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3.4 

  Surface Mounting

There are 10 (TC-1010-APL) / 16 (TC-1560-APL) mounting holes (M4) on the rear side of the device required for surface mounting. M4 screws with at least 6mm 

head-to-tip length are required to secure this device.

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2020-01-06

6.2

   Serial Ports (RS-XXX1/RS-XXX2)

4

   External Connectors

5

   LED Light Indicators

6.1

  Digital I/O Connector (GPIO)

6

   Pin Definition 

This product is available with one GPIO connector. The non-galvanic isolated GPIO connector has the following pinout:

The TC-1010-APL / TC-1560-APL has two LED Light indicators. The Power LED Light indicator is lit, when the system is powered on. The SATA LED Light indicator is 

blinking, when the SATA SSD is active. 

This product is available with two full function non-galvanic isolated RS-232 serial ports: 

RS-XXX1 and RS-XXX2. The ports have the following pinout: 

Description

No. 

No. 

Description

1
2
3
4
5
6

12
13

14

15
16

17

7
8
9

10
11

18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

Power LED indicator
Power Input connector
RS-XXX1 (Serial Port) DB9 connector
LAN1 RJ45 connector
LAN2 RJ45 connector
USB Host connector
USB Host connector
miniDP1 connector
miniDP2 connector
SATA LED indicator
Grounding screw  M4
Antenna hole
Antenna hole

Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Power button
USB OTG (Type-C) connector
microSD cardslot
RS-XXX2 (Serial Port) DB9 connector
Micro-SIM cardslot
3.5mm audio jack
GPIO DB15 connector

RS-XXX1:

LED#

Color

ON

OFF

1

Power on 

SATA SSD is active (blinking)

Green
Red

Power off

SATA SSD is not active

2

INDICATOR: 

6

8

Front view: 

Left view: 

3

1 2

4 5

7

9

10 11

16

17

18

Rear view:

Right view:

24

23

25 26

19

12

13

14

15

20 21 22

Header on TC-1010-APL / TC-1560-APL: DB9 (9-pin) standard D-Sub male connector.

Cable receptacle: DB9 (9-pin) standard D-Sub female connector.

Header on TC-1010-APL / TC-1560-APL: DB9 (9-pin) standard D-Sub male connector.

Cable receptacle: DB9 (9-pin) standard D-Sub female connector.

Port

Pin # Signal

1
2

3
4

5

7

6

8

9

SERIAL1_DCD
SERIAL1_RXD
SERIAL1_TXD
SERIAL1_DTR
GND
SERIAL1_DSR
SERIAL1_RTS
SERIAL1_CTS
VCC

Description

Device

Port#1 Data Carrier Detect (input)
Port#1 Receive data (input)
Port#1 Transmit data (output)
Port#1 Data Terminal Ready (output)
Ground
Port#1 Data Set Ready (input)
Port#1 Request-to-send (output)
Port#1 Clear-to-send (input)
5V supply output 

COM1
COM1
COM1
COM1

COM1
COM1
COM1

The unit is by default preloaded with software that can download and install a selection of Linux OS images over hardwired network. Simply connect a display to the 

unit though the miniDP connector and a network through the Ethernet LAN RJ45 connector and power it up, then follow the steps on the screen to load the 

software.Local proxies will interfere with this process. For more information, go to our Knowledge Base at: https://www.technexion.com/support/knowledge-base/

To download drivers for the Windows operating systems, go to our Download Center at: 

https://www.technexion.com/support/download-center/

For more information about installing and configuring the Windows operating systems, see: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ 

7

  Software and Driver Installation

3

4

Header on TC-1010-APL / TC-1560-APL: DB15 (15-pin) high density D-Sub male connector.

Cable receptacle: DB15 (15-pin) high density D-Sub female connector.

GPIO:

Port

Pin # Signal

1
2

3
4

5

7

6

8

9

10
11
12
13
14
15

VCC
GPIO1A
GPIO1C
GPIO2A
GPIO2C
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
VCC
GPIO1B
GPIO1D
GPIO2B
GPIO2D

Description

Voltage

Supply output 
DIG_IN2/OUT2
DIG_IN4/OUT4
DIG_IN6/OUT6
DIG_IN8/OUT8
Common Ground
Common Ground
Common Ground
Common Ground
Common Ground
Supply output
DIG_IN3/OUT3
DIG_IN5/OUT5
DIG_IN7/OUT7
DIG_IN9/OUT9

5V
3.3V
3.3V
3.3V
3.3V

5V
3.3V
3.3V
3.3V
3.3V

1

11

6

10

15

5

1

6

9

5

RS-XXX2:

Port

Pin # Signal

1
2

3
4

5

7

6

8

9

SERIAL2_DCD
SERIAL2_RXD
SERIAL2_TXD
SERIAL2_DTR
GND
SERIAL2_DSR
SERIAL2_RTS
SERIAL2_CTS
VCC

Description

Device

Port#2 Data Carrier Detect (input)
Port#2 Receive data (input)
Port#2 Transmit data (output)
Port#2 Data Terminal Ready (output)
Ground
Port#2 Data Set Ready (input)
Port#2 Request-to-send (output)
Port#2 Clear-to-send (input)
5V supply output 

COM2
COM2
COM2
COM2

COM2
COM2
COM2

1

6

9

5

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