| TS-7400 System-On-Module |
[Vendor: Technologic Systems]
System on Module with Ultra-Fast Linux Bootup. The TS-7400 is a compact computer module (System-On- Module) based upon the Cirrus EP9302 ARM9 CPU, which provides a standard set of on-board peripherals. The EP9302 features an advanced ARM920T 200 MHz processor design with MMU. The TS-7400 includes a standard SD Card socket and a 40-pin header that brings out many interfaces, including audio, GPIO and ADC. The TS-WIFIBOX application kit is powered by the TS-7400.
 Software
The TS-7400 SoM boots to Linux from NAND flash using the proprietary TS-FLASHBOOT bootup firmware residing in ROM memory. It can also boot from an SD Card, through the TS-SDBOOT firmware. The TS-7400 Ultra-Fast bootup solution was optimized for speed and includes kernel, initrd and filesystem (Busybox) tweaks. The bootstrap setup is very similar to the 1.69s Fast Bootup for TS-7300, but almost 30 percent faster. In addition, the hardware accelerated NAND flash controller is a unique feature implemented in the on-board CPLD that provides hardware ECC, allowing the system to skip software ECC during startup and enabling boot to a Linux prompt in 1.1 secs. Since the TS-7400 actually boots to an initrd with a read-only mounted filesystem, it is possible to have something other than a shell prompt running after bootup by editing the /linuxrc shell script on the initrd. Additional TS-7400 software features include:- Boots Linux out-of-the-box in 1.10 seconds (to shell prompt).
- Flexible booting options (SD card, NAND flash or offboard SPI flash)
- SD card pre-installed with standard Debian Linux distribution.
- Firmware has ability to verify boot medium CRC before allowing bootup.
- Ability to boot password-locked SD cards.
- Startup Linux miniroot scripts allows flexible root and backup filesystem selection (SD, flash, NFS, USB flash) as well as software field upgrade support.
- Linux "bootload" program allows booting of Linux kernels and other OS' from within Linux itself.
The TS-7400 ARM SoM is compatible with a wide range of Operating Systems. The Linux choice is highly recommended and our products are totally integrated with the open-source vision. The Linux OS, TS-Kernel 2.4.26, is shipped by default with our ARM SBCs and includes complete driver support for our hardware within the Kernel, enabling quick time to market of end-users applications. Examples and source code are also available for downloading.
The TS-ARM SBCs include the TS-Linux compact embedded OS installed by default in on-board flash memory (8 MB, JFFS or YAFFS filesystems). The eCos/Redboot boot loader is used to open the OS of choice. In addition, the full featured Debian Linux distribution can be used with a network directory (NFS root) or larger flash drives (256 MB), such as Compact Flash, SD Cards or USB memory sticks. The Linux system includes a complete GNU C/C++ embedded development environment installed. In addition, Apache Web Server, FTP, SSH, Telnet and Samba internet services are available with C/PHP/Perl for embedded CGI development.
The Linux solution for ARM is compatible with the RTAI real-time extension, enabling systems with strict timing requirements to be handled with our SBCs. Furthermore, NetBSD has been ported to TS-ARM and Java solutions are also available.
Hardware
The TS-7400 is a small embedded computer module (System on Module) that is designed to provide extreme performace for applications which demand high reliability, fast bootup/startup and connectivity at low cost and low power, such as point-of-sales (PoS), vending machines, data acquisition units, data recorder modules, etc. Additional TS-7400 specifications include:- 100 percent soldered-on components
- Fanless -40 to +70 degC with CPU 200Mhz
- Up to +85 degC with CPU speed under 166Mhz
- Board dimensions are 2.9" x 4.7"
- Power requirements are 5V DC @ 350mA
- Standard RoHS Compliant
TS-7400 features:- 200MHz ARM9 CPU
- 32MB SDRAM (64-128MB opt)
- 32MB NAND Flash (128MB opt)
- 1 10/100 Ethernet
- 2 USB 2.0 (12Mbit/s max)
- 1 SD Card slot (up to 4GB Cards)
- 3 TTL UART, 4 ADC, 20 DIO, AC97, SPI
- Optional Temp Sensor, RTC and WiFi
- Optional TS-9441 peripheral for RS232 console
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