Various
integrated
communication
interfaces
Robust en protective
aluminium enclosure
with up to 8 modules
Automotive grade connectors
Modular Embedded Electronics.
Fast, Custom and Robust.
GOcontroll was established in 2011 out of the necessity for custom, application specific, electronics for development projects. Prototyping is an important and valuable stage of a development process. Nonetheless there are not a lot of electronic solutions available for these development stages, especially considering the flexibility and easy-of-use that is required.
To speed up development, prototyping and time to market, GOcontroll has developed two modular embedded controllers which can be used in a wide range of applications. This modularity allows for flexible hardware where features can be added or removed during the development process.
The GOcontroll Moduline controllers are easy to configure. Simply select the modules needed for your application, plug them into the controller, wire the controller and boot. Each IO can be easily configured using a graphical user interface, no coding required.
GOcontroll has developed an easy to use Android application for quick configuration of the controller. This application can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.
Moduline hardware features.
The heart of the GOcontroll Moduline IV, Mini I and Display I controllers are the i.MX application processors from NXP. These controller are pre-programmed with Debian Linux to provide the maximum flexibility, security and maintainability. GOcontroll keeps updating the software so controllers in the field can be updated using the online repository.
| Controller | Moduline II | Moduline IV | Moduline Mini I | Moduline Display I |
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| Application processor | STM32 Cortex A4 (32 bit) | i.MX 8M Mini (64 bit) | i.MX 8M Mini (64 bit) | i.MX 8M Plus (64 bit) |
| Number of Cores | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Core speed | 168 MHz | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| RAM Memory | 192 KB | 1 GB DDR3L | 1 GB DDR3L | 2 GB LPDDR4 |
| ROM Memory | 1024 KB | 4 GB eMMC | 4 GB eMMC | 8 GB eMMC |
| Number of expansion slots | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Controller enable inputs | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Enclosure LED's | 4 orange | 4 multicolor RGB | 4 multicolor RGB | none |
| Bluetooth | Yes | Yes (with optional module) | Yes (with optional module) | Yes (with optional module) |
| Wi-Fi | No | Yes (with optional module) | Yes (with optional module) | Yes (with optional module) |
| Ethernet (M12 connector) | 10/100 Mbps | 10/100 Mbps | 10/100 Mbps | 10/100 Mbps |
| USB (M12 connector) | USB2.0 | USB2.0 | USB2.0 | USB2.0 |
| CAN (2.0 B) | Yes (2) | Yes (4) | Yes (2) | Yes (2) |
| GNNS | No | Yes (with optional module) | Yes (with optional module) | No |
| 3G | No | Yes (with optional module) | Yes (with optional module) | No |
| LTE | No | Yes (with optional module) | Yes (with optional module) | No |
| LIN | No | Yes (1) | No | No |
| Accelerometer | No | No | Yes (3-axis) | No |
| LVDS Interface | No | No | No | 1x dual-lane |
| MIPI DSI Interface | No | No | No | 1x single-channel |
| HDMI Interface | No | No | No | 1x HDMI 2.0a |
| Internal RTC | No | No | No | Yes |
| ECE R10 tests passed | CISPR 25 (2016) COR1 (2017) ISO 7637-2 (2004) ISO 11452-2 (2019) ISO 11452-4 (2011) |
CISPR 25 (2016) COR1 (2017) ISO 7637-2 (2004) ISO 11452-2 (2019) ISO 11452-4 (2011) |
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| Testing notified body | Kiwa-Dare Woerden | Kiwa-Dare Woerden |
Moduline software features.
The ease of building a custom controller with the GOcontroll Moduline needs a flexible software development environment. The Moduline III and IV are preprogrammed with Node-RED, a graphical environment to build your control system using function nodes.
If the application requires closed loop control algorithms, Matlab-Simulink can be used to build the modules and convert them to code using the code generation.
| Controller | Moduline II | Moduline IV | Moduline Mini I | Moduline Display I |
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| Operating system | FreeRTOS | Linux | Linux | Linux |
| Linux kernel | 5.10.72 | 5.10.72 | 5.10.72 | |
| Root file system | Debian 11 | Debian 11 | Debian 11 | |
| Programming environment | Matlab-Simulink / C-API | Matlab-Simulink / Node-RED | Matlab-Simulink / Node-RED | Matlab-Simulink / Node-RED |
| Online software updates | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Moduline controller information.
Moduline II.
The Moduline II is our RTOS based modular embedded controller offering up to 8 IO modules and various communication interfaces.
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Moduline IV.
The Moduline IV is our flagship Linux based modular embedded controller offering up to 8 IO modules and various communication interfaces.
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Moduline Mini I.
The Moduline Mini I is our compact entry level Linux based modular embedded controller offering up to 4 IO modules and various communication interfaces.
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Moduline Display I.
The Moduline Display I is our Human Machine Interface (HMI) Linux based modular embedded controller offering up to 2 IO modules and various communication interfaces.
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