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71 RSB-6410 Android User Manual
Chapter 5
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Services
Thermal Solution Services
In order to provide quicker and more flexible solutions for customer's thermal
designs. Advantech provides thermal solution services including:
 Standard Thermal Solutions
 Customized Thermal Solutions
Embedded Software Services
We support driver development, software integration or customized firmware.
 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-
gration has become a much more effective way to create competitive advantage.
ARM-based CPU modules were born out of this trend. Concentrating all necessary
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 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-
lar designs.
General I/O design capability
Although customers possess the ability for vertical integration and have enough
know-how and core competitiveness in the application field, the lack of expertise and
experience in general power and I/O design causes many challenges for them, espe-
cially integrating CPU modules into their carrier board.
The acquisition of information
Even if an individual client is able to obtain sufficient information to make the right
decision for a specialized vertical application, some customers encounter problems
dealing with platform design in general and communication with the CPU or chipset,
thereby increasing carrier board design difficulties and risk as well as seriously
impacting on time-to-market and lost market opportunities.
Software development and modification
Compared to x86 architectures, RISC architectures use simpler instruction sets,
therefore the software support for x86 platforms cannot be used on RISC platforms.
System Integrators (SI) need to develop software for their system and do the hard-
ware and software integration themselves. Unlike x86 platforms, RISC platforms
have less support for Board Support Packages (BSP) and drivers and even though
driver support is provided, SI still have to apply a lot of effort to integrate it into the
system core. Moreover, the BSP provided by CPU manufacturers are usually for car-
rier board design, so it’s difficult for SIs to have an environment for software develop-
ment.
In view of this, Advantech proposed the concept of Streamlined Design-in Support
Services for RISC-based Computer On Modules (COM). With a dedicated profes-
sional design-in services team, Advantech actively participates in carrier board