TS-5500 User’s Manual
Technologic Systems
10/31/03
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1 Introduction
The model TS-5500 is a compact, full-featured PC compatible Single Board Computer based on the
AMD Elan520 processor. At 133 MHz, it is approximately 10 times faster than our other 386EX based
products for only a small additional cost. PC compatibility allows for rapid development since you can
use standard PC development tools such as Turbo C or Power Basic or Linux based tools as well. If
you have done work in the PC world in the past, you will find you can now build applications for a very
small target that does not require a keyboard, video, floppy disks, or hard drives.
By adding the optional TS-9500 daughter board, you can compile and debug directly on the TS-5500
with standard VGA video and keyboard interfaces. Alternatively, you can typically write and debug code
on a host PC using standard development tools for the PC platform, then simply copy it to and run it on
the TS-5500 without modification. If additional peripherals are required, the PC/104 expansion bus
allows for many standard functions available off-the-shelf. It is also very simple to create a custom
PC/104 daughter board for those special features that differentiate your product. Technologic Systems
can provide technical support as well as a free quotation for any custom hardware, software, or BIOS
modifications you may require.
This manual is fairly short. This is because for the most part, the TS-5500 is a standard x86-based PC
compatible computer, and there are hundreds of books about writing software for the PC platform. The
primary purpose of this manual is documenting where the TS-5500 differs from a standard PC.
2 PC Compatibility
PC compatibility requires much more than just an x86 processor. It requires PC compatible memory
and I/O maps as well as a PC compatible BIOS. The General Software EMBEDDED BIOS offers a high
degree of compatibility with past and present BIOS standards allowing it to run off-the shelf operating
systems and application software.
The EMBEDDED BIOS has been tested with all major versions of DOS, including MS-DOS, DR-DOS,
and Embedded DOS 6-XL; all major versions of OS/2, including MS-OS/2 and IBM OS/2; MS-Windows
3.1, Windows-95, Windows NT, and NetWare 386.
2.1 Operating Systems
Technologic Systems Embedded PCs are compatible with a wide variety of x86-based operating
systems. A partial list OSes currently used with our boards by customers includes:
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TNT Embedded Toolsuite, Phar Lap Software
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UCos II
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RTKernel, On Time Software
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RTEMS, On-Line Applications Research Corporation
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DOS with WATTCP, public domain TCP/IP source code for DOS
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Linux
The TS-5500 is shipped, free of charge, with Embedded DOS ROM by General Software.
The TS-5500 can be shipped upon request with Linux pre-installed for a nominal fee. The Linux file
system and kernel is also freely available on the web should you wish to install it yourself. Typically, the
Linux OS requires a 32MB or larger Compact Flash or an M-System’s DiskOnChip.
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