
4 External Connectors
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5.1 Digital I/O Connector (GPIO)
5.2 Serial Ports (RS-XXX1/RS-XXX2)
5 Pin Definion
6 LED Light Indicators
This product is available with one GPIO connector. The non-galvanic isolated GPIO connector has the following pinout:
The TCK3-APL has two LED Light indicators. The Power LED Light indicator is lit, when the system is powered on. The SATA LED Light indicator is blinking, when the
SATA SSD is acve.
Header on TCK3-APL: DB15 (15-pin) high density D-Sub male connector.
Cable receptacle: DB15 (15-pin) high density D-Sub female connector.
This product is available with two full funcon non-galvanic isolated RS-232 serial ports:
RS-XXX1 and RS-XXX2. The ports have the following pinout:
Description No.No. Description
1
2
3
4
5
6
12
13
14
15
16
17
7
8
9
10
11
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Power LED indicator
Power Input connector
RS-XXX1 (Serial Port) DB9 connector
LAN1 RJ45 connector
LAN2 RJ45 connector
USB Host connector
USB Host connector
miniDP1 connector
miniDP2 connector
SATA LED indicator
Grounding screw M4
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Antenna hole
Power button
USB OTG (Type-C) connector
microSD cardslot
RS-XXX2 (Serial Port) DB9 connector
Micro-SIM cardslot
3.5mm audio jack
GPIO DB15 connector
LED# Color
ON
OFF
1 Power on
SATA SSD is active (blinking)
Green
Red
Power off
SATA SSD is not active
2
GPIO:
RS-XXX1:
INDICATOR:
68
Front view:
Le view:
31 2 4 579
10 11
16 17 18
Rear view:
Right view:
2423 25 26
19
12 13 14 15
20 21 22
Port Pin #
Signal
1
2
3
4
5
7
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
VCC
GPIO1A
GPIO1C
GPIO2A
GPIO2C
GND
GND
GND
GND
GND
VCC
GPIO1B
GPIO1D
GPIO2B
GPIO2D
Description Voltage
Supply output
DIG_IN2/OUT2
DIG_IN4/OUT4
DIG_IN6/OUT6
DIG_IN8/OUT8
Common Ground
Common Ground
Common Ground
Common Ground
Common Ground
Supply output
DIG_IN3/OUT3
DIG_IN5/OUT5
DIG_IN7/OUT7
DIG_IN9/OUT9
5V
3.3V
3.3V
3.3V
3.3V
5V
3.3V
3.3V
3.3V
3.3V
Header on TCK3-APL: DB9 (9-pin) standard D-Sub male connector.
Cable receptacle: DB9 (9-pin) standard D-Sub female connector.
Header on TCK3-APL: DB9 (9-pin) standard D-Sub male connector.
Cable receptacle: DB9 (9-pin) standard D-Sub female connector.
Port Pin #
Signal
1
2
3
4
5
7
6
8
9
SERIAL1_DCD
SERIAL1_RXD
SERIAL1_TXD
SERIAL1_DTR
GND
SERIAL1_DSR
SERIAL1_RTS
SERIAL1_CTS
VCC
Description Device
Port#1 Data Carrier Detect (input)
Port#1 Receive data (input)
Port#1 Transmit data (output)
Port#1 Data Terminal Ready (output)
Ground
Port#1 Data Set Ready (input)
Port#1 Request-to-send (output)
Port#1 Clear-to-send (input)
5V supply output
COM1
COM1
COM1
COM1
COM1
COM1
COM1
The unit is by default preloaded with soware that can download and install a selecon of Linux OS images over hardwired network. Simply connect a display to the
unit though the miniDP connector and a network through the Ethernet LAN RJ45 connector and power it up, then follow the steps on the screen to load the
soware.Local proxies will interfere with this process. For more informaon, go to our Knowledge Base at: hps://www.technexion.com/support/knowledge-base/
To download drivers for the Windows operang systems, go to our Download Center at:
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For more informaon about installing and configuring the Windows operang systems, see: hps://msdn.microso.com/en-us/
7 Soware and Driver Installaon
3 4
1
11
6 10
15
5
1
6 9
5
RS-XXX2:
Port Pin #
Signal
1
2
3
4
5
7
6
8
9
SERIAL2_DCD
SERIAL2_RXD
SERIAL2_TXD
SERIAL2_DTR
GND
SERIAL2_DSR
SERIAL2_RTS
SERIAL2_CTS
VCC
Description Device
Port#2 Data Carrier Detect (input)
Port#2 Receive data (input)
Port#2 Transmit data (output)
Port#2 Data Terminal Ready (output)
Ground
Port#2 Data Set Ready (input)
Port#2 Request-to-send (output)
Port#2 Clear-to-send (input)
5V supply output
COM2
COM2
COM2
COM2
COM2
COM2
COM2
1
6 9
5