New Embedded System with Soft-core processor

MERLINO BOARD EMBEDDED SYSTEM.

Flexible, reliable reconfigurable.

The only limit to its application is only that of your imagination.

How many times has your PC failed to boot because it is blocked by a prosaic problem?

How many times have you had to reset a PC which has frozen at the most inconvenient moment?

How many difficulties have you had to overcome to adapt your PC with the operative system, to make it carry out duties for which it was not conceived.

Why use personal computer components to realise your Embedded application when you could reach your objective more easily?

Thanks to "Merlin Board", today you can realise an Embedded System which is reliable, safe, economic and personalised for your application. You will finally be able to guarantee your customers a production which is constant over time and that is not subject to the problems related to the continuous updating of hardware which is so typical in the PC world.

"Merlin Board" is an extremely innovative product

Its matchless flexibility comes from the fact that it is equipped with a completely FPGA based architecture. On the "Merlin Board", you will not find the usual microprocessor, but a soft-core processor synthesised inside the FPGA, together with a range of other elements which make up the architecture of the board.

What is today defined as SoPC (system-on-a-programmable-chip).

This solution makes it possible to overcome traditional limits of architecture, and go as far as implementing on the core of the processor a set of personalised Assembler instructions, which saves on many clock cycles compared to the traditional approach.

Avant-garde technology as an answer to all Embedded System problems.

The start-up of software after a black-out.

The FRAM memories have similar characteristics to the SRAM ones, they have low access times both in writing and reading, with the advantage of maintaining the data in memory even during power failures.

By using this interesting feature of FRAM, the "Merlin Board" elegantly resolves the problem of the start-up of programmes which are running on the board, after a power black-out. It will then be possible to restart the software from the exact point it was interrupted.

MAIN Features

Power:

Single voltage of 12V also not stabilised

Video Section:

Optimised for the viewing of vide-graphic animation.

VGA CRT/LCD output configurable with resolutions up to 1024x768.

Video output RGB 15/25 Khz with resolutions of 320x240 and 420x240.

All supported resolutions handle 65000 colours.

Management of the Alpha Blending function (transparency of the viewed graphic objects).

In order to lighten the work load of the processor a function has been installed on the hardware which makes it possible to superimpose two images and calculate the result point by point according to the "alpha" colour which determines the transparency.

Web Server:

TCP/IP interface on board, operates as a web server.

Audio Section:

16 bit stereo audio with 10+10W audio amplifier.

Input/Output:

16 lines for digital input and 16 lines for output with a power driver.

All the I/O are protected from eventual radio-electrical disturbances.

User Data Memory:

64 MB of Flash Memory (Intel Strata Flash) - Expandable.

Serial BUS:

1 port for 12C Bus to which it is possible to connect up to 255 peripherals

2 RS232 ports - Output for CC_TALK Bus

Clock System

Real Time Clock with backup battery - Watch Dog Timer

Non Volatile Memory

256K FRAM (ferroelectric memory)

Safety

Implementation of an architecture which reasonably protects from eventual violation both of the software and hardware.

Optional Modules available:

Module for GSM-GPRS connections - GPS reception module

USB Interface module - Bluetooth interface module

Touch Screen module

Case:

The "Merlin Board" is available in an plastic box equipped with a support which may be used to attach it to the wall.

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Just a blue page with no content. Am I supposed to use flash or something?

Vadim

The site is in flash. If you have these worries with javascript loaded directly the following link

However the graphics of the site is temporary. Soon I will change it

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The price depends on the quantities requests, however under 300 Euro

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Another facet that I have disabled in my browser. Not making it easy on youself to make a sale are you?

I have good reasons for limiting my browser capabilities when dealing with web-sites for the first time.

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You get no additional information on the webpage compared to the original post, beside a picture of the board. But no more detailed information.

Regards,

Martin

Dump the flash and make a plain HTML website with some real information. Insert the images in JPEG or PNG, so it will be readable without questionable plug-ins.

If you really insist, put a link to the flash on a separate page (with suitable warnings).

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And use HTML validator:

Vadim