congatec's Qseven starter kit for mobile embedded applications

In addition to a compact Qseven carrier board and a 5.7 LVDS touch display with an LED backlight, the starter kit includes a battery manager module with a smart battery. The cable set supplied makes it possible to build a compact, mobile demo system in a matter of minutes.

With dimensions of just 95x140 mm and a range of interfaces, the Qseven carrier board is easy to integrate. It includes 6 USB interfaces, an Ethernet port as well as LVDS and DVI display interfaces. The power supply is 19 V DC (as used by most notebook computers) which provides the option of using low-cost power. The carrier board also has other standard interfaces, such as a Mini PCI Express slot for WLAN expansions and a high-definition audio interface. Mass storage is provided by a solid state disk integrated with the Qseven CPU module and the SATA and SD card interfaces on the carrier board.

Due to the 5 V power supply of the Qseven module it is possible to implement the battery system using small, dual cell smart batteries. The entire charging circuit is a separate, additional module, meaning that it can be integrated flexibly in housing designs. Communication with the battery system is implemented as standard if the user’s operating system is ACPI-capable.

As an option, the Qseven Mobility Starter Kit’s battery system can be integrated directly with a customer-specific carrier board. For this, congatec can supply an integration kit that includes all connection schemes, the source files for the microcontroller program and complete development documentation.

The congatec Qseven Mobility Starter Kit will be presented at Embedded World and will be available as of April 2009.