Arcom has made a long-term commitment to sell a fanless embedded single-board computer (SBC) that supports embedded Linux. The embedded hardware specialist says it will sell its EBX form-factor Geode-based SBC-GX1 — first introduced in 2001 — until the year 2010 and beyond.

(Click for larger view of Arcom SBC-GX1)

The SBC-GX1 measures 5.75-inches by 8-inches (EBX size), and is based on a 300MHz AMD Geode processor. It offers graphics accelerated CRT and TFT flat panel support, 10/100baseTx Ethernet, four serial ports (RS-232/RS-422/RS-485), digital I/O, and expansion via a PCI slot, CompactFlash socket, and the industry standard PC/104 bus.

Arcom supoprts the SBC-GX1 on “all leading embedded operating systems,” it says, including embedded Linux. A Java/Linux Development kit is available with the board, as are a CE/UL approved industrial compact enclosure (ICE), and a simple add-on module (DC1) to drive a low cost D-STN flat panel display directly from the TFT output signals.

 
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