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ARCOM UNVEILS EXCITING NEW LOW COST EBX PLATFORM
01 April 2001 - Arcom
| Arcom today announced the SBC-GX1 single board computer, designed specifically for high volume embedded applications where reliability, low power and long term availability are a must. The SBC-GX1 is the ideal solution for industries such as communications, vending, gaming, transportation, and others requiring a high performance single board computer at an extremely competitive cost. |
Arcom today announced the SBC-GX1 single board computer, designed specifically for high volume embedded applications where reliability, low power and long term availability are a must. The SBC-GX1 is the ideal solution for industries such as communications, vending, gaming, transportation, and others requiring a high performance single board computer at an extremely competitive cost. The SBC-GX1 EBX compliant single board computer is based on the popular 300MHz National Semiconductor GeodeTM GX1 Multimedia processor and is surrounded by a host of functionality including 10/100 baseTx Ethernet, (4) high speed serial ports, dual USB ports, SVGA video (LCD and CRT), digital I/O, parallel port and hard/floppy drive controller. System memory is added via a 144-pin SODIMM socket. 16Mbytes of on-board Flash memory offers a very cost effective Flash based system solution for all the supported operating systems. Bus expansion is achieved via PC/104 bus, a 5v PCI slot and a Type II Compact Flash connector. As with all Arcom processors, the SBC-GX1 will be available with the most popular embedded operating systems pre-loaded and ready to run. Arcom's award winning line of Software Development Kits include Windows CE 3.0, Windows NT Embedded 4.0, Embedded Linux, VxWorks, QNX, and ROM-DOS. Unlike other embedded board manufacturers who require the customer to deal with a third party for OS integration support, Arcom Control Systems staff of software engineers provide all hardware builds and support at no extra cost. 'By combining the reliability of proven embedded designs (which reduces customer down-time), and providing customers an easy to use, integrated hardware/software platform (which speeds time-to-market), Arcom is able to offer our customer base a unique combination of a rugged, reliable solution at an extremely competitive price level' states Glen Middleton, Engineering Director. 'This makes the SBC-GX1 one of the best value products available today in the embedded controls market.'
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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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