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July 2010

Tri-M's CBP modules are a series of no-battery OEM backup modules that use supercapacitors rather than conventional batteries. The advantage is that they charge very quickly and that they are able to be recharged 500,000 times. This is beneficial for applications that that have either a large number of battery discharge cycles or where a "maintenance free" solution is required such as remote terminals or mobile data collectors.

Swissbit's F-100 CFast cards combines the original CompactFlash (CF) card form factor with a Serial ATA (sATA) interface. With this melding of two industry standards, the CFast card specification was created that allows for new applications in the embedded and industrial markets. Often in these markets - performance, speed, system downtime, and flexibility are important design considerations

June 2010

Tri-M's new VDX104+ is a rugged PC/104+ featuring a 800MHz Vortex86DX processor, 512MB of soldered DDR2 memory and supports extended temperature operation as standard.

Onboard you will find dual 10/100 Ethernet, four RS-232 serial ports, GPIO, two USB2 ports, parallel port. Storage is provided by standard IDE, Compact Flash socket, microSD socket and 16MB of flash (floppy emulation). A full starter kit is also available.

The Aitech M224 is a complete SATA mass storage PMC/XMC solution suitable for harsh environments. The board incorporates no moving parts, providing higher reliability and consuming significantly lower power than rotating media hard drive storage solutions.

M224 memory comprises two banks of NAND Flash devices providing a maximum total capacity of 128 GB. Each Flash bank is managed by its own SSD controller, enabling operation as an independent SATA II Flash disk. The SSD controllers' built-in bad block management, wear leveling, and error correction ensure reliable high speed operation and minimize the burden on the host processor.

Aitech's E902 cold plate cooled enclosure is built to be rugged and reliable as well as lightweight and compact. EMI/RFI protected and environmentally-sealed, the E902 is capable of withstanding extreme environmental conditions of altitude, temperature, moisture, shock, vibration, EMI and chemical exposure, making it ideal for use in military and aerospace environments.

MEN Mikro A602 announced. The A602 is a 6U 64-bit VMEbus SBC with advanced safety features that realize the functionality of three redundant systems on a single board. Its complex FPGA-based design helps dramatically lower software development costs as it automatically manages the system's triple-redundant processors and memory. The result: The system's redundant architecture is fully taken advantage of by software designed for a standard single-CPU board

May 2010

Violin Memory 3200 flash memory array announced. The Violin 3200 is a redundant, modular 3U memory array that scales from 500GB to 10TB SLC NAND Flash and provides the industry’s best price/performance attributes. It is the first in the Violin 3000 series of Memory Arrays that scale to more than 140TB in a rack with performance over 2 Million IOPS. The enterprise-grade Violin 3200 includes hardware-based flash RAID across hot-swappable memory modules to provide robust data protection and spike free latency of less than 100 microseconds.

EVOC 104-1812CLD2N board available. The 104-1812CLD2N from Evoc with its 1.6GHz Intel® Atom™ N270 processor offers high performance and reliability with low power consumption without the need for active cooling. Onboard you will find soldered memory - 1GB of DDR2 533MHz memory, Intel graphics (with both VGA and dual channel LVDS, dual Realtek Gigabit Ethernet, two sata interfaces, an IDE interface and a Compact Flash header (on the underside).

EVOC 104-1814CLDNA board announced. The 104-1812CLD2N is Evoc's first PCI-104-Express form factor processor card. Featuring a choice of Intel Core 2 Duo CPU SU9300/SL9400 or Celeron ULV 722 CPUs it offers cutting edge performance and reliability in a compact form factor. The board uses the mobile Intel® GS45 Express chipset which features hardware based decoding for Blu-ray content. Onboard you will find soldered memory - 1GB of DDR2 533MHz memory, Intel graphics (with both VGA and dual channel LVDS), Intel Gigabit Ethernet, two sata interfaces and, optionally, a 2GB SSD.

Quatech's QSU2-540 industrial USB to RS232/RS-422/RS-485 adapter announced. Quatech's Industrial USB to Serial adapters provide secure connections in a ruggedized metal box to meet demanding applications and withstand harsh environments. The new QSU2-540 USB Serial Adapter product gives your laptop or workstation the ability to communicate between a USB port and four RS- 232 or RS-422/485 serial peripherals. The QSU2-540 also has a 3kV isolation option.

The unit is houses in a ruggedized metal enclosure and provides visual LED indication of power, USB ready and data transmit/receive per individual port.

April 2010

Diamond Systems ETX-N270 board available. Diamond Systems ETX-N270 computer-on-module (COM) is a compact, low-power and powerful embedded computing core suitable for powering a wide range of embedded applications. It features an Intel Atom N270 at 1.6GHz, up to 2GB DDR (via SODIMM) memory and has a -20°C to +71°C operating temperature range.

Connect Tech Inc Xtreme/104-Express Opto board added. The new Xtreme/104-Express Opto serial card is a PCIe-104 4/8 port serial board which maximizes ruggedness by adding 3 kV optical isolation to protect your industrial and embedded applications.

Each port is switchable to either RS-232. RS-422 or RS-485, capable of up to 7.8125 Mbps and features 3kV isolation.

