Linux Consultants and Commercial Product Providers

There are many third-party partners who provide Linux services, products, and expertise that can assist in delivering Linux-based applications on TI devices. To assist TI customers seeking additional development help with Linux-based applications, this page provides listings and details on different third-parties. TI's Linux partners are separated into two different categories:

Commercial Linux providers: Commercial Linux Providers are companies whose primary business is to provide their own supported Linux distributions along with additional development tool options such as a graphical IDE. These companies also offer different services, such as driver development, but the availability of such services assumes that the customer has purchased the commercial distribution.

Linux Consultants: Linux consultants offer a variety of services including training, driver development, root file system customization, and Linux application development that are not tied to a specific distribution. Customers who prefer the original TI Linux distributions as their starting point and need assistance in getting to production should consult this list.

Commercial Linux Providers

The table below lists commercial Linux product providers who support TI devices. Please visit the provider's web site for up-to-date information on product features and pricing and which TI devices are supported.

Company Name	Location(s)	Contact Details
Logic PD	US/Worldwide	http://www.logicpd.com/
Mentor Graphics	US/Worldwide	http://www.mentor.com/products/embedded_software/android-linux-multicore/
MontaVista	US/Worldwide	http://www.mvista.com
RidgeRun	US/Worldwide	http://www.ridgerun.com
Timesys	US/Worldwide	http://www.timesys.com
Wind River	US/Worldwide	http://www.windriver.com

Linux Consultants

The table below lists Linux consultants, along with their areas of expertise and any additional services they provide. The location is given to help customers locate consultants in a similar time zone or with specific language skills. It does not mean that a consultant only does business in that specific country. The table is ordered alphabetically.

