Product category:
Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Ampro Computers | Subject: ReadyBoard 800
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 December 2006
Embedded board boasts notebook-class
performance
Ampro Computers has announced the immediate availability of the 1.8GHz Pentium M 745 processor on the tiny EPIC single board computer form factor.
Ampro Computers has announced the immediate availability of the 1.8GHz Pentium M 745 processor on the tiny EPIC single board computer (SBC) form factor This new top-end model extends the existing ReadyBoard 800 SBC to applications that require motherboard-class performance without the larger ATX-compatible footprints
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Coupled with a rich set of I/O and ACPI power management, this board enables embedded system manufacturers and integrators to achieve a level of computation, communications and graphics performance that used to require two separate boards or a large motherboard.
Best of all, Ampro's ReadySystem computers now feature this board for ready-to-run Windows XP and Linux applications.
"Ampro continues to find innovative ways to bring notebook-class performance to the embedded market", said Joanne Mumola Williams, President and CEO of Ampro.
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"Our commitment to industry standards gives OEMs confidence in the long-term manufacturability and performance scalability of the systems they create around our products".
At a mere 115 x 165mm, the 1.8GHz ReadyBoard 800 implements high CPU and I/O performance in a size that is 34% smaller than the Mini-ITX form factor.
The Intel 82855 chipset is featured, with up to 1Gbyte DDR 333 SODIMM RAM, four USB 2.0 ports, four serial ports, two serial ports with RS422/485 capability, EIDE, Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100 Ethernet with wake on LAN support, LVDS, eight general-purpose I/O (GPIO) pins, integrated chipset graphics, and PCI-104 expansion (PCIbus).
The optional MiniModule ISA card provides a PCI-to-ISA bridge and compatibility with hundreds of commercial PC/104 (ISA bus) I/O cards.
ACPI power management and RoHS compliance are also important attributes.
Customers do not need to install the 1.8GHz processor, since it is soldered on the board, not socketed.
For rapid deployment, Ampro offers this board in the ReadySystem 800 with a 40Gbyte hard drive and preloaded operating system (OS).
Customers can get this time-saving solution configured in a variety of ways to meet application requirements.
Flexible ordering options include internal ATX power supply or external +12 or +24V DC input, choice of 280 x 200 or 180 x 152mm enclosure footprint, choice of RAM size up to 1Gbyte DDR 333, and hard drives up to 100Gbyte capacity.
Hardware accessory kits allow the ReadySystem 800 to be mounted on a bench, wall, or in a rack.
To jump-start application development, the 1.8GHz ReadyBoard 800 QuickStart Kit includes drivers and Board Support Packages (BSPs) for Windows XP, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE, VxWorks, QNX, and a full Linux 2.6 distribution.
The 1.8GHz ReadyBoard 800 model is available immediately.
Prices start in the upper US $600s in production quantities.
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