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TS-4100

Ultra Low Power, Stand Alone, IoT-Ready SoM with Wi-Fi/BT

Lifecycle: Engineering Samples | Released: February 2018

System-on-Module powered by Arm® Cortex®-A7 based NXP i.MX 6UltraLite operating up to 696 MHz. Low power with 1 W Typical Power Usage

  • Perfectly Suited for Low Power Applications with 1 W Typical Power Usage
  • Connected via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy for Remote Access and Industrial IoT
  • Risk Reducing, Time to Market Minimizing, Modular Design
  • Custom Fit to Your Application via Customizable Off-Load Engine
  • Rugged, Industrial Environment Ready with Fanless -40 °C to +85 °C Range
$164 (Qty. 100) $213 (Qty. 1)
No minimum order quantity on standard products.

LOW POWER COMPUTER MODULE 

The TS-4100 is an extremely low power, high performance System-on-Module powered by NXP i.MX 6UltraLite with the Arm® Cortex®-A7 core operating up to 696 MHz. Typical power usage is about 1 W, packed with up to 1 GB RAM, 4 GB eMMC flash, 32 bit programmable off-load engine, microSD with UHS support (up to 60 MB/s), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module with built-in antenna, and many industry standard interfaces. It targets applications with strict power requirements, yet need a high performance system with wireless connectivity, like industrial internet of things gateways, medical, automotive, industrial automation, smart energy, and many more.


BEST OF BOTH WORLDS 

The TS-4100 is embeddedTS's first SoM that can also be a standalone micro Single Board Computer. When powered from the on-board micro USB connector, the TS-4100 does not require a baseboard to operate. The system could be a processing node on a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth network, or with the optional daughter card expansion connector it could interact with other devices directly.


FPGA ZPU

The TS-4100 FPGA includes a ZPU core implementation. The ZPU allows for offloading CPU tasks as well as harder real-time on I/O interactions. The ZPU is an open-source, 32-bit, stack-based CPU architecture that offers a full GCC tool suite. Inside of the TS-4100 FPGA it is given 8 kBytes of BlockRAM and has full access to all FPGA I/O. Additionally, the CPU has shared access to the ZPU BlockRAM. This allows for a larger bi-directional communication channel between the ZPU and main CPU, and can be used to reprogram the ZPU on the fly for dynamic applications.

SHORT TIME TO MARKET WITH LONG TERM DEPLOYMENT 

A productive out-of-the-box experience includes pre-installed Linux OS, development tools, and utilities for controlling all onboard interfaces such as DIO, UARTS, CAN bus, and more. The development kit makes sure you have all the necessary connections and cables to get off the ground quickly. The guaranteed 10+ year lifecycle ensures a long-term deployment in the field, free from expensive replacements that come from short, disposable lifecycles which are all too common.

Hardware Details

The TS-4100 System on Module features:

  • Processor – NXP i.MX 6UL (Arm Cortex-A7 @ 696MHz)
  • Memory – 4 GB MLC eMMC which can be configured to a more robust 2 GB pSLC eMMC
  • RAM – Up to 1 GB
  • Storage – MicroSD slot supporting Ultra High Speed bus interface
  • Wireless – 802.11b/g/n; Bluetooth LE
  • On-board USB OTG Micro-AB USB receptacle
  • On-board USB console output with Micro-B USB receptacle
  • Networking – 2x 10/100 Ethernet ports available on TS-SOCKET
  • HMI I/O available on SoM TS-SOCKET:
    • Parallel LCD
    • I2S Audio
  • Other I/O available on SoM TS-SOCKET:
    • 1x USB Host
    • 1x USB OTG
    • 1x SPI Bus
    • 1x I2C Bus
    • 1x TTL Console UART
    • 46x DIO
    • 2x CAN
    • 4x PWM
  • Expansion Header:
    • 5x DIO
    • 1x SPI Bus
    • 1x I2C Bus
    • 46x Digital I/O
    • 8x PWM Channel
  • ZPU:
    • FPGA includes integrated ZPU, a 32-bit CPU architecture for offloading real-time tasks
    • CPU can access ZPU memory allowing for reprogramming of the firmware on the fly as well as bi-directional communication.
  • Other features – Watchdog timer
  • 5 VDC input Power – via USB or via Baseboard
  • Typical Power Consumption 1.0 W
  • Fanless Temperature Range -40 °C to 85 °C
  • Dimensions – 75 mm x 55 mm

