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RZ Common System Release Package

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RZ Common System Release Package 3.0

Overview

The RZ Common System Release Package is a public release that aims to achieve a common board support package (BSP), toolkit, UX, and workflow across a broad set of boards that are used in proof of concept (PoC) / product development as well as provide a uniform out-of-box experience to customers for these products.

The system release package contains the following:

  • A common BSP supporting multiple platforms, reducing the need for individual BSP builds
  • Multiple images that are geared to general baseline use cases including Ubuntu.
  • Yocto build scripts.
  • Ubuntu build scripts
  • Host side tools.
  • Environmental files.
  • SDKs for all images
  • Documentation which includes
    • User manual
    • Copyright & license information
  • Architected to support multiple platforms by the same image and tools over time.
  • A common BSP for multiple platforms.
  • Identification of boards through revision ids.
  • Device trees are used all the way from flashing tools, firmware, bootloader to Linux kernel.
  • Common frameworks.
  • Open-source packages using GPLv2 and GPLv3 packages.
  • Carefully considered base images that allow for a quick starting point to build a product.
  • Complete set of features working out of the box.
  • Seamless out-of-box experience.
  • Automated Yocto build scripts that can rebuild the entire package with only a few commands.
  • Host tools to flash the firmware in multiple processes.
  • Tools supporting both Linux and Windows workflows.
  • Docker friendly build scripts.
  • Extensive documentation covering the hardware, software, and application development and deployment.
  • Prebuilt SDK’s for application development.
  • RZ Common System Release Package 3.0 Highlights:
    • Common images for multiple boards providing a unified starting point.
    • Common code for similar platforms allowing same images starting from bootloader stage to desktop UI to run on multiple boards
    • Yocto Styhead 5.1
    • Ubuntu 24.04
    • Linux Kernel 6.10 (open source - mainline fork)
    • Open source Panfrost driver stack with OpenGL ES implementation.
    • QT 6.0

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