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News Release from: Review Display Systems | Subject: PCM-6892
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 April 2004
More power for embedded board range
The PCM-6892 is the latest addition to the RDS Compact Board family, with a top CPU speed of 1.0GHz, making it a very attractive proposition for applications such as home automation and kiosks.
The PCM-6892 is the latest addition to the RDS Compact Board family, with a top CPU speed of 1.0GHz, making it a very attractive proposition for applications such as home automation, POS, kiosks and POI The board is already available with the Via Eden ESP6000 667MHz CPU and has been a great success with designers of instrumentation and kiosk systems who are looking for high performance without the usual associated high power consumption
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 5.25in-sized PCM-6892 gives the engineer options of CPU speed (667MHz/1GHz), dual-slot PCMCIA (fitted/absent), and PSU interface (ATX or AT-style), functional choices that can result in a cost saving for the buyer.
The onboard Via CPU is built with 0.13um manufacturing processes, thereby minimising power consumption and heat generation.
Built-in L1 and L2 cache memory accelerates computing performance, and with embedded 3DNow! and MMX Technology, this CPU can handle high-end multimedia applications.
The Eden 667MHz CPU is an ideal choice for fanless board design, whereas the 1GHz CPU normally requires active cooling.
The PCM-6892 comes with an integrated AGP 4X 2D/3D graphics accelerator, which provides a 36bit LCD interface (both LVDS and TTL) with simultaneous analogue VGA and nonsimultaneous composite video (Pal/NTSC) outputs.
The integrated AC97 2.0/SoundBlaster compatible audio provides good sound presentation for multimedia applications.
Networking is facilitated by the Realtek dual channel 10/100 Base-T Ethernet controller.
Legacy serial users should be happy with the four COM ports (three RS232 and one RS232/422/485), and there are four USB1.1 ports.
A socket for Type II CompactFlash card allows the user to operate without a standard hard drive, with many designers now utilising the small OS footprint offered by Windows CE, XP Embedded and embedded Linux.
RDS has interfaced the PCM-6892 to various flat panel displays (both TTL and LVDS) and touch screens.
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