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News Release from: Kontron UK | Subject: Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 April 2008
Computer-on-module suits mobile
applications
The Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module siots ultra-mobile and embedded applications that require x86 processor performance, high-end graphics, PCI Express, USB 2.0 and Serial ATA.
Kontron has released a 55 x 84mm nanoETXexpress computer-on-module based on the low-power Intel Atom processor The nano form factor is designed as an extension to the COM Express specification
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The credit card sized COM Express COM.0 Type 1 compatible Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP computer-on-module suits the next generation of ultra-mobile applications.
With clock speeds between 1.1 and 1.6GHz, the Intel Atom processor offers excellent performance in a small (13 x 14mm) and energy-efficient design.
The Intel Atom processor and Intel System Controller Hub US15W single-chip chipset have a TDP of less than 5W.
Compared with other low-power processors, the new chipset requires only one-seventh the size and uses only one tenth of the energy.
This makes the Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module ideal for ultra-mobile and embedded applications that require x86 processor performance, high-end graphics, PCI Express, USB 2.0 and Serial ATA combined with longer battery life.
These applications can include handheld devices for medical or multimedia applications, and small mobile data systems.
The Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module comes with the Z5XX series Intel Atom processor from 1.1 to 1.6GHz and Intel System Controller Hub US15W and offers up to 1Gbyte of soldered DDR2 400/533 RAM and 2Gbyte of onboard Flash as a boot device.
The COM Express Type 1 connector includes one Gigabit Ethernet interface, one SATA port, eight USB 2.0 ports (one of which is client capable) as well as a PCI-Express x1 lane for application-specific expansions.
Two PCIe ports are also possible if Gigabit Ethernet is not required.
An external PCIe to PCI bridge is also supported.
In order to enable small-format SD/SDIO interfaces such as SD, miniSD, MMC and DE-ATA, the Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module offers the relevant support via the GPIO pins of the COM Express compliant connector.
Additionally, the 18/24 Bit LVDS single-channel graphic performance offers 256Mbyte of graphic memory, HDTV support and integrated MPG2 decoder as well as H.264.
The Kontron nanoETXexpress-SP Computer-on-Module supports Linux and VxWorks as well as Windows XP, XPe and CE.
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