Open Turbostation:TS201
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[edit] System Overview
The TS201 is a member of the Turbostation Family of Network Access Storage Device from QNAP (Taiwan). The device contains space for a two 3.5" SATA drive; as well as connectivity to external USB and e-Sata drives. Full product details and updated firmware are available from Qnap TS201.
[edit] Circuit Boards
The images below were taken from TS201 with the V2.00 PCB board. As with most TS101 systems there is no Mini-PCI connector in place.
[edit] Parts List
| 4x PSC A2V56S40BTP; 518ALA00 Taiwan -G7 | SDRAM - TSOP54 Package | Specifications unknown |
| 1x MPC8241LVR266D; 4K78P; QQKU0528 | Freescale Risc CPU | Specifications |
| 1x PIC16F627A; 0430360 | (Firmware BIOS) Powermanagement / Startup | Specifications |
| 1x S29GL128N11TF101; 0508ABA H; Spansion | 128MB BIOS Ram | Specifications |
| 1x Silicon Image SiI 3512 ECTU128; QB2170.1-4; 0523 AD03AX2 | 2x SATA 150 Controller | Specifications |
| 1x NEC D720101GJ; 0529PPA72 | USB 2.0 Controller | Specifications |
| 1x RTL8110SCL 63165QE G611B | GB Ethernet Controller |
[edit] Firmware
The firmware is currently available under GPL from the QNAP website. First head to the Specifications page; select Download and then the 'Technical Docu' link. For convienence the link is here but this could break in the future.
[edit] Upgrades
[edit] Mini PCI Connector
The PCB's have space for a Type III Mini-PCI connector - although this is not populated on the current example. There might be the potential for a Wireless board - but this is unclear.
If you want to put on a mini-PCI connector the following types can be used. NOTE the lower versions are probably not useful due to height clearance. The ideal height should be around 6.2mm!
Molex 67315-0011 (4mm high) or 67391-0011 (5.2mm high); Tyco Electronics 1734835-1 (6.7mm), 1734835-2 (6.7mm), 1734069-3 (6.7mm), 1734661-1 (5.6mm) and 1734027-3 (6.00mm)
[edit] Software
[edit] Installing new packages
The TS-201 seems to share the same firmware as the 101. Both appear to be based on uClibc and BusyBox. There is a pre-built PowerPC rootfs available for download from the uClibc site that contains a number of ready-to-run utilities not included in the TS-101 firmware; including gcc and dropbear ssh.
Information on setting up cross compilers, and new user developed software packages for the Turbostation family can be found on the software page.
[edit] Mailing List
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