SOFTWARE DETAILS

We've preloaded most everything you need to get your application up and running quickly, from utilities to read, write, and control the various interfaces to power management tools. Development can be done on the device itself using preloaded GNU development tools such as GCC and GDB. Furthermore, development can be done using familiar and easily installed interpreted languages such as Python, Java, C# (Mono), etc. In keeping with an open source vision, we have the source code, toolchains, and binaries freely available for download from the TS-4100 Files Repository and Github page.

By default, Debian Stretch is loaded which provides a massive repository of prebuilt applications and services and Debian provides a long history of focus on stability and support. 

Software Details

Software features include:

  • U-Boot bootloader
  • Linux Kernel 4.9
  • Debian Stretch
  • Flexible programming language support
  • Source code examples available

Please contact embeddedTS for further information regarding Operating System and software support for this product.

Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
Arm and Cortex are registered trademarks of Arm Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the US and/or elsewhere.

embeddedTS provides complete documentation for our mature products, including manuals, schematics, mechanical drawings, etc. The most recent documentation files are always made available through our website. If you don't find the documentation you are looking for, contact support for more information. Also, please make sure to visit our Embedded Systems Support webpage, and our official documentation.

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CPU
Architecture Arm
Part Number i.MX 6UltraLite
Vendor NXP
CPU Speed 696 MHz
Floating Point Unit Yes
CPU Cores (Max) 1x
Core Specs
Base Memory Capacity 512 MB
Maximum Memory Capacity 1 GB
FPGA 4 k LUT
Watchdog Timer 1x
Storage
Base Flash Capacity 4 GB
Flash Type eMMC
microSD Card Socket 1x
Other
Real Time Clock 1x
General I/O
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) Pins 46x
PWM Ports 8x
Analog to Digital Ports (ADC) 2x (12-bit Resolution)
Peripheral Interfaces
USB OTG Ports 2x
Serial Interfaces
SPI Ports 1x
I2C Ports 1x
I2S Audio Ports 1x
Industrial Protocols
CAN Ports 2x
Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Yes (Available via kernel update in downloads)
Networking
10/100 Ethernet Ports 2x
Physical
Operating Supply Voltage 5 VDC
Typical Power Consumption 1.00 W
Fanless Temperature Range -40 °C to 85 °C
Width 55.0 mm
Length 74.9 mm
Radio Comms
Bluetooth Yes
WiFi Radio / Wireless LAN Yes
Solutions
TS-SILO Power Reserve (Super Capacitors) Yes
Software
Linux Kernel Version 5.10
Debian Linux Stretch (9.0)
TS-4100 Block Diagram
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Quantities
Product Configurations 1 10 25 50 100
TS-4100-SMN1I $213 $187 $178 $171 $164
TS-4100-SMW5I $245 $219 $212 $203 $196
TS-4100-SMN2I $219 $192 $186 $177 $170
TS-4100-SRW8I $287 $261 $252 $245 $237
TS-4100-SRW9I $279 $254 $246 $238 $231
TS-4100-SMN1I-CC -- -- $218 $211 $204
TS-4100-SRW8I-CC -- -- $292 $285 $277
TS-4100-SRW9I-CC -- -- $286 $278 $271

Product Customization

embeddedTS can provide you with a custom tailored version of our standard product starting at minimum order sizes of 100 units or more. Customized products can be based on various combinations of many of the standard product features. There will be a one-time customization fee to cover the set up of your custom part number and production processes. Once the set up is complete the standard lead time for your customized product would be 6-8 weeks. Please contact us to get started on tailoring this product to meet your needs. In addition to tailoring our standard product to your needs, for slightly larger orders sizes, embeddedTS can also provide a custom design based on this product to meet your mechanical requirements or to add features.

In addition to tailoring features available in our standard product set, the following options are available:

Product Option Qty. 100 Price
8 GByte Industrial Temperature eMMC $13
16 GByte Industrial Temperature eMMC $31
32 GByte Industrial Temperature eMMC $53
64 GByte Industrial Temperature eMMC $80
Product Configuration
Part Description Price
TS-4100-SMN1I TS-4100 SoM with i.MX6UL 696MHz Arm Cortex A7, 512MB DDR3 RAM, and 4GB eMMC flash (-40C to 85C) Pricing
TS-4100-SMW5I TS-4100 SoM with i.MX6UL 696MHz Arm Cortex A7, 512MB DDR3 RAM, and 4GB eMMC flash, TS-SILO, WiFi/BT with chip antenna (-40C to 85C) Pricing
TS-4100-SMN2I TS-4100 SoM with i.MX6UL 696MHz Arm Cortex A7, 512MB DDR3 RAM, and 4GB eMMC flash, stand-alone version with daughter card interface (-40C to 85C) Pricing
TS-4100-SRW8I TS-4100 SoM with i.MX6UL 696MHz Arm Cortex A7, 1GB DDR3 RAM, and 4GB eMMC flash, TS-SILO, WiFi/BT with u.FL antenna connector, stand-alone version with daughter card interface (-40C to 85C) Pricing
TS-4100-SRW9I TS-4100 SoM with i.MX6UL 696MHz Arm Cortex A7, 1GB DDR3 RAM, and 4GB eMMC flash, TS-SILO, WiFi/BT with u.FL antenna connector (-40C to 85C) Pricing
Conformal Coated Product Configurations
Part Description Price
TS-4100-SMN1I-CC Conformal Coated TS-4100-SMN1I. TS-4100 SOM with the i.MX6UL 696MHz Arm Cortex A7 512MB DDR3 RAM and 4GB eMMC Flash, (-40 to 85C) Pricing
TS-4100-SRW8I-CC Conformal Coated TS-4100-SRW8I. TS-4100 SOM with the i.MX6UL 696MHz Arm Cortex A7 1GB DDR3 RAM and 4GB eMMC Flash, TS-SILO, WiFi/Bluetooth w/u.FL antenna Connector, Stand Alone version with Daughter Card Interface (-40 to 85C) Pricing
TS-4100-SRW9I-CC Conformal Coated TS-4100-SRW9I. TS-4100 COM with the i.MX6UL 696MHz Arm Cortex A7 1GB DDR3 RAM and 4GB eMMC Flash, TS-SILO, WiFi/Bluetooth w/u.FL antenna Connector, (-40 to 85C) Pricing
Flash Media
Part Description Price
MSD-8GB-4100 TS-4100 bootable 8GB Class 10 microSD card including Arm tool chain, Debian Jessie Linux filesystem, documentation, and further binaries/utilities $30
MSD-8GB-USB-4100 TS-4100 bootable 8GB Class 10 microSD card including Arm tool chain, Debian Jessie Linux filesystem, documentation, and further binaries/utilities, includes USB reader $63
MSD-8GB-BLANK 8GB Class 10 microSD card $30
Accessories and Extras
Part Description Price
CB-ANT-WILC Antenna and cable for u.FL WiFi modules $17
CN-TSSOCKET-M-10 Qty Ten (10) Male 100-Pin High Density Connectors for Custom Baseboard Design $50
CB-USB-A-MICRO-GOLD 7" USB 2.0 Type-A to Micro-B cable $9
CN-TSSOCKET-M-100 Qty One Hundred (100) Male 100-Pin High Density Connectors for Custom Baseboard Design $322
CB7-05 Null modem cable with a DB9F at each end $10
CB-USB-A-FEMALE-MICRO 7" USB 2.0 Type-A Receptacle (Female) to Micro-B cable $9
Power Supplies
Part Description Price
PS-12VDC-REG-2_5AMP-3PB Regulated 12 VDC, 2.5 A wall mounted power supply with 3 pin black connector (100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz, A-type Plug) $21
Development Kits
Part Description Price
KIT-8551-4100 Development kit including suggested parts for new development t (includes TS-8551 baseboard). Includes packaged parts:
  • TS-8551: TS-SOCKET Development Baseboard for TS-4100 & TS-4300 (System-on-Module not included)
  • MSD-8GB-USB-4100: TS-4100 bootable 8GB Class 10 microSD card including Arm tool chain, Debian Jessie Linux filesystem, documentation, and further binaries/utilities, includes USB reader
  • PS-12VDC-REG-2_5AMP-3PB: Regulated 12 VDC, 2.5 A wall mounted power supply with 3 pin black connector (100-240 VAC, 50-60 Hz, A-type Plug)
  • CB-USB-A-MICRO-GOLD: 7" USB 2.0 Type-A to Micro-B cable
  • CB-USB-A-FEMALE-MICRO: 7" USB 2.0 Type-A Receptacle (Female) to Micro-B cable
  • CB7-05: Null modem cable with a DB9F at each end
$255

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TS-4100-SMN1I TS-4100-SMN2I TS-4100-SMW5I TS-4100-SRW8I TS-4100-SRW9I
CPU Arch NXP i.MX6UL Arm® Cortex® A7
CPU Cores 1
CPU Speed 696 MHz
RAM 512 MB 1 GB
Onboard Storage 4 GB MLC eMMC Flash
Co-Processor ZPU (microprocessor stack machine located in FPGA w/GNU Compiler support)
microSD Socket 1
10M/100M Ethernet 2
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth -- Wireless 802.11b/g/n + Bluetooth 5 LE w/ chip antenna Wireless 802.11b/g/n + Bluetooth 5 LE w/ u.FL antenna Connector
Standalone Micro SBC -- Includes 2x8 Daughter card Interface, and powered via USB -- Includes 2x8 Daughter card Interface, and powered via USB --


USB OTG 1x w/ on board MicroAB Connector (Can also power the system) (also shared with TS-SOCKET pins)
USB Console 1x (Can also power the system)
UARTs 6x (2 directly from CPU, 4 thru FPGA crossbar MUX)
LCD RGB LCD Interface
Audio 1x I2S
TS-SILO -- Support for ~ 20 seconds of power hold up in case of sudden power loss to safely shut down
Common Interfaces CAN(2x), SPI, I2C, LED control
Input Power 5 VDC via TS-SOCKET Interface (Can also be powered from USB AND daughter card interface)
Output Power 3.3 VDC via TS-SOCKET Interface (Also outputs 3.3 V to daughter card interface)
Operating Temperature -40 °C to 85 °C
Standard Shipping OS Linux Debian Stretch

Modular products built using the TS-4100.

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TS-8820-4100
Wireless Industrial Controller with Opto-Isolated IO
  • Targets low power industrial control applications
  • Wireless data transfers over WiFi or Bluetooth
  • Feature rich with ADC, DAC, Relays, PWMs, Isolated I/O and CAN

$755 (Qty. 100) $843 (Qty. 1)

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TS-8551-4100
Ultra Low Power, IoT Ready
  • Perfectly Suited for Low Power Applications with 1 W Typical Power Usage
  • Connected via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy for Remote Access and Industrial IoT
  • Risk Reducing, Time to Market Minimizing, Modular Design

$305 (Qty. 100) $354 (Qty. 1)