Your Decision to Use the OSD335x SiP Won’t Need a Magic 8-Ball; Your FIFA Predictions Might
With the exciting upsets, shoot-outs and close matches of the FIFA World Cup games this year, predicting who will win each game has been challenging. Therefore, we turned to technology and built an electronic Magic 8-Ball to help make decisions for our bracket.
Decide New Features Quickly with Rapid Prototyping
Fortunately, developers can now rapidly prototype with the OSD3358 System-in-Package (SiP) using the BeagleBoard.org® PocketBeagle® and MikroElektronika click boards™. BeagleBoard.org® is a 501c3 Foundation focused on education. PocketBeagle® is a completely open source, highly affordable super tiny single board computer featuring the OSD335x-SM SiP. One of the most exciting things about the BeagleBoard.org® PocketBeagle® is that is conforms to the standard of the MikroElektronika mikroBUS™ click boards™. This is an open standard interface for which over 400 compatible add-on boards have been created. These compact boards provide a range of added functionality and features from sensors to connectivity and storage. The OSD3358 SiP has the performance capability to process multiple sensor inputs, process information quickly and perform actions such as driving displays, motor control, or communication.
By using PocketBeagle® with the OLED-C and 9-axis Motion Tracking click boards™, you can easily build a fun decision device to help predict soccer matches and much more!
| There is a Hackster.io project page with the instructions and code for you to build your own Magic 8-ball decision-maker. |
Speed Up Your Development with Off-The-Shelf Reference Designs and Software
Access to easy-to-use development tools and reference designs like the PocketBeagle® and the MikroElektronika mikroBUS™ click boards™ is just one of the advantages you have when you choose the OSD335x System-in-Package.
The OSD335x has many open hardware reference designs with schematics and layout files available to help developers speed up design time. In addition, by leveraging the software libraries and device drivers for Linux, which are supported by a huge open-source community, your design will move much faster. Integrating wireless communication for IoT is seamless with the built in TCP/IP stack and networking protocols. Integrating image processing or speech into a product is merely a matter of including the appropriate well-tested libraries.
Delight Your Production Team By Including 100+ Components into One Device
The OSD335x-SM integrates the Texas Instruments Sitara™ ARM® Cortex®-A8 AM335x processor, DDR3 memory, TPS65217C PMIC, TL5209 LDO, all the needed passives, and 4KB of EEPROM into a single BGA package. At 21mm X 21mm, it is 60% smaller than the discrete component implementation. The Bill of Materials (BOM) for your product will be reduced, lowering overall manufacturing system complexity. In addition, the resulting PCB complexity and size is reduced, with additional cost is savings in design steps by reducing the need for complex routing work and need for strict design rules.
Easy access to Support Leveraging Tutorials, Application Notes and Fast-Response Forums
Technical support can make or break your design decisions. Feel confident in your decision to design with OSD335x System-in-Package with to a host of easy to use support materials available and a team of engineers to back them. The OSD335x Reference Design Tutorial Series goes through all the steps from laying your initial ground connections, to power management recommendations, to bringing up your board. Our Application notes and articles provide guidance on everything from thermal behavior to connecting wireless into your system. With benchmark speed, our engineers engage with you on our forums to answer specific questions regarding your layout, your software and your system.
Choosing OSD335x is an easy decision – Quicker, easier and more cost effective embedded designs will result.
You won’t need magic 8-ball to predict the success of your next design.
There is a Hackster.io project page with the instructions and code for you to build your own Magic 8-ball decision-maker. Enjoy!
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