Acrosser will soon ship a single-board computer (SBC) in the 165 x 115 mm EPIC form-factor. The AR-B1631 is based on a low-power, AMD Geode x86 processor and is “fully compatible” with Linux and other embedded OSes, according to the… company.

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The AR-B1631 is based on a 500 MHz Geode [email protected] processor along with a CS5535 southbridge companion chip. One SO-DIMM socket supports up to 512MB of 200MHz DDR SDRAM, and the board includes integrated AGP graphics and TFT touchscreen LCD support. Other peripheral interfaces include 10/100 Ethernet, USB, serial, PS/2, GPIO, and audio. Additional expansion is available via a PCI-104 add-on module location.

CS5535 Southbridge
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Acrosser lists the following key features and specifications for the AR-B1631:

• Processor — AMD Geode [email protected] at 500 MHz with CS5535 southbridge
• Memory — up to 512 MB of 200MHz DDR SDRAM
• Display:
  • integrated AGP 4X 2D/3D engine
  • CRT output — 32-bit color:
    • up to 1920 x 1440 resolution at 85 Hz
    • up to 1600 x 1200 resolution at 100 Hz
  • supports 18-bit and 24-bit LVDS LCD
    • up to 1600 x 1200 resoultion at 60 Hz for TFT
  • Touchscreen — shared with COM port
• Storage — 44-pin IDE supports ATA 66. CompactFlash socket
• Expansion — PCI-104 connector
• I/O ports:
  • 10/100 Ethernet
  • 4 USB 1.1 Ports
  • 4 RS-232
  • PS/2 keyboard and mouse
  • Parallel port
  • 8-bit TTL GPIO
  • AC97 audio, 2.1 compliant — mic in, stereo line in/out
• OS compatibility — Linux, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE

Availability

The AR-B1631 is expected to be available toward the end of this month. Pricing was not disclosed.

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