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BUILD VS BUY WHEN IT COMES TO IOT PLATFORMS

WE CAN HELP SORT IT OUT

STEFAN MILNOR / KONTRON JUNE 9 2015 V01

AGENDA

JUNE 9, 2015 V01 // 2

01 INTRODUCTION

04 FULL CUSTOM BUILD?

02 BUY COTS?

03 SEMI CUSTOM BUILD?

05 SUMMARY

WHAT‘S IOT?

JUNE 9, 2015 V01 // IoT BUILD OR BUY // STEFAN MILNOR // KAI // 3

IT CAN BE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING … CONNECTED OR EVENTUALLY CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET

HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT TIME AND COST


SEMI-CUSTOM

Development Time

NR

E

COTS / BUY

FULL CUSTOM LOW BOM COST, HIGH NRE

MID RANGE BOM and NRE

LOW NRE; BOM “DEPENDS”

COTS / SEMICUSTOM DESIGN / FULL CUSTOM DECISION TREE


Consider software / driver availability in all HW decisions

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OFF THE SHELF PRODUCT? CHECK THE VENDORS ....

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COM EXPRESS®

ETX® 3.0

SMARC

PC/104

MOTHERBOARDS

3U / 6U VME / VPX

3U / 6U COMPACTPCI

ADVANCEDTCA

ADVANCEDMC

XMC / PMC

VPX SYSTEMS

COMPACTPCI SYSTEMS

ADVANCEDTCA SYSTEMS

MICROTCA SYSTMS

CARRIER GRADE SERVERS

TOUCH PANEL IPC / HMI

BOX-IPC

M2M

19“ RACK MOUNT IPC

1/10/40GBE SWITCHES

APPLICATION READY PLATFORMS

EN50155 COMPLIANT

RAILWAY

EN50155 CERTIFIED RAILWAY

E1 CERTIFIED - IN-VEHICLE

EN60601-1 COMPLIANT

MEDICAL

MIL-STD COMPLIANT

MILITARY

OPS DIGITAL SIGNAGE SERVER

INTEGRATED SYSTEMS BLADES / MEZZANINES MODULES/BOARDS INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

COTS – INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION / IOT GATEWAYS (1)


Scalable

Reliable – fanlless, no battery, no moving parts

DIN Rail Mounting

IoT Ready

Dual GBE

Dual mini PCIe slots

Wide Input Power Range: 10V thru 30V

-20C to 60C op temp

One product of many shown here

SMARC based A-103 shown above

COMe based products also available

Baytrail thru core i7

COTS – INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION / IOT GATEWAYS (2)


KBox A series: SMARC module based

KBox B series: mini-ITX motherboard based

Kbox C series: COM Express based (shown here)

Many are fanless

Industrial Ethernet options

Profibus

Fieldbus

CAN Bus

Multiple connectivity options

Multiple GBE

Multiple serial

Multiple display options

COTS – HMIS AND PANEL PCS


Large selection of panel sizes

Intel Bay Trail thru Core i.7

Touch screen options

Projected capacitance

Resistive

IoT ready

Wired LAN port(s)

Wireless options via mPCIe


SAMPLE COTS IOT SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT: INDUSTRIAL WEAVING LOOM

COTS – RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION


IP50 (dust tight)

Intel Bay Trail

EN50155 Class TX

-40C to 70C

Wide range power input

24V to 110V DC

Wireless via mPCIe slot

Optional industrial busses

MVB, CAN, Profibus

Standard interfaces

USB, LAN, DP, Serial etc

Management MCU

COMe based

COTS – MILITARY / RUGGEDIZED PRODUCTS -COBALT


Application ready platforms

COBALT (Computer Brick ALTernative)

8.5“ x 5.5“ x 3.9“

Intel Core i7 via COMe T6

IP67 (Dust tight, water immersion to 1m)

XT -40C to +70C

Flexible, configurable

IoT ready – via mini PCIe slots

Many other MAG platforms

IFE servers

Wireless routers for IFE

LTE modems for IFE

COTS – MILITARY / RUGGEDIZED PRODUCTS – APPLICATION READY


ACE In Flight Server – IFE

Intel Core i7

Most versions are fanless

Cab-N-Connect

802.11n access points for avionics

Dual band 2.4GHz, 5GHz

DO-160F qualified

COTS – MILITARY / RUGGEDIZED PRODUCTS


COTS Building Blocks:

CPCI 3U and 6U cards

CPCI Serial cards

VME cards

VPX 3U and 6U cards

Mars Curiosity Rover uses

PICMG compliant CPCI cards

Not Kontron‘s ...

COTS – TABLETS / PHONES (1)


Off – the – shelf commercial and industrial tablets + custom software + (in some cases) custom hardware may a good solution ....

