Shenzhen, China-based Embest is shipping a small ARM9-based SBC (single-board computer) based on a Samsung S3C2410X processor clocked up to 266MHz. The SBC2410-II comes with Linux, and targets handheld devices, human-machine interfaces (HMIs), data distribution devices, and medical, security, and… communication controllers.

(Click for larger view of the Embest SBC2410-II board

The SBC2410-II measures 4.7 x 3.5 inches (120 x 90 mm). It has lots of standard I/O, including RS-232, USB host/device, an LCD controller, keypad interface, SD card slot, JTAG, and Ethernet. It also has three extra serial ports on pin headers, and a pair of bus interfaces for peripheral signal expansion.

SBC2410-II layout (Click to enlarge)

Touted specs and features include:

• Processor — Samsung S3C2410X (ARM920T core with MMU); capable of 266+ MHz operation
• Memory
  • 64MB SDRAM
  • 1MB NOR flash; 64MB NAND flash
• Display:
  • 50pin (2.0mm) LCD display interface (STN or TFT)
• I/O ports:
  • 10Mbps Ethernet interface
    
  • RS232 serial port
    
  • 3 serial ports
    
  • keyboard interface
    
  • USB host port; USB device port
    
  • Audio input/output
    
  • GPIO expansion
    
  • RTC (battery backed)
    
  • 4 status LEDs and test buttons
    
  • Power and reset buttons
    
  • JTAG interface
• Expansion
  • SD card interface and holder
  • 2 bus interfaces
• Dimensions — 4.7 x 3.5 inches (120 x 90 mm)
• Power — Power supply: +5V

Software provided with the board, according to the company, includes:

• Linux 2.6.18 kernel source
• Windows CE BSP (board-support package)
  
• Native and Windows (Cygwin) toolchains
• Vivi bootloader source code
• Root filesystems with and without qt (with USB and touch panel support)
• Example code
• Jflash, mkyaffs, sjf2410.exe flash programming tools
• Dnw directory for USB/serial communication
• 2410mons.bin/2410mon directory (NOR flash control program, with source)
• 2410loader.bin (WinCE loader)
• 2410test.bin/2410test (for application testing)

Availability

The Embest SBC-2410-II is shipping now, priced at $300, direct, according to the company.

Embest also offers two slightly larger boards based on the S3C2410 — the SBC-2410-I, and the SBC-2410-III, which supports a harddrive.

 
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