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Android Based EB Specialized Device Platform

The EB Specialized Device Platform, based on the Android operating system, is targeted to Public Safety, Security and Defense customers, enabling them to lower the development cost and shorten the market specific wireless device development schedule. The EB platform gives fast access to latest commercial device technology, such as LTE, reducing the overall development program risk.

Main Benefits:

Enables vertical markets such as defense, public safety and security to roll-out customized mobile devices that meet specific industry functional or performance requirements—faster and with lower development risks and costs.

Product Overview

The EB Platform enables our customers to develop an Android device, exactly meeting their market specific requirements. The highest value of the platform comes from its scalability and ability to scale in terms of feature set, performance, industrialization requirements, and product life cycle. The platform gives our customers the ability to bring devices to market faster, enabling greater return on investment.

The EB Public Safety Mobile Device Platform is a platform that allows our customers to:

Accelerate ROI by being able to bring to market devices fast and with a feature set exactly meeting their needs
Leverage the cost advantages due to the economy of scale in the cellular market
Allow easy implementation of customer and application specific requirements
Lower the development cost
Shorten the development schedule
Reduce development risk

The platform consists of form factor hardware that can be tailored to customer requirements. Current form factor has TI OMAP 3 application processor, a high resolution touch-screen enabled display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 2G and 3G modems - LTE for Band 14 being an option. Further options are highlighted below. The platform has pre-integrated and certified components that are commonly found in today's consumer Smartphone devices.

Product Specifications

Texas Instruments OMAP™ 3 Series or OMAP™ 4 Series Applications Processor Options

OMAP3xxx

ARM Cortex-A8 core up to 1 GHz
ARM TrustZone compatible security engine
NEON™ SIMD coprocessor
POWERVR™ SGX graphics accelerator
TMS320C64x+™ DSP up to 600 MHz

OMAP4xxx

Dual ARM Cortex-A9 cores up to 1.5 GHz
ARM TrustZone compatible security engine
NEON™ SIMD coprocessor
POWERVR™ SGX540 graphics accelerator
TMS320C64x+™ DSP up to 200 MHz

Operationg System and Software Options

Android™
OMAP3xxx: Froyo
OMAP4xxx: Gingerbread
Linux
Ångström Distribution
EB GUIDE™ HMI Development Engine and Environment

Memory options

OMAP3xxx

1GB NAND flash and 512MB mDDR RAM (PoP)
eMMC Mass Storage (up to 64 GB)
SD/SDHC/SDXC expansion slot

OMAP4xxx

1GB LPDDR2 RAM (PoP)
eMMC Mass Storage (up to 64 GB)
SD/SDHC/SDXC expansion slot

Display Options

OMAP3xxx

4.0" WVGA (800x480) LCD with capacitive touch
4.3" WVGA (800x480) LCD with capacitive touch
Low resolution auxiliary status display

OMAP4xxx

4.0" WVGA (800x480) LCD with capacitive touch
4.3" WVGA (800x480) LCD with capacitive touch
Dual high resolution display option

Wireless & Connectivity options

GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (Multi-slot Class 33) and UMTS/HSDPA at 850/1900/2100 MHz (Category D24/U7)
LTE-FDD at 700 MHz (Bands 14, 17 & 13 - Category 3)
802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR
S-Band (2.0/2.2 GHz) GMR1-3G Satellite
COTS Cellular Module for alterative air interfaces(such as CDMA2K/EVDO)