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Welcome to the Blackfin Open Source Koop

This site is the central location for open source and free software and hardware projects targeted for use with certain members of the Analog Devices Blackfin processor family. In addition to a wide range of applications, this Koop also focuses on supporting Open Source hardware and software tools, including the GNU GCC toolchain and the uClinux distribution.

What is a Koop?

The word "Koop" is derived from the English word cooperative, which typically describes a jointly owned enterprise that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners. In this situation, it takes nothing to be an "owner", except the understanding/acknowledgment that you get out, what you put in — that is, sharing and cooperation. While the Koop does includes a small dedicated team of contributors (some volunteer, some Analog Devices employees), everything is done for the betterment of the entire Koop - collaborating with others (including you) for a common purpose and benefit. What this means is that you (and we) must be willing to adjust to differences in opinion and implementation in order to obtain agreement for the Koop's greater good.

The blackfin.uclinux.org website is a free (zero cost) service to developers and users of  Open Source Software, offering easy access to the best in source code, mailing lists, bug tracking, message boards/forums, software road maps and releases of Open Source software, as it relates to the Blackfin processor.

Site Feedback and Participation

In order to get the most out of this site, you'll need to register as a new user. This will allow you to participate fully in all we have to offer. You may of course browse the site without registering, but will not have access to participate fully.

Here is a list of the main projects hosted on this wonderful site. For the full list of projects hosted here, please use the Projects link at the top of the page.

Project Download Documentation Source Forums Trackers
GNU Toolchain Releases
Snapshots
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Linux Kernel Releases
Snapshots
Wiki SVN GIT Help Lists Bugs Patches Requests Current Tasks

μClinux Distribution

Releases
Snapshots
Presentations SVN GIT Help Lists Bugs Patches Requests Current Tasks
Das U-boot Releases Wiki SVN GIT Help Lists Bugs Patches Requests Current Tasks
Hardware Releases Wiki
Purchase
SVN GIT Help Bugs
CoLinux Releases Wiki SVN GIT Help Bugs

Documentation

Pretty much all of our documentation lives in our Documentation Wiki. You can find snapshots of the whole site which is useful for offline browsing. There is also a list of Frequently Asked Questions.

Support

Please refer to the Support section of our Wiki project.

Licenses

Click any of these links for further information on Software Copyright, Software Licenses, Patent Licenses, Cryptographic Software, Support, External Links and your lack of Warranty.

Disclaimer

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Recent News
BlackStamp boards available for purchase (Wojtek Skulski 2009-06-11)

BlackStamp rev. H boards are available for purchase from the website http://www.blackstamp.net/products.htm


 Discussions
New Survey (Robin Getz 2009-05-11)

Analog Devices has set up a survey in an attempt to determine how people use their processors. If you have 5-8 minutes, please fill it out, telling them how your experience with Blackfin (and open source) has been (good or bad).

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB2296CKJ5YNP

Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey.


 Discussions
Supercomputing Systems (SCS) ships LeanXcam (Robin Getz 2009-05-03)

Supercomputing Systems (SCS) is shipping the LeanXcam, a $300 based 500MHz Analog Devices Blackfin BF537 processor. This captures 752 x 480, 60fps video, and runs a uClinux, supporting machine-vision application development.

More info can be found on-line at:
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4903433583.html and
http://www.scs-vision.ch/en/leanxcam/index.html


 Discussions
BlackStamp revision H is released. (Wojtek Skulski 2009-04-21)

BlackStamp Revision H is the first hardware revision since Rev. C. Twenty five boards are being built. The prototype Rev. H was successfully tested with U-Boot and Linux kernel. Revision H is software-compatible with previous BlackStamp releases.


 Discussions
WMA for Blackfin/Linux (Robin Getz 2009-03-24)

According to the ADI Website:
http://www.analog.com/en/embedded-processing-dsp/blackfin/BF_WINDOWS_MEDIA_AUDIO_STANDARD_DECODER/processors/product.html

They have a Windows Media Audio (WMA) Decoder, which has been validated with the GNU toolchain (bfin-elf, bfin-linux-uclibc, and bfin-uclinux) on the ADSP-BF533, BF527 & BF548.

The decoder is only available in object code format, and you...


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