NetDCU - Single Board Computer
Modern machines, production plants, measuring and controlling systems provide increasing amounts of increasingly complicated data, which has to be monitored and displayed. On the other hand, comprehensive settings are necessary for controlling these devices. We have developed an innovative solution for this application area.
The NetDCU is a sub-assembly, based on a powerful RISC-Processor (PowerPC, ARM, XScale, MIPS), for industrial use in the visualisation and controlling of complex systems.
| NetDCUA5 | NetDCU11 | NetDCU14 | |
| State | Q3/ 13 | no new developments | Production |
| Processing Power | +++ | +++ | ++++ |
| Windows | WCE 6.0 R3/ WEC 7 | WCE 6.0 R3 | WCE 6.0 R3/ WEC 7 |
| Linux | 3.3 | ✘ | 3.3 |
| CPU | Freescale Vybrid | Intel PXA270 | Samsung S5PV210 |
| Architecture | Cortex-A5 + Cortex-M4 | ARM9 | Cortex-A8 |
| FPU | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Frequency | 400-600MHz (A5), 133-200MHz (M4) |
520MHz | 1GHz |
| GPU | NEON, Vivante GC355 | CPU | PowerVR SGX540 |
| Video | CPU | CPU | MPEG4-1080p |
| Flash | 128MB+ | 64MB+ | 128MB+ |
| RAM | 256MB+ | 64MB+ | 256MB+ |
| Ethernet | 2x 10/ 100MB | 10/ 100MB | 2x 10/ 100MB |
| RS232 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| USB Host | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| USB Device | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SD-Card | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Audio | In/ Out/ Mic | In/ Out | In/ Out/ Mic |
| CAN | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| I2C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| SPI | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Digital I/O | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Analog I | 2/ 4 | 2/ 4 | 2/ 4 |
| Matrix Keyboard | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| CSTN | ✘ | ✔ | |
| TFT | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| max. resolution | SVGA | SVGA | WXGA |
| Touch Panel | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| LVDS | ✘ | ✘ | (✔)* WXGA |
| CRT | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ WXGA |
| Video-IN | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
* with adapter board
Advantages
- high computing performance
- no rotating parts like hard drives
- robust connectors for industrial applications
- long product life cycle
- open system by using Windows Embedded or embedded Linux
- development of software with standard Microsoft tools such as embedded VisualC++ or Visual Studio.NET
- large number of interfaces for simple communication
- drivers for all on-board components
- integrated web server
- cost-effectiveness
- expansion possibilities
Application Area
- Measurement Instruments
- Control Systems
- Embedded Internet
- COM <> Ethernet
- Thin Client
- Web-Terminals
- Info-Terminals