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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) o 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

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