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ESPIAL SELECTS ARCOM SBC-GXM FOR INTERNET APPLIANCE REFERENCE PLATFORM
01 January 2001 - Arcom
| 'The Arcom SBC-Geode board met our requirements to a tee,' said Bob Egner, Vice President of Marketing for Espial. 'The design of the Arcom board is ideally suited to Internet appliances, particularly in its use of the popular National Geode processor. In addition, Arcom has the capabilities to deliver large volumes of boards at the right price which makes it easy for our customers to ramp up quickly into volume production.' |
Espial's TotalIA reference system integrates all core technologies, including both hardware and a software stack that will help manufacturers of Internet appliances and other smart devices get their products to market faster with lower risks. 'As an out of the box solution, the TotalIA Linux-Java based device platform provides device OEMs with significant value and time to market advantages by enabling device OEMs to differentiate and focus on innovation, value-added features and branding,' stated Jaison Dolvane, President and CEO of Espial. The Espial TotalIA reference platform includes Tao Group's Java Virtual Machine, Espial's DeviceTop Java technology-based application and service platform as well as the embedded Linux operating system and the National Semiconductor Geode based processor board as supplied by Arcom. Espial also provides core applications such as the full-featured Espial Escape web browser, Ebox email and Assistant personal information management technologies. Additional features include full service delivery, remote device upgrade and management capabilities, together with rich multimedia support for Macromedia Flash and MP3 – all in total footprint of less than 14 MB. The SBC-GXm is an EBX compliant board, based on the MMX-enhanced 233MHz Geode processor. It comes fully loaded with all standard PC interfaces as well as a full range of multi media features: Video (Chips & Technologies 69000 HiQVideo graphics accelerator), Ethernet (PCI 2.1 compatible), Flash Disk (solid state max capacity 16Mb), Touchscreen, dual USB and Soundblaster interfaces and support for STN, TFT and EL flat panel displays. The board is capable of driving high resolution modes on CRT and flat panel displays simultaneously. Expansion is provided via a PC/104 interface. The board will run all popular operating systems including, DOS (Datalight's ROM-DOS and Flash Filing system pre-installed), Windows 95/98/NT/CE, QNX and Linux. The development kit used in the TotalIA reference system includes Arcom Embedded Linux, a pre-defined build of Linux based on the Red Hat 6.2 distribution. It has been optimized for use on Arcom hardware platforms and is pre-loaded and configured into the embedded flash. It offers a compact version of Linux with a proven background combined with a high reliability flash filing system. For evaluation copies of the Espial TotalIA reference platform, further information or immediate evaluations, please contact an Espial sales representative at sales@espial.com or call +1.972.980.7195. In Europe, please email saleseurope@espial.com or call +44 1793 698047 For additional information on Arcom's SBC-GXm or Embedded OS Software Development Kits.
US contact - Jim Shappell on 888-941-2224
UK contacts - Tim Taberner or Jason Young on +44 (0)1223 411200
http://www.arcom.com
About: Arcom
Founded in Cambridge in 1982, Arcom has grown to become one of the leading suppliers of embedded computer and communications processors.
Arcom's embedded software development and support capabilities are second-to-none in the industry. Our engineering and support teams in Kansas City (US) and Cambridge (UK) have an enormous depth of experience and knowledge in the field of embedded operating systems, communications protocols, and system design. We pride ourselves on being able to provide comprehensive development tools and excellent support to our OEM customers as they bring their products to the market.
Development Kits - we lead the embedded market with our strategy for new product introduction based on the 'blue-box' development kits. By combining new hardware solutions with the leading embedded operating systems we offer our customers a complete and rapid application development environment.Embedded Boards - our range of embedded processor boards (x86 and XScale), PC/104 I/O modules, ISAbus and PCI add-on cards are all designed and manufactured by Arcom. This gives our customers fast and easy access to the highest level of technical support. All products are supported by a clearly defined life cycle and a commitment for long term availability. PCs & Enclosures - we also recognize that customers need products to ease the integration of our embedded boards. Arcom's design team includes mechanical engineers who have developed a number of off the shelf enclosure solutions for stand alone and rack mounted systems. Industrial Networking - since 1992, we have been actively involved in the integration and deployment of data acquisitions systems for the process control markets. Working with our key technology partners we now offer products and expertise to provide guaranteed data delivery from your field devices straight into your enterprise level applications. Design & Build - we understand the drive to cost reduce products for high volume applications and to combine this with a 'complete technical solution'. We accept contracts to produce custom solutions which focus on the design of dedicated hardware, developing optimized operating system configurations or complete packaged system solutions. Through a focused approach to innovative design backed by comprehensive development platforms, global marketing and low cost manufacturing, Arcom pursues an aggressive expansion of its customer base in North America, UK and France. Arcom is a subsidiary of Spectris plc, the precision instrumentation and controls company. Our business processes are accredited to the international QA standard ISO 9001 and our products hold all relevant certification. |
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