Authors:
José Manuel Rodríguez Ascariz
and
Luciano Boquete
Affiliation:
Alcalá University, Spain
Keyword(s):
e-Payment, Point of Sale Terminal, Linux, Hardware Design, Ethernet, e-Health.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
B2B, B2C and C2C
;
Communication and Software Technologies and Architectures
;
e-Business
;
e-Business and e-Commerce
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
e-Payment
;
Internet Technology
;
Multimedia and User Interfaces
;
Social Information Systems
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
System Integration
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
;
Web Interfaces and Applications
;
Wireless Applications
Abstract:
This paper presents the hardware and software design of a new point of sale terminal. It is a multifunction
system with a wide range of functionalities: state-of-the-art user interface, a host of communication
possibilities (RS232, Ethernet, GSM, RTB MODEM) etc. The core of the whole development is the IMX21
microcontroller which allows the system design to be simplified. The Linux operating system is used due to
the complexity of the hardware systems and the fact that it has to be reconfigured for different
functionalities. The peripheral drivers have therefore been programmed. The result is a totally portable, lowconsumption system capable of performing many functions.