BELLEVUE, WA--(Marketwire - Jan 8, 2013) - [ BSQUARE Corporation ] (NASDAQ: [ BSQR ]), a leading enabler of smart connected systems, today announced availability of the new Bsquare Board Support Package for the Texas Instruments Jacinto 4 / DM8148. The new Board Support Package (BSP) enables streamlined development on these Texas Instruments (TI) development platforms, which are ideally suited for human machine interfaces in automotive and industrial applications.

The Bsquare BSP includes a complete set of drivers for the Jacinto 4 plus drivers for peripherals included on the Mistral® TMDXEVM8148 development board. The BSP provides key features to developers working with this board that allow them to take full advantage of the Windows® Embedded Compact 7 operating system:

• Windows Embedded Compact 7 OAL with support for ARM Cortex-A8
• Support for up to 3GB of physical RAM in Windows Embedded Compact 7
• eMMC 4.4 device driver support
• Full TI SYSLINK integration for on-chip inter-processor communication
• Multimedia middleware with hardware accelerator support
• Enabled for dual-display support
• SwiftBoot-enabled for minimum system boot time

This BSP may be customized to support unique hardware requirements and software implementations. Bsquare complements its BSP with [ end-to-end development ], integration, [ testing ], [ support ] and [ training ] services that accelerate time-to-market for new embedded solutions.

"The combination of Windows Embedded Compact 7 and our new BSP enables customers to bring devices to market more quickly, increase development team productivity and optimize device performance," said John Traynor, senior vice president of products for Bsquare. "This new BSP can be combined with other Bsquare products and services to create innovative automotive and industrial solutions."

Bsquare will launch the new BSP at CES 2013, which is being held in Las Vegas, NV, January 8-10. To see a product demo of the new BSP at CES, request a meeting with Bsquare: [ http://www.bsquare.com/Pages/Campaign%20Pages/CES-2013.aspx ]

For more information about the new Bsquare Board Support Package for the Texas Instruments Jacinto 4 visit: [ http://www.bsquare.com/products/board-support-packages ]

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