The model TS-3400 is a compact, full-featured PC compatible Single Board Computer based on the 386EX processor. If you are coming up from the 8-bit micro controller world, you will find that this product provides much more performance and much quicker development since you can now use standard PC development tools such as Turbo C or Quick Basic. If you have done work in the PC world in the past, you will find you can now build applications for a very small target that does not require a keyboard, video, floppy disks, or hard drives.

You can typically write and debug code on a host PC using standard development tools for the PC platform, then simply copy it to and run it on the TS-3400 without modification. If additional peripherals are required, the PC/104 expansion bus allows for many standard functions available off-the-shelf. It is also very simple to create a custom PC/104 daughter board for those special features that differentiate your product. embeddedTS can provide technical support as well as a free quotation for any custom hardware, software, or BIOS modifications you may require.

Additional features include:

• PC compatible based on Intel 386EX @33 MHz
  • 2 PC/AT standard serial ports
  • PC/AT standard interrupt control unit
  • PC/AT standard timer/counter unit
  • PC/AT standard Real Time Clock and CMOS
  • Watchdog timer unit
  • Synchronous serial port
• 8 MB of High Speed SDRAM (16 MB RAM optional)
• 1 MB Flash disk with full BIOS support
• 37 DIO lines (IRQ capable)
• 32 Pin JEDEC socket on-board accepts one of the following:
  • M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000 Flash Disk (8 to 144 MBytes)
  • or Battery-backed 32 KB SRAM
• Alphanumeric LCD interface
• Matrix Keypad interface on DIO2
• PC/104 8/16 bit bus
• Rugged quick-release terminal strips used for power
• Dimensions are 4.0" x 4.2 " (PC/104 mounting holes)
• Power requirements are 5V DC @ 550 mA
• Operating Temperature Range: Fanless  -20° to +70°C 
• Optional Extended Temperature Range  -40° to +80°C 
• Optional RS-485 support on COM1 (half duplex)

PC compatibility requires much more than just an x86 processor. It requires PC compatible memory and I/O maps as well as a PC compatible BIOS. The General Software EMBEDDED BIOS (Version 4.3) offers a high degree of compatibility with past and present BIOS standards allowing it to run off-the shelf operating systems and application software. This PC compatible BIOS boots to IDE Compact Flash or Drive A and the BIOS is shadowed in RAM for speed.

The TS-3000 computers are shipped, free of charge, with Embedded DOS ROM by General Software. They can also be shipped upon request with Linux pre-installed for a nominal fee. The Linux file system and kernel is also freely available on the web should you wish to install it yourself. Typically, the Linux OS requires a 16MB or larger Compact Flash or an M-Systems DiskOnChip.

embeddedTS Embedded PCs are compatible with a wide variety of x86-based operating systems. A partial list OS's currently used with our boards by customers includes:

• TNT Embedded Toolsuite, Phar Lap Software
• UCos II
• RTKernel, On Time Software
• RTEMS, On-Line Applications Research Corporation
• DOS with WATTCP, public domain TCP/IP source code for DOS
• Linux

Linux features

• Available with Linux 2.4 kernel installed on 64 MB or higher Compact Flash
• Small Linux Initial Ramdisk can fit into onboard 2 MB Flash Drive

DOS Features

• General Software DOS-ROM included
• Full TCP/IP library for DOS (Waterloo TCP/IP) with source code included
• Web server with full source code that can control DIO pins
• Transfer files to and from the SBC with Zmodem
• Console redirection over a serial port
• Example programs with source code included
• BIOS natively supports Matrix Keypad masqueraded as normal keyboard input to applications with alphanumeric LCD masqueraded as Video Output

OS Compatibility List

• uC/OS-II Real-time multi-tasking kernel
• eRTOS embedded Real-Time Operating System
• microCommander Modular HMI & automation software
• MicroDigital SMX Modular RTOS for embedded systems
• QNX Embedded real-time operating system