New FireCracker Development and Reference Design Platform

With FireCracker, SILICA and Analog Devices are enabling their customers to rapidly evaluate and design systems using the embedded architecture that handles the most complex media-rich tasks with ease, and is equally adept at communications and control.

The FireCracker Development and Reference Design Platform for Audio/Video and Communications applications is based on Analog Devices’ powerful Blackfin processor and is designed with industry standard interfaces and peripherals. These streamline the development process by providing fully verified functional modules that eliminate the need to perform detailed design of common embedded sub-systems.

FireCracker Baseboard Features:

ADSP-BF527 or ADSP-BF537 based Core Module from Bluetechnix, supporting 10/100 Mbit Ethernet and USB OTG
On-board Xilinx XC3S1000 FPGA and associated SRAM and Flash
Connector for connectBlue wireless LAN module
2 MPixel CMOS camera
3.5” TFT display, 320 x 240 pixels
Connectors for analog Audio in and out (using ADI AD1938)
Connectors for Composite Video in and out (using ADI ADV7183 and ADV7391)
Zigbee enabled wireless interface
USB to UART bridge, USB OTG, SD Card Socket
Optional Blackfin Debug Agent

For more information or to purchase a FireCracker kit, click here.