Deployed by airlines in the cockpit to replace bulky paper based aircraft system information binders

Common for POS systems

Pros:

Relatively ow cost – repair by replacement

Sleek, compact, low profile

Cons

Generally not XT

May not be rugged or

have IP ratings

Long term availability may be a problem

COTS – TABLETS / PHONES (2)


Pos systems

Audio equipement

Measurement equipment

Video ... and more

TABLET / PHONE HW / SW PERIPHERALS


Credit card readers

Thermometers

Health

BBQ etc

DVMs

Oscilloscopes

Geiger counters

Spectrum analyzers

Breath analyzers

And many more ...

Interfaces

Audio Jack

USB

COTS / SEMI-COTS RUGGEDIZZED TABLETS


Various IP ratings ... some are waterproof

Some are drop proof

Most are x86

COTS – INDUSTRIAL MOTHERBOARDS (1)


Many Form Factors

ATX

Flex ATX

Mini ITX

Pico ITX

And more ...

Many CPU Options

Intel Bay Trail

Intel Core i3, i5, i7

ARM offerings

IOT ready

Wired GBE port(s)

Mini PCIe slot(s) for 802.11 / BT

XT versions available

Long term availability

Fanless operation available

Upgrade options

Multiple sources



ATX 305mm x 244mm formfactors.org

12.0“ x 9.6“

Micro ATX 244mm x 244mm formfactors.org

9.6“ x 9.6“

Flex ATX 229mm x 191mm formfactors.org

9.0“ x 7.5“

Mini ITX 170mm x 170mm formfactors.org

6.7“ x 6.7“ PEG slot on some

Pico ITX 100mm x 72mm Via Systems / defacto standard

3.9“ x 2.8“



Pico ITX suitable for

small low end systems

Intel Bay Trail class

Some ARM implementations

Small ... Only 3.9“ x 2.8“

SO-DIMM / Memory on back

COTS – INDUSTRIAL MOTHERBOARDS (4) – TYPICAL APPLICATIONS


Test equipment

Medical equipment

KIOSKs, Digital Signage

And much more

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Mini ITX motherboard

Intel Atom CPU

Custom Enclosure & I/O

IoT Gateway for Residential Care Facilities

Data aggregator for wireless mesh network

Local data processing, network health assessment, alert generation

Wired Ethernet to the cloud with analog modem backup

COTS – INDUSTRIAL MOTHERBOARDS (5) – TYPICAL APPLICATIONS

COTS – INDUSTRIAL MOTHERBOARDS (6) – PROS AND CONS


PROS • COST EFFECTIVE • LONG LIFE • MULTIPLE SOURCES • GOOD PERFORMANCE

CONS • SOME IMPLEMENTATION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MULTIPLE SOURCES • CONNECTORS MAY NOT LAND EXACTLY

WHERE DESIRED • SLOT CARDS NOT IDEAL FOR RUGGEDIZED

SYSTEMS • CABLING • ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS HAVE TO BE

IMPLEMENTED ON ADDITIONAL BOARDS

• Slot Cards • Cabled boards

MODULES ... WHY? (1)


CPU design complexity taken care of

Memory routing

Other high speed signals

Power supplies

Up to 20, some very high current

Multiple phases, dynamic operation

BIOS and BSP support

Scalable

Open standards (PICMG, SGET, VITA)

Multiple vendors

Many choices

MODULES ... WHY ? (2)


Custom carriers allow exact I/O mix, form factor, and connector positioning required

Reduced cabling ... Increased reliability

Modules are easy to design with

Carrier design guides available from PICMG and SGET

Cost effective

Reduced design time

Lower NRE than full custom

MODULES ... WHY (3)


When volumes do not justify large NRE

for full custom

When quick time to market is needed

When upgrade path is desired

When mulptiple sources are valued

When customer wants to focus on

what their area of expertise is and

not on CPU design

When there is a need \ desire to keep

certification costs low (especially

important with RF designs)

MODULES / BLADES STANDARDS GROUPS


PICMG

COM Express

CPCI, CPCI-Serial

ATCA, AMC

SGET

SMARC

Q7

VITA

VME

VPX

PC104

ISA, PCI, PCIe variants

MODULES STANDARDS: PICMG COM EXPRESS


Primarily x86 ...pinout optimized for x86

PCIe 24 lanes (8 general purpose and 16 PEG)

USB 2.0 x8

USB SS x4

SATA x4

DDI x3; LVDS x1; VGA x1

LPC

GBE

HDA

Two connectors, 220 pins each, 400 pins total

Connections for smaller systems concentrated on 1st connector (AB)

MODULES STANDARDS: PICMG COM EXPRESS


Typical processor availability:

Intel Atom series (Bay Trail) throghgh CORE i7

AMD G and R Series

Freescale CoreIQ 2020, 5020

Off-spec ... COMe „compatible“

Occasional ARM parts

Nvidia Tegra K1 from GE

Other ARM devices ... TI, Freescale

Vast majority are x86

TDP limit about 50W

Price range circa $200 to $600

Many vendors

COM EXPRESS FORM FACTORS


Basic 125mm x 95mm

Compact 95mm x 95mm

Mini 84mm x 55mm Credit card size

COM EX CARRIERS: TAYLORED TO FIT CUSTOMER NEEDS ... (1)


