Products
Industries
IoT
One of the new challenges arising with the use of edge, fog, and cloud architectures is the connection of components to each other and to the public cloud. An important element of developing a solution capturing all pieces is the IoT framework susietec
At the field, or edge level, data is collected by industrial computers, e.g. by gateways, which process, filter, analyze and act on these data in real-time right at the device.
Edge, fog and cloud applications demand increasing computing power. The interfaces to sensors or machines often require non-standard solutions. Especially in smaller machines, space is limited or restricted in some dimension and need a special solution.
Today, the connection from the sensor device to the embedded cloud takes place via real-time data communication, on sensor and edge level - for example Industrial Ethernet or fieldbuses - and gateways , which provide the transformation of real time data into the informational area.
Support & Services
Contact
For support related inquires, please contact our support team:
Contact Support
Downloads
We provide our customers with additional material enhancing their knowledge. Find all White Papers, Use Cases and brochures here.
Learn more about how Kontron supports its customers by improving their products and solutions. Read our Use Cases. Contact us for further information.
Learn more about our solutions for various industries by downloading our Whitepapers.
We provide our customers with additional material enhancing their knowledge. Find all White Papers, Use Cases and brochures here.
Get extended insights into our products and solutions by participating in our webcasts. You can find all webcasts here. Contact us for further information.
Learn more about our solutions for various industries by downloading our Whitepapers.
QNX and Kontron collaborate on first BIOS-less instant-on platform for Intel® Atom™ processors
Eching, Germany, November 28, 2008 – QNX Software Systems and Kontron have announced that the Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module is the first commercial embedded platform to support QNX’s innovative fastboot technology for Intel® Atom™ processors.
Designed to enable boot times that are measured in milliseconds, QNX fastboot technology is an advanced feature of the QNX Neutrino RTOS. It eliminates the need for a BIOS on x86 platforms, including those that support Intel® Atom™ processors, thereby reducing hardware costs and dramatically improving instant-on performance. Systems designers can use QNX fastboot technology to improve startup times for a wide variety of automotive, medical, industrial, military, and consumer products.
Measuring just 55 mm x 84 mm, the credit card sized Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module is compatible with the PICMG COM Express™ standard, pin-out Type 1. It is based on the highly efficient Intel® Atom™ Z5xx processor series and is a perfect fit for low-power mobile applications that require excellent processor performance, high-definition graphics, PCI Express, and Serial ATA, combined with longer battery life. With only one-tenth of the thermal design power and one-seventh the size of ULV processors of identical performance, the Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP COM offers an unprecedented performance per watt for x86-based ultra-mobile designs.
“In many of our target markets, end-users expect to use a device almost immediately after switching it on. A delay of even a few seconds is unacceptable,” said Kroy Zeviar, business alliance manager at QNX Software Systems. “By using QNX fastboot technology and the Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP module, systems designers can achieve instant-on functionality while taking advantage of the x86 compatibility and high performance per watt of Intel® Atom™ processors.”
“Especially in portable applications, fastboot technology allows designers to extend battery life and overall system usability,” said Matthias Huber, general manager of Kontron’s Embedded Modules Division. “Instead of using either the slow suspend-to-disk or the power-consuming standby states, the device can return from a full-off state without forcing the user to wait.”
Availability
The Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module is available now. QNX fastboot support for the module will be available in October 2008.
More information on nanoETXexpress-SP
http://www.kontron.com/nanoETXexpress-SP
More information on COM Express™
http://www.kontron.com/products/computeronmodules/com+express/
More information on QNX support for Intel® Atom™ processors:
http://www.qnx.com/download/feature.html?programid=18173
