Embedone has announced a new development board for designers of Linux and StrongARM based embedded systems. The EM-110 development board is based on an Intel StrongARM SA-110 CPU and boasts high performance, low power consumption, and low heat generation. These qualities are important elements of many of tomorrow's mobile, Internet-enabled, post-PC devices.

The EM-110 development board is intended to serve as a reference platform for the development of a wide range of applications including both mobile devices like PDAs, e-Books, Web pads, and smart phones, and non-mobile devices like set-top boxes, kiosks, and ATMs.

The EM-110's features include . . .

• 32-bit 287 MHz SA-110 CPU
  
• 32MB SDRAM (expandable to 256MB)
  
• 16MB Flash memory
  
• 4 PCI bus expansion slots
  
• 1 ISA bus slot
  
• 2 PCMCIA (CardBus) slots
  
• 4 EIDE ports including CompactFlash expansion
  
• Floppy drive interface
  
• 3 RS232 serial ports
  
• EPP/ECP parallel port
  
• 4 USB ports
  
• LCD/CRT VGA port, up to 1024 x 768 x 16-bit color
  
• 10/100 Mbit Ethernet port
  
• AC97 sound in/out
  
• PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
  
• Speaker port
  
• ATX motherboard form-factor

Note that the EM-110 includes a unique technology that links standard PC-like PCI expansion slots to the Intel StrongARM processor, which enables the use of off-the-shelf PCI expansion cards in StrongARM based systems.

The EM-110 is supported by an open source embedded Linux operating system and GNU tools. The full development kit is available for US$3000 (excluding shipping and taxes), with substantial discounts available for quantity purchasers of the EM-110 board itself.

 
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