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The research and development laboratory serves as the technological backbone and innovation engine of a high-tech enterprise, equipped with complete facilities, standardised processes, and strict standards. This guarantees the advanced functionality, stable operation, and reliable quality of products in the face of intense market competition, enabling them to stand out. Over the past eighteen years, the R&D laboratory has played a vital role in helping tens of thousands of companies get their products to market quickly, and in providing thousands of companies with a stable batch supply of boards and other products. Behind these impressive achievements is the robust support provided by the R&D laboratory.

Self-built multi-million labs, testing in line with stringent national standards

Folinx Embedded Three R&D laboratories: a Physical Environment Laboratory, an Electromagnetic Compatibility Laboratory, and a Stability Laboratory. There are total 10 major items, each designed to simulate the extreme conditions that may be encountered in real-world applications. This ensures that the product is able to perform in a wide range of complex environments.

1. Physical environment laboratory

(1) High and low temperature/temperature change/humidity test

High and low temperature test: The operating environment temperature of the equipment (product) can have a certain impact on the normal operating performance of the equipment, and in severe cases, it can lead to equipment failure or damage. High and low temperature test is to examine the adaptability of electronic and electrical products to such environmental temperatures—by simulating extreme high temperatures (up to +125°C) and low temperatures (down to -55°C), testing the product's performance under extreme temperatures.

Temperature variation test: It requires the high and low temperature test chamber. It assesses the product's ability to withstand such environmental temperature changes through one or multiple rapid temperature change tests.

Humidity Test: Changes in environmental temperature or humidity can have a certain impact on the normal operating performance of equipment. In severe cases, this can lead to equipment failure or damage. Humidity test: It examines the adaptability of electronic and electrical products to such environmental temperature and humidity changes. Humidity range is 20% ~ 98% RH.

High and Low Temperature and Humidity Test Chamber

(2) Vibration test/shock/impact test

Vibration Test is conducted to simulate the various vibration environmental impacts that the product may encounter during transportation, installation and use. The test is used to determine whether the product can withstand the vibration of various environments. The frequency range is 2-2000 Hz, with a maximum vibration acceleration of up to 981 m/s².

Shock/Impact Test is a standard method used to assess the safety, reliability and effectiveness of a product when subjected to external impact or action. This test simulates the impacts and collisions that the product may be subjected to in use. It covers half-sine, front-peak sawtooth, back-peak sawtooth, triangular, rectangular, trapezoidal, and bell-shaped waves, with a rated thrust of 10kN(1000kgf).

Vibration Test System

(3) Salt Spray Test

Some customers will use the product in a salty and humid environment, so the salt spray test is needed. The salt spray test simulates the climate environment of the ocean or salty and humid areas, and is used to examine the salt spray corrosion resistance of products, materials and their protective layers.

Salt Spray Corrosion Chamber

(4) Drop Test

To assess the resilience of a product to a fall due to careless handling during moving, Forlinx Embedded employs a drop tester to simulate the accidental dropping of a product. This verifies the structural integrity and functional retention of the product or determines the minimum level of robustness required for safety...

Forlinx FCU2303 5G Smart Gateway for Smart Ambulances

In modern cities, the medical rescue system is crucial for urban safety. Emergency centers command rescue operations, essential for saving lives. With the advancement of IoT technology, many cutting-edge technologies are gradually integrated into the medical emergency system, enabling ambulances to be networked, digitized, and intelligent. Thus, 5G smart ambulances emerge. 5G-enhanced ambulances look similar to regular ones in appearance. However, by integrating 5G networks into the vehicle, developers instantly endowed it with additional "superpowers".

For instance, 5G-enhanced ambulances can achieve synchronized transmission of multiple high-definition live videos, leveraging 5G's high bandwidth, low latency, and reliability. Based on this, it can synchronously return the medical images, patient signs, illness records and other information of emergency patients to the hospital emergency center without damage, which is convenient for the emergency center to grasp the patient's condition in advance and give professional guidance to the rescuers on the bus.

Forlinx's 5G Smart Gateway FCU2303 provides reliable support for medical ambulance.

Rapid transmission of information

Bridge the gap for medical device information transmission.

Modern ambulances are equipped with advanced medical equipment such as electrocardiogram monitors, ventilators, and defibrillators to enhance rescue efficiency. Various types of diagnostic and therapeutic equipment can efficiently transmit physiological data to the Hospital Information System (HIS) through the multiple Ethernet ports, serial ports, and DI/DO of the FCU2303 industrial-grade smart gateway. This meets the data collection and transmission requirements of ambulances.

Enabling high-definition audio and video consultations

Medical imaging equipment such as cameras, microphones, displays, and ultrasound machines are deployed on the ambulance. Through the FCU2303 industrial-grade smart gateway, information is transmitted, providing real-time, lossless transmission of audio-visual images from the ambulance to the hospital emergency center. This setup offers a high-bandwidth, low-latency, and highly connected secure network, meeting the remote video consultation needs of the ambulance. It aims to secure more time for patients by implementing a rapid rescue and treatment mode where patients essentially “Be in the hospital” upon boarding the ambulance.

