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==General==
#REDIRECT [[Pandora]]
* Official Hackers Manual ([http://www.openpandora.org/downloads/PANDORA_Hackers_manual_v101.pdf v1.01]) from OpenPandora Ltd, includes warnings about damage and warranties (or loss of).
 
==Board==
[[image:Board_rev5.jpg|thumb|Pandora PCB rev 5]]
The Pandora is based upon OMAP3530 and DM3730 System-on-a-chip, that includes a whole family of processors in one single chip:
*[[ARM]] Cortex-A8 CPU
*PowerVR SGX graphics core
*C64x+ DSP core
 
===OMAP3530 (600MHz units)===
 
* OMAP35x: Main page on TI site[http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/gencontent.tsp?contentId=36915]
 
* OMAP3530 specific page[http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/omap3530.html]  ''This lists the features of the chip and has all the applicable Technical Documents''
 
* [http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/ti_omap3430.pdf specifications]
 
* [http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Category:OMAP35x Texas Instruments Wiki]
===DM3730 (1GHz units)===
 
* DM3730 specific page[http://www.ti.com/product/dm3730]
 
* [http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Category:DM37xx Texas Instruments Wiki]
 
====Other OMAP3530 Projects====
*Always Innovating Touch Book[http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/wiki/]
*Beagle Board Resources[http://beagleboard.org/resources] As it uses the same SoC, many BB resources are also relevant for the Pandora.
*Beagle Board Google Group[http://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard]
 
====Cortex-A8====
This processor is part of the [[ARM]] risc cpu family[http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a8.php] that is licensed by a lot of hardware vendors. It has multiple command extensions as [[NEON]] (similar to MMX for x86 architecture)
*r1p1[http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0344b/DDI0344.pdf]  ''Note: OMAP3530 uses rev1p2''
*'''UPDATE''': r2p2 Documentation [http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.ddi0344e/index.html]  ''Note: OMAP3530 uses rev1p2''
*NEON instruction set [http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.dui0204h/Bcfjicfj.html]
*NEON memory hazards[http://hardwarebug.org/2008/12/31/arm-neon-memory-hazards/]
 
==== PowerVR ====
 
* [http://khronos.org/opengles/2_X/ Official site]
** OpenGL ES 2.0, several million polygons per second.
** [[OpenGL ES 1.1 Tutorial]]
** [[SGX_drivers|SGX driver info]]
 
====C64x+====
Digital signal processors allow to do complex calculations within only a few cycles
*CPU and Instruction Set Reference Guide[http://focus.ti.com/lit/ug/spru732h/spru732h.pdf]
*TMS320C6000 Assembly Language Tools v 6.0 Beta User's Guide[http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspsupporttechdocsc.tsp?sectionId=3&tabId=409&abstractName=spru186p]
*TMS320C6000 Optimizing Compiler v 6.0 Beta User's Guide[http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspsupporttechdocsc.tsp?sectionId=3&tabId=409&familyId=44&abstractName=spru187n]
*TMS320C6000 Programmer's Guide[http://focus.ti.com/dsp/docs/dspsupporttechdocsc.tsp?sectionId=3&tabId=409&abstractName=spru198i]
 
===TPS65950 power IC===
*Main page on TI site[http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tps65950.html]
 
<gallery>
Image:Pandora bag.jpg|Carrying case
</gallery>
 
[[Category:Chipset]]

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