4.2. Release notes - 08_04_03 (Snapshot drop)¶
4.2.1. Features¶
Note
New features vs previous release are marked in bold
Important
This is a snapshop drop intended to give intra-release snapshot update. As such, only sanity testing was done and not all components have gotten updates from 8.4.0 release. Full testing will only come as part of 8.5.0 release.
Note
Major updates in this snapshot release are as follows:
Several bug fixes across components (especially tiovx, vision_apps and pdk), please refer to individual SDK Components release notes.
Bug fix for apps which use multi-channel camera (4 or more cameras) along with LDC
SafeRTOS support added
MCAL component updates
SDL added
4.2.1.1. Hardware support¶
J721S2 Alpha EVM support with Leo and Hera PMIC processor board
J721S2 ES1.0 support
J721S2 HS support
Fusion1 RevC daughter card with UB960 FPDLink deserializer
IMX390 2MP CSI2 image sensor + UB953 FPDLink serializer
AR0233 2.5MP CSI2 image sensor + UB953 FPDLink serializer
AR0820 8MP CSI2 image sensor + UB953 FPDLink serializer
GESI(Gateway/Ethernet Switch/Industrial) daughter card (for additional ethernet and CAN ports)
Infotainment daughter card (for HDMI output)
4.2.1.2. Software features¶
Important
Below is a summary of key features. Refer individual SDK Components release notes for more details
4.2.1.2.1. Vision Apps (ADAS, Vision, DL demos)¶
OpenVX based demos for ADAS, Vision, deep learning applications
FreeRTOS on C7x, R5F and Linux/QNX on A72
Integrates all major PSDK RTOS and PSDK LINUX SW components like TIDL, MMALIB, PDK, OpenVX, C7x algorithms, imaging/sensors, IPC, Linux, FreeRTOS, SPL/uboot.
Integrates all major HW components like CSI2 camera, eDP/HDMI display, UART, I2C, ethernet, SD card
Deep Learning demos
Image Classification demo
File based
Camera based
Standalone Semantic Segmentation application
File based
Camera based
Standalone Object Detection application
File based
Camera based
Auto valet parking (AVP) demo
semantic segmentation, Parking spot detect and Vehicle detect algorithms
1 channel, 3 algo mode (AVP1 demo)
3 channel, 3 algo mode - combined network for parking spot and vehicle detect (AVP2 demo)
3 channel, 5 algo mode - combined network for parking spot and vehicle detect + Three task network for Semantic Segmentation, Motion Segmentation and Depth Estimation (AVP3 demo)
DKAZE-based Visual Localization application
Debug support for the ability to debug intermediate layer information from TIDL node
Surround view demos
3D surround view using GPU on 4x 2MP 30fps live camera input
3D surround view calibration application
ADAS/Vision demos
Dense optical flow (DOF) demo
Stereo disparity engine demo
Single and multi camera to display (CSI2RX + VISS + LDC + MSC + Display) demo
C7x algorithm offload demo (with DMA acceleration)
Multi channel codec demo utilizing CSI2RX + VISS + LDC + MSC + Display
CV Demos
Structure from motion
OpenVX target nodes
image pre-processing (YUV 2 RGB) nodes for DL demos
image post-processing and visualization nodes for deep learning, DOF, Stereo demos
lidar, radar, camera SFM nodes for PTK demos
OpenGL nodes for surround view
Profiling, logging and other utility APIs
All included MCU tasks are split between MCU2_0 (VPAC HWA) and MCU2_1 (DMPAC HWA), leaving MCU3_0 and MCU3_1 free on main domain
4.2.1.2.2. Platform Development Kit (PDK)¶
RTOS device drivers running on R5F, C7x
Supported drivers and modules
ENET CPSW (2G) in MCU and Main domains, RGMII, lwIP
CSL-FL (Chip support library)
GPIO
I2C
IPC (inter processor communication)
MMCSD with FATFS
OSAL
SBL secondary bootloader
SCI Client (DMSC interface)
SPI driver (SPI, OSPI)
OSPI (NOR, NAND)
UART
UDMA and DRU
VPAC and DMAC (VHWA)
2x CSI-Rx
CSI-Tx
DSS - DP
FreeRTOS Support on R5, DSPs
SafeRTOS Support on R5, DSPs
Refer to PDK release notes LINK for more details.
4.2.1.2.3. MCU Software (MCUSW)¶
AutoSAR 4.3.1 MCAL driver and MCU1_0 example applications running on R5F (TI Arm Clang Compiler).