Enabling reliable integration of multiple technologies

• FCU2303 Smart Gateway, designed based on the NXP LS1046A processor, features a quad-core CPU with a high clock frequency of 1.8GHz. With a fanless design, it ensures stable operation of medical rescue systems for extended periods in environments ranging from -40°C to +85°C;
• It supports 5G and 4G modules, which can be easily switched with a single DIP switch. It provides users with high bandwidth, low latency, and large connectivity services. It also supports dual-band Wi-Fi, enabling both STA and AP modes;
• FCU2303 supports expandable device storage with PCIe 3.0 high-speed interface, enabling support for solid-state drives (SSDs) using the NVMe protocol (M.2 interface). This meets the requirements for small size, large capacity, and fast speed;
• It comes standard with 8 x Gigabit Ethernet ports (flexible configuration of 2/4/6/8 ports, all with independent MAC addresses), 4 RS485 ports, 4 RS485/RS232 multiplexing interfaces, 2 DI (Digital Input), 2 DO (Digital Output), and 1 USB HOST 3.0 port. This ensures the connectivity of various medical devices, enabling full vehicle networking for ambulances;
• The software integrates a variety of third-party components including Samba, Lighttpd, Docker, IPSEC, OpenSSL, and Python 3 or higher versions. It supports protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, TFTP, FTP, Telnet, SSH, Web, HTTP, IPtables, and provides an open system API for easy user customization and development.

In the future, smart ambulances...

Efficient Solution for Electrical Fire Monitoring System Based on FET6254-C SoM

According to global fire statistics, about 30% of fires are caused by electrical faults, with as much as 70% of these fires being preventable and avoidable through technical means. Electrical fire monitoring systems are a technical means to detect early signs of fires such as current leakage and abnormal temperature increases. By triggering alarms promptly, they significantly reduce the probability of electrical fires occurring.

The electrical fire monitoring system is specifically designed to monitor electrical equipment and circuits in real time, aimed at preventing, detecting, and promptly responding to the fire risks caused by electrical faults. By integrating diverse sensors and advanced monitoring devices, the system continuously monitors key parameters such as current, voltage, and temperature, thereby ensuring the safe and stable operation of the electrical system.

Application Scenarios

Electrical fire monitoring system is widely used in all kinds of residential, commercial buildings and industrial facilities. As the number of modern electrical equipment increases, so does the risk of electrical fires. The system can monitor the status of electrical equipment in real-time, detect potential safety hazards in time, and effectively prevent fire accidents through the alarm and automatic control functions, thus ensuring the safety of people's lives and property.

Product Features

Real-time and Accurate Monitoring: The system can continuously monitor various parameters of electrical lines and equipment around the clock, such as current, voltage, temperature, etc., to ensure that any abnormality can be found in time.

Efficient Early Warning Response: Once a potential fire risk is detected, such as overloading, short-circuiting, or temperature abnormality, the system triggers an alarm immediately and informs the relevant personnel quickly using acoustic and visual signals or remote notification.Stable and Reliable Operation: The product is manufactured with industrial-grade design standards and high-quality materials to ensure stable operation in various harsh environments and reduce the possibility of false alarms and missed alarms.

Intelligent Data Analysis: The system provides real-time monitoring functions and collects and analyses historical data to help users identify potential problems in the electrical system, providing strong support for preventive maintenance.

Combined with the product characteristics of the electrical fire monitoring system, Forlinx Embedded recommends the FET6254-C platform as the hardware design solution for the main control unit of the electrical fire monitoring system.

FET6254-C embedded board exhibits the following significant advantages:

• Performance and Reliability: Adopts a quad-core industrial-grade processor with Arm Cortex-A53 architecture to ensure high-speed and stable operation performance.
• Interface Richness: FET6254-C provides a variety of interfaces including LVDS, Gigabit Ethernet, UART, CAN-FD, etc., which comprehensively meets the demand for hardware interfaces in the monitoring system and ensures efficient and accurate data transmission and smooth connection of devices.
• Dual-core Architecture: FET6254-C has independent M-cores and A-cores, which run without interfering with each other. The M-core is used to interface with other modules (e.g. emergency lighting, emergency alarms) to guarantee the continuous execution of critical tasks, and even if the A-core system fails, the M-core can still work normally to maintain system stability.
• Flexible Scalability: The modular design of the FET6254-C enables the system to respond easily to a variety of customized requirements and achieve flexible expansion.

In summary, the hardware solution for electrical fire monitoring systems based on the FET6254-C SoM, with its rich interface resources, high-performance processing capabilities, unique dual-core architecture, and flexible scalability,...