The TS-7552 features a 250MHz Cavium Arm922T™-based CPU and a 5000 LUT Lattice FPGA. With 64MB RAM and a bootable 256MB on-board flash drive with our new XNAND technology, the TS-7552 is a powerful and extremely reliable embedded solution. External devices can connect to the TS-7552 via Ethernet, 802.11g WiFi, USB host, USB device, or I2C ports as well as DIO, UARTs, CAN Bus, DMX, and SPI which are implemented in the standard FPGA load.

Does your application require custom real-time logic such as non-standard bus interfaces, PWM outputs, quadrature decoding, pulse timing, or digital counters? embeddedTS can integrate that functionality into a custom TS-7552 FPGA configuration for an elegant and affordable solution.

The standard TS-7552 configuration implements the following features:

• 3 XUARTS* (2 RS-232 and 1 RS-485)
• 1 CAN Bus
• SPI Support
• I2C Support
• DMX Support
• Watchdog Timer
• Up to 10 DIO Lines
• Battery Backed RTC
• Optional MiniPCI Express 802.11g WiFi Radio
• Temperature Sensor (Rev. B Only)

TS-7552 Power Consumption

Under normal operation, the TS-7552 consumes about 3W of power and about 2.4W when powered via USB port (no USB devices plugged in and no WiFi radio option). Power consumption can be reduced to 1.70W by disabling the USB ports and even further by downclocking the CPU.

The TS-7552 requires about 400mA for normal operation and will require more if connecting USB devices, a larger microSD card, or WiFi option. For this reason, it is recommended to power the device at 8-28V input via barrel connector or 2 pin terminal connector.

Differences between TS-7550 and TS-7552

The TS-7552 is based on the same core as the TS-7550 and adds features such as additional storage via microSD card, additional USB ports, a MiniPCI Express WiFi 802.11g Radio option, a DB9 COM port, and a barrel-type connector or 2 position screw terminal for 8-28VDC power in. The TS-7552 dimensions are 159.5mm x 74mm, as compared to 74.3mm by 66.0mm for the TS-7550.

XNAND Technology

embeddedTS XNAND technology is an ultra reliable and industrial grade user-space device driver that uses Reed-Solomon codes, extra checksums, and a RAID based technique to allow any Linux filesystem to be used with confidence on SLC NAND flash. Our TS-BOOTROM can also boot from XNAND for an ultra-reliable bootup. Please refer to the XNAND whitepaper for more information.

Software

The TS-7552 SBC boots to Linux 2.6.24 from either a microSD card or on-board XNAND drive. The 256MB on-board XNAND Drive is enough to store a bootable kernel image, initial ramdisk image, and a minimal version of Debian "Lenny" Linux. Storage memory can be expanded through the microSD card socket. A bootable microSD card must contain a Linux kernel image, a initial ramdisk image, and a valid Linux root filesystem. The fast Linux bootup solution was optimized for speed and includes kernel, initrd, and filesystem (Busybox) tweaks. Since this board boots to an initrd (initial ram disk) 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-7552 software features include:

• Boots Linux 2.6.24 out-of-the-box in less than 3 seconds (to a shell prompt).
• MicroSD card pre-installed with minimal Debian "Lenny" Linux distribution.
• Un-brickable design ensures 100% recoverability from microSD card in case of on-board XNAND drive erasure.
• Startup Linux mini-root scripts allow flexible root and backup filesystem selection (microSD, NFS, USB flash) as well as software field upgrade support.

Linux OS and Debian Support

embeddedTS's TS-7552 Arm-based Single Board Computers (SBC) are compatible with a wide range of Operating Systems (OS's). The Linux choice is highly recommended and our products are totally integrated with the open-source vision. The boards ship with Linux 2.6.24 kernel running out-of-the-box. There is no proprietary source code in the kernel since all the hardware specific functionalities are handled by user-space utilities. The Linux kernel includes driver support for on-board hardware, enabling quick time to market of end-users applications. Examples and source codes are also available for downloading.

The compact initial ramdisk filesystem is based on Busybox and uClibc and is improved for performance and flexibility. Specific Linux scripts and utilities that handle the TS-7552 functions are included. In addition, the full Debian binaries and services are available from the initial ramdisk after mounting the microSD card.

The TS-7552 SBCs are configured to load Debian "Lenny" Linux from the on-board XNAND drive or microSD card during boot up time. The on-board XNAND drive uses a minimal Debian "Lenny" Linux distribution that has been compacted to fit in the 256MB space and leave about 70MB free for the user and includes utilities such as apt-get for installing and removing programs. The microSD card uses a full featured Debian "Lenny" Linux distribution which includes a complete GNU C/C++ embedded development environment. In addition, Apache Web Server, FTP, SSH, Telnet and Samba network services are available with C/PHP/Perl for embedded CGI development.

