TRITON-TX6 pin-compatible modules with NXP i.MX6 processors
TRITON-TX6 is our wide-ranging pin-compatible family of production-ready modules based on i.MX6 Solo, Dual Lite, Quad and Quad Plus, serving everything from simple industrial control or touch-screen applications through to complex multimedia systems with a hardware pin-compatible approach. i.MX6 processors have the broadest range of interfaces and industry support. We support them with mainline Linux as well as Windows CE BSPs.
TRITON-TX6 family members include:
TRITON-TX6S – versatile single-core ARM Cortex-A9 module with 1.0 GHz i.MX6 Solo, accelerated graphics, dedicated video codec capable of dual 720p encode, 1080p60 HD decode, dual display LVDS, HDMI, PCIe, CAN.
TRITON-TX6DL – powerful Dual-Core, Industrial Spec. ARM Cortex-A9 module with 1.0 GHz i.MX6 Dual Lite, 512MB or 1GB RAM, accelerated graphics, dedicated video codec capable of dual 720p encode, 1080p60 HD decode, dual display LVDS, HDMI, PCIe, CAN.
TRITON-TX6Q – high performance ARM module with 1.0 GHz i.MX6 Quad, 1GB DDR3-1066RAM, Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9, accelerated graphics, dedicated video codec capable of dual 720p encode, 1080p60 HD decode, dual display LVDS, HDMI, SATA, PCIe, CAN. GBe capable.
TRITON-TX6QP – ultimate, industrial-spec ARM module with 800MHz i.MX6 Quad Plus offering enhanced memory bandwidth and graphics, 2GB DDR3, Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9, dedicated video codec capable of dual 720p encode, 1080p60 HD decode, dual display LVDS, HDMI, SATA, PCIe, CAN. 4GB industrial pSLC eMMC.
Mainboard-7 Development Kit with Windows CE and Linux BSP. The Mainboard-7 ships with the chosen module installed and OS running. An optional 640×480 capacitive touch screen display completes the picture.
TRITON-TXFB Family ARM production-ready baseboard – A production-ready baseboard which turns a TRITON-TX module into a complete ARM-based SBC, ready to use in your product.
Why TRITON-TX?
In addition to the individual features of each module, there are five overriding reasons to choose the TRITON-TX family:
Guaranteed Longevity
Longevity is a major issue for ARM-based system-on-modules, as they don’t conform to any industry-standard pinout. Since the first system-on-module shipped in 2002, we have guaranteed the lifetime of our products. For our i.MX based products longevity guarantees are underwritten by NXP, who offer 10 to 15 year minimum lifetimes for the i.MX6 ARM-based range. We expect to shadow the NXP lifetimes and additionally offer our customers a 10-12 year longevity guarantee for TX-modules.
We are still shipping every TRITON system-on-module model that we have introduced, since 2002, and believe that the best test of any supplier in this regard is to ask both what they guarantee for the future, and to ask about the products that they were promoting 5 years ago. Many vendors introduce new products at such a rate that products generally disappear after as little as a year, and never reach a state of stable, complete software support.
Because the TRITON-TX modules are manufactured in a high-quality small-batch production facility within the EU, there are never problems with manufacturing standards or with supply. If you order 100 modules and we don’t have them in stock, we will make them. Often, modules are produced in large batches by volume-oriented contract manufacturers in the Far East, and once they are gone, they are gone, until orders for at least 5,000 accumulate in order to justify a run.
Our BSPs for both Linux and Windows CE are complete, and are designed so that you can use them without further development or modification. One of the key advantages of the system-on-module approach is rapid time-to-market, and this cannot be realised if there is an unknown amount of extra work to be done to achieve a complete production ready hardware + software platform.
The TRITON-TX modules offer a high degree of pin-compatibility. It is therefore possible to design baseboards which are ready for different TRITON-TX family members, so that decisions on processing power can be deferred until the application is finished and tested, without delaying completion of hardware design. Additionally, products may be upgraded as new, more powerful TX modules become available.
We are experts in what we do. For example, our status as a Windows Embedded Gold Partner means that we are among a small number of companies who work closely with Microsoft because our expertise in Windows CE is at the very highest level. This level of knowledge means that you can be absolutely confident of success in your project, thanks to our ability to support you, and to quickly resolve any problems which may arise along the way. Find out more about our support and services.