Perception Toolkit (PTk) Release Notes
BETA Version: 01.04.00.00
Contents
- Introduction
- Licensing
- Getting Started
- Documentation
- Device Support
- Validation Information
- Known Issues
- Technical Support
- Package Versioning
Introduction
The Texas Instruments Perception Toolkit (PTk)
is a software package for accelerating sensing and perception capabilities, particularly for prototyping
automotive and robotic applications. Using a combination of sensing modalities commonly used for highly-automated
vehicles and machines, e.g., cameras, radar, lidar, GPS, IMU, etc., PTk can help quickly model dynamic environments
to facilitate of host of intelligent capabilities from free-space and obstacle detection to path and motion planning.
PTk features a component library of data structures, common sensing and perception processing algorithms,
as well as basic routines for visualization, sensor interfacing and data playback. Sample data from an instrumented vehicle and prototype perception applications are also included.
PTk provides a cross-platform API that delivers identical behavior on both PC and embedded platforms.
In this release, PTk has been integrated with the
J7 Processor Software Development Kit (J7PSDK)
[Linux Release]
for use with the J7 EVM or J7 Pre-Silicon PC Simulator platforms.
Licensing
The licensing information of this library, as well as any third-party components included which are made available under a number of other open-source licenses are enumerated as part of the manifest. A complete manifest along with export control information is detailed in the table below under "Software Manifest".
Getting Started
Currently Unavailable
Documentation
Refer to following documentation for further details:
PTK User Guide | Build instructions, API Guide | [HTML] |
Software Manifest | Licenses, terms of use | [HTML] |
This beta release reflects on-going development of library components, algorithms, and example applications; as such, detailed documentation is somewhat limited.
Device Support
SoC | HOST (OS) | Target (OS) | Test Plaform |
J7 | x86_64 (Linux) | x86_64 (Linux) | x86_64 Linux with Ubuntu 18.04 |
J7 | A72 (Linux) | C6x, A72 running Linux v4.19 | J7 EVM |
Validation Information
This release was built and validated using the following tools:
Dependencies (NOT included in Processor SDK RTOS Automotive):
- GCC: 5.4.0
- GLM: 0.9.8.4
- GLEW: 2.0.0
- FreeType: 2.9.1
- SDL: 2.0.8
- SDL_Image: 2.0.3
Known Issues
- None
Technical Support
For technical support and additional assistance, contact your local TI Field Application Engineer.
Package Versioning
Each package version is composed of 4 period-delimited numbers - represented here by the letters M, m, p and
b [M.m.p.b]
. The table below provides a descriptive reference regarding package version numbering.
Digit | Meaning | Description |
---|---|---|
1 (M=Major) | Major revision | Incremented when the new version is substantially different from the previous For example, a new module added or an existing module's algorithm significantly altered. |
2 (m=minor) | Minor revision | Incremented when the new version has changed but not in a major way. For example, some minor changes in the API or feature set. |
3 (p=patch) | Patch number | Incremented for all other source code changes. This include any packaging support code. |
4 (b=build) | Build number | Incremented for each release delivery to CM. Reset for any change to M, m or p |
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