(iTers News) - Toshiba Corporation has launched a developmenmt platfrom for its TZ1000 series of application processors, inclduing a hardware development and software development kit. The TZ1000 series of applications processors is specifically designed to power wearables and IoT, or Internet of Things devices.
TZ1000 series devices pack a sensor, a processor, flash memory, and a Bluetooth Low Energy controller in one package to measure, process, save and sedn back and forth data. For example, they can monitor activities, check pulse and heart rate of human body.
The development environment includes an HDK embedded with the TZ1000 series TZ1001MBG processor, the SDK that operates on it, software development tool support and documentation. The kits will allow users to evaluate and develop software in an environment closer to final products and to optimize use of the application processor for specific product characteristics compared with previous development environment. The development environment will contribute to reduce design man-hour requirements and product development periods.
Toshiba is also working on the development of a software algorithm to measure weak biological signals, like pulse waves and the heart’s electrical activities, and environmental data such as temperature and humidity, and aims to supply a system solution in the TZ1000 series that will further strengthen the line-up.
TZ1000 development platform
· HDK
It consists of a TZ1001MBG-embedded main board and a biometric sensor board that measures pulse waves and the heart’s electrical activities, allowing users to combine their own designed board instead of biometric sensor boards.
· SDK
It includes driver software that controls each component incorporated in TZ1001MBG, middleware that measures activity and pulse waves, and application software that controls the overall system.
· Supporting software development tool
The HDK and SDK are supported by recommended development tools, including Keil MDK-ARM and IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM.