Advantech ROM-5720, User Manual

ROM-5720 User Manual

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sional design-in services team, Advantech actively participates in carrier board
design and problem solving. Our services not only enable customers to effectively
distribute their resources but also reduce R&D manpower cost and hardware invest-
ment.
By virtue of a close interactive relationship with leading original manufacturers of
CPUs and chipsets such as ARM, TI and NXP, Advantech helps solve communica-
tion and technical support difficulties, which, in turn, can reduce the uncertainties of
product development. Advantech’s professional software team also focuses on pro-
viding a complete Board Support Package and assists customers to build up a soft-
ware development environment for their RISC platforms.
Advantech RISC design-in services helps customers overcome their problems to
achieve the most important goal of faster time to market through a streamlined RISC
Design-in services.
Along with our multi-stage development process which includes: planning, design,
integration, and validation, Advantech’s RISC design-in service provides comprehen-
sive support to the following different phases:

Planning Stage

Before deciding to adopt Advantech RISC COM, customers must go through a com-
plete survey process, including product features, specification, and compatibility test-
ing with software. Advantech offers a RISC Customer Solution Board (CSB) as an
evaluation tool for carrier boards which are simultaneously designed when develop-
ing RISC COMs. In the planning stage, customers can use this evaluation board to
assess RISC modules and test peripheral hardware. What’s more, Advantech pro-
vides standard software Board Support Package (BSP) for RISC COM, so that cus-
tomers can define their product’s specifications as well as verifying I/O and
performance at the same time. We not only offer hardware planning and technology
consulting, but also software evaluation and peripheral module recommendations
(such as WiFi, 3G, BT). Resolving customer concerns is Advantech’s main target at
this stage. Since we all know that product evaluation is the key task in the planning
period, especially for performance and specification, so we try to help our customers
conduct all the necessary tests for their RISC COM.

Design Stage

When a product moves into the design stage, Advantech will supply a design guide of
the carrier board for reference. The carrier board design guide provides pin defini-
tions of the COM connector with limitations and recommendations for carrier board
design, so customers can have a clear guideline to follow during their carrier board
development. Regarding different form factors, Advantech offers a complete pin-out
check list for different form factors such as Q7, ULP and RTX2.0, so that customers
can examine the carrier board signals and layout design accordingly. In addition, our
team is able to assist customers to review the placement/layout and schematics to
ensure the carrier board design meets their full requirements. For software develop-
ment, Advantech RISC software team can assist customers to establish an environ-
ment for software development and evaluate the amount of time and resources
needed. If customers outsource software development to a third party, Advantech
can also cooperate with the third party to provide proficient consulting services. With
Advantech’s professional support, the design process becomes much easier and
product quality will be improved to meet customer targets.