Product category:
Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Wordsworth Technology | Subject: Wafer-6820 embedded board
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 April 2001
Board targets cost-sensitive embedded
applications
Only the size of a 3.5in disk, the Wafer-6820 embedded board from Wordsworth provides a variety of features that include 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet, LCD/CRT VGA, as well as audio.
Only the size of a 3.5in disk, the Wafer-6820 embedded board from Wordsworth provides a variety of features that include 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet, LCD/CRT VGA, as well as audio Based on Transmeta's Crusoe TM3200 ultra-low-power 400MHz processor, the board eliminates the need for fan cooling while still providing 100MHz FSB
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 2 Feb 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Power consumption is 5V at 1.7A with 128Mbyte onboard SDRAM.
The Wafer-6820 features a CHIPS 69000 LCD/CRT VGA controller IC with 2Mbyte on-chip RAM, which provides up 1280 by 1024 resolution by 256 colours for CRT displays.
Also onboard is a Realtek RTL8139 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet chip with RJ-45 connector.
Other I/O options include an RS-232 port, selectable RS-232/422/485 port with auto-direction RS-485 function, as well as parallel, IRDA and two USB ports.
A PC/104 expansion connector enables a host of addon cards to be used for additional functionality.
A Compactflash Type II socket is also provided.
An IDE port that supports Ultra DMA33 mode is catered for via a 44-pin header.
Other features include FDD port, software programmable watchdog timer, one 144-pin SO-DIMM socket, onboard 64 or 128Mbyte SDRAM, and Award plug-and-play Flash BIOS.
Operating temperature is 0 to 60C with CPU cooler.
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