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of obsolescence is always to ensure the safe
and long-term availability of products and to
make forecasts about the end of the product
life cycle.
The delivery available of the modules is prob-
ably linked by most module providers to the
forecasts of the processor manufacturer. But
what about the other key components such as
memories or power sequencing components?
Nowadays the long-term reliable delivery is
not as important with some applications as it
was 20 years ago. But as users want to be able
to use the module in other applications, the
long-term availability once again plays a key
role. And long-term doesn’t mean here 5 to 8
years, but more likely 12 to 15.
Does the module provider have a history and
can they provide evidence of individual mod-
ules? The whole environment of a module
provider also includes a corresponding net-
work. The bigger this network, the more prob-
able and safe the long-term support for the
module is. And in any case it is worth taking
a closer look behind the scenes at the mod-
ule provider, and not to be blinded by a good
price. This can quickly hit you like a boomer-
ang and end up costing much more than the
money you saved in the first place.
As one of the leading electronics service pro-
viders, TQ offers a full range of services from
development to production and after-sales ser-
vices and even product life-cycle management.
This
applies
in
particular
to
the
TQ
modules.
With
its
long-term
experience in a wide range of sectors, TQ
offers extensive development support, start-
ing with the wiring diagram review, a com-
plete layout of the application board, which
is designed for manufacturing (DFM), and
support with the assessment of the long-term
availability of all components (obsolescence
management), not just for the module. TQ
modules are available for at least 10 years.
TQ thereby offers even more security when
choosing a modular design.
Figure 3. TQ Minimodule TQMa28: based
on the i.MX28 processor, the module offers
a balanced ratio between computing and
graphic performance. The basis for this is an
ARM926 core with up to 450 MHz.
ADLINK: ETX COM as drop-in replacement for existing ETX systems
ADLINK announced a new ETX Computer-on-Module, which uses the latest Intel Atom Pro-
cessor E3800 SOC Series with performance scalable from single core at 1.4GHz to a quad core
at 1.9GHz, matched with a single SODIMM socket for up to 4 GB non-ECC 1333/1066 MHz
DDR3L memory. The ETX-BT supports all legacy I/O of previous ETX modules on the market
and will extend the service life of expiring ETX-based systems for another 7 years, bringing them
to a new performance level and allowing them to access the latest cloud services.
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