https://github.com/styriaelectronics/mts_cpu_board

Modular Test System CPU board with Raspberry Pi CM4 – central control and communication for MTS plug-in cards.
https://github.com/styriaelectronics/mts_cpu_board

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Modular Test System CPU board with Raspberry Pi CM4 – central control and communication for MTS plug-in cards.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/styriaelectronics/mts_cpu_board
• Owner: StyriaElectronics
• License: other
• Created: 2025-04-07T11:05:29.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-07T11:23:32.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-07T12:23:08.437Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: cm4, embedded, hardware, kicad, mts, raspberry-pi
• Homepage:
• Size: 7.81 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
# 🧠 MTS_CPU_Board

The **MTS_CPU_Board** is the central controller card for the **Modular Test System (MTS)**, built around the Raspberry Pi CM4.  

It serves as the master board for communication and control of all plug-in modules via the MTS backplane.

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![Made with KiCad](https://img.shields.io/badge/Made%20with-KiCad-005cad?logo=kicad)

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## 📦 Features

- 🧠 Raspberry Pi CM4 for computing and control

- 🔌 Backplane interface: UART, SPI, I²C, GPIO, CAN (optional)

- ⚡ Power input with regulation and monitoring

- 🌐 Optional Web UI (Flask or Node.js based)

- 📷 Camera / display / USB expandability

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## 📁 Repository Structure

```

MTS_CPU_Board/

├── hardware/       → KiCad project files

├── software/       → UART daemons, webserver, protocols

├── docs/           → Block diagrams, pinouts, descriptions

├── images/         → Project photos and preview graphics

├── LICENSE         → Project license (CC BY 4.0)

├── .gitignore      → Exclude temp files (KiCad, Python, etc.)

└── README.md       → You are here

```

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## 📷 Preview

> Add preview images to `images/preview.png`  

> and insert them like this:

```markdown

![MTS_CPU_Board Preview](images/preview.png)

```

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## 🛠 Usage Ideas

- Slot management for plug-in cards

- Monitoring voltages / temperatures

- Logging & remote access via web

- UART/CAN message routing

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## 📃 License

📢 Commercial Use Available

This project is licensed under the **Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)**.

This means you are free to use, modify, and share this work **for non-commercial purposes**, as long as proper credit is given.

➡️ **Commercial use is not permitted without a separate license.**  

If you would like to use this project in a commercial context, please contact me to obtain a commercial license.

📬 Contact: [andras.nagy@styria-electronics.at]

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## 🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Fork this repo and feel free to open pull requests or issues.

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## 🚀 Status

🔧 In development – basic structure in place.  

More hardware and software coming soon.