PHYTEC Introduces Cosmic Board – a Low Cost ARM® Linux Embedded Development Kit for Freescale® Vybrid™ Controller Solutions Starting at $55
Mainz, Germany (PRWEB) July 24, 2013 -- PHYTEC introduces Cosmic Board – bringing the power of Vybrid controller solutions to a low cost platform.
The Cosmic Board is a richly featured development platform for engineers to immediately develop applications with Linux and MQX™ on Vybrid controller solutions. The Cosmic Board concept is unique from any other community-supported board because it’s much more than a low cost hobbyist tool. At the core of the Cosmic Board is an industrial rated, production- ready phyCORE-Vybrid System on Module (SOM).
With advanced Direct Solder Connect (DSC) manufacturing technology we have mastered a reliable production process which enables us to offer a SOM solution to the most cost sensitive customer projects. By removing the PCB interconnects, customers see significant cost reduction in deploying a SOM solution into target application hardware, while leveraging SOM advantages and foregoing the need of ground up custom single PCB design effort.
The 240-pins from the SOM provide access to a number of interfaces, including USB 2.0 OTG, Ethernet, CAN, and display. These interfaces from the SOM are routed to I/O connectors on the Cosmic Board.
Cosmic is offered in two versions. Cosmic and Cosmic+. The Cosmic Board supports the VF5xx, a cost-effective single core solution based on ARM® Cortex™-A5. The Cosmic+ Board supports the VF6xx, a heterogeneous dual-core solution incorporating the ARM® Cortex™-A5 and Cortex™-M4 for low-power offload and real-time responsiveness. The Cortex-M4 is supported by Freescale MQX. MQX is a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) providing real-time performance within a small, configurable footprint. This RTOS is designed to allow you to configure and balance code size with performance requirements.
Cosmic Board Features:
• phyCORE-Vybrid System on Module
• ARM® Cortex™-A5 @ 500MHz
• ARM® Cortex™-M4 @ 167 MHz (Cosmic+)
• 512 MB NAND / 512 MB DDR3
• Micro SD
• HS USB OTG / HS USB Host
• 10/100 Ethernet
• Micro HDMI
• RS-232
• 4x User Buttons
• 4x User LEDs
• OpenSDA Debug Circuit (Cosmic+)
• Dual power source: Wall or USB
• 2x 60-pin Expansion Connectors
• LCD and WiFi add-on expansion coming soon
For more information visit: http://phytec.com/cosmic.
Availability and Pricing
PHYTEC is accepting pre-orders now. Boards will ship in September 2013. Cosmic will be offered for $55.00 and Cosmic+ for $65.00.
About PHYTEC
PHYTEC is an end-to-end solution provider to OEMs through all stages of product development, from initial concept and specification, to design and development, to prototype, launch, and full production. We offer systems integration support with hardware and software design services, Windows Embedded, Linux, and Android expertise, System on Modules, development kits, and manufacturing facilities. Headquartered in Mainz, Germany, PHYTEC remains a privately-held enterprise with operational subsidiaries in North America, France, and India. PHYTEC products have been deployed in thousands of embedded designs, ranging from industrial control to medical, automotive, avionic and data processing applications.
For more information, visit http://phytec.com/.
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Technical Sales, PHYTEC America, http://phytec.com, (206) 780-9047, [email protected]
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