Stutensee, Germany – MSC Technologies presents its embedded platform MSC Q7-MB-EP6 which is MSC Technologies’s first baseboard designed for the new Rev. 2.0 of the popular Qseven™ standard for computer-on-modules (COMs). The versatile carrier board can be used for the development of embedded systems, but is also well suited as Qseven™ application board for small and medium production volume. With its compact size and universal interface set it saves system designers the time and effort to develop their own baseboard to provide the infrastructure for the compact Qseven™ module.
The platform board MSC Q7-MB-EP6 implements the new features of the Qseven™ specification Rev. 2.0 and hence provides signals such as USB 3.0, HDMI, DisplayPort, serial RS-232/RS-485 Ports and I2S Audio. The new baseboard is available for the commercial and extended temperature range and therefore usable for a wide range of applications.
The Qseven™ carrier board MSC Q7-MB-EP6 can be used as test board for Qseven™ 2.0 modules and provides a wide selection of important interfaces for embedded applications such as dual Gbit Ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports (one as host/client), one USB 3.0 connector, two serial interfaces (one selectable as RS-232 or as RS-485), SATA, I2C, SMBus and I2S Audio. The CAN bus is available on a pin header, another header offers LPC bus or GPIO signals, depending on the Qseven™ module used. TFT panels can be connected directly to the JILI30 connector while the LCD’s backlight can be driven via another connector which also provides for control signals and dimming. Industrial displays can be connected to the HDMI and DisplayPort interfaces which are derived from the internal graphics output signals of the Qseven™ module and also support DisplayPort++ signaling.
Functionality of the 148 x 102mm baseboard may be expanded using the two Mini PCI Express™ and mSATA slots, e.g. for WLAN modules or Flash storage expansion cards. Mini PCI Express™ cards may be full-sized or half-sized cards. The integrated slot for MMC/SD cards provides for universal use as memory for program or data storage.
The Qseven™ 2.0 compatible module can be inserted in the proven MXM connector on the reverse side of the baseboard MSC Q7-MB-EP6. This position of the module simplifies system design with direct thermal contact of the Heatspreader to the chassis for optimum passive cooling.
With its versatile set of interfaces the MSC Q7-MB-EP6 is immediately suited as test and development platform for all Qseven™ 2.0 modules like the ones with the new Intel® Atom™ processor platform E3800 (previously code-named „BayTrail“). But also the available MSC Q7-IMX6 with ARM® Cortex™-A9 CPU Freescale™ i.MX6 can be operated on this platform board and will then feature a second serial interface which Qseven™ Rev. 1.2 baseboards are not able to supply.
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MSC Technologies can be found on the embedded world show in hall 2, stand 2-130.
MSC Technologies
MSC Technologies, a business group of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), with headquarters in Stutensee, Germany, focuses strongly on embedded computing and display solutions. Furthermore, the European leading high-tech distributor offers wireless, storage and lighting solutions. With its highly qualified application and development engineers as well as its own in-house design capabilities for industrial hardware and software, MSC Technologies is a leader.
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