ST-Ericsson's Nova A9500 -SNOWBALL Low Cost Development Board
The first Nova application processor developer board and Igloo community
ST-Ericsson introduced the Snowball developer board to drive software innovation for Android, Linux and Linaro based embedded devices on the Nova™ A9500 platform. ST-Ericsson’s Nova application processor family is taking the mobile computing experience to the next level by offering a combination of high performance mobile processing, advanced graphics cores and powerful multimedia at extreme power efficiency.Designed by Calao Systems, with the low-level software developed by Linaro, Snowball was conceived to put sophisticated mobile technologies within reach of a broad community of professional developers, so that they can create and perfect their apps for a wide range of devices before they are launched.
Snowball Board Overview
Features
- ARM® Dual Cortex-A9 with NEON @ 1GHz
- ARM Mali 400-1 @ 400MHz
- 4/8GByte e.MMC
- 1GByte LP-DDR2
- Micro-SD
- HDMI 1.4, Full HD, 3D capable
- CVBS Video OUT
- Analog Audio OUT
- Analog Audio IN
- Serial Port (RS232/Over USB)
- Ethernet 10/100Mbits
- USB OTG HS (480Mbits)
- IEEE 802.11 b/g/n WLAN
- Bluetooth 4.0/BLE(ex. Antenna)
- GPS (ex. Antenna)
- 3 Axis Accelerometer
- 3 Axis Magnetometer
- 3 Axis Gyrometer
- Pressure sensor (300-1100 mb)
- 3x Expansion Connectors (FSMC HSI, Audio, MiPi CSI / Camera, LC MiPi DSI, UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO)
- JTAG Connector
- MiPi Debug Connector
- DC IN 5V
- Li-Ion Battery Charger
- RTC Battery Backup
Snowball combines ST-Ericsson’s Nova A9500 featuring dual Cortex-A9 at 1 Ghz and Mali-400 GPU with GPS and advanced connectivity plus a complete set of STMicroelectronics sensors - 3D gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, barometer - in a small form factor battery-operated device.
IGLOO – a powerful, open community for mobile innovation
Snowball software is available as open source code through the Igloo community. This allows developers to optimize their apps at every level of the software stack ensuring best possible performance and user experience. ST-Ericsson has selected open source specialist Movial to develop, support and run the Igloo community.
ST-Ericsson is a world leader in developing and delivering a complete portfolio of innovative mobile platforms and cutting-edge wireless semiconductor solutions across the broad spectrum of mobile technologies. The company is a leading supplier to the top handset manufacturers and was established as a 50/50 joint venture by STMicroelectronics and Ericsson in February 2009. For information visit www.stericsson.com or follow us on Twitter: @STEricssonForum