MontaVista Android Solution for ECONA

Android Solution for ECONA
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Androids Success
Android has met with rapid success because it delivers an open source, integrated, software development framework. It is an integrated software
platform that provides an operating system, middleware, applications framework, and a rich set of APIs for third party application developers. With
active development support from Google, Android is available as a free, open source distribution. The majority of the Android platform is licensed
under the Apache 2.0 license.
Initially developed for mobile handsets, all types of devices are now turning to Android as a software solution. Targeted for applications including
FTTH broadband gateways, network attached storage appliances, multimedia picture frames, media and print servers, IP cameras and wireless
access points, the Cavium Networks ECONA CNS3XXX family of highly integrated ARM-based SoC processors offer a rich set of integrated hardware
accelerators and a range of I/Os and provides a perfect platform for the development of Android-based devices.
The Challenges of Delivering Commercial Products on Android
The success of Android presents its own set of challenges however. Successfully building a commercial product using the Android framework is a
challenge for any product developer since no formal support is available. Android is a complex software framework, so one of the core requirements
is a strong knowledge of the Linux kernel and firmware. The Android framework has to be ported to ECONA and this requires porting of the
Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) to fully support all the devices on the hardware. This requires detailed knowledge of devices such as WiFi, GSM/
GPRS/EDGE/3G, Bluetooth Technology, GPS, WiMax, camera, audio, graphics, and multimedia to complete the HAL porting in an efficient manner.
Android Solution for ECONA
MontaVista’s Android Solution for ECONA can help you lower your time to market for an ECONA-based Android device by months!
MontaVista’s Android Solution for ECONA is a complete offering designed to help you reduce your development effort by months, deliver a better
quality product faster, and lower your overall development risk. By providing a commercial quality Android stack developed specifically for ECONA,
you can be assured you are beginning development on a solid foundation. It also adds integrated features not found in the standard Android
framework, but required for ECONA devices, such as DLNA-compliant digital media server support.

The Android solution for ECONA consists of three key components:
specifications
• Android software reference platform for ECONA CNS3XXX
• Automated Test and Validation Suite (ATVS)
• Commercialization services for Android
Android Reference Platforms
Our Android software reference platform for ECONA is designed to provide customers a complete,
commercial quality software stack to begin their development efforts. The reference platforms include:
• A Linux port to the ECONA CNS3XXX SoC processor
• Support for on-chip SoC devices
• Drivers for WiFi, Bluetooth Technology, Camera, Audio Graphics, Multimedia, Mouse/Keyboard, and others
• Support for DLNA-compliant digital media server (DMS) functionality, compatible with any DLNA compatible media player
• Complete integration of the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) to work with the Android framework
• Detailed test and quality assurance reports for the entire system
Automated Test and Validation Suite
The Automated Test and Validation Suite delivers a higher quality product by providing a detailed set of automated and manual tests, extending
what is available today in the Android community. The existing Android Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) provided only offers test cases for the Android
framework. The ATVS extends what CTS offers by providing a set of test cases for the HAL and the Linux layers to provide a complete test and QA
solution for the entire system.
Commercialization Services
With more than 10 years experience in embedded Linux, MontaVista has the expertise to deliver high quality professional services for Android on
ECONA hardware. We work closely with our customers to transfer Android knowledge and technology to your development engineers, allowing
you deliver future projects on your own. Commercialization services include, but are not limited to:
• Adding Advanced Features for ECONA like DLNA support
• Adding additional devices to the HAL which are not available in the open source Android solution
• Adding additional features in the Native Libraries/ Java Native Interface layer/ Java Application Framework layer
• Adding Java application support to existing applications, integrating third party applications, or custom development of applications
• Performance and device optimization
• Field Support and Testing System
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