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T-News: New T-Engine Board to be Available Soon

I just received the latest news mailer from Personal Media Corporation and it’s good to note that another T-Engine board will be available soon.  It is tentatively called the “Teaboard”.  However, note that this is a T-Engine Appliance (since it does not meet all the specifications of the standard T-Engine, but is based on the T-Engine) that runs an ARM-9 processor. The press release is in Japanese and can be viewed on the PMC website. I have translated the essential parts of the specifications.

The board was exhibited at the ESEC-2005 in Tokyo (29th June, 2005). The cost of the board is 47,250 Yen (45,000 Yen without tax).  The availability is August 2005.

The board includes LAN, general purpose I/O, 7-segment LEDs, buttons, switches, etc. It can be used to evaluate the T-Kernel and also for training or learning purposes.

 

Main Features:

  • Small Size - same compact size as the T-Engine
  • Equipped with LAN, I/O such as 7-segment LED, LEDs, buttons, etc.  Software includes drivers, TCP/IP stack, etc.
  • Can be powered from the USB port of a host PC
  • Includes training material and sample programs for self study
  • Advanced GUI is possible, using optional expansion boards.

 

Table 1 - Details of the CPU Board

  • CPU - Freescale MC9328MX1 (i.MX1, ARM920T, 200MHz)
  • ROM - 2 MB
  • RAM - 16MB
  • SD Card - 1 Slot
  • RS-232 - 2x D-Sub9 Channels
  • LAN - 10/100 Base-T
  • General Purpose Switches - 2 bit push buttons, 4 bit toggle switches, 4 bit DIP switches.
  • LEDs - 2x Seven-Segment LEDs, 8-bit LED
  • Buzzer - Piezo-electric Buzzer
  • Temperature Sensor - -25C ~ +85C
  • Input/ Output - D/A, AD Converters, Digital I/O
  • Expansion Bus Connector - Local Bus
  • Dimensions - 120mm x 75mm (excluding protrusions)

 

Table 2 - Details of the Software

Target Software

    • T-Monitor - PMC T-Monitor
    • T-Kernel - PMC T-Kernel
    • T-Kernel Extension - PMC T-Kernel Extension
    • Device Drivers - SD Card, RS232C, LAN, etc.
    • Middleware - TCP/IP Stack
    • CLI - Command Line Interpreter (file operations, batch processing, etc.)
    • SD Card Tools for partitioning and formatting SD Cards, etc.

Host-side Development Software (Windows)

    • Compiler - GNU C/C++ with support for T-Kernel
    • Debugger - GDB (source-level debugger)
    • Libraries - ANSI C, Libraries for T-Kernel

Enclosed Documents

    • Manuals - T-Kernel Specifications, Library Manual, Development Environment manual
    • Teaching Material - Sample programs and text.

 

Table 3 - Options

  • Interface Expansion Board - LCD Interface, Touch Panel Interface, Mic input, Speaker output and USB host.
  • LCD Board - Requires Expansion Board above. LCD Board costs 47,250 Yen (incl tax)
  • PMC T-Shell Software - GUI Middleware that runs on the PMC T-Kernel Extension.

 

Pictures

    There are some pictures on the PMC site here and here (these links open in a new window).

Links

For more details or to order the board, please contact the sales team at Personal Media Corporation.

 

1. As always, I have made an effort to ensure that the content available on this site is correct and up to date. However, the content of this page has been translated from a Japanese web-page, and some errors may have occured.  If you find any information that is incorrect, please email me at mohits@onghu.com
 

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