Hannover, Germany — SSV Embedded Systems announced a small Linux-based terminal, the TRM/916, based on SSV's tiny DIL/NetPC single-board computer family. SSV's TRM series terminals are designed for use in harsh environments such as in machines, vehicles, or for wall/table mounting in industrial environments,do not include any mechanical moving parts, and have typical power consumption in the… neighborhood of 3-5 W.

The terminal includes: 1/4 VGA graphic LCD with 320 x 240 dots; front panel keyboard for text and numeric input; 10/100 Mbit Ethernet LAN interface; serial; CAN; PC/104 bus expansion interface; and a CompactFlash adapter for standard Flash memory cards.

From the processor perspective, the TRM/916 is offered with a choice of two x86 architecture DIL/NetPCs, or with a StrongARM DIL/NetPC. The x86 DIL/NetPC offers a low power AMD CPU with 33/100MHz, 8/16 MB RAM, 4/8 MB onboard Flash memory (for Linux OS and application software) and 10Mbit Ethernet LAN. The Intel StrongARM with 206MHz is equipped with 32MB RAM, 16MB on-board flash and 10/100Mbit LAN port.

The TRM/916 comes with several preconfigured Linux versions of the SSV DIL/NetPCs. These versions contain differing features, e.g.: with web server, telnet and FTP daemon, or with samples of how to control an external device via CGI script and web server. SSV also offers a starter kit package which includes sample and driver software for a choice of Linux kernels (e.g. for 2.2.x and 2.4.x), a C cross-compiler (for using the StrongARM CPU), and software that demonstrates how to use all the existing ports and interfaces. For easy Linux programming SSV offers additionally a TRM/916 version for the SDL graphic toolkit. SDL enables developers to create an easy-to-use user interface with different fonts, animated bitmaps, and graphics.

 
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