Adeneo Embedded Announces the Release of Android KitKat 4.4.4 for SitaraTM AM335x processors from Texas Instruments

BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Adeneo Embedded, a leading global company in embedded software development, announces the release of Texas Instruments (TI) Android KitKat 4.4.4 development kit based on Android KitKat 4.4 for TI's Sitara^™ AM335x Evaluation Module (EVM) and AM335x Starter Kit, as well as Beagleboard.org's BeagleBone Black.

This release includes improvements for CTS compliance for the AM335x EVM, Starter Kit and BeagleBone Black.

The Sitara AM335x EVM enables developers to immediately start evaluating the AM335x processor family; the AM335x Starter Kit provides a stable and affordable platform to quickly start evaluation of Sitara ARM® Cortex®-A8 AM335x processors; and BeagleBone Black is a low-cost, open source, community-supported development platform based on AM335x processors for ARM Cortex-A8 developers and hobbyists.

Software components that are supported in this release include: Android KitKat 4.4 release from Google, Android Linux Kernel 3.2, Android GCC toolchain 4.7, Bootloader (SPL and U-Boot), SGX OpenGL ES Driver and Libraries DDK v1.10, built-in applications and demos, and peripheral drivers.  This BSP is fully validated using CTS testing suite, and implements separation between system and boot partitions.

This Android KitKat release for Sitara AM335x processors release package is available in three different binary packages containing support for each target platform:  AM335x EVM, AM335x Starter Kit, and BeagleBone Black.  The packages contain a prebuilt binary image that can be flashed on to a SD/MMC card.  To download the free binary package for evaluation or to purchase the source code package available under commercial license with Adeneo Embedded, visit our website at:
http://www.adeneo-embedded.com/Products/Board-Support-Packages/Texas-Instruments-Sitara/(processor)/16480

For additional information about Adeneo Embedded's KitKat release and the supported AM335x based platforms visit:

• http://youtu.be/w3-w6rIVOPQ
• http://www.ti.com/tool/tmdxevm3358
• http://www.ti.com/tool/tmdssk3358
• http://beagleboard.org/black

Thanks to our close collaboration with TI on Sitara and "Jacinto" processors Adeneo Embedded is a platinum member of the TI Design Network.  This premier group includes independent and well-established companies that offer products, system-level design and manufacturing services complementing TI's semiconductors to a worldwide customer base to accelerate product innovation and time-to-market.

"The Android Kitkat 4.4.4 BSPs targeting Sitara AM335x processors complements the Sitara AM437x Android KitKat BSPs Adeneo Embedded released a few months ago," said Yannick Chammings, CEO at Adeneo Embedded. "We will continue releasing new Android BSPs for Sitara processors in the coming months, enabling our customers with solid reference development solutions for their embedded device development."

"We are excited that Adeneo Embedded has continued to support TI's Sitara processor families with the new release of Android KitKat 4.4.4 for our AM335x processors," said Carlos Betancourt, Marketing Manager at Texas Instruments. "This latest release provides our customers with improvements to all the different methods they use to develop TI's AM335x processors - whether that's through the EVM, starter kit or even BeagleBone Black."

About Adeneo Embedded

Adeneo Embedded provides system integration, design, support, and training services to companies seeking world-class expertise in embedded solutions using high-performance architectures. For over 10 years, Adeneo Embedded has helped clients, in all stages of development, to create profitable, feature-rich products that incorporate software and hardware solutions based on Embedded Linux, Android, QNX, Windows Embedded operating systems as well as Qt, Java, Silverlight and HTML5 technologies. Close working partnerships with industry-leading silicon and software vendors allow Adeneo Embedded to apply its experience to a wide range of embedded solutions for the automotive, industrial, medical, multi-media, navigation, networking, mobile and wireless markets. Adeneo Embedded has a worldwide global sales and support network backed by engineering offices in North America and Europe.

About the Texas Instruments Design Network
Adeneo Embedded is a platinum member of the TI Design Network, a premier group of independent, well-established companies that offer products and system-level design and manufacturing services complementing TI's semiconductors to a worldwide customer base to accelerate product innovation and time-to-market. Network members provide product design, hardware and software system integration, turnkey product design, RF and processor system modules, reference platforms, software development, proof-of-concept design, feasibility studies, research, certification compliance, prototyping, manufacturing, and product life cycle management. For more information about the TI Design Network, please visit http://www.ti.com/designnetwork.

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