Introduction - ICP DAS USA LinPAC AM335 Series User Manual

1. Introduction

This chapter introduces the fundamental concepts for the user with the LinPAC AM335x series.
LinPAC AM335x series is the new generation Linux-based PAC (Programmable Automation
Controller) from ICP DAS and is equipped with a Cortex-A8 CPU (1.0 GHz) running a Linux kernel
3.x operation system, multiple communication interfaces and slots for high performance parallel
I/O modules and serial I/O modules.
Main advantage of the LinPAC AM335x PAC is its high quality control system, including its stably
properties, open source and the standard LinPAC SDK for Windows and Linux using the GNU C
language, JAVA and GUI software. The main purpose of LinPAC AM335x PAC is to allow the
numerous enthusiastic Linux users to control their own embedded system easily within the Linux
environment.
ICP DAS also provides a library file, libi8k.a, custom applications can easily be developed for the
LinPAC AM335x PAC using either C or Java and .NET applications will also be supported in the
future. The various functions contained in the library are divided into sub-group functions for ease
of use within the different applications.
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