Table 1. Embedded Linux SBCs
SBC Manufacturer CPU Architecture Form Factor Features
ipEngine-1 Bright Star PowerPC Credit-card 16MB DRAM, 4MB Flash,
size 16,000 Gate FPGA, onboard power supply,
Ethernet, two serial ports, USB,
LCD/TV video
Linux Planet Embedded Planet PowerPC PC/104 One RPX Lite 823- or 823e-based computing
module (the 823 includes Ethernet, PCMCIA,
serial and one I/O expansion module with
serial, audio and touchscreen interfaces,
and the 823e includes Ethernet USB, PCMCIA,
serial interfaces and one I/O expansion
module with serial, audio, video and touchscreen
interfaces)
MVME5100 Motorola PowerPC VMEbus 750/7400 Altivec, dual-PCI mezzanine card
sites, up to 1GB ECC SDRAM, dual Ethernet ports,
two serial ports, up to 16MB Flash
MCPN765 Motorola PowerPC CompactPCI 750/7400 Altivec, fully compliant with the
Hot Swap Specification, dual PCI mezzanine
card slots, dual 10/100 Ethernet ports, and
up to 1GB of ECC SDRAM
MBX860 Motorola PowerPC EBX Motorola MPC860 processor, 4-16MB of
(5.75"x8") onboard DRAM, 2-8MB Flash, 10Base-T
Ethernet, PCMCIA slot, a DIMM slot. Optional
features: PC/104-plus interface, EIDE, keyboard,
mouse and IR ports.
ZX4500 Zynx PowerPC CompactPCI 24 10/100 Ethernet ports, two Gigabit Ethernet
ports, PMC/PPMC slot for additional I/O and an
expansion processor, fully hot-swap compliant
Little Board/ Ampro x86 EBX PC/104-plus expandable PCI/ISA bus,
P5x supports up to 256MB DRAM with bootable
Compact Flash socket and 10/100Base-T Ethernet,
USB, IrDA, KB, floppy, IDE, serial and parallel
I/O, also supports C&T 69000-series PCI LCD/CRT
controller with PanelLink, LVDS and NTSC
options
SBC-GXM Arcom x86 EBX C&T 69000 HiQVideo graphics accelerator, Ethernet,
Flash disk up to 16MB, touchscreen, dual-USB and
Soundblaster interfaces, support for STN, TFT and
EL flat-panel displays, PC/104 interface
LBCPlus WinSystems x86 PC/104 133MHz 586DX with up to 72MB Flash disk,
CRT/LCD display video controller, Ethernet,
IDE and floppy disk controllers, serial, parallel
and keyboard
Graphics ADS StrongARM 4" x 6" Up to 32MB of DRAM for shared program and framebuffer
Client Plus use, up to 32MB Flash memory and 128KB EPROM as
a boot device, One PCMCIA, three serial ports including
IrDA, 10Base-T Ethernet, speaker, microphone, video
interface up to XGA (1024 x 1024) 8-bit color, LCD
controller with selectable flat-panel options, and
standard I/O including KB, RTC and touchscreen
mediaEngine Bright Star StrongARM 5.2"x5.3" 8-64MB SDRAM at 100MHz, 1-20MB Flash,
Type II Compact Flash socket, Type I/II/II PCMCIA
socket, 10Base-T Ethernet, three serial ports,
V.90 modem, LCD panel controller, USB slave interface
Assabet Intel StrongARM 2.5"x5" 64-256MB of TSOP SDRAM, 64-128MB onboard
socketed Flash, integrated LCD support, Bluetooth, GSM
digital radio, audio in and out, built-in TV encoder
supporting S-video, NTSC, PAL and RGB formats, IrDA port,
soft-modem support
Cerfboard Intrynsic StrongARM 2.2"x2.7" 16MB Flash, 32MB 100MHz SDRAM audio, CompactFlash slot,
integrated LCD controller, flexible digital I/O and
multiple serial ports, JTAG support, integrated Ethernet,
Break Out Board for development and LCD
Solution Hitachi SH-4 7.125"x10"x1" 360MIPS at 200MHz, low power consumption