SBC comes with wide range of interfaces

Highly reliable fanless EBX SBC incorporates eight-channel 12bit analogue input and 32-channel digital I/O.

Launched this week by VersaLogic at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston, the Sidewinder is a highly reliable fanless EBX SBC featuring a robust complement of onboard I/O functions including eight-channel 12bit analogue input and 32-channel digital I/O.

The board is RoHS compliant and includes VersaLogic's proprietary SPX expansion interface that allows users to easily add a wide-range of low-cost I/O options to the platform.

The Sidewinder's VIA Eden 1.2GHz CPU is among the highest performance-per-watt processors available.

It uses the standard x86 architecture and is married with a CX700M chipset to support familiar operating systems and software applications.

Standard features on the Sidewinder include up to 1Gbyte of DDR2 RAM, a CompactFlash socket, four COM ports, six USB 2.0 ports and dual Ethernet ports.

It also includes an integrated 18/24bit LVDS flat-panel interface and supports CMOS-selectable TFT panel types.

System expansion is supported by the PC/104-Plus interface (for ISA and PCI addon modules) as well as VersaLogic's SPX interface for simplified I/O expansion.

The Sidewinder can also be used as a CPU module for a larger system by plugging it into a proprietary baseboard that includes custom user I/O functions.

The Sidewinder is ideal for aerospace, defence, homeland security, medical and industrial applications.

It is fully RoHS-compliant.

VersaLogic's Vice President of Engineering Gary Harris says: "The Sidewinder is a next generation feature-rich, high-performance SBC that will enable OEM design engineers to achieve new functionality in their product designs".

"And, because it supports our new SPX interface, designers are given broader flexibility for low cost I/O expansion".

As with other VersaLogic embedded computer boards, the Sidewinder features a General Software BIOS with OEM enhancements.

The BIOS is customisable and field-upgradeable.

It is designed to work with embedded operating systems including Windows CE/XP/XPe, Linux, VxWorks, QNX, DOS and others.

The Sidewinder is scheduled to begin shipping in September 2007.

Pricing is about US $1000 in low OEM quantities.

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