ARM9 based industrial serial router adopts KaeilOS® linux
On January 2006 RGM S.p.A. started developing a new system with the aim of data collecting and transfer from remotely dislocated devices (e.g. Energy Stations), based on an Open Source operating system.An ARM processor (Atmel® AT91RM9200) and the Linux operating system have been selected as the two best solution to the needings.
RGM S.p.A. itself developed the hardware, according to some precise targets: Performance, Cost, Critical Environmental Conditions, Dimensions, and due to these requirements choosed KaeilOS® the Industrial Grade Linux from the European embedded software market leader KOAN, for the development of all system components like Bootloader, Linux OS adaptation and device drivers development.
The project was completed by mid 2006 and the functional tests demonstrated that the skills implemented are responding to the specifications requirements.
The system is currently employed in hundreds of operating units on the field.
Typical applications are:
Carrying on its tradition in custom products, RGM S.p.A. will offer these customized solutions to clients who want to add connecting capabilities to their systems, following them in the engineering of the specialized hardware.
The platform features and specs are the following:
Hardware Specs
- ARM9 CPU Atmel® AT91RM9200 @180MHz
- 8MB Atmel SPI DataFlash
- 64MB 8 bit NAND Flash
- 64MB SDRAM
- 512KB SRAM (battery backed)
- RTC (battery backed)
- On-board thermometer
- Power fail input
- 8 LVTTL digital inputs
- 4 LVTTL digital outputs
- 10/100 ethernet controller
- RS232 console
- 5 RS232/RS485 serial ports
- 1 RS485 serial port
- 2 USB hosts
- Extended temperature range: -40¸+85°C
Software Specs
- U-Boot bootloader 1.1.4
- KaeilOS® Linux kernel 2.6.17
- JFFS2 File System
- Drivers : USB host (mass storage, USB to serial), internal and external UARTs, internal and external RTC, thermometer, static RAM, NAND flash, Ethernet, Power fail, GPIOs.
- Protocols : Ipv4, ICMP, ARP, DHCP, NTP, FTP, Telnet, THTTP, PPP, CHAP, PAP, SSH 1.0/2.0
- Utilities : busybox, bash, logrotate, zoneinfo
- Deamons :pppd, utelnetd, ftpd, sshd, iptables, thttpd, syslogd, crond, ntpd
Company details
RGM S.p.A. (www.rgm.it) is an Italian company dedicated to the development and production of Customized Products, like Power Supplies (for Medical, Transportation, Energy and Industrial markets) and Medical Devices. Born in 1986, RGM S.p.A. counts 200 employees and owns a R&D team of 35 engineers.
- Luca Cartabianca - CTO
KOAN s.a.s. (www.koansoftware.com) is an Italian company, leading software provider for Linnux Embedded Systems in Europe. KOAN produce KaeilOS and also offer support, consultancy and training on GNU/Linux embedded software systems. Born in 1996, KOAN market is focused on Embedded and Real Time linux systems based on x86 and ARM processors.
- Marco Cavallini - founder & CEO