CAN Bus Support in User Space

The TS-7552 utilizes an SJA1000C-compatible FPGA core out of the box complete with documentation and sample code. The sample code provides a simple utility to send/receive CAN packets and perform useful and common functions with the CAN bus from userspace. Additionally, this sample code includes network CAN service and can be automatically started on TS-7552 bootup which makes the writing of CAN enabled applications even simpler and furthermore allows for the possibility of development in languages other than C (Java, Python, etc..) and on systems other than the local Linux SBC (Linux/x86, Windows, etc..)

Please contact embeddedTS for further information regarding Operating System and software support for this product.

The TS-7520-BOX features a 250MHz Cavium with an Arm922T™ core and a 8000 LUT Lattice FPGA. With 64MB RAM booting from one of two MicroSD card slots, the TS-7520-BOX is a powerful and extremely reliable industrial embedded solution. External devices can connect to the TS-7520-BOX via Ethernet, USB, RS-232, RS-485, or CAN. The TS-7520-BOX is powered by a DC power supply anywhere in the 8-28V range. Dual internal microSD slots allows for expanded storage.

The RJ-45 connectors provide the following interfaces:

• 2 opto-isolated digital inputs (0-30 VDC)
• 10 High-side 500 mA Outputs
• 2 High-side 1 A Outputs
• 34 Low-side 500 mA Outputs
• 8 analog inputs (0-30V, 0-5V, 4-20mA)
• power supply input (8-28V)

The digital inputs can act as edge counters, quadrature decoders, ADC triggers, or simple inputs. The outputs can be used for simple outputs or PWMs. The TS-7520-BOX also provides an internal header with the following functionalities:

• Debug console
• DIO
• UARTs
• SPI
• I2C

Rugged Plastic Enclosure

Available with a DIN mount, the enclosure makes the TS-7520-BOX ready for immediate deployment. The enclosure label clearly identifies the pinouts on the RJ-45 connectors.

Opencore FPGA

The TS-7520-BOX FPGA programming is open-source. If the many features provided in the standard load don't meet the needs of your application, you can modify the FPGA logic or hire embeddedTS to do so for you.

Upon bootup, the default software automatically checks for an FPGA bitstream and loads it if it is present, overriding the default FPGA programming. To create your own bitstream, you need only the following resources:

• Lattice Diamond
• TS-75xx opencores source
• jed2vme utility

See here for more instructions on FPGA development.

Software

The TS-7520 SBC boots to Linux 2.6.24 from a microSD card.  A bootable microSD card must contain a Linux kernel image, a initial ramdisk image, and a valid Linux root filesystem. The fast Linux bootup solution was optimized for speed and includes kernel, initrd, and filesystem (Busybox) tweaks. Since this board boots to an initrd (initial ram disk) 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-7520-BOX software features include:

• Boots Linux 2.6.24 out-of-the-box in less than 3 seconds (to a shell prompt).
• MicroSD card pre-installed with Debian Linux distribution.
• Un-brickable design ensures 100% recoverability from microSD card.
• Startup Linux mini-root scripts allow flexible root and backup filesystem selection (microSD, NFS, USB flash) as well as software field upgrade support.

Data Acquisition

The TS-7520-BOX ships with a full-featured, open source data acquisition driver utility called daqctl. This utility gives full control over a wide variety of TS-7520-BOX hardware features including ADC, PWMs, quadrature, counters, and timestamped glitch detection. The FPGA can easily be programmed to interrupt the CPU under a wide variety of external conditions. A data acquisition network service is also supported, allowing for software control on a remote system.

Linux OS and Debian Support

embeddedTS's TS-7520-BOX Arm®-based Single Board Computers (SBC) are compatible with a wide range of Operating Systems (OS's). The Linux choice is highly recommended and our products are totally integrated with the open-source vision. The boards ship with Linux 2.6.24 kernel running out-of-the-box. There is no proprietary source code in the kernel since all the hardware specific functionality are handled by user-space utilities. The Linux kernel includes driver support for on-board hardware, enabling quick time to market of end-users applications. Examples and source code are also available for downloading.

The compact initial ramdisk filesystem is based on Busybox and uClibc and is improved for performance and flexibility. Specific Linux scripts and utilities that handle the TS-7520-BOX functions are included. In addition, the full Debian binaries and services are available from the initial ramdisk.

The TS-7520-BOX SBCs are configured to load Debian Linux from the microSD card during boot up time.  The microSD card uses a full featured Debian "Lenny" Linux distribution which includes a complete GNU C/C++ embedded development environment. In addition, Apache Web Server, FTP, SSH, Telnet and Samba network services are available with C/PHP/Perl for embedded CGI development.

CAN Bus Support in User Space

The TS-7520-BOX utilizes a Lattice XP2-144 FPGA core out of the box complete with documentation and sample code. The sample code provides a simple utility to send/receive CAN packets and perform useful and common functions with the CAN bus from userspace. Additionally, this sample code includes network CAN service and can be automatically started on TS-7520-BOX bootup which makes the writing of CAN enabled applications even simpler and furthermore allows for the possibility of development in languages other than C (Java, Python, etc..) and on systems other than the local Linux SBC (Linux/x86, Windows, etc..)

Please contact embeddedTS for further information regarding Operating System and software support for this product.