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News Release from: Technical Solutions | Subject: SA2410 Medallion
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 February 2006
CPU module is all-in embedded Linux
platform
The SA2410 Medallion CPU module incorporates USB host and device, LCD and touch, MMC, IrDA, I2C, UARTs and a 32bit bus.
New from Techsol, the SA2410 Medallion CPU module incorporates USB host and device, LCD and touch, MMC, IrDA, I2C, UARTs and a 32bit bus It also offers improved LCD support, SD-card, SPI, DMAs and more compared with the company's HY7201 Linux CPU module, which has been shipping since 2001
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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As the second version of Techsol's HY7201 Medallion CPU module goes into production, the company is claiming a first for Linux.
But the biggest difference is the 200MHz-plus Samsung ARM-920T CPU.
Manufacturers of products with LCDs will be pleased to know that this CPU running at 266MHz benchmarked faster than an XScale running at 400MHz on a graphics test of two otherwise similar iPaq devices, and it uses less power to do so.
"This CPU provides incredible value", says Brian Empey, CEO of Techsol.
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An unnamed customer has chosen the Medallion CPU module to power an automatic vehicle location application.
"Not only does it provide higher performance at lower clock rates and power consumption, but we've added additional features to maximise battery life, including a miniature onboard switching supply for the CPU's core voltage".
"We've also added capacitor backup for the onboard RTC to deal with battery changes".
"And we offer up to 2Gbyte of onboard Flash memory, all in a package less than 2in square".
Surprisingly, the company has been developing Linux drivers for this model since June 2004.
"Yes, we've been developing, testing and optimising this platform for 20 months", says Empey.
"We have deployed over 1000 test units in the field with our customers in industrial, medical and security applications".
"Plus, our Medallion Linux for the Samsung processors has been deployed in the tens of thousands of embedded systems powering credit-card payment terminals".
"And this integrated CPU and Linux 2.6 platform is also the basis for educational and consumer products that will ship in the hundreds of thousands of units per year".
"So, we think it's ready to release to the engineering community".
"We have a reputation for the most stable and best supported embedded CPU modules, and that's a high standard to live up to".
"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 claimed to be unique in the embedded computer world.
Over time, the Medallion single-board computer product line will encompass many CPUs.
However, the pinout and form-factor will remain the same.
There will be one Medallion module that is best matched to any given 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 design teams concentrate on the hardware and software portions of their products 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 yourself from scratch.
Plus, the interchangeable modules extend product life-cycle times.
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