North Andover, MA — (press release excerpt) — WIN Enterprises has announced a new network appliance oriented single-board computer (SBC) based on a 1GHz Intel PIII, known as the WIN 810 3LAN Communications Controller. The new SBC has three built-in 100 megabit Ethernet NICs and two RS232 serial ports, which make it an ideal choice for network appliance applications such as VPN/Firewall, Voice over IP,… industrial control, factory automation, machine vision, medical imaging, biometrics and a host of other applications. Full support for using Linux as the SBC's operating system is available.

An onboard PCI expansion slot allows for add-in cards such as encryption devices or additional LAN ports. Since the external I/O connectors are built cirectly onto the board, the need for cabling is eliminated. It is designed to easily fit into a 1U chassis with custom versions available. Other advantages include an onboard CompactFlash socket, up to 256MB RAM, and CPU speeds up to 1GHz.

Key features include:

• Supports Celeron & PIII to 1 GHz, 100 MHz FSB Processors
  
• Based on the Intel 810 chipset
  
• 3 x 100/10 Mbps Ethernet Interface
  
• Two RS-232 ports
  
• Two USB ports
  
• One parallel port
  
• One FDD connector
  
• One IDE HDD connector
  
• Onboard CompactFlash socket
  
• 32-bit/33 MHz PCI expansion connector
  
• Dimensions: 7.6 x 1.0 x 8.4 in.
  
• Runs headless — supports video redirection
  
• VGA header for development purposes

Complete development platforms are available, as are custom configurations.

 
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