Embedian is shipping a Linux-ready ARM11 MXM computer-on-module (COM) and evaluation kit. The MXM-6410 COM is equipped with a Samsung S3C6410 system-on-chip (SoC) that weds a ARM1176JZF-S core clocked to 667Mhz with a multimedia co-processor that can encode and decode MPEG4/H.263/H.264 and decode VC1, says Embedian.

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The MXM-6410 targets multimedia-enabled embedded applications, including devices that require real-time videoconferencing, says Embedian. The module is based on a Samsung S3C6410 system-on-chip (SoC) with a ARM1176JZF-S core clocked up to 667MHz. This 65nm-fabricated SoC integrates a Multi Format Codec (MFC) co-processor that is said to support real-time videoconferencing, as well as TV-out, for both NTSC and PAL modes. In addition, the module is equipped with a JPEG codec, a 2D graphics accelerator, and a 3D graphics hardware accelerator that supports OpenGL-ES 1.1 and 2.0 rendering.

The Samsung SoC is supported by 128MB each of mDDR and NAND flash memory, says Embedian. A 242-pin MXM golden finger connector provides a wide variety of interfaces on the board. These are said to include TFT LCD, dual USB host interfaces, Ethernet, four RS232 interfaces, camera, CF, IDE, AC97 Audio, IIC, PWM, TV-out, and SPI.

Embedian's original MXM-7114 (Click for details)

Embedian launched its original MXM-7114 COM in November 2007. Its most recent MXM COMs — the MXM-8310 and MXM-8110 — were released last July, based on the Marvell PXA320 chip. Shortly before, a new organization called Qseven announced its own a multi-vendor COM spec that also uses an MXM connector. Formed by European COM module vendors Congatec, MSC Vertriebs, and Seco, and with 14 members total, Qseven launched the first version of its Qseven specification, calling for four mounting holes instead of Embedian's two, and a slightly larger 70 x 70mm size instead of Embedian's 66 x 50mm format. Qseven bills its format as being mobile-device oriented and “legacy-free,” offering support for new formats like SDIO, while spurning some older I/O technologies.

Specifications for the MXM-6410 are said to include:

• Processor — Samsung S3C6410 with ARM1176JZF-S core clocked up to 667MHz, plus Java acceleration engine, 16KB/16KB I/D cache, and 16KB/16KB I/D TCM
• System bus — 266Mhz 64/32-bit, with AXI, AHB, and APB buses
• Multi Format Codec co-processor — MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 encode/decode up to [email protected]/D1; decoding of VC1 video up to [email protected]/D1; various encoding tools available
• JPEG codec — Encoding YCbCr 4:2:2/RGB565; decoding YCbCr 4:4:4/4:2:2/4:2:0 or gray
• 2D graphic accelerator — Line/point drawing, BitBLT and color expansion /text drawing
• 3D graphic accelerator — 4M triangles/s @133MHz (transform); 75.8M pixels/s fill-rates @133MHz (shaded); Programmable Shader Model 3.0; 128-bit (32-bit x 4) floating-point Vertex Shader, etc.
• Memory — 128MB mDDR (266Mhz 32-bit); can be ordered with 256MB
• Flash — 128MB NAND
• Other memory support — Interfaces for SD/SDHC, CompactFlash (CF) I/II 3.3V, and IDE (shared with CF) ATA
• Networking - 1 x 10/100 Ethernet interface (Davicom DM9000B chipset), supporting IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX and 802.3 10Base-T
• USB — 2 x USB 1.1 host interface (12Mbit/s speed), with one configurable as client; 1 x USB client 2.0 interface, supporting high speed as Device (480Mbps)
• Serial — 4 x RS232 interface, TTL level
• Video interfaces — VGA (800×600) with TFT support; TTL interface; video post processor interface; TV Out
• Audio interfaces — AC97 2.3 interface with ALSA support
• Discrete I/O — 12 general-purpose digital I/Os
• Security Sub-system — AES and DES/3DES accelerators with ECB and CBC support; SHA-1 Hash engine; H/W HMAC support; Random Number Generator; FIFO-Rx/Tx; DMA I/F to SDMA1
• Camera interface — supports up to 4096×4096 in YCbCr 4:2:2 format; ITU-R 601/ITU-R 656 format input support
• System bus interface — 16-bit or 8-bit
• IIC interface — 1-ch Multi-Master IIC-Bus
• SPI interface — compatible with 2-ch Serial Peripheral Interface Protocol 2.11
• Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) — 2-ch 16-bit timer with PWM / 1-ch 16-bit internal timer
• Interrupt request — 8 available interrupts
• Touch panel interface — 10-bit CMOS ADC
• Other features — Watchdog timer 16-bit; JTAG interface
• Power — +5V DC power input only, with real-time clock battery
• Dimensions — 2.0 x 2.6 inches (50 x 66mm); MXM format
• Operating system — Linux 2.6.21 (will upgrade to 2.6.28 in a few months), Debian ARM Linux; Windows CE 6.0

MXM-6410 Eval Kit
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MXM-6410 Eval Kit

A separately sold MXM Computer on Module MXM-6410 Evaluation Kit (pictured above) is also available. Features are said to include:

• 2 x MXM-6410 modules.
• Carrier board
• Reference carrier board schematics and design guide
• 800×480 LCD panel.
• LCD backlight inverter board
• LCD FPC/LVDS cable
• Serial Console cable
• MXM connector
• Power board
• 12V-2A power adapter
• 1GB CF memory card with root file system pre-installed
• Email or forum technical support

Availability

The MXM-6410 is available now with Linux or Windows CE 6.0 pre-installed, and an evaluation kit (pictured above) is also available. Pricing was not disclosed. More information, and a detailed spec list, on the MXM-6410 should be available here, and more on the eval kit may be here.

 
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