Kansas City, MO and Cambridge, U.K. — (PR excerpt) — Arcom announced that it has updated its Development Kit for Embedded Linux with Java Technology for the 300MHz Geode based SBC-GX1 single-board computer (SBC). The SBC-GX1 Embedded Linux/Java development kit offers a compact, high reliability implementation of Linux for developing and deploying 'C' or Java based embedded control and communication… products. The development kit now integrates a standard installation of Open-SSH (Secure-SHell) allowing a wide range of encryption and authentication techniques to be utilized between the SBC-GX1 and a host server.

The GNU/Linux operating system uses the proven 2.4 kernel and has been optimized for use on Arcom hardware platforms, and offers standard file hierarchy, shell, and text utilities. These are integrated with a rugged, compressed, Journaling Flash Filing System (JFFS2) to achieve maximum system integrity for truly embedded applications. Also, to reflect the current IBM Java releases, the Development Kit is now supplied with the latest WebSphere Studio Device Developer tools, replacing the previous VisualAge Micro Edition toolset.

This kit includes the SBC-GX1 EBX form-factor (5.75 x 8 in.) SBC powered by a 300MHz National Semiconductor Geode GX1 processor, plus 64bytes DRAM and 16Mbytes of Flash, PSU, serial and Ethernet cable set, Quickstart Manual, and the Development Kit Utility CD. For those developing with embedded Java, the Kit includes an evaluation copy of IBM's WebSphere Studio Device Developer IDE development tools. The SBC offers graphics accelerated CRT and TFT flat panel support, 10/100baseTx Ethernet, four serial ports, and expansion via a PCI slot, CompactFlash socket, and industry standard PC/104.

 
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