Hi,

I'm evaluating the DM355 DV EVM for use in my thesis and have a bunch of
questions.

- the TI webpage says "Development board reference materials (gerber,
schematics, BOM)". What format are these in? Is board layout also included?
How many layers is the reference board design?
- the TI webpage says "On-board Ethernet controller with application notes
and schematics". Does this mean the DM355 does not have an on-chip MAC and
that it requires an external MAC/PHY chip? If I wanted to create a DM355
solution with two ethernet interfaces such as LAN and WAN, would I need to
write special drivers or require major board changes?
- do I need to buy any software just to write applications for the DM355
DVEVM or is everything that is needed part of the free software packages? I
want to write a video encode/decode application so I will need a compiler
and toolchain and be able to link against the CodecEngine library.
- I want to use a CMOS sensor but I saw statements saying the DM355 only
works with a Micron Imager. Is there a list of compatible CMOS sensors that
could be easily interfaced with the DM355 DVEVM?
- what codec demos are there available? is source included? I intend to
write an application that can draw a user interface on an LCD display and
then perform audio/video encode/decode similar to a video phone. Is there
anything similar to this that I could use as a starting point?
- what is the API to draw to the LCD display? is it the same as normal
Linux, ie: GTK etc?
- does the DM355 DVEVM have any mechanism to connect to an LCD display like
an 24-bit or 16-bit TTL TFT LCD?
- is there any web browser that has been ported to the DM355?
 - what's the cheapest JTAG tool to use with the DM355 DVEVM? the ability to
reflash with a working image if I accidentally overwrote the ROM or boot
flash would be the minimum functionality desired.

Thank you for your help.

Ilyssa
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