4.2. Release notes - 07_01_00

4.2.1. Features

Note

New features vs previous release are marked in bold

4.2.1.1. Hardware support

  1. AM65xx EVM and IDK with SR2 support

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. Platform Development Kit (PDK)

  • RTOS device drivers running on R5F, A53

  • Supported drivers and modules

    • Board diagnostic library

    • CPSW2G, CPTS, SGMII/QSGMII

    • CSL-FL (Chip support library)

    • GPIO

    • I2C

    • IPC (inter processor communication)

    • McASP

    • MMCSD with FATFS (A53 with RTOS)

    • OSAL

    • SBL secondary bootloader

    • SCI Client (DMSC interface)

    • SPI driver (SPI, QSPI, OSPI, Hyperflash)

    • UART

    • UDMA and DRU

    • CAL

    • DSS

New Features

ID

Description

Module

PDK-4928

Support Firewall control layer for TISCI features

SCICLIENT

PDK-5593

Support use case of MPU/Linux and MCU/Baremetal

IPC

Note

IPC3.x is deprecated for AM65X starting in SDK 7.0. SDK 6.3 was the last release with support for IPC3.x for AM65X. IPC LLD, included with PDK, is the only supported IPC stack for AM65X.

4.2.1.2.2. TI-RTOS

  • SysBIOS for R5F

  • Network developer kit (NDK) on R5F

4.2.1.2.3. Code Gen Tools (CGT)

  • TI Compiler, assembler, linker for R5F

  • GCC compiler for A53

4.2.2. Device Support and Validation Information

  • AM65xx SR2

4.2.3. Upgrade and Compatibility

  • MCUSW was delivered as part of previous release, but it has been removed from this release as it is not supported.

  • Industrial Protocols are not packaged with this SDK. Please refer to Industrial Protocols section for more information.

4.2.4. Known Issues

Refer to individual SDK Components release notes for known issues in each component