)
• SYS/BIOS Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)
• Code Composer Studio IDE v5
• XDS560 Class Emulators

Features

Ethernet/IP support

With this latest release, developers can incorporate Ethernet/IP into their design. The SYS/BIOS Industrial SDK now supports Ethernet/IP (slave only) via source code and demos. This adds to the growing list of supported protocols which include EtherCAT and PROFIBUS, among others.

SYS/BIOS Industrial SDK

The SYS/BIOS Industrial SDK combines all the software components and tools needed to begin development of applications on the Sitara AM335x processor family, and includes the following:

• Open source SYS/BIOS Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)
• Bootloader for Sitara AM3359 Industrial Development Kit (IDK) and Industrial Communication Engine (ICE) with support to boot from various peripherals
• Library of peripheral drivers integrated with SYS/BIOS
• Netword Keveloper Kit (NDK) with TCP/IP stack
• Sample applications demonstrating peripheral use cases
• Code Composer Studio integrated development environment (IDE) v.5
• Sample industrial input/output applications over communication protocols such as EtherCAT, PROFIBUS, EtherNet/IP and other Ethernet and serial based fieldbus protocols
• PRU based implementation of industrial communications such as EtherCAT, PROFIBUS, EtherNet/IP and many others, as well as evaluation version of protocol stacks to facilitate software development

SYS/BIOS Industrial SDK for Sitara AM335x Processors

1. SYS/BIOS Development Tools

• Sitara AM335x Industrial Communications Engine (ICE) and Industrial Development Kit (IDK)
• SYS/BIOS Real Time Operating System (RTOS)
• Code Composer Studio IDE v5
• XDS560 Class Emulators

2. SYS/BIOS Industrial SDK Demo

Using the Sitara AM335x Industrial Communications Engine (ICE) or Industrial Development Kit (IDK), developers can demonstrate the SYS/BIOS Industrial SDK features on hardware today. This Industrial SDK Demo requires the ICE board utilizing SPI/NOR flash or the IDK and a supplied SD card. Full instructions are available in the SDK Getting Started Guide.

3. SDK Source

IDK users can also begin development today with the Sitara AM335x software development kit (SDK). This package includes:

• Bootloader:
  • StarterWare bootloader supporting ICE and IDK
  • Boot from MMC/SD, NOR, and SPI Serial Flash
• Device Drivers and libraries for the Sitara ARM AM335x peripherals:
  • I2C driver
  • GPIO driver
  • UART Serial driver
  • PRU driver
  • SPI driver
  • SD/MMC driver
• Ethernet driver integrated with NDK TCP/IP stack
• Evaluation version of Industrial Communication protocol stacks:
  • EtherCAT slave stack
  • PROFIBUS slave stack
  • EtherNet/IP adapter/slave stack
• Sample applications demonstrating:
  • Features of AM335x peripherals and its use cases
  • Industrial input/output data exchange over various industrial communication protocols

 Refer to the SDK release notes for support information for specific software features.