As we all know, embedded systems have advantages such as small size, high reliability, strong performance, and low power consumption, gradually occupying a dominant position in modern medical devices, primarily using ARM processors.
With the continuous improvement in functionality and performance requirements for medical devices, the industry’s demands for processors have also evolved from traditional Cortex-A7, Cortex-A8, Cortex-A9, Cortex-A15 to the latest Cortex-A53, Cortex-A72, etc. Currently, the mainstream CPUs available in the market include TI’s AM335x, AM437x, AM57x, and NXP’s i.MX 6, i.MX 8.
Recently, Tronlong Technology has launched the SOM-TLIMX8 high-end industrial-grade core board based on the i.MX 8M Mini processor, which has been widely used in blood analyzers, gene analyzers, monitors, medical endoscopes, and other modern medical devices, receiving unanimous praise. What advantages does it have to become a hot-selling product? Next, I will share an application solution regarding Tronlong Technology’s SOM-TLIMX8 industrial-grade core board. Interested users are welcome to consult and place orders!
Product Advantages
(1) The CPU is a 4-core ARM Cortex-A53 with a main frequency of 1.6GHz, industrial-grade, high performance, and low power consumption, meeting performance and power requirements;
(2) Strong multimedia processing capabilities, supporting H264 hardware encoding and decoding, H265 hardware decoding, MIPI high-definition display, supporting OpenGL and OpenCV, meeting essential HMI requirements;
(3) Rich peripheral expansion capabilities, with interfaces such as MIPI-CSI, PCIe, FlexSPI available through a connector, meeting high-speed data transmission requirements;
(4) Provides bare-metal/FreeRTOS development cases based on ARM Cortex-M4, addressing real-time control needs;
(5) Provides inter-core OpenAMP communication development cases based on ARM Cortex-A53 and Cortex-M4, reducing the difficulty of multi-core development;
(6) Provides communication development cases between ARM and FPGA based on FlexSPI and PCIe, perfectly solving data communication issues between heterogeneous multi-core systems;
(7) When users use the core board for secondary development, they only need to focus on the upper application, reducing development difficulty and time costs, allowing for quick product solution evaluation and technical research.
Below are some applications based on Tronlong Technology’s SOM-TLIMX8 core board in modern medical devices
Product Solutions
2.1 Blood Analyzers, Gene Analyzers, Monitors
Using FPGA for front-end data collection, then transmitting data to the i.MX 8M Mini via PCIe/FlexSPI high-speed interface. According to tests by Tronlong Technology, the communication speed between the i.MX 8M Mini and Xilinx Spartan-6 LX16 based on FlexSPI is approximately:
(1) Transfer method: SDMA speed: 54MB/s
(2) Transfer method: Cortex-M4 speed: 56MB/s
(3) Transfer method: Cortex-A53 (Memory Copy) speed: 74MB/s
(4) Transfer method: Cortex-A53 (NEON Copy) speed: 110MB/s
In addition to the powerful 4-core ARM Cortex-A53 processing core, the i.MX 8M Mini also provides an ARM Cortex-M4 core, which can be used for data handling, motor control, and other operations requiring high real-time performance.
2.2 Medical Endoscopes
Using FPGA for front-end medical image acquisition, then transmitting data to the i.MX 8M Mini via MIPI CSI (4 Lanes)/PCIe(x1) high-speed interface. MIPI CSI is an ideal interface for medical image transmission; of course, for smaller data volumes, the PCIe interface of the i.MX 8M Mini can also be selected.
The i.MX 8M Mini supports high-definition (1980*1080 or higher) MIPI displays and supports both landscape and portrait orientations. Additionally, the i.MX 8M Mini has H.264 encoding and decoding capabilities, making image recording, playback, and transmission more convenient.
Key Points!
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