Company Name	Location(s)	Contact	Description
Aaron Clarke	US	Aaron Clarke http://www.aaronclarke.com mailto:ac@aaronclarke.com	- Custom ports of the Linux Kernel and bootloaders - Experienced bringing up new hardware - Device driver development - TCP/IP, Wi-Fi, and network programming - USB host and device - Troubleshooting and integration - Prototype development
Adeneo Embedded	France, Germany, Israel, Italy, USA	Vijay Raisinghani (USA, APAC) Jeremy Delicato (W.Europe) Michael Heinz (C.Europe) http://www.adeneo-embedded.com/ mailto://sales@adeneo-embedded.com	- Linux and Android BSP and Driver development Linux kernel and U-Boot customization Board bring-up Power Management Custom drivers (USB, Ethernet, WLAN, Bluetooth, Display, HW acceleration, Camera, Audio, ...) System performance optimization (Boot time, graphical performances, connectivity) PowerVR engine expertise Android OS integration expertise - Linux and Android Application Development Android based development GStreamer, OpenGL Expertise on Qt / QML development environment Cloud connectivity, Natural UI, Advanced GUI
Advista Technologies LLC	US	Tiebing Zhang http://www.advistatech.com mailto:tzhang@advistatech.com	- Embedded Linux product development - Experiened with TI processors and SDK - Fast turn-around - Board bring-up - u-boot customization - Device Driver development: USB, WiFi, Ethernet, I2C, SPI - TI video processing - TI video overlay/OSD - Qt-based Graphic application development
Archermind	China	Hai (Jackey) Yang http://www.archermind.com	- Training courses on Linux driver and application development and system integration - Linux bsp and driver development, including USB, LCD, PMIC, and Bluetooth - Bootloader development - Linux application development, including Android
BEC Systems	US	Cliff Brake http://www.bec-systems.com	Kernel driver development, building and optimizing kernels and root filesystems, general purpose Linux application build and development, Open Embedded usage expertise
Bill Gatliff	US / Worldwide	Bill Gatliff http://www.billgatliff.com mailto:bgat@billgatliff.com	- Training, development and consulting - Kernel and bootloader customization - Board design consulting and evaluation - Custom device driver development - Kernel and root filesystem creation, optimization and enhancement - Android, Debian, Emdebian, Open Embedded and fully-custom root filesystem generation
Cogent Embedded	Worldwide	Artemi Ivanov http://www.cogentembedded.com mailto:inbox@cogentembedded.com	- Architecture/Design/Consulting - Development/Engineering: - Low-level enablement: bootcode, BSP/drivers, bare-metal - Building custom Linux distro-s - Middleware - Multi-OS/multi-core - Migration to OSS - Performance analysis and optimizations - Power management - Support - Training - Open Source maintenance
CSS	US	Steve Poulsen http://www.css-design.com mailto:spoulsen@css-design.com	- UBL/U-boot/Kernel Development - Modern Toolchain based on newer kernels - Audio/Video Capture/Display, LCD drivers - ALSA/V4L2 Drivers - C++ with Exception Handling Video Engine using TI's Codec Engine API - Experience with creating and modifying Codec Servers using XDM/XDC/RTSC standards. - Custom DSP algorithms to support video/audio systems. - Consultation Services, including prototyping
Deep Root Systems	US	Kevin Hilman http://www.deeprootsystems.com	- Power Management - Kernel internals, porting and optimization - Device driver development and optimization - getting kernel code to mainline
Digilink Software	US	Karl Zhao http://www.digilinksoftware.com	- Application development for embedded broadcast and streaming video solutions - Device driver development and optimization - Rapid prototype and lifecycle development - Custom graphics user interface development for Qtopia and Android - Embedded Real-time instrumentation, debugging, profiling and optimization - Custom protocol development and client/server integration
DLA Systems	US	Dave Lynch http://www.dlasys.net mailto:dhlii@dlasys.net	- Embedded Linux Linux BSP, board bring-up Custom driver development Driver expertise includes serial, net, mtd, filesystem, PCI Custom Bootloader development Toolchains Networking drivers, applications, protocols, reverse engineering Root file system development and customization -Linux application development Android applications userspace hardware/firmware integration
