Website simplifies global CPU sourcing

A new secure, multicurrency e-commerce site is now online, making it easier to purchase Medallion CPU modules and development kits from Techsol.

A new secure, multicurrency e-commerce site is now online, making it easier to purchase Medallion CPU modules and development kits from Techsol.

Not only do users have a choice of using PayPal or credit cards to make purchases, but the company has added multicurrency choices to its credit-card payment system.

"Our customers are spread out as much as our suppliers", reports Brian Empey, founder and CEO of Techsol.

"We use parts from America, Canada, Europe, Japan, Korea, and China.

Similarly, our customers are spread all over North America, Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, plus other countries.

So we want to give them not only a choice of payment methods, but also a choice of currencies".

Products are priced in US dollars.

This keeps them as low as possible as costs are also in US dollars.

However, payments can be made in US dollars, Canadian dollars or Euros.

Empey elaborates: "Our unique combination of hardware and software was created to make life easier for engineers designing products.

We thought we'd apply the same philosophy to purchasing".

Not only is the product and market international - but the payment system is too.

The company's website is hosted in Canada; PayPal payments are processed in the USA; and credit-card payments are processed in England.

"We think on a global scale.

We combine hardware and software from around the world to bring our customers the best value possible.

We can't imagine any other way of operating".

"Embedded engineering is the same all over the world.

Engineers face the same challenges of too much to do, and not enough time or money to do it with.

Techsol's Medallion CPU modules address this issue and provide a solution that extends into the production stages of a product, not just the "proof-of-concept" stage like most SBCs.

We want our technology to be as accessible to engineers in New Zealand as it is in California.

It's a challenge, but we're doing what we can".

Techsol's Medallion system is unique in the embedded computer world.

Over time, the Medallion single-board computer product line will encompass dozens of CPUs.

However, the pinout and form-factor will remain the same.

There will be one Medallion module that is best matched to any application.

By designing with the Medallion system, users are effectively outsourcing their CPU design and Linux porting with no up-front NRE fees.

That lets designers concentrate on the hardware and software portions of the product that their customers see.

The result is that they can create a higher-quality product in a fraction of the time (and cost) of designing everything from scratch.

Plus, the interchangeable modules extend product life-cycle times.

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