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@AlexandreHoward AlexandreHoward released this 04 Apr 07:55
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Supported Software and Hardware

This release is part of the Real Time Edge Software v2.8

User's Guide

For Endpoint AVB and AVB Hybrid evaluation user guide, please refer to GenAVB/TSN Stack Evaluation User Guide
For Endpoint TSN and AVB Bridge evaluation user guide, please refer to the GenAVB/TSN stack section in Real-Time Edge Software User Guide
For Distributed Switch Architecture (DSA) AVB/TSN Bridge evaluation user guide, please refer to the Heterogeneous Multi-SoC Framework section in Real-Time Edge Software User Guide

Updates in this release

  • AVB/TSN DSA Bridge firmware support on i.MX RT1180 EVK
  • AVB Endpoint support on i.MX 93 14x14 EVK
  • TSN Endpoint support on i.MX 93 14x14 EVK (HW rework needed to set the Ethernet Interface to RGMII mode) plus IMXAI2ETH-ATH daughter card
  • AVB Bridge and AVB Hybrid support on i.MX 93 14x14 EVK (HW rework needed to set the Ethernet Interface to RGMII mode) plus SJA1105Q-EVB daughter card
  • Configurable network modes per network protocol

Feature highlights from previous releases

  • AVB/TSN protocols:
    • gPTP IEEE-802.1AS-2020 implementation, both time-aware Bridge and Endpoint support
    • SRP IEEE-802.1Q-2018 (Clause 35) implementation, both Bridge and Endpoint Support
  • AVB protocols:
    • AVTP IEEE-1722-2016 implementation, with MAAP support
    • AVDECC IEEE-1722.1-2013 implementation, with support for Milan 1.1a mode
  • AVTP stream formats supported:
    • IEC 61883-6: AM824/MBLA, 32-bit float, 32-bit integer
    • AVTP Audio Format (AAF)
    • IEC 61883-4: MPEG2-TS container for H.264, MPEG-2, MJPEG, AAC…
    • Compressed Video Format (CVF): MJPEG, Listener only
    • Compressed Video Format (CVF): H264
  • Clock Reference Format (CRF)
  • AVTP Control Format (ACF)
  • AVTP, AVDECC, SRP, MAAP control API’s and Clock API available to media applications
  • Platform Link Status Management with a 802.1AC stack component supporting MAC_Operational, operPointToPointMAC and PortTransmitRate
  • Support for SR classes A, B, C, D and E with init-time configuration of enabled SR classes
  • Support for Hardware Media Clock Recovery (on i.MX 8M Plus EVK and i.MX 6 ULL EVK with HW rework)
  • Examples of Media Applications integrated with GStreamer and ALSA Linux frameworks
  • Multi-channels (1, 2, 4, 6, 8 channels) support for Milan media applications profile