Software And Support; Linux Os Support - Technologic Systems TS-7400 Hardware & Software Installation

Note
Single Board Computer is not included on the Development Kit (sold separately).

1.8 Software and Support

Software features include:
Boots Linux out-of-the-box in 1.10 seconds (to shell prompt).
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Flexible booting options (SD card, NAND flash or offboard SPI flash)
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SD card pre-installed with standard Debian Linux distribution.
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Firmware has ability to verify boot medium CRC before allowing bootup.
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Ability to boot password-locked SD cards.
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Startup Linux miniroot scripts allows flexible root and backup filesystem selection (SD,
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flash, NFS, USB flash) as well as software field upgrade support.
Linux "bootload" program allows booting of Linux kernels and other OS' from within
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Linux itself.
Technologic Systems provides:
Free system software and documentation updates available on our web site
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Long-term availability and short lead-times (20 year history)
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Free technical support from engineers by phone, fax, or email
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Production tests and burn-in prior to shipment on every board.
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Board customizations available with no minimum order.
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Factory loading of customer supplied software available.
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Readily available hardware and software professional services for hire.
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30-day, money back guarantee on evaluation units
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One-year, full warranty
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Linux OS Support

The ARM processor (the EP9302) comes from Cirrus and the platform is very similar to
the Cirrus EDB9302 evaluation board. Cirrus has strongly promoted running Linux on this
chip and has done most of the legwork in creating a patch set to the Linux 2.4 kernels, but
we have also had to modify the Linux Kernel (TS-Kernel) so it can support NAND and
NOR Flash chips (via mtd drivers), a compact flash IDE driver, A/D converters, SD Card
through the TS-SDCORE, additional ethernet ports and more. If you want to use Linux
and aren't tied to the x86 architecture, the TS-7400 can be very cost-effective.
© May, 2010
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