FAQ: Trizeps Module

Owned by Sven Hillger
23. Jan 2023
1 min read

Why use a module?

There are many benefits in using a module, instead of making an own design.

  1. Lower hardware-design-risk, because all important and critical components to run the module are already on the module.

  2. Low software-adaption-cost, because all drivers and OS-adaption are already done.

  3. In most cases lower costs for the whole hardware, because the baseboard can be designed with a lower production-technology. Today's application-processors are demanding for 6 to 8 signal-layers and for finer pin/ball pitches.

  4. The Trizeps-modules are interchangeable within their series ( SODIMM144 and SODIMM200). This allows older products to update to newer processor-generations, when they come availlable. In example a baseboard was designed for Trizeps3, than it now can be updated to Trizeps4-WL to get WLAN-functionality or to Trizeps5 to significant increase computing power.

If it can't be a module...

If a Trizeps, in spite of it's small size, is still too big or if you plan to have a complete integration because of higher quantities, this can be done by Seco.

Hardware Questions

What is needed to run a Trizeps-Module?

To run a product from the Trizeps-series your hardware only needs a power-supply of 3.3V. Supply-pins to the Trizeps-module should be buffered through capacitors. A voltage regulator with 1A nominal output should be sufficient.

Its recommended to additionally use following interfaces:

  1. TXD and RXD Pin of the first serial-interface. This allows an easy access to the bootloader-functions.

  2. SD-card-socket. You can update your product with SD-cards.

  3. USB-slave Pins. With USB-Slave, you may debug your application.