AutoSAR MCAL driver for Adc, Can, CDD IPC, Dio, Eth, Gpt, Pwm, Epwm Spi, Icu & Wdg
MCUSW ”boot app”
4.2.1.2.4. TI Deep learning Product (TIDL) and MMALIB¶
TensorFlow Lite Runtime with Delegate API support for heterogeneous execution on ARM+C7x_MMA
ONNX Runtime with Execution Provider support for heterogeneous execution on ARM+C7x_MMA
NEO-AI-DLR support - TVM model compilation for heterogeneous execution on ARM+C7x_MMA
Upgraded to exercise MMA REV2 IP enhancement features - Limited support for hardware acceleration via on-the-fly padding of tensors - Limited support for asymmetric quantization for TF-Lite post training quantized models
TIDL deep learning inference engine library running on C7x/MMA
Supports Caffe, ONNX, TFlite network exchange formats
Supported layers: Convolution, Deconvolution, Pooling, ReLU, Elt-wise, Inner product, Soft-max, and many more, refer TIDL user guide (LINK)
TIDL network import tool and graph visualizer tool
Post Training Quantization options for 8-bit, 16-bit and mixed precision inference
Support of batch processing
Support for auto C7x code generation with TVM
4.2.1.2.5. FFT Library for C7x/MMA (FFTLIB)¶
C7x-only kernels
C7x+MMA kernels
Note: This is packaged as a stand-alone library component, and is not integrated into any SDK level demos
4.2.1.2.6. TI OpenVX (TIOVX)¶
OpenVX v1.1 compliant implementation with graph pipelining and user data object extension support
OpenVX API on A72 running Linux/QNX
OpenVX target kernels on C7x, R5F, A72
OpenVX v1.1 C6x optimized kernels recompiled for C7x
OpenVX nodes for
TIDL (C7x-MMA)
VISS (R5F)
LDC (R5F)
MSC (multi-scalar) (R5F)
Pyramid (using MSC) (R5F)
Dense Optical Flow (R5F)
Stereo Disparity Engine (R5F)
BLNF (bilateral noise filter) (R5F)
CSI2-RX camera (R5F)
CSI2-TX (R5F)
Display (eDP) (R5F)
Display M2M (R5F)
OpenVX tutorials for getting started
PyTIOVX tools for target kernel code generation
Performance Analyzer tool for run time logging of OpenVX graphs
VISS node supports heterogeneous camera support
4.2.1.2.7. Imaging¶
IMX390 2MP sensor driver (30/60fps) with IQ tuning
AR0233 2.5MP sensor driver with IQ tuning
AR0820 8MP sensor driver with IQ tuning
TI Auto-exposure and auto white-balance algorithms
Support for UB960 broadcast mode
Sensor framework supports heterogeneous camera support
4.2.1.2.8. TI Autonomous Driving Algorithms (TIADALG)¶
Image pre-processing APIs for color plane conversion and separation YUV to RGB for DL applications (C6x optimized. recompiled for C7x)
Camera Pose estimation API using solve pnp technique (C6x optimized. recompiled for C7x)
Visual localization algorithm (C6x optimized. recompiled for C7x)
Structure from Motion algorithm
4.2.1.2.9. FreeRTOS¶
FreeRTOS for R5F and C7x
4.2.1.2.10. Code Gen Tools (CGT)¶
TI Compiler, assembler, linker for R5F, C7x
TI LLVM (CLANG) Compiler, assembler, linker for R5F
GCC compiler for A72 (needs to be downloaded separately)
4.2.2. Device Support and Validation Information¶
SoC |
Build Host (OS) |
Run Target (OS) |
Test Plaform |
---|---|---|---|
J721S2 |
x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04) |
R5F, C7x running FreeRTOS A72 running Linux or QNX |
J721S2 EVM with daughter cards |
PC emulation mode (1) |
x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04) |
x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04) |
x86_64 (Linux Ubuntu 18.04) |
(1) Requires download of addon package from mySecure Software
4.2.3. Upgrade and Compatibility¶
In this section, we only highlight a few significant changes in this SDK. For full list of upgrade and compatibility topics, please refer to individual components release notes SDK Components.
4.2.4. Known Issues¶
Refer to individual SDK Components release notes for known issues in each component
4.2.5. Change Requests¶
ID |
Head Line |
Original Fix Version |
New Fix Version |
Components |
---|---|---|---|---|
JACINTOREQ-4892 |
Defer J7AEP OMX decoder to PSDKQA 8.5 release |
08.04.00 |
08.05.00 |
QNX |
4.2.5.1. Errata workarounds¶
None
4.2.6. Additional Reports¶
Test reports, traceability matrix not available in this snapshot drop.