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Thermal Solution Services
To provide customers with more flexible thermal solutions and designs, Advantech
offers thermal solution services that include consultations and customizations.
Standard thermal solutions
Customized thermal solutions
Embedded Software Services
Supports driver, software integration or customized firmware, root file-system and
Linux image. Customer can save lot of time and focus on their core development.
Embedded Linux/ Android OS
Advantech boot loader Customization
With the spread of industrial computing, a whole range of new applications have
been developed, resulting in a fundamental change in the IPC industry. In the past
system integrators (SI) were used to completing projects without outside assistance
but now such working models have moved on. Due to diverse market demands and
intense competition, cooperation for (both upstream and downstream) vertical inte
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gration has become a much more effective way to create competitive advantages. As
a result, ARM-based CPU modules were born out of this trend. Concentrating all nec
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essary components on the CPU module and placing other parts on the carrier board
in response to market requirements for specialization, provides greater flexibility
while retaining its low power consumption credentials.
Advantech has been involved in the industrial computer industry for many years and
found that customers usually have the following questions when implementing modu
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lar designs.
General I/O Design Capability
Although customers possess the ability for vertical integration and have sufficient
knowledge and professional competence in the specific application field, a lack of
expertise and experience in general power and I/O design can cause challenges,
especially when integrating CPU modules with a carrier board.
Data Acquisition
Even if customers can obtain sufficient information to make the right decision for
specialized vertical applications, some customers encounter difficulties with platform
design in general and communicating with CPU or chipset manufacturers. This can
increase the challenge and risks of designing carrier boards and impacting the prod
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uct’s time-to-market.
Software Development and Modification
Compared to x86 architectures, RISC architectures use simpler instruction sets;
therefore, the software for x86 platforms cannot be used on RISC platforms. System
integrators (SIs) must develop unique software for their system and integrate the
hardware and software themselves. Unlike x86 platforms, RISC platforms have less
support for board support packages (BSPs) and drivers. Although driver support is
provided, SIs are still required to integrate them into the system core. Moreover, the
BSPs provided by CPU manufacturers are typically aimed at carrier board design.
Thus, they may not be an appropriate environment for software development.
To address this issue, Advantech proposed the concept of streamlined Design-In
support services for RISC-based computer-on modules (COMs). With a dedicated
design-in services team, Advantech actively participates in carrier board design and
Summary of Contents for RSB-4710
Page 1: ...User Manual RSB 4710 3 5 Single Board Computer with Rockchip Arm Cortex A72 Processor ...
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Page 15: ...7 RSB 4710 User Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 Board Dimensions ...
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Page 45: ...Chapter 3 3 Software Functionality This chapter details software functions on RSB 4710 ...
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Page 69: ...61 RSB 4710 User Manual Chapter 4 Advantech Services ...