Diamond Systems CME-965 board available. Diamond Systems CME-965 computer-on-module (COM) is a compact, high-performance, embedded computing core suitable for powering a wide range of embedded applications. To support real-world applications subject to temperature extremes, the module is rated for operation over a -40°C to +85° enhanced temperature range.

Connect Tech Inc CANpro/104-Plus Opto board added. CANpro/104-Plus Opto offers two powerful NXP SJA1000 CAN controllers and 3kV optical isolation to provide maximum protection for your industrial control applications on a PC/104plus card.

Diamond Systems CME-Atom board available. Diamond Systems CME-Atom computer-on-module (COM) is a compact, high-performance type II COM Express modulefor powering a wide range of embedded applications. To support real-world applications subject to temperature extremes, the module is rated for operation over a -40°C to +85° enhanced temperature range and is available with 1GB or 2GB of soldered DDR2 memory.

Connect Tech Inc Xtreme/FP board added. Connect Tech’s Xtreme/FP is a Featurepak module which adds four high speed (up to 1Mbit/sec) RS-232 serial ports to your FeaturePak compatible baseboard or single board computer.

Also available from Connect Tech is a PCI Express to FeaturePak adapter card, which allows FeaturePak boards to be used/developed on desktop PCs with a free PCIe slot.

Ideal for low SWaP Data Concentrator Unit (DCU) and Remote Interface Unit (RIU) applications, Aitech’s new Nighthawk Multi-I/O NightHawk RCU™ is a low power, high performance, environmentally sealed and rugged, PC-based controller utilizing Intel’s latest low power N270 Atom Navy Pier processor technology.

The Nighthawk features a low Power 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270, 2 GB DD2 soldered DRAM and a 4GB SSD. The naturally convection cooled and sealed enclosure is rugged and reliable, lightweight and compact. EMI/EMC protected, the NightHawk RCU is capable of withstanding extreme environmental conditions of low and high altitude, temperature, moisture, shock, vibration, EMI and chemical exposure.

Diamond Systems Magellan board added.Magellan is a high performance, highly integrated board-level embedded-ready subsystem (ERS) that matches the footprint of the popular COM Express computer-on-module (COM) standard.

Magellan's CPU core consists of a COM Express CPU module and heatspreader mounted on its bottom side, resulting in optimal thermal management and increased space for I/O functions and connectors. This innovative design makes it possible for Magellan to integrate dual gigabit Ethernet LAN ports, a 7-30V DC/DC power supply, a full set of peripheral interface header connectors, stackable PCI-104 or SUMIT expansion, and a FeaturePak socket, in addition to a complete embedded-PC core -- all within the 95mm x 125mm COM Express footprint.

Diamond Systems FEATUREPAK-DAQ1616 annd FEATUREPAK-GPIO96 added. FEATUREPAK is a new mezzanine-style embedded I/O expansion standard. It leverages the latest high-speed serial expansion standards - such as PCI Express and USB -- and is compatible with a wide range of current and future processors, including both x86 and RISC architectures.

FeaturePak-DAQ1616 is a data acquisition I/O card integrating Diamond's newest and fastest analog I/O technology and a PCI Express host interface. FeaturePak-GPIO96 is a general purpose I/O FeaturePak module using a high-capacity (700K gate equivalent) PCI Express FPGA for maximum density and flexibility.

MEN Mikro G20 announced. The G20 versatile 4HP/3U single-board computer is MEN's first CompactPCI® Serial CPU board. As the new CompactPCI® Serial standard (PICMG CPCI-S.0, proposed standard currently under development) supports a multitude of modern serial interfaces it is perfectly suited for data-intensive applications which require high computing-power. The board is equipped with Intel®'s Core i7 processor running at up to 2.53 GHz and offering the latest multi-core processor architecture from Intel® with full 64-bit support.

February 2010

Kontron microETXexpress-XL module announced. The Kontron microETXexpress®-XL, a COM Express™ pin-out type 2 compatible computer-on-module, is truly designed for use in extreme conditions. Each component is selected with the industrial temperature range of -40 to +85°C in mind as well as the necessary tolerances for high reliability with respect to shock and vibration resistance.

The microETXexpress®-XL is based on the energy-saving Intel® Atom™ processor Z520PT (1.33GHz) and the Intel® US15WPT System Controller Hub. The module offers PCI as well as more sophisticated graphics support with SDVO. Via the PCI Express Graphics pin-out, SDVO delivers additional video signals for DVI monitor outputs, SDTV and HDTV television outputs and TV tuner inputs that greatly simplify system graphics design. This special feature makes this 95 x 95 mm computer-on-module ideal for small mobile and extremely energy-efficient devices including those used in government/ military and transportation applications.

Fujitsu industrial mini-ITX enclosure now available. This new mini-ITX offering from Fujitsu has been designed to house the new D2963-S industrial mini-ITX motherboard.

January 2010

Fujitsu D2963-S now available. This new mini-ITX offering from Fujitsu features a surface mount CPU (either a 1GHz single core mobile Sempron or a 1.5GHz dual core mobile Athlon processor), supports up to 4GB of DDRII SDRAM and dual Gigabit Ethernet.