User manual
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Industrial PDA
(EDA)
Automotive PC
Tablet PC
IEIMobile
Introduction
Power Saving and Trendy Platform
■ TI’s Sitara™ family of highly-integrated ARM9™ and ARM Cortex™-A8 microprocessor portfolio offers various combinations of high-
performance and low power levels, providing the ability to create an array of products using a common hardware and software platform.
■ Reduce system risks and accelerate time to market using standard and comprehensive ARM-based software development tools.
■ TI is the largest ARM core licensee supporting all major high-level operating systems such as Android and Windows CE.
■ Android is an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and
tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google.
■ Android was listed as the best-selling smartphone platform worldwide in Q4 2010
by Canalys with over 200 million Android devices in use by November 2011.
■ 2.3 Gingerbread rened the user interface, improved the soft keyboard and copy/
paste features, improved gaming performance, added SIP support (VoIP calls),
and added support for Near Field Communication.
Benets
■ Support OS such as Linux, Win CE, RTOS
■ 10M polygons/second for robust GUIs
■ Multi windows overlay for hardware
accelerated user
Power
■ Total Power: L700mW
■ Standby Power: 12mW
Suggested Applications
■ Industrial/Home automation
■ Point of service
TI Cortex-A8 CPU
Android 2.3.4 Operating System
Performance
● Up to 450MHz ARM9 to 1.5GHz Cortex-A8 devices
● Industry’s rst widely available Cortex-A8 devices - 2DMIPS
per MHz
● Graphics acceleration up to 27M polygons/s performance for
advanced user interface
● High speed DDR2 and DDR3 memory performance
Connectivity
● 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
● CAN 2.0 and high speed USB interface
● Multiple serial port options per device
● Cost effective processor with SATA interface
● Flexible LCD controller for up to 720p displays and moving to
1080p in future devices
● Industrial peripheral support
Sitara™ offers AM3517/05 Cortex™
-A8 based processors
Seamless Wireless Communication
The iKarPC-Lite excels on the wireless side. There's 802.11b/
g/n WiFi, Bluetooth version 2.1, a vehicle-specic GPS receiver
could provide drivers communications capabilities and precisely
positioning.
Bluetooth
3.5G/
HSUPA
Compliant with the 802.11 b/g/n. This feature allows
fast data transfer for near eld or ad-hoc data
communication.
Compliant with the Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
specication. This feature ensures easy and quick
access to nearby peripherals.
With up to 3.5G wireless technology, outeld workers
can maintain and share constant contact with the back
ofce.
Wi-Fi
Local-Area Communication
Wide-Area Mobile Communication
Peripheral Communication
Vehicle-specific GPS receiver: Ublox LEA 6 series
High sensitivity, multi GNSS1)receivers with low power consumption
■ Standalone GNSS: no host integration required
■ Highest accuracy in urban areas
■ Jamming detection and elimination
■ Meets demanding automotive requirements
Parameter Specication
Receiver
type
50 chaneels
GPS L1 frequency, C/A code
GALILEO Open Service Capable
GLONASS FDMA
SBAS: WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS
Tim-To-
First-Fix
Cold Start (W/o Aiding)
Warm start(W/o Aiding)
Hot Start(W/o Aiding)
Aided Start
26s
26s
1s
1s
Sensitivity Tracking & Navigation
Reacquisition
Cold Start(W/o Aiding)
-162 dBm
-160 dBm
-148 dBm
Spectra GmbH & Co. KG
www.spectra.de spectra@spectra.de
Spectra (Schweiz) AG
www.spectra.ch info@spectra.ch
Niederlassung Österreich
www.spectra-austria.at info@spectra-austria.at