Warpcomm™
Warpcomm™ is a joint venture of four embedded specialists:
- Avnet - Initiator and coordinator of the project
- Ka-Ro - Hardware manufacturer and designer of highly integrated low-power embedded hardware solutions
- kernel concepts - embedded Linux experts, BSP and system
- Marvell Semiconductor - Designer and manufacturer of the Kirkwood ARM CPUs/SOCs
Together they developed the Warpcomm™ TK71 system, a Linux based
high performance system, ideally suited for network- and storage-appliances.
kernel concepts is responsible for porting the Linux system, the BSP and the Linux runtime system:
- JTAG ISP configuration for OpenOCD
- U-Boot bootloader adaptation
- Linux Kernel adaptation, based on Linux kernel 2.6.32
- µCross based base runtime system including matching cross-toolchain
Warpcomm™ TK71 Hardware
The hardware consists of two main components, also available from our online shop, the
Warpcomm TK71 Kit and
Warpcomm TK71 Qseven module.
- Warpcomm™ TK71 main-board - datasheet
- 1,2GHz ARM compliant Marvell 88F6281
- RAM 256MB DDR2-SDRAM (optional 512MB)
- ROM 128MB NAND Flash
- onboard single Giga-Bit Ethernet PHY
- 7 Port USB Hub SMSC USB2517
- Power supply Single 5V
- Size Qseven 70mm x 70mm
- Temperature-Range 0°C - 70°C (optional -40°C - 85°C)
- Warpcomm™ TK71 Base-Board
- secondary Giga-Bit Ethernet PHY
- 2 Giga-Bit Ethernet RJ45 connectors
- 3 USB 2.0 B connectors
- 3 USB 2.0 pinheader connectors
- RS232 UART console connector
- 20-pin standard ARM JTAG connector
- SATA connector for harddisk attachment
- secondary SATA connector for direct 2.5" harddisk attachment incl. power supply
- miniPCIe connector
- SD-card slot, full size
- RTC backup battery
- +5V single power supply