DSP-Weuffen GmbH	Germany / Europe / WW (main focus: southern Germany / Austria / Switzerland)	Mr. Berger mailto:info@dsp-weuffen.de http://dsp-weuffen.de (de) http://dsp-weuffen.de/en (en)	Member of the TI Third Party Network; please ask TI for trainings, e.g. DaVinci™ System Integration using Linux. Consulting, System Conception, System Design (e.g. with camera sensor, watchdog/co-processors, FPGA, etc.), Engineering services Customer Specific System/Component/Module Development (hardware & software) following standards (e.g. ISO-9xxx, V-Model, SPICE, Automotive Spice, MISRA, ...) Platforms: TI ARM based (DM3xx, DM644x, OMAP, other), TI DSP (DM642/7/8, C64x/+, C67x/+, C5x, C2x), TI MCU (MSP430), PC (drivers, 32/64 bit), others Operating Systems: Linux (kernel, drivers, flash file systems, applications, connectivity), DSP-BIOS, Windows, others Codec Programming and Optimization: Codec Engine and VISA (Video, Still Image, Speech, Audio, general purpose Algorithms, other), non-CE based algorithms Interfaces: analog input & camera sensor interfacing for CCDC with ipipe/prev and h3a, analog & digital video output and displays/VENC, PCI/PCI-Express, Ethernet (ETH/MAC/PHY/MII), USB, UART, SPI, CAN, LIN, SD/SDIO, HPI, wireless (BT, WLAN, other), custom protocols and interfaces Peripheral Systems: imaging sensors (e.g. OmniVision, Micron/Aptina), LVDS (e.g. INOVA APIX) related offers: low latency RTSP-transmission over ethernet using HD, HD-Video recording and transmission systems, automotive vision development platform, automotive algorithms, CAN stack, USB-to-HPI interface, MSGQ & MSGQ32 on DSP/ARM/PC, multi processing/multi core systems, medical and military devices & applications, motor control and power supply systems
embWiSe	India	Srini Srinivasan http://www.embwise.com	- SD/MMC/SDHC Drivers - SDIO-WiFi driver development/integration/migration for Marvell 88W8686/88W8688 and Atheros AR6001/AR6002 WiFi chipsets - SDIO driver development around the open source SDIO stack - CompactFlash Driver development / CF-WiFi driver development - USB/USB-OTG Driver Development/USB-WiFi driver development - SPI Host Driver and SPI-WiFi driver development - Applications: WiFi Access Point/Bridge/Mesh AP development and Zeroconf application/integration
Enea	Sweden	Johan Hall http://www.enea.com/linux	- Embedded Linux training courses - Linux driver and bsp development - Open Embedded builds and scripts - Graphics and multimedia solutions including Qtopia, Android, DirectFB and Gstreamer - General Linux application development and migration - Embedded Linux system integration
Free Electrons	France	Michael Opdenacker http://www.free-electrons.com	- On-site and internet-based Linux and Open Embedded training courses - Linux driver and bsp development - Root file system development and customization - Optimizing Linux boot times - Reducing power management, including CPU-frequency and voltage scaling, suspend/resume, and idling modes - General Linux application development
Fuel7	US	Tomas Gonzalez http://www.Fuel7.com	- Linux BSP and custom driver development - Building and optimizing kernels and toolchain - Board bringup, boot load customization and optimization - OpenEmbedded solutions and integration - High Performace Graphics Solutions - Qt Embedded, OpenGL, DirectFB, GStreamer - Low Power Solutions, Power Management - Embedded Real-Time instrumentation, debugging, profiling and optimization
HY Research	US	Hunyue Yau http://www.hy-research.com	- Linux kernel driver development and board bring-up - Root file system optimization - Linux system prototypes and demos - Android, graphics
Jaya Kumar	Malaysia/India	Jaya Kumar ( cd linux-2.6 ; git log \| egrep jayakumar.lkml@gmail.com )	- E-Ink related drivers, prototype design, demo development - board support package development
Leopard Imaging	US/China	Bill Pu http://www.leopardimaging.com	- Linux kernel driver development and board bring-up - Focused on TI Davinci Platform with Aptina/Omnivision CMOS Sensor application - Linux bootup time optimization - Image Tuning -1080p@30fps High Definition USB Webcam, duplex video conference system, microscope system, and stereoscopic 3D camera application expertise -DM355/DM365 Leopard Board Linux Open Source community: www.leopardboard.org
MakeLinux	Israel, Worldwide	Constantine Shulyupin http://www.MakeLinux.co.il http://www.MakeLinux.com	- Fast boot - Linux driver development - Root file system customization - System Optimization, - Media streaming
Linutronix	Germany	Heinz Egger http://www.linutronix.de	- Linux training - Extensive Linux driver development experience including network, specialized SPI and I²C, camera, graphics, including hw-accelerated graphic chips, and buses - CAN, ProfiBUS, ProfiNET, and Ethercat - Linux middleware such as ACE/TAO Corba - Graphics packages and drivers (OpenGL, microwindows, gtk, E17 and QT) Embedded/ real-time Linux system debugging expertise
Mans Rullgard	UK	Mans Rullgard mailto:mans@mansr.com	- Expert in codec optimization for ARM-based devices - FFmpeg support - Graphics subsystem optimization - Linux kernel and U-Boot
Mistral Solutions	India	Samyeer Metrani http://www.mistralsolutions.com/	- Linux BSP and Driver development Linux kernel and U-Boot customization File system customization Board bring-up Power Management Custom drivers (USB, Display, Audio, WLAN and Bluetooth) - Middleware TI Codec Engine and DSP/BIOS Link integration Video Codec Integration MTP and DRM solutions - Linux Application Development Android based development GStreamer, OpenGL - Verification and Validation Services (Manual and automated) - Custom Hardware Development
