www.boundarydevices.com

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Presenting the elements of your next design
www.boundarydevices.com
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Who We Are

• Boundary Devices designs and manufactures
  ARM-based single board computers for the general
  embedded market but differs from broad market
  suppliers in our focus on customer service and
  fast turn-around time.
• Founded in 2003
• Privately Held
• 16,000 Square Foot Facility in Chandler, AZ

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Why Boundary Devices?

• Custom Designs/Solutions
• Power-over-Ethernet
• Display Touch Screen Support
• Embedded Operating System Support
• Extensive Peripheral Integration

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1. Custom Designs/Solutions

• BD specializes in creating semi-custom solutions
  based on its wide array of standard products
• Time to Market is critical and one size does NOT
  fit all optimize solution to meet cost,
  hardware, mechanical, and software specifications
• Custom boards delivered quickly and at a
  reasonable price

Example 1 Company looking to take existing
industrial controls product and give it a
facelift. Needs a 4.3 display, video playback,
RS485/RS232 support and custom form factor.
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IMX53 Custom Development Example

• I like the Ipad but I need it to
• Custom Tablet Development
• Mining Company needed tablet to send with
  inspectors to inspect and repair mining equipment
• Need low power SBC for long battery life but
  high performance to run Android and a variety of
  peripherals
• Wide variety of peripheral requirements
  including Accelerometer, Compass, GPS, WiFi,
  Bluetooth, Cellular, IR Touch, Bright LEDs,
  Camera
• Designed custom IMX535 board to meet customer
  requirements

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2. Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)

• Power Electronic Devices via an Ethernet cable
  just requires PoE module and PoE Switch
• Allows power AND data to be supplied by the same
  CAT 5 cable
• Removes need for costly electricians to install
  conduit, wiring, and outlets
• Pluggable PoE Module can be used with ANY
  Boundary Devices Board
• On-Shelf Advertising and Access Control are two
  ideal markets

4.3 PoE Touch Computer
On-Shelf Advertising
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3. Display Touch Screen

• BD Products are designed to take advantage of
  high-end ARM processors with excellent multimedia
  capabilities
• Applications requiring video playback and touch
  screen interactivity are a specialty
• Interfaced with a wide variety of displays
• Over 10 panels supported 3.5 PRGB to 22 LVDS
  (HDMI/DVI monitors)
• Five different touch screen models resistive,
  capacitive, IR, single and multi-touch
• 12.1 Android Tablet with state-of-the-art low
  power LED backlit display and capacitive
  multi-touch
• 6.2 Player Tracking module for Casino Slot
  Machines. 4-wire and 5-wire resistive touch
  screens

Casino Player Tracking
12.1 Android Tablet
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4. Embedded Operating Systems

• Software support is typically the major roadblock
  for getting products to market
• BD provides OS-level software support to help get
  customers moving quickly and efficiently
• All Operating System development is done
  in-house, so minor OS tweaks can be accomplished
  in a matter of days
• BD supports Windows Ce, Android, and multiple
  Linux flavors including Ubuntu, Debian, and LTIB
• Demo units with customers actual software help
  seal business deals

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5. Peripheral Support

• Integrate virtually any peripheral utilizing wide
  array of daughter boards
• RFID Readers, barcode scanners, ticket/receipt
  printers, laser printers, embedded cameras, WiFi,
  Bluetooth, GPS, Accelerometer, and many more
• BD can provide device drivers and sample code for
  all peripheral devices
• Price Checker PoE 10.4 device with barcode
  scanner
• Turnstile Controller 5.7 display with
  speakers, microphone, barcode scanner, relay,
  Ethernet
• Kiosk Dual 7 displays, magnetic card reader,
  barcode scanner, RFID reader, receipt printer

Kiosk
Turnstile Controller
Price Checking
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Processor Family

• Experience with a variety of different processor
  families
• Marvell PXA255/270
• Texas Instruments DaVinci
• Intel Z510/Z530 Atom
• Freescale i.MX31, i.MX51, i.MX53

Neon270 Marvell PXA270
Titanium - Intel Atom
Xenon - TI DaVinci
NitrogenE - Freescale i.MX51
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Nitrogen Family

• Based on IMX515 and IMX535 Freescale Processors
• Applications Digital Signage, Streaming Video,
  Industrial Controls, Tablets, Casino Gaming
• Standard Products have a variety of peripherals
  including USB, 10/100 Ethernet, Serial Ports,
  HDMI output, Stereo Audio, 5MP Camera
• Android, WinCE 6.0, Linux OS

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IMX5X Enclosures

• Numerous Enclosures for our IMX5X boards
• Work with industrial designers

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References

• BD has worked with many high profile customers
  including
• Ticketmaster
• Bally Gaming
• Hitachi
• General Electric
• Siemens
• Lockheed Martin
• IBM
• US Navy

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Summary

• Dedicated to customer service
• Custom Designs
• Power over Ethernet Expertise
• Experienced in a variety of display and touch
  screen integration
• Excellent Hardware Software Support
• All OS-level Software in-house
• Expansive Peripheral Support including device
  drivers
• Utilizing Boundary Devices would be a great
  element in your next design!

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Contact Us
Website http//boundarydevices.com Email
Phil_at_wattersinc.com Phone [phone]