Ultra-small form factor, Hard Real-Time & Robust platform for Industry, Marine, & Drones
The Thunderball H7 OEM allows you to build your next smart project rapidly using a connected platform based on the powerfull STM32H743 ARM MCU running at 480Mhz. It is the ideal solution for a hard real-time and robust systems with browser-based remote displays and operating in harsh environments. If a high level of integration is required, the bare electronic board can also be integrated into your system.
Key Features
The Thunderball H7 OEM is a high performance microcontroller based SWaP-C platform : Industrial with a wide temperature range, marinized IP67, miniaturized and very lightweight (Only 165g) , very low power consumtion, cost-effective.
It integrates a powerful 32 bits ARM with DSP&FPU, many Industrial, Marine, and Transportation field buses, Galvanic isolation, Protections, Watchdog, RTC with GNSS Time synchronisation, a huge possible storage for your datalogs (uSD card).
- Field Interfaces :
- M12 & Binder 620 Connectors : Cables available on the shelf (Profinet & NMEA2000 standard cables)
- Ethernet : HTTP/FTP server, Modbus TCP, Profinet, ETherNet/IP, BACnet, OPC-UA, MQTT, DDS, Websocket, ZMQ, UDP, TCP, NMEA OneNet…
- CANbus/FD-CAN : NMEA2000, J1939, CANopen…
- 5x Isolated Serials : RS232, RS485, RS422, Modbus RTU, NMEA0183…
- 4x Isolated In/Out synchros
- PPS Input
- Development interfaces :
- JTAG
- USB-C : Bootload, uSD acces
Benefits
- Make it fast and pro : Build your next smart project operating in hostile environment choosing a ready-to-use rugged platform and the professional STM32 + Visual Code ecosystem.
- Robust : Minimizes the probability of failure and facilitates the design of safety-critical system :
- Harsh environment desing : Industrial high temperature components, galvanic isolation, vibration-proof conception, sealing, fanless…
- Eliminates maintenance and instability Linux problems.
- Low latency watchdog with very low reboot time.
- Non-volatile memories with integrity checking (Dual bank FLASH, High endurance FRAM).
- Memory protection unit (MPU) to enhance application security.
- Compatible with certified safety-critical RTOS.
- Hard Real-Time : Achives performance unattainable with a Preempt RT linux :
- A bare-metal or RTOS architecture allows to obtain guarantee of latencies and execution.
- No boot time
- Ultra low interruptions latency (down to 48ns)
- Easily reach a 1Khz frequency for your calculation, control or acquisition loops.
Applications
The Thunderball H7 OEM is designed for SWaP-sensitive, robust and real-time applications using remote HMI. It will be embedded into a third-party system in a harsh environment, like wearable edge computing, boats, vehicles, drones, machines, outdoor and underground platforms… and for a wide range of use cases:
- Interfacing : sensors, actuators, PLCs, mission computer…
- Datalog : Data collection, Black box…
- Dashboard : HTML5 dashboard on all browsers and Indusdrial or marine Multifunction Displays.
- IoT gateway : Marine IoT, IIoT, Cloud…
- Marine : Autopilot, Attitude control, Foiler Flight Control System, Wind calculation…
- Drones : Robotics, Command control, Guidance…
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) : Fleet management, Asset tracking, Machine monitoring, Energy Management, Security systems…
- Automation : Building, boat and transportation automation, Climate control…
Sectors : Marine, Industry 4.0, Drones, Robotics, Off-Highway Vehicles, Smart Farming …
Downloads
- Thunderball H7 OEM Calculator/IoT Gateway – Specifications and Installation guide
- Thunderball H7 OEM Calculator/IoT Gateway Board Datasheet (Customer Access)
- STM32H743 datasheet
Software support
We provide with the products an SDK that allows you to save a few weeks of training, experimentation and research in the forums.
Austral Electronics in partnership with Linatsea can also accompany you in your software develoment : RTOS Template, OTA update, Protocol integration, NMEA2000, J1939, product Web page template (Websocket, PyScript, WebAssembly…).
SDK :
Private Github customer access
- Development tools : Visual Code, GCC, make, Git, ST CubeMx, FreeRTOS, LwIP, ST-LINK/V2…
- Templates :
- Web page, CANbus, Serials, Bootload…
- Based on the STM32CubeMX code generation for the configuration of peripherals
- Tutorials : Dev tools, CubeMX, USB Bootload…
Tutorial :
- ST Support :
- STM32 Embedded Software
- Embedded Software from partners (RTOS, Protocols Stacks : Profinet, ETherNet/IP, OPC-UA…)
- TCP/IP & Webserver : LwIP, Websocket tutorial, Smoothie charts
- Open source protocols : MODBUS, CANopen, Profinet device, Protobuf, MQTT, DDS, Backnet
- Safety Critical : QM™ Model-Based Design Tool
RTOS :
Request product Information
This product can be sold by unit or in volume and is designed to fit to your needs (SD-card, logo…). We can also provide the cables.
It can be easily customized with your company’s visual for low volume (your logo with a white or blue backlight, colors, marking…). The Black Urethane enclosure version is 3D printed in-house and offers a very flexible solution.
Austral electronics is a design office, we can support you on your specific needs in electronics, embedded computing, specific RTOS, certification…
Product Status
| PCB Revision | — | 002 | — |
| Introduction | Q1 2022 | ||
| Life Cycle Phase | Active | ||
| Expected EOF | 2032 |
Pricing & Ordering
Warning : Due to the current shortage of components and the speculation up to 20 times the normal price on the strategic components, this product is currently only available for prototyping and very small series and with a possible passing on of the extra costs on the prices below. The normal prices and medium-sized production will only be possible at the end of 2022.
Austral Electronics part number specifies the options available.
P/N template : 200-004-(1)-(2)-(3)-(4)-(5)
100-unit price start at (Must be updated Contact us) € for the basic configuration : P/N 200-004-002-N-N-NY-N
| Features | Options | P/N code | Add ( € ) |
| (1) PCB Revision | – | 002 | – |
| (2) Datalog | uSD not delivered | N | 0 |
| 32GB Extreme Pro uSD | 32 | 15 | |
| 32GB Indus. High Endur. uSD | 32I | 66 | |
| 64GB Extreme Pro uSD | 64 | 23 | |
| 64GB Indus. High Endur. uSD (1920TBW) | 64I | 144 | |
| 128GB Extreme Pro uSD | 128 | 28 | |
| Up to 1TB Extreme Pro uSD | – | Contact us | |
| (3) Reserved | – | N | – |
| (4) Enclosure | Black Nylon | NY | 0 |
| Black Urethane | UR | 10 | |
| All Aluminium, Anodized Blue | BL | Q3 2022 | |
| (5) Pre Installed Soft | USB Bootloader Image | N | 0 |
| Client image (Init Flash/Fram/uSD) | CI | Contact us | |
| Other | TBD | Contact us | |
Prices are specified in Euros. Prices are periodically updated according to variations in component costs. Prices are subject to change without advance notice.
Pricing is specified for 100-unit orders. In order to calculate the price for another quantity, multiply the unit price (with selected options added) by the factor listed in the table below:
| Qty | — | Factor |
| 1K | 0,87 | |
| 500 | 0,94 | |
| 100 | 1 | |
| 10 | 1,25 | |
| 5 | 1,34 | |
| 1 | 1,55 |