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Erste ETX-Plattform mit neuer Intel Atom Dual Core CPU

Author: Roland H. Neumeier, date: 09.03.10 08:31
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Stutensee: First ETX Platform with New Intel Atom Dual Core CPU

The dual core Intel Atom processor D510 is part of Intel‘s Embedded Roadmap and ensures the long-term availability of ETX products for at least seven more years.

The ETX module MSC ETE-PV510 integrates the 1.66 GHz D510 processor and the Intel ICH8M IO controller hub. This two-chip solution offers a significant better performance than the fast 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium M. In comparison to the Intel Atom N270 CPU with Mobile Intel chipset 82945GSE and ICH7DH Southbridge, the graphics and computing per- To guarantee best connectivity, the COM Express platform offers eight USB 2.0 ports, an 32 bit PCI bus, five PCI Express x1 lanes, one PCI Express x16 (PEG) interface and an 10/100/1000 Base-TX Ethernet interface. Four SATA-2 channels with up to 300Mb/s and an Enhanced IDE port (ATA/ UDMA166) are available for data storage. The powerful platform CXB-GM45 runs under Windows Vista, Windows XP (embedded) and Linux operating systems.

Evaluation baseboards are available from MSC for development support and designin. Moreover, MSC offers design services for application-specific motherboards. formance has nearly been doubled. In addition to this high-end ETX module, MSC offers the entry level model MSC ETEA945GSE, which is also long-term available. This model is based on a low-power Intel Atom N270 CPU running at 1.6 GHz.

Compliant with the worldwide proven ETX specification 3.02, the ETX platform MSC ETE-PV510 offers the legacy interfaces ISA, PS/2, COM and LPT. Two out of the six available USB 2.0 interfaces, are constructed as loss-free high speed interfaces in the form of mini-USB connectors on the top side of the module. The board has a 32 bit PCI bus interface, an 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface and two SATA channels with up to 300 MB/s. Via the LVDS interface an industrial display with a maximum resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels can be connected. The CRT interface delivers an accuracy of 2048 x 1536 pixels. The 95 x 114 mm ETX module optionally integrates a 4GB fl ash disk to boot an embedded system. An extension to 8 GB is under preparation. The boot performance and the fl ash capacity exceed the requirements of most ETX applications. Without the need for an external hard drive very compact low cost embedded systems with increased mechanical stability can be implemented.

The ETX module MSC ETE-PV510 is designed for powerful applications in different markets like industrial automation, image processing, medical and digital signage.

MSC provides different baseboards for the evaluation and the design-in of the ETX platform. Special starter kits for Windows and Linux operating systems are available on request.

Links: www.msc-ge.com

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