element14, Premier Farnell’s online eCommunity for electronic design engineers, has announced availability of the DM3730 ARM based development kit, a complete embedded development system that accelerates time to market for media-rich, portable applications. The kit provides developers with an ARM based TI DaVinci digital media processor tailored for digital audio, video, imaging, and vision applications.

The DM3730 device includes a general purpose processor, video accelerators, and C64 DSP, and is tailored for a range of applications like Portable Data Terminals, Navigation, Auto Infotainment, Gaming, Medical Imaging, Home Automation, Human Interface, Test and Measurement and Industrial Control.

The kit provides access to ARM Cortex-A8 Core based MCU design, enabling engineers to design their applications with high quality graphics and video apps with low power consumption. The kit is supported by multiple hardware peripherals including LCD touch screen interface and works with Android, Microsoft Windows CE and Linux operating systems.