Last week was a busy one. We started off the week by announcing the newest member of the OSD335x family, the OSD335x-SM. This new device has even more integration than the OSD335x but in a package that is 40% smaller with an easy to route ball map.
As if that wasn’t enough excitement for the week, a group of us also made a trip to Boston to attend the Embedded Systems Conference. We met a lot of interesting engineers and designers that were excited to see how System-In-Package (SiP) technology could help with their designs. While we were there we showed off some applications powered by the OSD335x SiP. We also highlighted the wide range of development platforms that are available today. For those of you that couldn’t visit us in Boston, here is a recap of what we showed:
Octavo Systems Announces 40% Smaller SiP to OSD335x Family
Austin, Texas (May 2, 2017) – Octavo Systems LLC (Octavo) today announced a new addition to its popular OSD335x family of System-In-Package (SiP) devices, the OSD335x-SM. The OSD335x-SM, like the OSD335x, provides designers a platform to quickly create production-ready systems based on the Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara™ AM335x processor with an ARM® Cortex®-A8 core. However, the OSD335x-SM offers this in a package that is 40% smaller than the original OSD335x and adds new functionality. (Read More…)
Robots are everywhere. Self-guided vacuums cruise across our floors. Manufacturing robots construct cars and appliances with speed and precision. Self–driving cars are only a few years away from commercial viability. The R2 Robonaut has been helping astronauts on the space station for years. A little closer to Earth, drones help people take stunning overhead photos and videos. Soon, drones may even deliver packages or rescue lost hikers.
Even with the explosion of robots all around us, building them can be challenging. For a robot to complete a task safely and correctly, the robot needs to interact and sense its environment and know how to react. This requires complicated mechanical, electrical, and software functions all working together with precision. With so much complexity, robot development might seem the sole province of well-funded institutions and companies.
It has been a busy couple of weeks around here lately with a lot of exciting news. First we had the announcement of the BeagleBone® Black Wireless which features the OSD3358-512M-BAS instead of the discrete TI AM3358. Then we went to World Maker Faire at the New York Hall of Science. Now we have a couple more announcements.
We are happy to let everybody know that GHI Electronics has released two development platforms for the OSD3358. Both boards utilize the OSD3358-512M-BAS which integrates the TI Sitara™ AM3358 ARM® Cortex® A8 processor running at 1GHz, 512MB of DDR3, 2 power supplies, and passives into a single IC package. The boards are available to order today from the GHI Electronics website. Their status is listed as preview. This means there are some things that haven’t been completely tested yet (all of which are outlined). It also means there could be some minor changes when the production versions are released. (Read More…)
Today is a very exciting day! After months of hard work, we are finally ready to make two big announcements. First, is the release of the BeagleBone® Black Wireless, which features the Octavo OSD3358-512M-BAS System-In-Package. Second, the OSD3358 is now officially BeagleBoard Compatible! These developments strengthen our relationship with BealgeBoard.org and make the OSD335x family of devices even easier to use. (Read More…)
Today is a very exciting day at Octavo Systems. We’re officially launching our first product, the OSD3358-512M. The OSD3358 is a System-In-Package (SiP) device that integrates the Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara™ AM3358 Arm® Cortex®-A8 processor, the TI TPS65217C PMIC, the TI TL5209 LDO, a 512MB DDR3, and over 140 Passives into a single easy to use BGA package. The OSD3358 gives designers of all levels access to unprecedented integration and to ease of use. (Read More…)
Octavo Systems Helps Bridge the Prototype-to-Production Gap
Austin, Texas (May 9, 2016) – Octavo Systems LLC (Octavo) today launched a new platform that makes it easier than ever for designers to quickly create production-ready systems based on the Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara™ AM335x processor with an ARM® Cortex®-A8 core. The OSD3358, the first in a family of System-In-Package (SiP) devices, is geared to help developers who are using the BeagleBone® Black single board computing (SBC) platform move from prototype to production effortlessly. (Read More…)
