Introduction to Techsol's Medallion System

Techsol is a world leader in Linux on ARM technology.
Leverage our off-the-shelf Medallion Computer Modules and development kits to accelerate your development projects. Whether you just need a Computer-on-Module for your own semi-custom design, or you need a turn-key solution, Techsol's focused Hardware and Software expertise plus superb support get you to market faster.
And our highly-integrated solutions provide the greatest value to maintain your competitive cost-advantage into production.

Press Release - September 30, 2009

Products

Although the bulk of our production is custom products, we have a wide range of stock products as well.
For more information, please see the links to the right, under "Product Listings"

If you need either

• small size ( we build products smaller than cell phones)
  
• low-power (our Gateways consume less that 2 watts at full-speed)
  
• rugged (no moving parts)
• wide temperature operation (little heat expended)

or some combination, then we have your solution.

Accomplishments

• 2009-Q4: Techsol New Product Announcement: TPC-43C Medallion "Green Tech" Touch-Panel Computer. Press Release
• 2009-Q4: Touch-panel PCs ship with Python-GTK support Press Release
  • 10 years of ARM development
• 2009-Q3: New TPC-43B released, similar to 43A but with available Power Over Ethernet  (POE)  Press Release
  
• 2009-Q1: TPC-35B released, another small computer with TFT LCD and touch screen but this one comes with dual Ethernet ports and a sexy plastic enclosure
  
• 2008-Q1: TPC-43A released, shipping Linux 2.6.24
  • all-mount touch-panel computer with Ethernet and ZigBee radio
• 2007-Q3: TPC-35A released, with USBs, Ethernet, Audio, and optional JAVA support
• targeting cost-sensitive HMI applications
  
• 2007-Q1: Gateway Express released, with USBs, Ethernet, Audio, Socket Modem
• with optional JAVA support
• 2006-Q4: Techsol-designed product wins runner-up for "Best Engineered New Product" at SEMA
• 2006-Q3: Techsol offers updated JAVA support, featuring IBM's J9 VM
  
• with amazing UGL Graphics support!
• 2006-Q1: Techsol-designed handheld product is nominated for "Best New Product" at MacWorld Expo
• with hi-speed USB 2 host ports
• 2006-Q1: TPC-57A released with CSTN display, Ethernet, RS232/485, USB, Digital I/O, Analog I/O
• 2006-Q1: SA2410 Medallion CPU module released, with ARM-9, NOR, NAND, SDRAM, audio, GPIO, LCD, touch, ...
• 2005: Techsol's Net-Audio board chosen for Land Warrior project

Earlier news

Contact Techsol for more information about the company.

For more information

Product Listings

Medallion CPU Modules

• SA2410 – released in 2006-Q1, this device offered 5x the performance of the HY7201, but consumed the same power.  The design undergoes continuous improvements and is going into Rev D1 in Q3 2009.

• HY7201 – released in 2001, this was the world's first SOM (System on Module) with USB hosts and a 32-bit bus.

  The Medallion line of CPU modules are still the smallest to date with all the features you need.  We are now offering Linux 2.6.30!  Yet still pin compatible with the first products released in 2001.

Touch Panel Computers:

• TPC-43B - released in 2009, similar to the TPC-43A with the addition of POE (Power Over Ethernet) for simplified cabling and reduced installation costs
  
• TPC-35B - released in 2008, another small 3.5" TFT/touch computer for HMI applications, this one sports dual Ethernet ports and a sexy plastic enclosure
• TPC-35A - released in 2007, small computer targeting HMI applications, features expansion connectors and full Audio & USB ports
  
• TPC-43A - released in 2008, small wall-mount computer with 4.3" TFT/touch for building automation and other HMI applications
• TPC-57A - first released in 2006 with a QVGA CSTN display, this industrial controller features RS-232, 485, CAN, Ethernet, USBs, Digital and Analog I/Os, etc. 
  
• Watch for a new version in 2009 sporting a 5.7" VGA TFT LCD with touch, along with updates to the old I/O

Gateway Computers

• We have a few stock models, and would be glad to create something unique just for you!
• For example, look at our Gateway Express, an integrated, single-board solution powered by a Samsung s3c2410a CPU operating at up to 200 MHz.
  
• It features:
• Ultra-Low-Power operation: consuming less than 2 watts at full speed!
• a 32-bit RISC processor running Linux 2.6.29
• 32 MegaBytes of SDRAM
• 66 MegaBytes of FLASH (2 megs NOR, 64 megs NAND)
• 64-way set-associative cache with I-Cache (16KB) and D-Cache (16KB)
• power management options to support battery-powered data acquisition systems
• 1 Ethernet port using RJ-45 connector with full Linux support and security options
• 1 RS-232 port using DE-9 connector, with modem-control lines
• 1 RS-485 port using an RJ-12 connector with automatic direction control.
• 1 USB 1.1 Host ports with full support for USB input devices, storage device, plus support for select wireless devices
• 1 USB 1.1 Device (Gadget) port with full support for TCP/IP over USB
• 1 8-bit bus port using a SIP connector (internal)
• 1 DC power jack using a 2.1 x 5.5mm connector (input voltage is 10 - 30 VDC)
• 2 indicator LEDs for the Ethernet port
• 4 indicator LEDs under program (software) control
• 1 SD/MMC connector for storage expansion
• 4 panel push-buttons accessible by your software
• This device is available with a Sun-certified Java Virtual Machine, plus additional communications and database extensions. 
  

• Look here for more information 

Service Offerings

We design and manufacture custom and "semi-custom" products quickly and efficiently.
With a broad depth of commercial, industrial, medical, security, and consumer product designs under our belt, you get the advantages of a team that can compete internationally in all these area working for you!

• Do you need to create a new product?
• Or just update an existing product?
• Do you need to update your product so it can connect to the Internet?
• Do you need to update your display to a (color) LCD screen? With Touch?
• Do you want to design your own PCBs and just plug in the most advanced computer module?
• Or do you want a fresh product that is fully-featured, robust, low-cost and leading-edge?
• Would you like that product manufacturer to your specs as well?
• And would you like the finished, tested products drop-shipped to your customers?

We do all of the above.
And we can do any combination of the above if you want to do the other parts yourself.
We will adapt our services to meet your needs!

For more information on our services, select from these options:

• If you need a low- to medium-volume product designed, or you need working protos to show your boss/partners, then take a look at our low-cost semi-custom design services.
• If you need a high-volume product, or you must minimize product costs, even at the expense of greater engineering costs, then look at our fully-custom design services.
• If you also need cost-effective production of your products, then look at our production services.
• Finally, if you also want to hand off your product shipping, please look at our shipping services.

As you have probably figured out, Techsol is a full-service product company.

And we are possibly the only full-service company in North America that works from the lowest-level, assembly language boot-code for the processor up to complete product design including antennae, batteries, chargers, displays, plastics, and offers production services too!
And we have decades of experience designing, deploying, and supporting leading-edge embedded devices across multiple continents.
Which is why we don't just design for today's needs, but we consider your product's entire life cycle and your total project costs, from concept to de-commissioning.
It’s this "Big Picture" view that separates us from the rest.