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DesignFlex™ - For Smart Hand Helds

A flexible reference design for portable electronic terminals powered by Intel X-Scale Processors

   
   

The Handheld/Portable electronic products are forming part and parcel of gadgets required for customer satisfaction across the globe, especially in service intensive industry. In most of the

countries the opportunity in this segment is just unfolding leading to immense business opportunity.

"DesignFlex” addresses this market segment, empowering product companies to migrate to the Handheld/Portable segment in an easy and affordable way with least time-to-market.

     
   

“DesignFlex” is beyond a reference board because we support, additional drivers, design migration, application porting and complete product design as well. The time-to-market is the least with “DesignFlex”.

“DesignFlex” is built around the 32 bit RISC processor from Intel, PXA255 which brings the efficiency of Intel design with the robust ARM v.5TE instruction set architecture to deliver immense processing power, low cost and flexible use for the handheld devices functionality.

Combined with the small form factor 10 X 11.5 cm and a comprehensive set of I/O options make it as an ideal choice for taking up many products in the portable segment.

   
   

Specifications Feature readily available with the Processor Module (SBC)

   
  • Application Processor : Intel PXA255 200 MHz XScale
  • Memory: SDRAM 16-64MB; Flash 8-32MB
  • LAN 10/100T
  • USB Client – 1 No.
  • USB Host – 4 No.
  • Serial Port : RS232 C – 2 Nos
  • External RTC (I2C)
  • GPIO Interface
  • Linux OS with drivers , SDK
  • Form Factor 10 X 11.5 cm
   
Optional features as per customer choice
   
  • Touch Screen Interface
  • Graphics Controller: LCD/TFT support (Color 640x480) 64K Color
  • Character Display Support
  • Audio Codec AC97
  • iRDA Port – 1 No.
  • MMC/SD Card
  • RS485 with auto direction control
  • Matrix Keyboard – 1 No.
  • IDE Interface
  • Different Power Supply Options
  • Battery Management Scheme
    Why DesignFlex?
   

There are many reference boards around available from various sources enabling development projects. However DesignFlex is a few steps ahead where in you have the complete design or the motherboard transformed to the required form factor and the OS ported with drivers. Customer can directly port the application to the board and the hardware manufacturing can be taken up. Customizing the available options can be done in a very short time. You will find out that you are in the market place faster and cheaper.

     
    Leverage Your Strength in the Market Place
   

DesignFlex is a bundled solution with low or practically no further design expenses involved to do a test market in the Handheld/Portable solutions arena. It can be also used in other than handheld devices like PoS, Petrol Dispensors, Tax Machines, Security Terminals, Kiosks and the like. A common motherbpoard can be used for different product design/flavors.

     
   

We offer

   
  • Proving the working of DesignFlex and convincing you of its capability
  • Provide the target form-factor populated PCB with the only required interfaces.
  • Provide all design related inputs to you to complete the custom logic if any.
  • We can also do the custom logic for you.
  • Customer/we can port existing application into the target board
  • A ready to launch product design and leverage the first mover advantages.
  • We can provide DesignFlex for your in-house R&D trials.
  • End-to-end solution for customers without in-house R&D or design expertise.
    With DesignFlex you get
   
  • Design adaptation of DesignFlex to your market needs
  • Hardware and Software support under one roof
  • Sourcing the BOM components in kit form at most competitive prices.
  • Production assistance for large volumes
  • Design security in built in the firmware and hardware – immune from reverse engineering
   

Packaging

   

The Processor Module (SBC) can be modified to suit customer specific requirements by plugging it to a break-out board that carries customer specific requirements and large size connectors or by re-spinning the processor board accommodating the changes made to the actual required form factor.