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News Release from: Kontron UK | Subject: MicroETXexpress-PM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 April 2006
Module leads out microETXexpress form
factor
New from Kontron, the 95 x 95mm microETXexpress-PM is the first COM (computer-on-module) based on the new microETXexpress form factor introduced in 2005.
New from Kontron, the 95 x 95mm microETXexpress-PM is the first COM (computer-on-module) based on the new microETXexpress form factor introduced in 2005 microETXexpress is fully compliant with ETXexpress and COM Express because the plug design and pinout are identical - only the size has been reduced
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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microETXexpress is the entry-level model for ETXexpress/COM Express and offers full PCI support and simple scalability up to ETXexpress with PCI and PCI Express; and all of this within the smallest form factor.
The Kontron microETXexpress performs comparably to ETX modules on a smaller footprint and has significantly farther reaching long-term prospects.
In particular, this is provided by the high-speed plug to the baseboard, but also the new PICMG standard COM Express/COM.0.
Moreover, ETXexpress/COM Express and increasingly microETXexpress are supported by leading computer-on-module manufacturers.
thanks to its compact size, the microETXexpress is destined for mobile applications.
The new Kontron microETXexpress-PM module is based on the Intel Pentium M or Intel Celeron M processors and is equipped with the Intel 855GME chipset.
It supports Enhanced Speed Step technology and offers up to 1Gbyte of DDR-SDRAM, so memory bandwidth is not a performance bottleneck.
The integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2 video controller with 2D and 3D accelerator supports resolutions up to 2048 x1536 pixel and dual independent graphics displays.
Thanks to the standardised JILI display interface technology, video controller parameters can be set automatically according to the connected LCD panel.
Standard interfaces include six USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, PCI 2.1, IDE and audio.
Versions with additional PCI Express and SATA interfaces are available on the previously introduced Kontron ETXexpess-PM COM and will soon be available in the microETXexpress/Compact COM Express format.
Software support is offered for all standard versions of Windows - including Windows CE - and Linux.
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