MPC Data	UK, US	Frank Breeze (US), Kevin Heawood (UK) http://www.mpcdata.com	- Linux BSP, Driver Development and kernel ports. - Linux and Android - Codec integration specialists (TI Codec Engine, DSPLink, DSPBridge & OpenMax) - "Instant On" boot solutions swiftboot.com - Android board porting and board bring-up - Driver expertise includes USB, CANBUS, high-speed serial, PCI, etc. - Power management, ROM footprint and real-time optimization - Middleware including databases and network protocols - QT graphic frameworks and application development - Expertise on Davinci, Integra, Sitara, OMAP, Jacinto & TNETV platforms.
MNX Solutions	US	Nick Wilkens http://www.mnxsolutions.com	- Linux Server Management - 24x7 Monitoring and Support - System Security, Optimization and Hardening
RAD Tech Labs	US	David Anders http://www.rad-tech-labs.com danders@rad-tech-labs.com	- Board bring-up and debugging - Bootloader development - Linux kernel ports and driver development - Kernel and root file system boot time and size optimizations - Custom Hardware development - Hardware and Software Reverse Engineering
Ridgerun	US, Costa Rica	Clark Becker http://www.ridgerun.com	- Focused exclusively on Linux for TI chips specializing in optimized streaming audio and video. - Application support for Linux based audio / video streaming media devices - Provide Linux SDKs enhancements to run on the customer's hardware design. - TI Codec Engine and DSP/BIOS Link - Co-owners of the open-source TI gstreamer project. Professional support partner. RidgeRun enhances performance & capabilities, improves GStreamer compliance, and executes the Quarterly Releases.
Sakoman	US	Steve Sakoman http://www.sakoman.com	- Board bring-up, x-load and u-boot customization - Linux kernel ports and driver development - Kernel and root file system boot time and size optimizations - General Linux application build and development - GStreamer and SGX - Open Embedded builds including generation of Out Of Box images such as Gnome desktop on Beagle etc
Semihalf	Poland	Rafal Jaworowski http://www.semihalf.com/	- Bootloaders, firmware, system bring-up, and porting - Linux kernel development, device drivers, hardening, instrumentation - Performance optimization - TI system-on-chip support, flattened Device Tree - DSP analytics, video processing
Sidebranch	The Netherlands	Leon Woestenberg http://www.sidebranch.com/	- Embedded Systems Software; bootloaders, firmware, board bring-up, device drivers - Strong background in PCI Express, video processing and real-time systems - OpenEmbedded and Yocto
Spectracore Technologies	U.S. / India	Kishore Chakravadhanula http://www.spectracoretech.com/ mailto:bd@spectracoretech.com	- Linux BSP and Kernel Development Boot loaders optimization, board bring up and BSP development Device driver development and porting Kernel and root filesystem development and customization Porting of Linux kernel & stack to custom hardware Integration of Linux power management with hardware power management features - Middleware Porting and customization of Linux and Android stacks Hardware acceleration of multimedia frameworks (GStreamer, SGX) through DSP codec integration - Linux Application Development Localization and custom UI skinning Qt/WebKit/HTML5 based UI frameworks and apps - Linux and Android reference designs - Toolchain development and optimization - 360 degree software testing & QA services
SSC Solutions ApS	Denmark / World	Søren Steen Christensen http://www.ssc-solutions.dk mailto:contact@ssc-solutions.dk	- Overall Hardware/Software System Design - OMAP/Sitara Hardware design - OMAP/Sitara bare metal coding and low level combined HW/SW-debugging - Board bring-up, x-load and u-boot customization - Linux internal IP-block and Device Driver Development - System boot time and size optimization - Open Embedded buildsystem
The PTR Group	US	Dean Thompson http://www.theptrgroup.com	- On-site and internet-based Linux training - Linux driver and bsp development - Root file system development and customization - Extensive embedded Linux debug and system integration experience - General Linux application development, including multimedia and communications applications
SQLStar (Embinux)	Singapore (South East Asia) / India / US	mailto:info.singapore@sqlstar.com	- Embedded Linux and Android Linux/Android BSP, board bring-up Custom driver development Custom Boot-loader development Toolchains, File System, Protocol development System Integration Application developments
Promwad	Russia, ex-USSR, Europe	Ivan Kuten http://www.promwad.com	Electronics design house focused on multimedia: - Embedded system design, hardware development - Linux development for OMAP and DaVinci - Android porting - Software for devices based on e-Ink technology - Mass-production support services

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