Sigma Designs Vantage 8654 Development Kit (Compact 7)

3/12/2014

Windows Embedded Compact 7 includes a board support package (BSP) for the Sigma Designs Vantage 8654 development kit, which uses a three-core asymmetric processor. When you install Platform Builder for Windows Embedded Compact 7 with support for MIPS processors, the following directory is created.

  • %_WINCEROOT%\Platform\SMP865x

This directory contains the Platform.bib file and other configuration files, the catalog items for the BSP, and source code for the boot loader, drivers, kernel independent transport layer (KITL), and OEM adaptation layer (OAL).

Supported Features

The Sigma Designs Vantage 8654 BSP supports the following features.

  • Video codecs with DirectShow filters: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264, VC1, WMV9, MP4, and DIVX
  • Audio codecs with DirectShow filters: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MP3, AAC (ADTS, ADIF, DSI), AC3, WMA, WMAPRO, WMATS, PCM_CDDA, LPCM_VOB, DTS (S/PDIF pass-through only)
  • Support for serial ATA (SATA) drives up to 1.6 Gbps to verify local playback
  • KITL with RTL8139 and SN8800
  • Inter-integrated circuit (I2C)
  • Simultaneous output to hard disk drive and SD card

In addition, the following table shows the hardware components that are supported in the BSP for the Sigma Designs Vantage 8654 development kit for the SMP8654 SoC.

Hardware component Sigma Designs Vantage 8654 hardware support Sigma Designs Vantage 8654 BSP support

RAM

Up to 1 GB DDR-2 DRAM

512 MB

Flash memory

512 MB SLC NAND, 2 MB NOR

Yes

Boot ROM

No

Not applicable

Timers

MIPS CP0 timer

Yes

Clock speed

500 Mhz

Not applicable

Real-time clock

None

Software RTC

VGA video adapter

No

Not applicable

LCD display

No

Not applicable

Ethernet port

Two, 100 Mbps

KITL and product Ethernet for both ports

Serial port

Yes

Yes

Compact flash card

No

Not applicable

Mouse

USB

USB

Keyboard

USB

USB

Touch controller

No

Not applicable

USB host

Two, USB 2.0

Yes

USB function

No

Not applicable

Serial Infrared (SIR)

No

Not applicable

Fast Infrared (FIR)

No

Not applicable

Commercial Infrared (CIR)

Yes

Yes

Audio output

Yes (analog I2S 5.1, coaxial S/PDIF, HDMI)

Yes (analog I2S 5.1, coaxial S/PDIF, HDMI)

Audio input

Yes

Yes (with FPGA update)

Parallel for printing

No

Not applicable

Integrated Device Electronics (IDE)

No

Not applicable

Smart card

Yes

No

IEEE 1394

No

Not applicable

Floppy disk drive

No

Not applicable

TV output

Yes (HDMI, S-Video, composite NTSC/PAL, component YPbPr)

Yes (HDMI, S-Video, composite NTSC/PAL, component YPbPr)

Floating point unit

Yes

Yes

Expansion connector

No

Not applicable

PCI slots

One

Yes

Compact PCI or PCI extender

No

Not applicable

Logic analyzer probes

No

Not applicable

IEEE 1149.1-compliant hardware (JTAG)

Yes

Not applicable

Debug LEDs

No

Not applicable

Companion or add-on cards

No

Not applicable

See Also

Reference

MIPS BSPs