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ARCOM ANNOUNCES INTEL PENTIUM M SINGLE BOARD COMPUTER FOR EMBEDDED APPLICATIONS
02 April 2005 - Arcom
| Today's leading laptop computers use high performance, power efficient Intel Centrino technology based on the Pentium M processor. Using Arcom's latest highly integrated single board computer, this technology is now available for embedded applications requiring an extended product lifecycle, wide operating temperature range and in many cases, fanless operation. |
The APOLLO SBC is an industry standard EBX board (8" x 5.75") packed with the widest selection of features to serve applications in high security systems, optical inspection, low profile fanless servers, compact machine controllers and multi-screen gaming displays. The APOLLO can be fitted with a range of CPUs from the 600MHz Celeron M to the latest 2.1GHz Pentium M to suit the performance requirements of specific applications. Based on the 855GME chipset, the APOLLO has been designed to exploit Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology to achieve the lowest possible power consumption while offering extra features such as dual video output, dual Ethernet with Gigabit Ethernet support, dual IEEE1394a Firewire ports, hot swap CompactFlash socket, 6 USB 2.0 ports as well as an embedded Trusted Platform Module security and tamper detection hardware. Based on a variety of performance benchmarks, tests show an APOLLO fitted with a 1.6GHz Pentium M CPU matches the performance of a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 desktop system but with approximately one third of the power consumption. Unlike most competitive products, the APOLLO has been specially designed to accommodate the largest footprint copper heatsink for the Celeron/Pentium M CPU, enabling true fan-less systems up to 65°C. The 855GME chipset includes the Extreme Graphics 2 controller that provides support for dual independent or dual simultaneous displays. Display data from the dual graphics pipeline can be interfaced with independent timing requirements to the onboard VGA and LVDS outputs or via an expansion connector to a variety of display option boards supporting analog CRT, standard TV-out (S-video) signal, LVDS and DVI. The APOLLO interface connectors have been selected and located for fast and easy integration into a system enclosure, eliminating the cost and complication of extra breakout panels. The CompactFlash port can be used for high capacity memory cards (for booting Windows XP Embedded for example) or other peripherals such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth cards. The APOLLO also offers 4 serial ports (including RS-422/485 with automatic RTS control) and a parallel digital I/O port configured to drive a low cost LCD character display, ideal for embedded server racks. The APOLLO is offered with 'board support packages' for Windows XP Embedded, Linux and VxWorks 5.5 and a low profile 1U 19" rack mount enclosure.
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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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