PicoMOD
Small-sized and inexpensive, these are the special characteristics of the PicoMOD product family.
More pin-compatible PicoMOD modules with more or less powerful RISC-CPUs will follow.
The idea behind PicoMOD was using the concept of a NetDCU and removing all hardware which does not require a direct CPU interface (i.e. RS232 level shifters) and replacing all 2.54mm connectors by one single connector. The handling of PicoMOD becomes nearly as easy as using NetDCU. Only the design of the base board is a little more complex.
| PicoMOD4 | PicoMOD7A | |
| State | no new developments | Production |
| Processing Power | ++ | ++++ |
| Windows | WCE 6.0 R3 | WCE 6.0 R3/ WEC 7 |
| CPU | Samsung S3C2450 | Samsung S5VP210 |
| Core | ARM926 | Cortex-A8 |
| Frequency | 533MHz | 1GHz |
| Video | CPU, 2D | CPU, 2D, 3D, MFC |
| Flash | 64MB | 128MB/ 1GB |
| RAM | 64MB/ 128MB | 256MB/ 512MB |
| Ethernet | 10/ 100MB | 10/ 100MB |
| RS232 | 3-4 | 3-4 |
| RS485 | 1 | 1 |
| USB Host | 1-2 (1.1) | 1-2 (2.0) |
| USB Device | 1 (2.0) | 1 (2.0) |
| Compact Flash | extern | ✘ |
| SD-Card | extern | on-board/ extern |
| Audio | In/ Out | In/ Out |
| CAN | 1 | 1 |
| I2C | 1 | 1 |
| SPI | opt. | opt. |
| Digital I/O | max. 64 | max. 64 |
| Matrix Keyboard | ✔ | ✔ |
| STN | ✔ | ✘ |
| CSTN | ✔ | ✘ |
| TFT | ✔ | ✔ |
| max. Resolution | SVGA | WXGA |
| Touch Panel | ✔ | ✔ |
| LVDS | (✔) | ✔ |
| CRT | ✘ | HDMI |
| Other | ✘ | Camera |
| Temp | ✘ | I-Temp |
Advantages
- High Computing Performance
- Compact Size
- No Rotating Parts Like Hard Drives
- Robust Connectors for Industrial Applications
- Long Product Life Cycle
- Open System by the Use of Windows 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 Areas
- Measurement Instruments
- Control Systems
- Embedded Internet
- COM <> Ethernet
- Thin Client
- Web-Terminals
- Info-Terminals