Modules are standard

Produced in high volume

Carrier boards are application specific

Some are unusual

COMe based Carrier for

patient monitoring application

shown

Ambitious Industrial Design

lead to unusual carrier PCBs

COM EX CARRIERS: TAYLORED TO FIT CUSTOMER NEEDS (2)






MODULES STANDARDS: SGET Q7


Pinout optimized for x86 systems

Over 90% pinout overlap with COMe AB connector

70mm x 70mm PCB (Quad 70mm -> Q7)

uQ7 format defined in Rev 2.0: 70mm x 40mm

Intel „Atom“ CPUs

Freescale iMX6

MXM2 connector

PCB thickness set at 1.2mm

Limits PCB layer count to 12

230 pins

Connector cost is „hidden“

MODULES STANDARDS: SGET SMARC


MXM3 connector; 314 usable pins

Pinout optimized for ARM SOCs

USB x3 with 1 OTG

I2C x4 I2S x3 SDIO x2 SPI x2

CSI x2 or Parallel Camera

Serial x4 CAN x2

PCIe x3 with 3 clocks + full support signals

SATA x1

GBE

HDMI; LVDS single ch; parallel TFT

AFB (Alternate Function Block)

USB3 or 2nd GBE or other

Low volatage 1.8V I/O on single ended signals

3.0V to 5.25V Supply

For low power systems

GPIOs, WDT etc

1.2mm PCB

ARM + Intel Bay Trail

MODULE EVALUATION BOARDS


Eval boards exist for all

module families from all

module vendors

Kontron SMARC Eval shown

Eval boards are larger

than customer Carriers

All interfaces broken out

to allow feature evaluation

Hole under module for debug

Some have PORT 80 LEDs or

other debug features

PC104 (1)


Stackable

Good for small, cubic or tubular structures

Mixed SMT / Through hole

Long tails, bit hard to manufacture

Hence not that cost effective

Mostly x86 CPUS

Wide variety of I/O boards

Popular in military projects

Relatively expensive

Included here more for historical

context ... It is maybe the original

module standard

PC104 (2)


Multiple flavors, involving ISA, PCI and PCIe

Not all flavors mate directly with each other, stack has to be built with the compatabilities in mind

WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY: MINI PCIE FORMAT MODULES


Many options

802.11

BT

Cellular Modems, 2G, 3G, 4G, LTE etc

GPS

Combinations of above

Many vendors

Pre-certified

Half-size cards available

PCIe and USB interfaces

Can be ruggedized ...

Takes some RTV ....

WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY: IC MODULE DOWN


802.11, BT, ZigBee from various vendors

Vendor layout advice for RF

Moderate certification costs (except cell modems ...)

WIRELESS CERTIFICATION COSTS


Can be very high ....

ROM certification costs for RF designs

Zigbe circa $20K

BT <$100K

802.11 circa $100K

Cell Modem $1M and up

Can be avoided using pre-certified modules

FULL CUSTOM CPU BOARD DESIGNS


Usually only make sense for high volumes (circa 10K+ EAU)

Or for deep pocket accounts

NRE can be significant ... $400K +

Companies with a large portfolio of building block designs (COMe, SMARC, CPCI, VPX etc) have an advantage in that often these building block CAD files can be used to accelerate a full custom design

Local presence can make a big difference

In person meetings

Better communication

Often better results

FULL CUSTOM CPU BOARD DESIGNS


FULL CUSTOM CPU BOARD –GAMING

FULL CUSTOM IOT: TELEMATICS BOX FOR LONGHAUL TRUCKING


Intel Atom CPU

Full XT operation

CAN bus interface

collects vehicle

operating parameters

Satellite connectivity

High reliability

Over 300,000

units deployed

Fanless operation

Robust vehicular power supply

Protected against transients, droputs, load dumps

30‘ cable interface to cabin display

LVDS and USB over this interface

SOFTWARE SUPPORT ... YOU NEED IT


Application Level

•Industrial

•Transport

•Health Care

•Energy

•Security

Communication Layer

•HTTP/HTTPS

•MQTT,

•DDS,

•CoAP

•XMPP

Data Network Layer

•SSL/TLS

•IPv4

•IPv6

•UDP/TCP

•6LoWPAN

Media Layer

•Ethernet (802.3)

•ZigBee (802.15.4)

•BlueTooth

•Wifi (802.11)

•Telco (3G/4G)

Application

Presentation

Session

Transport

Network

Data LInk

Physical

Operation

Technology

Information

Technology

SUMMARY


Are there suitable COTS systems products available?

Are there suitable COTS components available (SBCs, CPCI / VPX blades etc. ...)?

Volumes under 10K EAU?

Module + Carrier approach is likely best

Volumes over 10K EAU?

Full custom design may be appropriate

Consider software availability in all decisions

If unsupported it may well cost more than the HW NRE

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